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Old 02-04-2010, 04:17 PM   #1
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How's it going StanceWorks!! My name is Jon Balint, I figured I'd join up after hearing great things about this site from my friend Zack01GC who is a local friend and now i go to college with. Anyway, I'm from Wexford, PA which is like 20 mins north of Pittsburgh, so im saying Pittsburgh cause its more well known. Im driving a 2004.5 Volkswagen GLI 1.8T



here are recent pics of my car, its stock (semi-lame) but I'm a college student so I'm doing things as i get money. Any Suggestions will be greatly appreciated.. I am doing suspension this summer but i have no idea what to get yet. I'm going OEM+, at least for this summer. I'm getting coils, spacers, and polishing my RC's, well at least that's the plan.
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Old 02-04-2010, 07:17 PM   #3
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Your car looks familiar, where do you go to college at? Anyway, Im a student to, no money, no job, I feel yah there. To keep the urge of buying parts down, do simple under $100 things such as headliner or wheel refinishing. Just a tip. Car looks clean man.
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Old 02-04-2010, 08:10 PM   #4
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Um California University of Pennsylvania, just a small state system school
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Old 02-04-2010, 08:26 PM   #5
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well here are some of the people im usually with if that helps..
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Old 02-04-2010, 08:33 PM   #6
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ah, none of them strike a memory. I remember the checker print mirror and the color. Anyway, car looks sick. Can't wait to see it dropped.
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yeah ill post some pictures up here once i get it on, just don't know how i can make OEM+ look good yet. I know the polished rims will add a little to it but i don't know how they will look. stretched tyres add so much and i'm not stretching on 18x7.5's(stock wheels)
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Yeah, heres some pics of a 7.5 w/ stretch tires. It can be made to look good, but its going to look silly with small tires out the back.

165/40
http://www.tyrestretch.com/7.5_165_4...ankang.jpg.php

165/45
http://www.tyrestretch.com/7.5_165_4...ankang.jpg.php

185/35
http://www.tyrestretch.com/7.5_185_3..._R17_4.jpg.php

Just to let you know what stretched 7.5 looks like. Re-do the headliner, it makes driving the car more fun in a way lol plus its cheap.
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Whats up Jon.

I see my car in there behind Chang's...
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Yeah you sneak your beautiful ass in the picture quite well, haha. What do you think of stretched tyres on my RC's? I think it will look good from the side, I think it will look a bit weak from the rear. This would be after the drop of course.
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i say save your money and put them to nicer wheels. RC's are ok, but not worth polishing or stretching tires on.
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I think they are a little narrow myself.
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exactly what i thought. i want rims that are semi nice for like 400 and i can get them refinished.
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i would get some clean as wheels if i had like $1400 to throw down for wheels. I'm making $300 payments a month for this, so i have no money for big things. i have big plans for this car.
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Old 02-05-2010, 02:29 PM   #15
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Hooray for GLI's! Welcome.
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I don't agree with one thing and that's the headliner business posted above. Your car comes stock with the black one, don't change it. just my 2 cents.
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