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Mon Aug 18, 2008 7:04 pm

does any one know whos fasty this is and what the wheel and tries combo is?i know sprint stars 15x? offset and suspension front/rear norrowed?i love the look of it.

Tue Aug 19, 2008 8:02 am

It's mine......

the rims are sprint stars painted GM silver and are 5.5 on front and back. the front tires where 165/45/15 and the rears were 195/45/15... the back spacing I think is 31/2 or 4".... It's got a type 1 beam narrowed 5" by KCW and 21/2 dropped spindles... now with that said,, I'm in mossouri and the roads are bad,, lots of patches and alot of construction and uneven pavement.. the front end was about an inch off the ground and would scrape all the time.. there's not enough side wall on those tires., plus the ride was awfull..... hard very hard,, what made me change the tire size was when they cover a hole in the road they use a large steel plate and I got the corner of it and almost put me out the window.. so now I changed the tire size and front rim size... the ride is great and I just need to do a little work to the inside rear fender wells so they don't rub......I went to a 41/2 front rim with a 145/65 and the 51/2 with 195/65 on the rear and I added trim rings to set the rims off.. tell me what you think. the first pic is one of the old front tires next to a stockvw rim with a 135 on it. you can see how much lower it was.

Tue Aug 19, 2008 8:22 am

I'll never waste any more money on 45 series band aid tires! They ride like shit/look like shit/drag your beam! :x

Tue Aug 19, 2008 8:33 am

looks good!! where did you get the trim rings for the sprints. makes it look real clean!! thanks... 8)

kris

Tue Aug 19, 2008 9:20 am

well...........I like them and that's what counts. I would have put 135's on but my son got a better deal on the 145's at work

trim rings come from ebay 55.00 plus shipping.

Tue Aug 19, 2008 9:55 am

Me? I'm dissing 45 series low profile tires, not 145's! My 66 project square came with 125X70X15 temps on 2.0 liter wheels and 145's out back that I can't wait to try out!? I think they'll be better in the rain.

Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:06 am

Temps are horrible in the rain, been there done that.

I suspect you will try it anyways, so good luck stopping or turning!

Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:30 am

Really? I've gotta try them a little bit, but I'll be careful! I've got 165 or 195 to replace them!

Tue Aug 19, 2008 11:27 am

these tires are Federal Formoza FD1.. it's a very Hard ride with the beam down and 3 clicks in the rear sometimes my head would hit the roof. I wouldn't trust them in the rain

Tue Aug 19, 2008 11:38 am

thats interesting because my homies taxi has the 165/45/15's, and it rides great

Tue Aug 19, 2008 11:50 am

the car handled ok but no "give" with the car lowered. felt like I was driving a go cart..with the new tires the car rides like a caddy but It's changed the look of the car..

Tue Aug 19, 2008 11:54 am

ahh, that gives me an idea

you do know when lowering a bug with adjusters, you do not set the adjusters at the same pitch, right? thats to say, they shouldnt be set in the same exact place, they should actually be fighting eachother. If this makes no sense, I'll try to search for a better explination

Tue Aug 19, 2008 1:11 pm

all i can say is =D> i wanted to do the same thing to my buddys fasty hes buying and that was before i even seen yours.i think it looks good.are they empi or flatfour sprint stars

Tue Aug 19, 2008 1:19 pm

Erik G wrote: ahh, that gives me an idea

you do know when lowering a bug with adjusters, you do not set the adjusters at the same pitch, right? thats to say, they shouldnt be set in the same exact place, they should actually be fighting eachother. If this makes no sense, I'll try to search for a better explination

the term is "preloading" them against each other and yes it makes a nice difference if you do so...ken....

Tue Aug 19, 2008 1:39 pm

Good looking Fasty bigracedad... Same color as my Squareback, whatever original paint is left of it anyway... It gives me hope for the pig nose.

Tue Aug 19, 2008 1:47 pm

bigracedad wrote: these tires are Federal Formoza FD1.. it's a very Hard ride with the beam down and 3 clicks in the rear sometimes my head would hit the roof. I wouldn't trust them in the rain

They'd naturally ride worse, much less rubber dampening your ride, since I'm going to guess you have no shocks.. Bouncy ride + small tires = rough ride. The 145s would definitely feel softer.

Note: I've never driven 135s or 145s (or 125 temps, which are for hoodriders, and should be replaced; if you're not going to get wider tires, at least use regular rated 125s - cokertire.com), but I'm going to guess they would be far worse than the 165/45! A taller, skinner tire, with an archaic tread pattern vs. a newer one, probably better materials, and more developed tread?

*EDIT* All that being said, the fasty in this thread looks sick.

Tue Aug 19, 2008 2:23 pm

There Empi sprints. Juan do you know the paint code number for this color.. I was told it was a 71 color only.. car has no rust but a dent here and there,, I'd like to do a repaint the winter. I also need a headliner bad I understand to do the job right I need to take the windows out

Tue Aug 19, 2008 2:56 pm

bigracedad wrote: There Empi sprints. Juan do you know the paint code number for this color.. I was told it was a 71 color only.. car has no rust but a dent here and there,, I'd like to do a repaint the winter. I also need a headliner bad I understand to do the job right I need to take the windows out

The color is Shantung yellow I believe...

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/info/paintcodest3.php

Tue Aug 19, 2008 3:42 pm

A 165/45 looks like Total chit on anything except a bus.... and even still on a bus its gotta be layed out to look decent.

My .02c