# vw

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw/176817>\
**Category:** PittSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [September 5, 2005, 9:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw/176817 "2005-09-05T21:35:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 9:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw/176817/1 "2005-09-05T21:35:06Z")

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![http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b190/jgt8229/Jetta-55.jpg](http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b190/jgt8229/Jetta-55.jpg)[/IMG]  
 ![http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b190/jgt8229/dubwars05186.jpg](http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b190/jgt8229/dubwars05186.jpg)  
 ![http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b190/jgt8229/GTI-67.jpg](http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b190/jgt8229/GTI-67.jpg)  
 ![http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b190/jgt8229/post-38-1118963858.jpg](http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b190/jgt8229/post-38-1118963858.jpg)  
 ![[IMG]http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b190/jgt8229/post-38-1118963914.jpg]()

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**Author:** ![Pewter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pewter/32/5936_2.png) [@Pewter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pewter)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 4:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw/176817/2 "2005-09-06T04:24:15Z")

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pimp

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**Author:** ![fshowcars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fshowcars/32/5937_2.png) [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 8:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw/176817/3 "2005-09-06T08:08:32Z")

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turbo 16v \> na 16v

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**Author:** ![SinfulRides16](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@SinfulRides16](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SinfulRides16)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 12:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw/176817/4 "2005-09-06T12:21:36Z")

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bump 4 the vdub. very nice! how wide r those deepdish?

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**Author:** ![JDMCivicSm21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@JDMCivicSm21](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JDMCivicSm21)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 1:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw/176817/5 "2005-09-06T13:43:32Z")

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do you VW guys know you can fit alot more tire on to those wheels?

Josh who has seen 225s put on a 6 wide wheels before, and is alot more worried about how the car handles, stops ,and goes than getting his rims trashed by a curb.

Other than that very clean car.

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**Author:** ![peterock17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bcef8e/32.png) [@peterock17](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/peterock17)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 1:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw/176817/6 "2005-09-06T13:51:48Z")

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the tires look too small for those 9inch wide stock widened steelies. i think he’s going for that euro stretched look. it looks good but personally i like meaty tires.

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**Author:** ![rookee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rookee/32/5972_2.png) [@rookee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rookee)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 1:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw/176817/7 "2005-09-06T13:59:03Z")

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somebody buy that man some armorall for the bumper. i heart dubs

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**Author:** ![JDMCivicSm21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@JDMCivicSm21](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JDMCivicSm21)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 2:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw/176817/8 "2005-09-06T14:01:13Z")

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I actually really like the wheels(15x9 i take it), in fact, is that car local i want to see how they fit on my civic. Next year i am going to be in the market for 15x8 or 15x9, so i can contain the power of a R motor.

Except i would be putting 245/45R15 tires on the wheels.

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**Author:** ![Storamin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Storamin](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Storamin)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 3:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw/176817/9 "2005-09-06T15:42:46Z")

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you might need to downsize a tire size or 2, they look a bit big.

forever black the bumper, plz

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**Author:** ![SinfulRides16](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@SinfulRides16](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SinfulRides16)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 6:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw/176817/10 "2005-09-06T18:12:17Z")

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thats one thing i was wondering. starting out in a garage ive mounted more than my share of tires. on the performance note. i would think that on a rim such as those there isnt much contact between the bead and the rim. wouldnt a hard corner pop a tire off with the rim being that much wider than the tire?

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**Author:** ![VdubSPEEDracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f08c70/32.png) [@VdubSPEEDracer](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/VdubSPEEDracer)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 6:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw/176817/11 "2005-09-10T06:44:43Z")

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> [@rookee](#):
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> somebody buy that man some armorall for the bumper. i heart dubs

black to black by Mothers works on textured bumpers 100x better then armorall…

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**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 12:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw/176817/12 "2005-09-10T12:27:34Z")

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![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/krazy_hare/widebluebeetle1qv.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/krazy_hare/widebluebeetle1qv.jpg)

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**Author:** ![rookee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rookee/32/5972_2.png) [@rookee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rookee)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 12:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw/176817/13 "2005-09-10T12:41:44Z")

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> [@Rustang JIM](#):
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nice find. i’d love an old dub if i had the money to spare ☹

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**Author:** ![Pewter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pewter/32/5936_2.png) [@Pewter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pewter)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 12:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw/176817/14 "2005-09-10T12:47:51Z")

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sweet

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**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 12:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw/176817/15 "2005-09-10T12:53:44Z")

