Topic: Nice ass MKIV Jetta (Read 1699 times)

Jesus · « **on:** March 15, 2009, 08:01:24 AM »

I don't even really care much for MKIV Jetta's but this one is nice

Take notes
Watch the video

http://www.wagenwerks.net/video/nero.html

lpshade · « **Reply #1 on:** March 15, 2009, 08:24:21 AM »

Pat your taste sucks!

RSR32 · « **Reply #2 on:** March 15, 2009, 09:49:03 AM »

nice car...wheels overdone though..

i HATE those wheels..always have

Jesus · « **Reply #3 on:** March 15, 2009, 09:51:40 AM »

BBS RS' overdone? Yeah right

Corrado Adolescent · « **Reply #4 on:** March 15, 2009, 10:37:52 AM »

that jetta is freakin hot. crazy video to they have gotten pretty damn good at filming cars

German Boy · « **Reply #5 on:** March 15, 2009, 03:15:05 PM »

vid is awesome. Who is the music "Gwen"? The edited it very well. I like it. as far as the car, to each is own. it is ok.

Jesus · « **Reply #6 on:** March 15, 2009, 04:00:07 PM »

You guys are killing me... what are you possibly finding wrong with the way that car is put together?

Smokestack · « **Reply #7 on:** March 15, 2009, 04:21:20 PM »

Quote from: Jesus on March 15, 2009, 04:00:07 PM

You guys are killing me... what are you possibly finding wrong with the way that car is put together?

Staggerd rims. Outside of that, very nicely done. Kinda reminds me of what I was trying to do with the TDI.

Jesus · « **Reply #8 on:** March 15, 2009, 04:29:43 PM »

Quote from: Smokestack on March 15, 2009, 04:21:20 PM

Staggerd rims.

Wheels

Quote

Staggered For A Reason
Mar 21, 2005

by: VWvortex Member Der Kommissar

All too often I see claims being made about why it is stupid to put staggered wheels on a FWD VW. Amidst the numerous reasons given why one should never dream of doing such a thing, my favorites are; "It adversely affects handling" and "Your car isn't RWD." You may well expect that right about now I might say something to rebut those two statements; but I am not going to because they are true. That's right, putting staggered wheels on a FWD car has absolutely no positive affect on handling or performance whatsoever - but then again, I don't recall anyone ever saying that it did.

Not everything that we do to our cars is intended to increase performance. For example, take into account the exterior modifications that most perform to their vehicles. Doing such things has absolutely no affect on the way a car drives. Indeed, there are even modifications which hamper performance - take for example those two massive subwoofers you have sitting in your trunk or the ridiculously low setting you have your coilovers on or the limo tint you have on your windows and the short ram intake that does nothing but suck up hot engine air… It seems that putting larger wheels in the back of our cars isn't the only "pointless" thing we do that adversely affects performance; so then why is there so much animosity towards staggered wheels?

There are those among us who have no aspirations towards using their VWs to become the next Juan Pablo Montoya or Michael Schumacher. Imagine that. Don't get me wrong - I love spirited driving just as much as the next guy, but not everyone's interests strictly lie in straight-line speed or in taking a corner as fast as possible.

The whole debate over staggered wheels runs much deeper than one would think. More and more frequently I see a large divergence of purpose in the world of VW tuning. There are those who are in it for the "go" and then there are those who are obsessed with the "show". The "show" people are all too often put down by the "go" people, where as the opposite is not the case. It is an accepted fact that if you have a fast car, you deserve respect. This kind of paradox I don't understand and never will.

Let me start this next paragraph by saying that I love fast cars as I know most people on this website do and I have absolutely nothing negative to say about them, so please don't take this in the wrong way (i.e. - of course I love fast cars - find me someone without an AARP card who doesn't). But anyone with enough money can make any car go fast. There, I said it. Throw enough cash into the mix and, bam! - your car will go very fast in a straight line. Aesthetic modifications, however, are not the same. It takes much more vision, insight, and taste to make a car stand out from the crowd than it does to make a car fast. And maybe read this part twice - no amount of cash can buy style. There are numerous cars out there that have had tons and tons of money invested in them, but still fall short of anything special.

Thus we return back to the question of staggered wheels. Why put wider wheels in the back of a FWD car? The answer is so simple it's funny; because those who do so think that it looks good. No claims about performance or anything of the sort - people do it because they like the way it looks. So if everyone is so willing to accept that people tune cars to make them faster, then why not accept that others do the very same thing to express their own style?

And if that comes with the price tag of more understeer, than so be it.

LOS · « **Reply #9 on:** March 15, 2009, 05:25:56 PM »

I think its pretty hot. Couple things I would have done differently but its got a good stance and being a BBS whore.. I like em.

