New wheels for the TDI

[amd is the best]

Hey guys, just wanted to share a few quick shots I took of the TDI with the new wheels. Car has to go down a little bit in the front and it'll be perfect (IMO).

Wheels are Raderwerks MTEN85's 18" x 8" ET 42 and BFG KDW 215-40-18 tires.

A proper photo shoot will follow when I have a bit more time.

Nick

 

[snakeye]

Very nice! I love black rims.

 

[Zedbra]

nice rims - they seem to look small for 18s.

 

[fuzzybandito]

Looks great. Love the black rims on the grey. I don't know what you mean about going down in front, but the car looks fantastic

 

[sydneycb]

Looks like you still have your winter steelies on. IMHO

 

[AirmanTDI]

They look great with the grey!

 

[powerstroke6.4]

wow, awesome looking car man!!

 

[rocketeer928]

Looks like you still have your winter steelies on. IMHO

Oh, c'mon... I think they look great, and much better than winter steelies.

 

[amd is the best]

Thanks guys! Here's a few better shots (with 1080p links!:

http://www.njsphoto.com/imagetemp/jetta/wheels/IMG_1889_1080.jpg (1080p)

http://www.njsphoto.com/imagetemp/jetta/wheels/IMG_1901_1080.jpg (1080p)

http://www.njsphoto.com/imagetemp/jetta/wheels/IMG_1917_1080.jpg (1080p)

http://www.njsphoto.com/imagetemp/jetta/wheels/IMG_1923_1080.jpg (1080p)

http://www.njsphoto.com/imagetemp/jetta/wheels/IMG_1932_1080.jpg (1080p)

 

[jbleu101]

Looks like you still have your winter steelies on. IMHO

Ass monkey. Do you troll to be a d*ck? This car looks nice. Those are not steelies, unless you are blind, in which case that car is red.

 

[powerstroke6.4]

Ass monkey. Do you troll to be a d*ck? This car looks nice. Those are not steelies, unless you are blind, in which case that car is red.

geez chil out, it's his opinion.

 

[schwarze Käfer]

Very sharp setup!

 

[shizzler]

Car looks great, I love the grey/black stealth theme (kind of doing the same myself... kind of). Definitely doesn't look like winter steelies to me - provided you keep them shiny! I bet they kind of loose their luster when they get all dusty after rainstorms, etc.

Let me just point out though, that stating 1080p for static images doesn't make any sense at all. The p stand for progressive scan and refers to the dynamic video refresh. If your images indeed have a vertical resolution of 1080 pixels... then that's really not very high res. For example, 1080x1920 (common HD resolution) is only 2.1 megapixel. However - your pictures do look great.

 

[snakeye]

Ass monkey. Do you troll to be a d*ck? This car looks nice. Those are not steelies, unless you are blind, in which case that car is red.

LOL BUT WHY U FOAMIN BREH??

Just kidding.

It's true it's kind of hard to see the rims, though. The pics seem kind of underexposed, especially on my not so new CRT.

 

[amd is the best]

Car looks great, I love the grey/black stealth theme (kind of doing the same myself... kind of). Definitely doesn't look like winter steelies to me - provided you keep them shiny! I bet they kind of loose their luster when they get all dusty after rainstorms, etc.

Let me just point out though, that stating 1080p for static images doesn't make any sense at all. The p stand for progressive scan and refers to the dynamic video refresh. If your images indeed have a vertical resolution of 1080 pixels... then that's really not very high res. For example, 1080x1920 (common HD resolution) is only 2.1 megapixel. However - your pictures do look great.

Thanks! They do look slightly less apealing when dirty, thats for sure but the KDW's would never look like winter tires, lol.

And very true about the 1080P comment however 1080i/p does have a resolution of 1920px X 1080px (which is what my images are formatted at) and they were sized that way to fit properly on a 1080P monitor hence why I named them that way. Any higher and I'm just wasting your bandwidth.

 

[sydneycb]

Ass monkey. Do you troll to be a d*ck? This car looks nice. Those are not steelies, unless you are blind, in which case that car is red.

Easy "Big Man".......nobody said they were steelies. I said they look like steelies. And I also said it was my opinion, which everyone is entitled to...even people like you!

 

[Whipple81]

Easy "Big Man".......nobody said they were steelies. I said they look like steelies. And I also said it was my opinion, which everyone is entitled to...even people like you!

It's the risk you take with all black wheels.

I personally think the car looks great. If these look "small" for an 18" wheel, I think the large outer "rim" on the wheel gives it the appearance of being a smaller wheel.

I almost went with all black M310s, but decided on a more factory-aftermarket look with polished. The black looks more menacing, but has a tendency to blend into the car.

 

[birdplane]

Real nice ride man, classy.

Pics look great too, nice work!

 

[diesel313]

beautiful machine

 

[vdubdezl]

nice car! Too bad you have to run those ugly yellow plates on there!

 

[ThatsWhatSheSaid]

that car might be the best looking Jetta I've ever seen. I think it would be perfect IF you got rid of the chrome window trim. Bugs me... it just doesnt flow..

 

[VwDiesel]

car looks hot, do you have a lowering kit on the car?

 

[amd is the best]

Thank you all very much for the compliments! On a side note, I just took it on it's first long road trip from upstate NY to Myrtle Beach, SC and got a best of 42.5mpg! Not bad

nice car! Too bad you have to run those ugly yellow plates on there!

Thank you! The new NY plate do suck but what can ya do? Haha. I'll live with them. I'd like to ditch the front plate but NY is pretty strict about the front plate law...too many tickets in my other cars.

that car might be the best looking Jetta I've ever seen. I think it would be perfect IF you got rid of the chrome window trim. Bugs me... it just doesnt flow..

Thanks! I really appreciate the compliments! The chrome would look good black but currently it also matches the chrome in the headlights and tail lights so it's not completely out of place.

car looks hot, do you have a lowering kit on the car?

Thank you! Yes, the car is lowered on Rokkor Coil-overs.

 

[rocketeer928]

I'd like to ditch the front plate but NY is pretty strict about the front plate law...too many tickets in my other cars.

You could try what I did. I bought a Deutschland europlate and had my CT plate numbers/letters put on it. I haven't had any cops bother me, including a CT trooper staring at it and putting the number in his computer to see if I was a crook. Came out clean on that too. My plate loosk very much like it's straight from Deutschland.

However, I kind of like the blue on gold NYS plates. It reminds me of growing up in western NY.

 

[amd is the best]

I still got in trouble using a "euro" plate on my S4. I even had it matched to my NY plate characters...damn NYS! I don't mind the gold plates on this car either. There are certainly uglier state plates.

 

[Jarrod B]

looks great! have you thought about smoked lights?

 

[BoiseTDI]

that car might be the best looking Jetta I've ever seen. I think it would be perfect IF you got rid of the chrome window trim. Bugs me... it just doesnt flow..

I agree wih this! You might try plastidip. Looks clean and classy though, which I love, not that bagged rice look that "most" of the vortex crowd seems to enjoy.

 

[Minnesota TDI]

Very nice

 

[amd is the best]

looks great! have you thought about smoked lights?

Which lights? Headlights, tail lights?

I agree wih this! You might try plastidip. Looks clean and classy though, which I love, not that bagged rice look that "most" of the vortex crowd seems to enjoy.

I may attempt to do the plastidip soon. If it looks like crap, peel it off!

Very nice

Thank you all. I appreciate all the comments!

Nick

 

[1854sailor]

I was able to find VW center caps that, with minimal sanding, popped right into the wheels. ASAGT1 wheels from Tire Rack.