07 Jetta Wheel Fitment - 18x8.5
B Nice
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From: Mamby Pamby Land
Re: 07 Jetta Wheel Fitment - 18x8.5
right, they are on to something, people who just have street cars, that want a good stance don't need to spend alot of money on something they are just using to go low. and they don't need to cost a fortune either, they will sell a whole lot more, and in turn make more money IMO
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Re: 07 Jetta Wheel Fitment - 18x8.5
Look, By saying I don't trust them for my wife, doesn't mean that I think I'd put them on the car and the car would explode 2 miles down the road. Like I said, this is just personal opinion and there may be no real justification for it. I simply think that if I was going to do something like lower my wife's car (which I won't), I would do it with components that I trusted to last for the long haul. I don't want something on my wife's car where springs are going to fail, they're going to corrode, leak, etc etc. I rarely drive my wife's car so I wouldn't know if something was starting to go wrong with it. In that aspect, I'd pay more for a coilover that I trusted would last for a long time without issue. a $260 set of coilovers would just not give me any peace of mind.
For your own car, I don't care what you do to the suspension. I don't agree with it, if for no other reason than safety (a car with 1/4" ground clearance and 1/8th" of wheel travel is not entirely safe), but I understand that you just want low at all costs.... for the look. That's fine.
It's just 100% opinion here... I wouldn't put my wife out on the road in her daily driven car on low quality suspension components.
(I don't however, have any problem with her driving my Toyota truck that is sure to spontaneously accelerate into a school bus)
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Re: 07 Jetta Wheel Fitment - 18x8.5
The KWs I had on my MKIV would set the front on the ground, literally. I lowered it all the way just to see once. The rear was about 1/2" higher..... At least I think it was. I couldn't get the last jack out.
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Re: 07 Jetta Wheel Fitment - 18x8.5
think it's incredibly ironic and hilarious that the VW wheel whore crowd (who turn up their noses at things like Rotas) would even consider putting something like those coilovers on their cars. Why is it almost mandatory to buy wheels for VWs that cost over $500 each (you want to run with the cool kids, right?), but perfectly acceptable to put a $65 coilover behind that wheel? Some of the BBS center caps cost more per corner than those coilovers.
And believe me I understand a price is put on premium engineering... but some coilovers can get into the $5000+ range, and even a basic set of teins or konis can run you $1000 easy. Not everyone will put these things to their full potential...
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Re: 07 Jetta Wheel Fitment - 18x8.5
Lol @ the negative rep that I got from STIFTMFW. "You're black so your opinion doesn't even matter to me". Funny what people will say online.
Oh and learn the difference between "your" and "you're". Faggot.
Oh and learn the difference between "your" and "you're". Faggot.
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B Nice
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From: Mamby Pamby Land
Re: 07 Jetta Wheel Fitment - 18x8.5
And why don't you cry about it some more, lol.
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