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![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/krazy_hare/GTI-68.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/krazy_hare/GTI-68.jpg)  
 ![http://www.vwfixx.com/forums/uploads/post-38-1118963801.jpg](http://www.vwfixx.com/forums/uploads/post-38-1118963801.jpg)  
 ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/krazy_hare/Picture086.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/krazy_hare/Picture086.jpg)  
 ![http://www.vwfixx.com/forums/uploads/post-38-1119059598.jpg](http://www.vwfixx.com/forums/uploads/post-38-1119059598.jpg)  
 ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/krazy_hare/IMG_3301.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/krazy_hare/IMG_3301.jpg)  
 ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/krazy_hare/IMG_0096.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/krazy_hare/IMG_0096.jpg)  
 ![http://vortex3.rely.net/gallery/generated//Events/Enthusiast/Worthersee/2005/VW%20photos%20from%20Lowdub.com/055__scaled_600.jpg](http://vortex3.rely.net/gallery/generated//Events/Enthusiast/Worthersee/2005/VW%20photos%20from%20Lowdub.com/055__scaled_600.jpg)  
 ![http://www.hostdub.com/albums/VeeRSicks_album05/DSC00151.sized.jpg](http://www.hostdub.com/albums/VeeRSicks_album05/DSC00151.sized.jpg)  
 ![http://www.vwfixx.com/forums/uploads/post-38-1121273374.jpg](http://www.vwfixx.com/forums/uploads/post-38-1121273374.jpg)  
 ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/krazy_hare/fsdfs.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/krazy_hare/fsdfs.jpg)  
 ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/krazy_hare/dgdg.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/krazy_hare/dgdg.jpg)  
 ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/krazy_hare/fsdfs.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/krazy_hare/fsdfs.jpg)  
 ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v373/vwracernyc/DSC00587.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v373/vwracernyc/DSC00587.jpg)  
 ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/krazy_hare/156_5683.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/krazy_hare/156_5683.jpg)  
 ![http://bobhindsonracinginc.xportcms.com/siteresources/data/images/Erics%20Golf%20003.jpg](http://bobhindsonracinginc.xportcms.com/siteresources/data/images/Erics%20Golf%20003.jpg)  
 ![http://bobhindsonracinginc.xportcms.com/siteresources/data/images/Erics%20Golf%20002.jpg](http://bobhindsonracinginc.xportcms.com/siteresources/data/images/Erics%20Golf%20002.jpg)  
 ![http://bobhindsonracinginc.xportcms.com/siteresources/data/images/Erics%20Golf%20004.jpg](http://bobhindsonracinginc.xportcms.com/siteresources/data/images/Erics%20Golf%20004.jpg)  
 ![http://bobhindsonracinginc.xportcms.com/siteresources/data/images/Erics%20Golf%20006.jpg](http://bobhindsonracinginc.xportcms.com/siteresources/data/images/Erics%20Golf%20006.jpg)  
 ![http://bobhindsonracinginc.xportcms.com/siteresources/data/images/Erics%20Golf%20007.jpg](http://bobhindsonracinginc.xportcms.com/siteresources/data/images/Erics%20Golf%20007.jpg)

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**Author:** ![vw16vcabby](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vw16vcabby/32/5943_2.png) [@vw16vcabby](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/vw16vcabby)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 1:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw/176817/16 "2005-09-10T13:07:09Z")

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dont even get me started…

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**Author:** ![vw16vcabby](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vw16vcabby/32/5943_2.png) [@vw16vcabby](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/vw16vcabby)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 1:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw/176817/17 "2005-09-10T13:24:29Z")

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to late, got me started.

this is in my opinion, the best looking front wheel drive vw ever.

![http://clubeurospeed.com/user/uploads/83_bunny_brown_cabby.jpg](http://clubeurospeed.com/user/uploads/83_bunny_brown_cabby.jpg)

you know how fucking long i looked for this pic…

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**Author:** ![rookee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rookee/32/5972_2.png) [@rookee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rookee)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 1:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw/176817/18 "2005-09-10T13:32:12Z")

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5 minutes?

i dig the offsets but i really feel the old porsche rims on them. 996? all chrome? maybe that’s what i’m thinking off, not sure though.

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**Author:** ![vw16vcabby](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vw16vcabby/32/5943_2.png) [@vw16vcabby](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/vw16vcabby)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 1:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw/176817/19 "2005-09-10T13:32:56Z")

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![http://www.servfiles.com/download.php?id=286](http://www.servfiles.com/download.php?id=286)

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**Author:** ![Pewter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pewter/32/5936_2.png) [@Pewter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pewter)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 1:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw/176817/20 "2005-09-10T13:33:30Z")

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nice

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