Before & After - Winter Conversion Thread

[Akatsuki...]

Before:

Totally stock.

After:

Thanks F37150 for the after pic!:thumbsup:

I regret not getting bigger winter tires and winter rims.

 

[mrgreek2002]

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After:

 

[natskiboy]

^^ Thats not a golf....LOL

 

[theholycow]

It's not a golf, but it sure is pretty.

 

[goldn]

looking at your car, did you only change the rear bumper? sides still look stock. The back looks amazing though. :thumbsup:

you got it, rear bumper and a subtle :wink: turboback exhaust.
i've got a euro-lip up front... barely hanging on.
otherwise, car cosmetics are stock.

 

[MitchPope]

Ya, too early, IMHO. I got my winter tires/steelies last week, but I'm not mounting them yet. It was 17C and sunny today in Ottawa. 18C and sunny tomorrow. No snow or sub-zero degree temps in the 14-day forecast. So, I won't be mounting them for a while, I guess :thumbsup: Winter tires are meant for colder temps and are made with softer rubber. Using them now, you are just wearing them away at a much faster rate. I do my own mounting, so I'm holding-off until the last moment.

If your tires are brand new, they will be covered with all of those little rubber fingers left over from the tire mold, you want the higher temperatures to wear these away faster so that you'll actually have contact between the sipes and the road when the iceman cometh. My ESP kicked in yesterday because I really don't have full contact with the road yet.

 

[twisted by dezign]

Can't wait to get my tires and steelies. I was thinking of either getting wheel covers to make it look more like a regular Golf or to put chrome rings around the lip.

 

[mrgreek2002]

It's not a golf, but it sure is pretty.

Thanks. :smile:

 

[goldn]

Can't wait to get my tires and steelies. I was thinking of either getting wheel covers to make it look more like a regular Golf or to put chrome rings around the lip.

skip the hubcaps.
naked steelies FTW!

 

[TO_Turbo]

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Rob

 

[C_Block]

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Blizzak tires, sweet in the snow.
Oh and i know your going to ask me, wheres the fog grill. I'm waiting on get some jetta once. And for the gti onces, i tried making open honey cone. It was just way too much work for me.

 

[poopooegg]

your VW sign is upside down too. :lol:

 

[C_Block]

your VW sign is upside down too. :lol:

Yeah, the gti isn't happy about the winter.
haha

 

[dosbox]

Hope to put my Classix on this weekend. No ugly steelies for me :happyanim:

 

[MitchPope]

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Steelie-riffic