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    We"ll I finished refinishing my RS's about 4 Weeks ago. I went to a show in Louisville called Water By The Bridge and had an awesome time with my lady and friends. Then when I was leaving work the Tuesday after the show I noticed my right side front was low on air. Filled it up with Air and went home. I went to go to work Weds and found the same wheel as flat. Took it off to see if I could find the problem and found it in seconds...


    The barrel was cracked in 2 spots. To must this would just piss you of but to me I knew it was time to make the front wider. The 17x8 et 15 was hold the car when aired out and I could not drive nearly as low I normally did. So after some time searching I found two 17x7" barrels and it was game on.
    This is how the front sat before..


    Wheels split.


    Rebuild.






    Finished.






    New wheel specs are..
    Front- 17x9 et28 205/40 Falken 512's
    Rear- 17x9.5 et25 215/40 Falken 512's

    Front can lay subframe again and I can also drive at my normal drive height again.
    I'll get better pictures soon but till then here is one.

    Last edited by GTIKole.; 04-09-2012, 12:21 PM.

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  • #2
    Pretty fucking spot on. lol Well done sir.
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    • #3
      looks even better now

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      • #4
        Nice! Anything less than an 8.5j sucks in 17".

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        • #5
          Way to turn a negative thing into a good thing. Good job
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          • #6
            Very nice! Looks great.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Ollie View Post
              Nice! Anything less than an 8.5j sucks in 17".
              indeed.

              good work outta you, OP.

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              • #8
                Damn near perfect when aired out. Looks great.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Zic View Post
                  Way to turn a negative thing into a good thing. Good job
                  It needed to happen so I just made the best of it and really happy I did. The only down side is that I was going to use that money to buy my girlfriend her adapters for her mk4 but it's the next item to be picked up.

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                  • #10
                    so jealous of those wheels man. i absolutely love RS.

                    beautiful car.
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                    • #11
                      I forgot I had this one.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by GTIKole. View Post
                        It needed to happen so I just made the best of it and really happy I did. The only down side is that I was going to use that money to buy my girlfriend her adapters for her mk4 but it's the next item to be picked up.
                        fuck that, you made the right call

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                        • #13
                          ya think you made the right decision. car looks awesome!
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                          • #14
                            I think I want to see the Alphards on her car more than she does. Her car has so much potential but it maybe because I love MK4's but she understood that the RS's needed new barrels and made it up to her by getting Lucero tickets
                            Her Mk4.

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by GTIKole. View Post

                              I thoroughly enjoyed this picture.
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