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Old Feb 5, 2011 | 08:15 PM
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Hey how are you, My name is Rob and i live in Eastern NC. I recently just purchased a 2003 C32 and love it. I have yet to post alot around here but i love European styling. I do own many Volkswagen so im not too far off with the scene. car has 74k miles. im the second owner and purchased it with all service records done at the dealership. I just purchased some BBS RC 18x8.5 and 18x10, some spacers for the front (clear the brakes) H&R Coilovers, i did the resonator delete and going back to get the secondary piggys deleted. pics till i get the wheels and coils on next weekend



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Old Feb 5, 2011 | 09:09 PM
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welcome to the family rob! looking good!
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Old Feb 6, 2011 | 01:14 AM
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Old Feb 6, 2011 | 05:28 AM
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Old Feb 6, 2011 | 06:45 AM
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Must say those off sets look like trouble to me, hope i'm wrong
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Old Feb 6, 2011 | 06:53 AM
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Old Feb 6, 2011 | 08:12 AM
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Old Feb 6, 2011 | 11:04 AM
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i should be alright i do have a eastman fender roller if i need to i will do so. not to mention i bought 235/35 for the rear tires. i should be alright
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Old Feb 6, 2011 | 11:12 AM
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Old Feb 6, 2011 | 11:34 AM
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Welcome to the forum. WOW a C32 in the snow. Mine has never been in the rain.

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lol I drive mine in the snow all the time with dunlop summer performace tires it actually handles pretty good in the snow up untill the fender fills up with caked ice in that case you clear it out and keep going ......................welcome to the forum my only advice is for you is to use the search bar for most of your problems before posting something new.
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Old Feb 6, 2011 | 11:55 AM
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i should be alright i do have a eastman fender roller if i need to i will do so. not to mention i bought 235/35 for the rear tires. i should be alright
Out of interest, How wide are wheels,& what offset.

I'm currently trying to fit some BBs LMs, just waiting on the spacers & longer bolts
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Old Feb 6, 2011 | 11:55 AM
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Old Feb 6, 2011 | 02:37 PM
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lol I drive mine in the snow all the time with dunlop summer performace tires it actually handles pretty good in the snow up untill the fender fills up with caked ice in that case you clear it out and keep going ......................welcome to the forum my only advice is for you is to use the search bar for most of your problems before posting something new.
I always use the search button, it actually gets annoying watching people post the same thing over and over and over. I have the continetal DWS on the car now. I must say fun to play with in the snow. I dont tend to drive in snow because well. we never get it here. this is a freak winter

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Out of interest, How wide are wheels,& what offset.
they are 18x8.5 et 34 i do have 3mm spacers and 18x10 et 25

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Welcome. Enjoy spending countless hours modding and then dreaming up new mods, once you think you have run out options!
Tell me about it, i was actually going to purchase some headers for it but eurocharged doesnt have the shorties on their website anymore
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Old Feb 6, 2011 | 05:43 PM
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would not recommend 235 on the 10". i would go at least 245 if you want to stretch it.
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Old Feb 7, 2011 | 01:54 AM
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Hooray for someone stancing a C32.
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Old Feb 7, 2011 | 04:24 PM
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would not recommend 235 on the 10". i would go at least 245 if you want to stretch it.
haha woops i meant 245 im getting excited i wish my coils would hurry up and get here
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Old Feb 7, 2011 | 08:30 PM
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Welcome to the greatest forum on the cloud! Be careful with spacers....I've had nothing but problems with using spacers Make sure they are hubcentric
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Old Feb 7, 2011 | 08:59 PM
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Thanks for advice. I have been modding volkswagens for years and if there is one thing I love to do is stance.. most of my cars have adapters or spacers... I actually bought audi 5x112 spacers because they were 3mm and took them to a machine shop to get the centerbore to 66.56
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Old Feb 8, 2011 | 11:07 AM
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haha woops i meant 245 im getting excited i wish my coils would hurry up and get here
245 looked kinda funny on my wife's car with 9.5 then again she had 19" just a thought you should looke into atleast 255
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Old Feb 8, 2011 | 11:14 AM
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Old Feb 8, 2011 | 12:36 PM
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Originally Posted by bigcoop84
Thanks for advice. I have been modding volkswagens for years and if there is one thing I love to do is stance.. most of my cars have adapters or spacers... I actually bought audi 5x112 spacers because they were 3mm and took them to a machine shop to get the centerbore to 66.56
Any pictures of your vw's? I've got a 90 Passat laying damn near on the ground with some RS's getting refinished and readied to go on
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Old Feb 8, 2011 | 02:33 PM
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Congrats! Good luck with the awesome wheels!
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Old Feb 8, 2011 | 03:39 PM
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Originally Posted by francoisisp
245 looked kinda funny on my wife's car with 9.5 then again she had 19" just a thought you should looke into atleast 255
here is what they look like with the tires mounted



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Any pictures of your vw's? I've got a 90 Passat laying damn near on the ground with some RS's getting refinished and readied to go on
i have a couple of my 337 and corrado.. my hard drive crashed before i got my external hard drive with my (2) Jetta coupes vr swapped my (2) mk3 jetta and gti

my silver 337

and my corrado


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Congrats! Good luck with the awesome wheels!
i get the spacers back today and my coils will be here thursday!
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Old Feb 8, 2011 | 03:45 PM
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Old Feb 10, 2011 | 07:44 PM
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