Oh yeah I'm still around and have the R, here she is with some new rollers...

[xOphear]

The GTI has been in the shop for a year now so the R has been my daily, someday I'll get her all fixed up...

[vdubbin_r32]

Thats one sick ass .: R . Those rims are bada$$ bet they were pricey. where did you get the r side lights from.

[WiseDubbinVR]

I'm diggin' the wheels, but you need to lower it more to pull them off imo.

[MP.]

I'm diggin' the wheels, but you need to lower it more to pull them off imo.

Agreed...

Otherwise

[HeyLookanR32]

Yea your R looks like a 4x4. You should get with me and we can take the cars into Belfair and go mudding.

James

[Stiglitz]

Powdercoat the tips? How much did it run you?

[JIMBO ROBERTS]

It looks fine.....
You don't need to lower it like these others have suggested. I don't know why everyone has to come in and say things like this, it doesn't have to be rubbing the wheewells to look good. And when it is that low you need to correct spindle angles up front or you loose the designed suspension geometry for the suspension travel.
Function > Form !!!!!

Jimbo

[WiseDubbinVR]

It looks fine.....
You don't need to lower it like these others have suggested. I don't know why everyone has to come in and say things like this, it doesn't have to be rubbing the wheewells to look good. And when it is that low you need to correct spindle angles up front or you loose the designed suspension geometry for the suspension travel.
Function > Form !!!!!

Jimbo

It all depends on what you are going for, and from the looks of the body work, paint (or lack there of), and wheels, he is going for a show car look. With that being said, 4x4 mode doesn't flow very well with the rest of the car. Wide wheels and stretched tires doesn't do much good for "Function > Form".

[R32EEEK]

^^ what he said.

Hey Christopher, car is looking great. Did you vinyl or repaint to get matte black? I'm digging it!

-rick

[WiseDubbinVR]

^^

[horribleR]

Sweet ride dude. I want to like the rims on this car but I feel like I just can't get over the OEM Stock ones that come with it. I love the paint and the side light, and the red rims on the lights (can't remember if they are called fisheyes)

This post is all kinds of confusing.

Cool .:R The grill looks bent up in the middle though.

[ThatVdub]

u actually went vinyl, wow!

never was a fan of those kinds of rims, but your r looks sick, glad to see u r still here!

[newcreation]

I was wondering where you disappeared to

[grammaticus]

It looks fine.....
You don't need to lower it like these others have suggested. I don't know why everyone has to come in and say things like this, it doesn't have to be rubbing the wheewells to look good.

Jimbo

^^^ What he said. I won't even bring the form v. function argument into it--I just think the cars look
better without being dumped. That said, to each his own.

And more to the point of the thread, the car looks great. I absolutely love the flat black.

[PsychoChild]

this is how my r would look if I had a bunch of cash to do all the body work and paint on it no doubt always loved flat black was gonna do my gti that until I found my R cheap and bought it.

[Dave@HSTuning]

Yea your R looks like a 4x4. You should get with me and we can take the cars into Belfair and go mudding.

James

It is?

[xOphear]

Thanks guys most of my money is being sucked into the black hole I lovingly call my GTI. I grabbed the wheels from a friend, that needed some cash, they are still growing on me.

Here is my dilemma with this set up
1. I scrape the cupra lip EVERYDAY, just waiting for it to rip off!
2. Nissan fitment so i have adapters that push the wheels out too far IMHO.
3. If I go with thinner adapter I'm told I'll probably rub against the struts.
4. Need to roll the fenders... hope that will help with the rubbing, and she rubs EVERYDAY!
5. Just seems like TOO much silver on a matte black car!
6. Sold my black and red wheels already so no going back right now!

the "black hole"

[xOphear]

sorry tried to resize that pic

[xOphear]

Thats one sick ass .: R . Those rims are bada$$ bet they were pricey. where did you get the r side lights from.

Just painted over the stock ones...

The grill looks bent up in the middle though.

Yup one of the things that needs to be fixed

Powdercoat the tips? How much did it run you?

Just painted black with high temp paint

Hey Christopher, car is looking great. Did you vinyl or repaint to get matte black? I'm digging it!

-rick

Thanks Rick, its vinyl, it needs to be re done, hopefully soon...
Also those are the old headlights, my Celis kinda exploded so Rick is using his set to rebuild mine.

[rajuncajun37]

LoL, OP is rubbing and dragging that R32 all over town and you guys say "needs to be lower"?
Hahaha, then he post a pic of his GTI that tucks and drags nutts all over town!

He just powned the noobs and I bet more silly comments are soon to follow.
Not everyone wants to remove the fender liners just for a photo shoot.

[xOphear]

LoL, OP is rubbing and dragging that R32 all over town and you guys say "needs to be lower"?
Hahaha, then he post a pic of his GTI that tucks and drags nutts all over town!

He just powned the noobs and I bet more silly comments are soon to follow.
Not everyone wants to remove the fender liners just for a photo shoot.

I'll prolly just sell these wheels, I feel like I can't have any fun with these monsters on.

[xOphear]

Just to see what I have been up to and why the R has gotten much attention....











AirLift Slam XL front struts, Air-Zenith OB2 Black 100% Duty Cycle 200 PSI compressor, two
3 gallon air tanks (painted satin red)

[newjohnre1]

I'm moving to Bremerton in a month or so. I see there is some sort of VW club there. Send me a link if there is one please.

[CaptainOZ]

I have to agree with every one who commented about the ride height. I live in Colorado Springs. I had the wonderful idea of lowering my R by 2in ... after the bumper was torn off by a chunk of ice and gravel in the road, I raised it back to almost stock height again. Cracks in the bumper and scrapped up undercoat from a low-ride R is Ghetto! I assume Washington is rather similar, if you care about your R and actually want to drive it around crazy mountain roads ... adjust back to almost stock height then widen the stance and upgrade to coil-overs, sway-bars, and such.

Obviously if you live in a flat area and your R is just a show car, you can keep it dumped and not worry about the damage associated. But if you enjoy driving like a crazy man up long mountain, windy curvy roads at stupid speeds like me ... your R will love you for not dumping it!!

[BOUDAH]

Ive never been a fan of those wheels... its jsut me. But i do like the wrap of the car. Cool to see people doing what they want to do

[ThatVdub]

That hatch is sick!

I too never was into wheels like that, makes me think of like them 70's cadi crome multi-spoke wheels... Lots of people on here go nuts for them, but I cannot comprehend why.

[PSU]

Looks pretty good.

[eastcoaststeeze]

interesting

[xOphear]

I finally rolled the fenders and that has eliminated almost all rubbing. For the winter i'll be putting on a matt black set of Aristos to play around on.

[james dean r32]

Looks good Chris The paint and trunk look amazing!!!!!!

[arismkv]

to bring this up.

THAT Flat red as it looks to me. LOOKS so sick.

Is that TR Flat?

and please post up some more pics of the gti in its current glory.

[milwaukeeandy]

both cars are

[BIG DUB]

I'm digging the fresh paint

[gnatman]

Nice, and I remember seeing both cars while I was there.

[GinsterDub]

Both cars looking great as usual! If I can get time in my garage, I'll get my R back on the road and drop by. I have to bring you a box as is