my 99 mk4 jetta work in progress

rollincoal97 · July 26th, 2010, 15:21

I'm new to vws this 99 tdi is my first tdi had a 74 superbeetle a while back...
Specs for car
99 tornado red jetta 4dr
5spd
348k an climbing
3" flowmaster an 2stage borla tip
B6 rs4 wheels.
An 1.5" nuespeed drop kit waiting to be installed.

rollincoal97 · July 26th, 2010, 16:54

rollincoal97 · August 8th, 2010, 18:03

got my nice new gli front lower valance.... now need paint!

Holmie · August 9th, 2010, 18:11

looks good. will look even better when it has been painted to match. also the wheels look good on that car. some tinted side markers would be a good addition. the ones on the fenders not on the bumper.

rollincoal97 · August 9th, 2010, 18:20

thanks man!!
ya paint comin soon... maybe on the lights.. gunna paint the rims white i think.

stuntboy79 · August 10th, 2010, 19:04

It ought to look good when you are done. IMO i would drop it 2" and it would look awesome with those wheels. I miss my MK4.

1tdi · August 10th, 2010, 19:57

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Originally Posted by stuntboy79

It ought to look good when you are done. IMO i would drop it 2" and it would look awesome with those wheels. I miss my MK4.

Yeah it will look good when he puts those damn nuespeeds i gave him on it.

rollincoal97 · August 11th, 2010, 06:19

ha it already scrapes stuff hahaha but i will go lower gotta pave my driveway or i wont be able to leave ha

Holmie · August 11th, 2010, 19:34

from experience i probably would not paint the wheels. I sanded and sanded and sanded and it never had the same shine. blue looked with a blue car but I wanted to leave the main part of the wheel silver. if you want to see let me know. anyway if you do paint the wheels the best thing i found to remove the paint/clear coat from wheels is aircraft aluminium paint stripper.

rollincoal97 · August 12th, 2010, 07:30

ya can you post some pics?

rollincoal97 · August 14th, 2010, 17:36

ok im cheap an added a 3"flowmaster 40series in place of stock muffler... an rigged up a better intake

Holmie · August 19th, 2010, 05:52

here is one pic
and i will go ahead and link the whole album. if you look in the last pic they were starting to look good but i already had about 30 hours worth of work and they needed about twice that before they were going to look good. and so you know grease does not work well as masking.
Link to album

rollincoal97 · August 20th, 2010, 14:00

those look nasty i would even bother to paint those wheels... no offense...

mine dont look bad with just rattle can to see how it will look.. but they will be done right!

LiLredTDI · August 23rd, 2010, 12:56

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Originally Posted by Holmie

here is one pic
and i will go ahead and link the whole album. if you look in the last pic they were starting to look good but i already had about 30 hours worth of work and they needed about twice that before they were going to look good. and so you know grease does not work well as masking.
Link to album

Dude.............Seriously? You HAVE to remove the tires and wheel weights to do that properly. Search the internet for proper prep tips to refinish wheels. Caswell Plating and duplicolor you tube DIY's will help a bit. Refinishing wheels is too much work to cut corners and expect good results.

Holmie · August 23rd, 2010, 19:20

it was more or less an experiment not going to be the final wheels. yeah they are for a different make of car though. looked real good on that car. the car was ugly duckling. 87 chrysler lebaron gts. 4 door hatchback. only reason i had it- 300 dollar pricetag and turbo engine... live and learn. good car to learn how to work on cars with.

do you want a shine to your wheels or the dull look?