1988 CABBY.....work in progress....PIC HEAVY

[s2kvondeutschland]

New exhaust, new top, wheels that fit...

Your car is turning downright respectable.

[mileycyrus]

well these wheels are going......i do like my DRsteelies.....but i have another set...i posted fitment pics on 16......i think i may paint them white or red....not sure yet.....14x6.5....i think theyll look good.....

[mileycyrus]

RED?

[mileycyrus]

the red cured awesome looking....im going to do the other 3 and put tires on tomorrow.....

[riddie]

you lost me at the red wheels

[mileycyrus]

just wait.....the red paint looks rad as ****.....besides....i have pleny of wheel choices now....and colors to paint them...lol

[mileycyrus]

ive always loved red wheels.....and with my retarded paint scheme, i can get away with it....lol

[KnuckleUp2]

ive always loved red wheels.....and with my retarded paint scheme, i can get away with it....lol

i think the red is dope

[mileycyrus]

mounting the tires in the morning...185/55/14s

[mileycyrus]

roof rack is back on, and the car is going to be on the floor of my local tattoo convention in Tampa Bay......should be rad, ill get pics!!!

[KnuckleUp2]

roof rack is back on, and the car is going to be on the floor of my local tattoo convention in Tampa Bay......should be rad, ill get pics!!!

[DEGS]

How much on wheels?

[DEGS]

How much on wheels?

I mean tires. WTF?

[One_Off_Volk]

where did you get the deep dish white steelies!?!?!

[duck tape]

I just gotta say, I love the car man! And you gotta admire the "don't give a $#!+ attitude!!
But I just think the wheels would look good with a white face like you said and black sides or insides. In between the spokes or whatever. Kinda like the pic below. Or maybe even red insides... It just doesn't seem right to put green and red together. I know you already painted them... And maybe that would screw with the whole "who cares" theme? And I might even change my mind when I see them on the car too. Just my 2 cents. Quick question tho, are you looking for the same stance as the diamonds you had? Cause that stance looked sick on that car!

Keep rockin on and don't listen to any of us. lol
Do what works for you!

[Jpfegley]

I know you may get this a lot, but how much did your diamond racing wheels run you(without tires)?

[mileycyrus]

IM BACK.....

just woke up....NUTTY BDAY!!.....CRAZY CONVENTION.....and guests at the house from Rome Italy, Penn., Georgia and Japan for the last week....but now they are gone and its back to a few days of normality and a DAY OFF....im just taking for myself....so tired..

BUT...im posting pics in a minute.....

4 words....

THE RED LOOKS RAD!

[mileycyrus]

and this one was just now.....

[ToplessBunny85]

Take yer top off!!!

[mileycyrus]

it was....and while we were out to dinner last night n another car..

IT RAINED.....so i put it up...its down now to help dry my seats....ugh

[s2kvondeutschland]

Check this stuff out man. Helps to suck the moisture out when you can't put the top down to air it out. Rained for 3 days straight and had no condensation on the inside of my windows. Love it.

Damp Rid

[hyperlightboards48]

Hey just wondering if you needed spacers with these wheels? and what size tires are they? I have the same wheels I have 175/70/13 on them and am going to order some coilovers and wondering if i need spacers.

Thanks!

[mileycyrus]

i didnt, they cleared everything fine....

[hyperlightboards48]

[KnuckleUp2]

and this one was just now.....

hell ya the red wheels look rad man

[Hoppy92]

I dont mean to be a pain in the a**(new to the whole VW world) and i was confused about the size of the 13x8" wheels that you had/have.. what where the dimensions of the wheels? 13 inch diameter..... 8 inches wide.... whats the back space and offset? and if you dont mind me asking what did you spend on the wheels? Really like the looks of the car, way bad a**!!

[ToplessBunny85]

You has roof rack.....…..................





................................I wants it.

[imoldgregg]

Totally bitchen! I wouldn't change a thing

[mileycyrus]

You has roof rack.....…..................





................................I wants it.

I MADES.....lol...Home Depot, 20$
theres a few pages back that have some pictures....

[mileycyrus]

oh and my axle broke...haha, had to fix it at work, so i had help.....lol


thats Lil' TEEJ.....hes a good helper.....

[mileycyrus]

i am planning on a strut cap fab. deal to go lower in the front with the same travel.....looking for something easy.....thinking maybe a "flipped to the top" of the strut tower thing.....i know just putting it on top wont get me much.....BUT...ill figure out a spacer plate of some sort that i dont need to buy for 300$........

hmmmm..

[KnuckleUp2]

opened up the airbox a bit more....and added the metal tube to promote cooler air....a bit...lol...

and swapped the throttle body, this is off a 16v i think....had to swap out the guts on the smaller port, and grind down the intake manifold a bit, gasket matched to the new throttle body...

runs nice, harder now...fast....and it sounds mean....but now i have a whistle somewhere....vacuum leak i cant find.....

would you mind doing a little write on on what you had to do to make the 16v TB work on the 8v i tried searching cuz i want to do it ( like what did you have to swap out on the little port and were did you have to grind down on the manifold and anything else you had to do) if you dont mind

[s2kvondeutschland]

i am planning on a strut cap fab. deal to go lower in the front with the same travel.....looking for something easy.....thinking maybe a "flipped to the top" of the strut tower thing.....i know just putting it on top wont get me much.....BUT...ill figure out a spacer plate of some sort that i dont need to buy for 300$........

hmmmm..

If you track down some early Rabbit strut mounts, you can extend them.

[mileycyrus]

good call......im gonna look up new ones....years?

[mileycyrus]

would you mind doing a little write on on what you had to do to make the 16v TB work on the 8v i tried searching cuz i want to do it ( like what did you have to swap out on the little port and were did you have to grind down on the manifold and anything else you had to do) if you dont mind

I gad to gut both of them, and use the center pin and spring from the old on so i had the correct linkage up top on the larger port....
then....
i did a bit of grinding on the manifold.....gasket matched to the new one i made from cork....i actually did this on the car....stuffing towels into the mani to keep out the shavings....it worked great....

as for the larger port at the rear....i plugged it at 1st, but the car idled like poop, so i un-capped it....thats it....lol

i love the throttle response.....it was an easy swap.....