Rukh · « **Reply #10 on:** March 15, 2009, 07:30:47 PM »

Good video, good music, nice car. The only thing that I don't like, and there's only one thing, is a bit too much poke out back. If they pulled or widened the rear fender a bit, and put a wider tire on the back, that'd be my idea of the perfect Mk4 Jetta.

Smokestack · « **Reply #11 on:** March 15, 2009, 07:43:52 PM »

Quote from: Jesus on March 15, 2009, 04:29:43 PM

Quote from: Smokestack on March 15, 2009, 04:21:20 PM

Staggerd rims.

Wheels

More than likely the tires are the same size so as to show more stretch on the rear, so only the rims are truely staggered. Because of that you could say the whole wheel is staggered, but change the back two rims while keeping the same tires and you lose the staggered setup.

You asked "what was wrong with how the car was put together" and I gave you an answer. The video only gave the viewer visual cues, so the only thing to go off of was how the viewer felt about the car. I don't really like the look of staggered and stretched wheels, so to me that's what is wrong with the car.

Jesus · « **Reply #12 on:** March 15, 2009, 07:49:26 PM »

That was a rhetorical question

Rukh · « **Reply #13 on:** March 15, 2009, 08:01:06 PM »

Staggered is fine, and even some stretch is ok too, but it seems like a bit of a waste of wheel width to me.

BTW Pat, I'm with you on the whole rim vs. wheel thing. It drives me crazy when my students call them rims.

The Asshole · « **Reply #14 on:** March 15, 2009, 08:17:05 PM »

very nice car,

BUT he needs to have his rear wheel wells worked so he can run a wider tire to better fit the wheel.

RSR32 · « **Reply #15 on:** March 16, 2009, 12:21:16 AM »

to me BBS Rs wheels are a more traditional, old school look if you will..they do NOT belong on mk4s..period..

again that is personal opinion..but they look like ass...i dont care if they cost a million dollars..

the car and the stance is def nice though.

mikeminnillo · « **Reply #16 on:** March 16, 2009, 09:45:01 AM »

BBS=

stretch=

staggered=

im a big fan of function>form. i dont give a fuck how it looks. if it doesnt handle well, (which this jetta probably doesnt), than its junk.

on a side note, i agree that the term is WHEELS, not RIMS.

heres the kind of dumasses that like RIMZZ

LOS · « **Reply #17 on:** March 16, 2009, 09:56:10 AM »

I think it looks good from a show standpoint... thats what this guy built it for a show car. Not like this guy is gonna set it out on the track and race it.
I probably wouldn't have gone AS wide but I do like the stance. Personally I would have put the bora hid's in there considering he did the bora trunk lid and taillights. Just a few random other things but I couldn't see the interior or under the hood so god knows what else is done to it.

Giggidy · « **Reply #18 on:** March 16, 2009, 10:04:35 AM »

wheels, rims..... crap, turd..... Carlos, gay...... it's all the same.

LOS · « **Reply #19 on:** March 16, 2009, 10:08:40 AM »

Quote from: Giggidy on March 16, 2009, 10:04:35 AM

wheels, rims..... crap, turd..... Titan owners/Douchbag (or rather bottle ) ... fag/skier.. it's all the same.

Fixed it for ya

Giggidy · « **Reply #20 on:** March 16, 2009, 10:14:05 AM »

Quote from: LOS on March 16, 2009, 10:08:40 AM

Quote from: Giggidy on March 16, 2009, 10:04:35 AM
wheels, rims..... crap, turd..... Titan owners/Douchbag (or rather bottle ) ... fag/skier.. it's all the same.

Fixed it for ya

Don't be mad because my truck is faster than yours and that your ass is still halfway up the hill when I'm waiting in the lift line

Barry · « **Reply #21 on:** March 16, 2009, 10:15:04 AM »

That car is beautiful... and RS' are never overplayed....

Well.. I guess a set of BBS RS will be overplayed the same day that .:R's are overplayed....

Barry · « **Reply #22 on:** March 16, 2009, 10:15:57 AM »

Quote from: Giggidy on March 16, 2009, 10:14:05 AM

... that your ass is still halfway up the hill when I'm laying gimp on the side of the hill with something broken

Fixed it for you

Giggidy · « **Reply #23 on:** March 16, 2009, 10:17:57 AM »

gotta pay to play. don't hate.

Barry · « **Reply #24 on:** March 16, 2009, 10:19:01 AM »

pay with what??? Your health?

I play just fine, and can get down the hill without assistance from Ski Patrol... or by riding the lift back down for that matter

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