Caught Red Handed: B5.5 Content

[joecastro420]

Thanks bro! I was a bigger fan of yours.

Cant wait to see what you got planned with the All Road.



*Edit to put a picture on the next page

[pietrovito157]

joe im not sure about the air house 2 rear bags but my conti techs might be something you wanna look at i think my rears sit a lot lower.

[vdubbinn8611]

good work ! Car looks excellent!!

[rollininstyle2004]

Thanks bro! I was a bigger fan of yours.

Cant wait to see what you got planned with the All Road.

Sold the allroad, looking to get back into a B5.5

[joecastro420]

joe im not sure about the air house 2 rear bags but my conti techs might be something you wanna look at i think my rears sit a lot lower.

Thanks for the heads up. What brackets are you using with them(conti techs)?? Im running trimmed D-Cups so Im trying to stay w/ a similar set if possible!

[Brownie1524]

Normally I hate this model Passat but damn yours looks killer!

[MK4Jetta]

can you shoot me a PM with the color you used for the centers of the LM's... just couldnt decide on a color to contrast my candy white jsw- I think this is it! BTW noticed in the OP it sounds like you're in the services about to sign up for ROTC during law school and looking at enlisting for Officer Candidate Training for the army national guard here in NC. hit me up when you can man

[joecastro420]

Normally I hate this model Passat but damn yours looks killer!

Hahaha Thanks bro!

can you shoot me a PM with the color you used for the centers of the LM's...

PM sent!

[Projektwo.0]

Wow.. Bad ass

[joecastro420]

Did some work...Got my rears to sit how I wanted them! Heres the result:




Full pics later

[joecastro420]

As promise, here are the pics from my shoot last night

First off, what I did to get my car's rear to sit oh so niice!

Trimmed a total of 1/2 inch of my Dcup brackets:



Then I switch my rear bags from SS RE5s (left) to AH2s (right):



For now this is my current stance:





















Thanks for looking!

[TXR32]

Looks amazing Joe! Can't wait to start my airride project on my R and will certainly hit you up for insite!!!

[Andrew@ORT]

As always Joe, much

[AndrewDaniels]

Great turn out, I always love a nicely done red car!!

[v-dubIV]

love this!

it amazing that switching to a bigger looking rear bag made the difference

[bacardicj151]

Any more shots of the trunk setup? Looking to see how much it was raised.

Also did you powder coat your d cups?

[joecastro420]

Any more shots of the trunk setup? Looking to see how much it was raised.

Also did you powder coat your d cups?

For the false floor, I used 6x1 pieces to raise it to fit the air management and to expose the air tank a little. Since then I recently re did my trunk to add a speaker box still using the space I had under the false floor. So if u still want to make use of your trunk and keep everything nice n tidy while hidden, 6x1 boards for the false floor frame would be perfect. And as for my d cups, I just used some all weather metal spray paint to paint them. It works good and it prevents them from rusting hard core.

What my trunk originally looked like under my false floor:



Test fitting the new back pieces and sub box:



Behind the back seat:



The sub in the the box all wrapped up:



What it looks like now:









Hope that helps