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67bda
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Sweet ride, nice job!
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72on18's
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nice car, i love the stance it has.
BTW: is this p0rk that worked at Suicidedoors.com awhile back? |
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pOrk
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Thanks for all the comments guys, both good and bad. I can take a hazing.
72on18's, yes I'm the same guy.
As we say around here, somethings ain't cool unless their custom  I have no idea if these are going to fit until I get tires mounted its going to be CLOSE as hell. 15x8 3 3/4 backspacing reverse offset wheels for the rear
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72on18's
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| Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2011 6:40 pm Post subject: |
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[quote="pOrk"]Thanks for all the comments guys, both good and bad. I can take a hazing.
72on18's, yes I'm the same guy.
As we say around here, somethings ain't cool unless their custom I have no idea if these are going to fit until I get tires mounted its going to be CLOSE as hell. 15x8 3 3/4 backspacing reverse offset wheels for the rear
I thought it was you when i saw the Thorbecke Bros. sticker on your toolbox. I still have the free pork shirt...lol
I love the lip on those wheels, I hope they fit after you get tires on them. |
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radioman2k4
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Congrats pOrk! You've got a great looking Beetle. I'd say ship it as well. Do us Original nuts and the engineers that spent endless hours engineering such a magnificent machine a favor, leave it original!
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pOrk
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| Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2011 4:07 pm Post subject: |
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Well, I got fit.
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pOrk
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Painted the wheels a silver metallic base, 2 sizes of HOK flake, and kandy tangerine over the top. Undecided which center caps I like better, the VW ones or the Porsche ones. Any opinions?
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Rich's 50
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pOrk
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bagged59
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| Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2011 10:44 am Post subject: |
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| porsche caps for sure. that looks sick! |
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VeeDubDoug 
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I'm with bagged59, for sure.
But I also agree with Rich...
Bright rims, white bug... they kinda clash man.
Find a color that will offest the rims and it could change the whole look.
Maybe something simple like black would look somewhat decent... 
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pOrk
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| VeeDubDoug wrote: | I'm with bagged59, for sure.
But I also agree with Rich...
Bright rims, white bug... they kinda clash man.
Find a color that will offest the rims and it could change the whole look.
Maybe something simple like black would look somewhat decent... |
I tried black first, the lip of the wheels looked small and they blended in with the centers. It looked good, but not what I was looking for. The orange is bright and against white it would clash, but the car is beige. I am not the best at taking photos, looks better in person I think.
I need to find some decent looking lug nuts, stud the rear drums so they match the front, and maybe paint the drums since the porsche centers don't cover the entire center of the wheel. What color do I paint drums? They are black now and blend in with the centers, maybe just repaint them so they are glossy like the wheel centers so it blends in better, I dunno.
Heres a photo when wheels were black:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-O3ACAM54U8&feature=player_embedded#! |
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VeeDubDoug
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| Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2011 11:18 am Post subject: |
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I meant paint the bug black.
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pOrk
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| Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2011 11:33 am Post subject: |
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ohhhhhhhh
that might be an option, the paint on the car is recent but the guy that did it ( previous owner ) didn't know what he was doing and you can see scratches from sanding the car under the paint.  |
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bagged59
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A black car with those tangerine rims would look fantastic, but its probably a bit easier to find a better color for the wheels than repainting the car...
How about painting the wheels silver or a gunmetal so they don't blend into the tire like when they were black? |
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pOrk
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| Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2011 11:42 am Post subject: |
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I like the orange wheels
Anyone have suggestions for rear shocks? I am running Barn door bus shocks in the front and they are perfect, but haven't found a good match for the rear yet. |
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okdecay
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I saw the rolling video of this posted on the vortex.
I liked it with the black wheels better 
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madster
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| Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 8:55 pm Post subject: |
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It looks good the way you are rollin it bro 
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AlmostOriginal
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Nice car!
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itizmyne4
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| Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 9:09 pm Post subject: |
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You have a picture of how you did the front? Plenty of bags in the rear pics, but don't see many of the front.
Very clean, can't wait to get my bagged
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