The kid at the Chick-fil-a drive thru today was "checking" out the Beetle. He probably was trying to find flower stickers or a stick family on the back glass.
Test fitted my LM's. I do not clear the brakes (I already new that), but I am nearly touching the shock . Wheels are 18x9 ET40. I use a minimum of a 5mm spacer to clear the brakes, but I didn't have any handy.
I got bored and had some left over caliper paint when I had to repaint my GTI calipers. Wheel cleaner stripped off some paint on the GTI. I plan on painting them Gold later. It really depends on the wheels.
Well... whatta'ya'know, I just checked mine and they left the rubber block on my driver-side coil-over. Should I also check the rear shocks or is that just a front suspension thing?
The sale price was the sale price, no trade-in, downpayment, none of those sales tricks.
I hate, hate dealers that do that!!! We will sell you this for XXXXX, oh wow that is a good price! You read through the sale order and you see price including 20% downpayment, no tax, fees, blah, blah.
Yikes that is tiny. Next to it is a standard VW spare tire 205/55/16R. Ours is a 125/90/16... Not good enough IMO.
So I cut some wood and I mocked up a frame. I now need to make a wood floor, or top, to sit on top of the frame as well. I'll do that later. I don't have any road trips coming up soon.
I plan on keeping the small spare in there for trips less than 50 miles away, but anything more than that I'll throw the frame and wood floor in there with the big spare.
Oh the reason for the frame is because the spot for the spare is very small just like the original spare. Putting the larger spare in will not allow the carpeting to fit. So a frame and new floor is needed to fit the carpet. You will lose about 4" of depth in the rear cargo area doing this modification.
I went ahead and ordered some H&R Super Sport springs to help with my wheel gap problem.
I still haven't found any shocks yet. Super Sports really need aftermarket shocks or else they will ride like garbage. Koni Yellows are normally good for a moderate drop. I need to call up some suppliers and see if I can source some.
Measured for spacers today. I really like the stock wheels and I plan on keeping them for a bit. If I am going to go lower I will need to spacers to help get them flush. Spacers should also help in the handling/ steering department a bit too.
I'm running koni yellow adjustables with my super sports, I was able to just order the gti ones from ecs, you could probably go the same route with the Jetta ones.
I assume the Jetta shocks will work as well, just not 100% due to the fender height. Maybe I can ask a Jetta owner to measure their rear shocks decompressed.
I like these Audi wheels, but something tells me no.
What about those is 5x112 18x8 ET35? Should fit alright, might need a bit of a spacer to flush them out, but I love the classic design. That is the wheel on the New Beetle road cars.
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