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Re: Mk5 Jetta - aka Roland Rat!! Wheels Help - what to choose??!!
« Reply #75 on: March 03, 2013, 03:48:12 pm »
I'll keep an eye on this, looks promising.

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Re: Mk5 Jetta - aka Roland Rat!! Wheels Help - what to choose??!!
« Reply #76 on: March 03, 2013, 05:23:58 pm »


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Re: Mk5 Jetta - aka Roland Rat!! Wheels Help - what to choose??!!
« Reply #77 on: March 05, 2013, 02:38:17 pm »
Deal done on the 0.06's! Just got to wait now!

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Re: Mk5 Jetta - aka Roland Rat!! Wheels Help - what to choose??!!
« Reply #78 on: March 05, 2013, 08:16:02 pm »
Did you go for staggered fitment?? I really can't decide...on one hand I love the staggered look but on the other its a front-wheel-drive after all and it'd all be a lie having fat back paws. 

In my mind I keep thinking of those fake second exhausts on boy-race chariots  :fighting:

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Re: Mk5 Jetta - aka Roland Rat!! Wheels Help - what to choose??!!
« Reply #79 on: March 05, 2013, 08:17:34 pm »
Good decision!  :happy2:


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Re: Mk5 Jetta - aka Roland Rat!! Wheels Help - what to choose??!!
« Reply #80 on: March 05, 2013, 09:43:10 pm »
 :congrats: :congrats: :congrats: :congrats: :congrats: :congrats: :congrats: :congrats: :congrats:

Cant wait for the pictures its gonna look  :drool:  :drool:  :drool:

Have you got the rubber for them?

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Re: Mk5 Jetta - aka Roland Rat!! Wheels Help - what to choose??!!
« Reply #81 on: March 06, 2013, 01:13:02 am »
8.5x18 et 42 all round with 225/40/18's. going to have my rear arches pulled a little, or I have to raise it a bit!
Plus it means I can upgrade to the 9.5's if I wanted. It is meant to be a family car after all!!

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Re: Mk5 Jetta - aka Roland Rat!! Wheels Help - what to choose??!!
« Reply #82 on: March 06, 2013, 11:15:24 am »
Done as you said andy and joined up, you know what i think of your jetta!

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Re: Mk5 Jetta - aka Roland Rat!! Wheels Help - what to choose??!!
« Reply #83 on: March 06, 2013, 06:14:10 pm »
8.5x18 et 42 all round with 225/40/18's. going to have my rear arches pulled a little, or I have to raise it a bit!
Plus it means I can upgrade to the 9.5's if I wanted. It is meant to be a family car after all!!

When are they coming  :laugh:

I have recently got F1 Assy 2 xl's and they are really really good, can't recommend them enough  :happy2:

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Re: Mk5 Jetta - aka Roland Rat!! Wheels Help - what to choose??!!
« Reply #84 on: March 06, 2013, 07:00:44 pm »
As soon as they are the supplier i'll get a call! ;)

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Re: Mk5 Jetta - aka Roland Rat!! Wheels Help - what to choose??!!
« Reply #85 on: March 19, 2013, 08:36:06 pm »
Been having a wheel rethink - saw the 0.06's on a jetta already - not convinced I like them. So I'm still looking - maybe Ronal R50's, or comp MO's.

But I did order my R-line bits and pieces - pick them up on Thursday

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Re: Mk5 Jetta - aka Roland Rat!! Wheels Help - what to choose??!!
« Reply #86 on: March 20, 2013, 02:05:48 pm »
Hey Andy

Can you post up the lower grill R-line part numbers, my local stealer is having trouble getting them right.

Regards to wheels, get someone to photoshop them on for opinions.


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Re: Mk5 Jetta - aka Roland Rat!! Wheels Help - what to choose??!!
« Reply #87 on: March 20, 2013, 02:38:51 pm »
Newbie jetta question....

what are these r line bits you speak of?

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Re: Mk5 Jetta - aka Roland Rat!! Wheels Help - what to choose??!!
« Reply #88 on: March 20, 2013, 07:39:14 pm »
Newbie jetta question....

what are these r line bits you speak of?

I'm guessing the fog light grilles!?

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Re: Mk5 Jetta - aka Roland Rat!! Wheels Help - what to choose??!!
« Reply #89 on: March 21, 2013, 04:34:59 pm »
Ok so a few things done recently!

First - interior rear window blind


Along with a genuine 80's Roland Rat toy!!

Got my heko deflectors fitted
Front


Rear


Good overall fit, but you still get wet with drips if the window is open too much and you wash/wipe the windscreen.

R-line foglight grill fitted
A few mods have to be carried out to them to make them fit the jetta (3 lugs don't line up with the holes, you can trim them off and they will hold in place fine due to the screw) also they are a slightly different shape around the leading edge.

Comparison


Fitted




The shape issue.


And I apologies for how dirty the car is - I've just done around 200 miles in 2 days, too and from a family wedding & a shopping trip. On snowy/salted roads!!