VW Jetta. Now with attitude.

[ADVAN]

Hello Everyone,

I have a Salsa Red Volkswagen Jetta MY 2008.

It's a comfortable and reliable car. The only things it lacks are power and attitude.

My mate has a black Jetta and suggested I get one. He looked everywhere for wheels for his VW Jetta and found nothing.

I considered the Classics Jetta 18 inch wheels you can get from Volkswagen. I think they come on the TSI. Then I thought I didn't want the car to look like a TSI-wannabee.

Instead I chose Yokohama ADVAN RS-D wheels 18 x 8.0 in Matt Black. I first saw a set on VW Mk5 Golf GTI at a Circuit Club track day at Wakefield Park. It had Machine Black ADVAN RSD wheels with ADVAN Neova tyres. I sort of copied it but with the Matt Black rims. What do you think?

Today I added some attitude.

Here's my car at 8:00 am this morning. Mild mannered.



Here's my car at 4:00 this afternoon. Attitude. I just need an "I shoot and I vote sticker"!



What else can I do to it aesthetically? Some TSI 15mm lower springs and a duck tail spoiler would be good?

Christian.

[Tim]

if you want it to look tough i reckon ull need a 35 - 50mm drop!
And yep a nice subtle rear spoiler finishes the Jetta off nicely

[team_v]

Man those wheels look freaking awesome.
Completely transform the look of the car.

Get a subtle spoiler on that and drop it down and it will be a good looking machine.

[noone]

Nice wheels.

The problem with the wheels is they accentuate the wheel arch gap.

If you drop it and tint the windows, you will be on your way...

The rear bumper looks strange as there are no plastic skirts, maybe a little colour coding would make it look more finished.

[team_v]

Nice wheels.

The problem with the wheels is they accentuate the wheel arch gap.

If you drop it and tint the windows, you will be on your way...

The rear bumper looks strange as there are no plastic skirts, maybe a little colour coding would make it look more finished.

I agree with everything said above.
Especially the textured bumpers.

[maca]

Looking good!

Great to see the Jetta 5's getting what the Bora's never got.. A following!

[anthony]

Sorry,I cannot say that I am a fan of the new alloys...
They look like the car has missing hubcaps.
MUCH MUCH MUCH ptefer the standars Atlanta VW alloys,as they when clean make the elegsant aJetta look so classy...

[noone]

MUCH MUCH MUCH ptefer the standars Atlanta VW alloys,as they when clean make the elegsant aJetta look so classy...

they suit the future look of the car.

[Silver dub]

It looks to much like a wana be drift car IMO, but good on ya for trying something different,

[Swallowtail]

I like the wheels - they look great, but as already commented it does accentuate the ride height. Needs a drop. Well done...

[Golf Houso]

Lower it (as said before obviously), colour code and remove the mud flaps and you will have one fantastic looking jetta, great start

[anthony_VWJET]

Tint windows, drop it, colour code it and drop a 2.0T into it...

[GoLfMan]

Lower it (as said before obviously), colour code and remove the mud flaps and you will have one fantastic looking jetta, great start

x2 on that... you need the ride height now to compliment the wheels

[ADVAN]

RE attitude

I hear you all loud and clear. I'm really happy with the wheels and tyres. The handling is amazing. Amazing. I have pushed the car pretty hard and it's hard to get the ADVAN Neova tyres to squeak on a public road.

I drove to Bathurst and gave the car all it had on the bends just before Lithgow on the Bells Line of Road. The handling has me astounded. What a chassis. It was just begging for grippy tyres. But it highlighted the biggest flaw. Horsepower! Or rather a lack of it.

The car's coming up for it's 45,000 service. I might just drive off with some 15mm lower TSI springs if it keeps the thing under warranty. I'm assuming anything lower than 15mm and I'd need a different shock. With that sort of mod I bet the warranty goes straight out the window. Is that right?

Cheers all.

If anyone is interested in the process of fitting the wheels, because you don't see too many on Jettas, I can advise you on the wheel nuts (Square taper not cupped like the factory ones) and the fact that the right rear touches the inner splash guard when the wheel is in the air, but not when it is on the ground.

[team_v]

Good to hear you are enjoying your ride and pushing it to the limits.

What model is it (118TSI etc)????

An ecu tune would definitely give it a bit more go.