nine-deuce Jetta

[Whiskerz]

wow i wanna see this rollin the porker wheels!

[Angelic0-]

waiting for some porker wheels pics...

[Rocambolesque]

Hey look what just came out from the CNC today at work.


I still have to make a few passes with the manual lathe and tap the holes. However I'm leaving right now for vacation in NJ so this will have to wait till next week!

[Rocambolesque]

Now all I can say is


The holes on the adapters are off.

They got machined wrong (by another guy). Sooooo, 170$ of billets just got thrown out of the window. The only thing right on those is the centerbore for the Porsche wheels and the thickness. I mean, you can't even bolt them solidly onto the hub. They are 4x104 and 5x132 instead of 4x100 and 5x130. Still, I tapped a couple holes into one of them just to see at least what would the wheel look like on the car.


However, I found and repaired a water leak that would flood my fusebox everytime it rained.


And I got some free vinyl...

...to fix my b-pillars


Now I got to order new, high-quality adapters if I ever want to run those wheels. Any suggestions? Adaptec makes them, but only in 2-piece!?
475$ wheels slowly turning into 1700$ wheels...

[Whiskerz]

surely the guy that made the adaptors will re make them properly?

[Rocambolesque]

I'm trying to think of a solution to this problem without breaking the bank. I have plans for the car over the winter like every year, but I have a limited budget and I can't blow all of it on a second set of adapters. First idea when just found out and was angry was to sell the wheels right away to fund a turbo setup. Then I tought of buying new adapters. Problem is, new adapters will run me around 400$. Maybe new billets and proper machining is the way to go.

[Whiskerz]

hmm not too sure.... run the steels over winter, get any bits sorted that need sorted up then get the adaptors come spring and time for the new show season

ps good luck! Jetta's FTW!

[Bystrov]

i have a set of recaro classics that im sellin they need to be re uphulstered, but they would look tits in yer jetta. if interested pm me.

[Rocambolesque]

Thanks for the offer man, but Florida is kinda far for me to go pick up a set of seats! I'm in Canada.

[DeeAOne]

Nice Jetta! I like everything but the rounds. The Jetta front looks so much better to me.

Sucks about your adapters too.

[Tsouni-]

Those wheels .

[Rocambolesque]

end-of-season update

OMG I GOT MYSELF SOME WHEELS WITH A 4X100 PATTERN so I can bolt them up right away...





Yeah, a set of winter wheels... OEM Mk3 orlandos 14x6 with crazy agressive offsets of +45. Hellasunk for the winter. I painted them black. Now I just need to have my winter toyos mounted.


But I promise, Porsche wheels are going on as soon as the snow clears out, which will probably be around the end of march.
I also went out to take some pictures today. Tell me what you think about them!







Probably one of the last nice days of fall... I repaired the rust on the trunk a few weeks ago, and today I hit all of the little rust bubbles with POR-15 to seal them for the winter. They will be repainted in the spring. Next week I hit the underside with rustproofing and I mount the tires. I should be ready for the snow after that.

[slotoyo]

looks really good.

build was pretty good read.

[Chuckdee]

such a sexy picture. build is looking good so far, sucks about your adapter situation, hopefully you'll be able to figure it out. Have you found any other places online that will the type of adapters you'll need?

[raspinudo]

absolutely love the color of this car, can't wait to see the new wheels on.