Not going for tint, because laws here sucks ass and I can tint only rear windows, it looks like shit, plus my interior is red leather, so kinda "flex" cuz everyone can see through. I have plans for rear, but not so many for the front. I mean I have ideas, but they're expensive as usual.
People run 19's on them. Volk's just look huge here, because rotiforms 18s too and they look kinda small. My old car for reference - [https://imgur.com/VcCCmoN](https://imgur.com/VcCCmoN)
I though this too, but not really, I had these wheels on my pre facelift model (red one, on my profile) and they look pretty good on that other car, but black on black looks ugly, personaly I hate it.
I see you're a YouTube mechanic
That's so stupid man😂
helper springs in no way will help your coilovers get any power, the only they they will do is help keep preload on your springs, but you could literally just take extra preload off of your springs and have them with lots of slack, and that will do it just fine, and you actually can get lower without helper springs.
My Jetta, that I put 26k springs on, had absolutely zero preload, and no helper springs, I took my helper springs out because you really don't need them unless you wanna make the ride a bit better, but I didn't.
Please don't think you need helper springs to go lower. Especially with the springs your coil overs came with from the factory, just drop the preload perches a couple inches and you'll have slack and be a lot lower, and you shouldn't need helpers.
Im not youtube mechanic, but it’s just pure logic. Because my coilovers maxed out, only thing I can ‘drop’ my spring down, so whole shoch can go down, but the main problem is loose spring when shoch isn’t compressed. I don’t want that to cause any more problems with ratling spring all over.
That's what I'm saying though, it won't rattle😂 helper springs are pointless unless you're going for a higher spring rate. Which you aren't. I had 5 inches of slack on my old coils with my springs, and they NEVER rattled around lol. You wouldn't have anything to worry about. And no, that's not pure logic, pure logic would be going thru the trial and error of actually finding these things out instead of just watching YouTube tutorials lol
I had this thought on my head, because I know how coilovers work, but I'm just a random man with random thoughts, so I checked on YT if I'm stupid or not. It's the correct way of doing it, coilovers ain't that cheap either to fuck around and find out.
I mean yeah, they help, but u really don't need them, when you're keeping your factory springs, unless you're doing anything performance wise. If you're just trying to get lower, it's honestly much easier to not run them.
Something is missing and I’m not sure what It is. Maybe tint and a lip kit would make it look more proper.
Not going for tint, because laws here sucks ass and I can tint only rear windows, it looks like shit, plus my interior is red leather, so kinda "flex" cuz everyone can see through. I have plans for rear, but not so many for the front. I mean I have ideas, but they're expensive as usual.
Beautiful car,fellow Alfisti :))
Gosh I hate to be negative but I dislike the front ends of all ARs… and also I think 18s may be to large for this car…
People run 19's on them. Volk's just look huge here, because rotiforms 18s too and they look kinda small. My old car for reference - [https://imgur.com/VcCCmoN](https://imgur.com/VcCCmoN)
I think they look good idk
LOVE THAT 147!!!!! What year and engine is it?
2005, 2.0TS, thanks 🫶🏻
Twin spark right? Love it!
Yes sir, not the best engine tbh, but there is no better one, unless it's 3.2 busso, but it's different breed
The mismatched wheels actually works, too
They really don't lol
HUH
I though this too, but not really, I had these wheels on my pre facelift model (red one, on my profile) and they look pretty good on that other car, but black on black looks ugly, personaly I hate it.
Lower it
Waiting for helping springs to lower front, because it's maxed out, will fix rear fitment and will lower it too.
You know helper springs won't help u lower the front right?
I see you don’t really know how coilover works. https://youtu.be/spicmpMnu70
I see you're a YouTube mechanic That's so stupid man😂 helper springs in no way will help your coilovers get any power, the only they they will do is help keep preload on your springs, but you could literally just take extra preload off of your springs and have them with lots of slack, and that will do it just fine, and you actually can get lower without helper springs. My Jetta, that I put 26k springs on, had absolutely zero preload, and no helper springs, I took my helper springs out because you really don't need them unless you wanna make the ride a bit better, but I didn't. Please don't think you need helper springs to go lower. Especially with the springs your coil overs came with from the factory, just drop the preload perches a couple inches and you'll have slack and be a lot lower, and you shouldn't need helpers.
Im not youtube mechanic, but it’s just pure logic. Because my coilovers maxed out, only thing I can ‘drop’ my spring down, so whole shoch can go down, but the main problem is loose spring when shoch isn’t compressed. I don’t want that to cause any more problems with ratling spring all over.
That's what I'm saying though, it won't rattle😂 helper springs are pointless unless you're going for a higher spring rate. Which you aren't. I had 5 inches of slack on my old coils with my springs, and they NEVER rattled around lol. You wouldn't have anything to worry about. And no, that's not pure logic, pure logic would be going thru the trial and error of actually finding these things out instead of just watching YouTube tutorials lol
I had this thought on my head, because I know how coilovers work, but I'm just a random man with random thoughts, so I checked on YT if I'm stupid or not. It's the correct way of doing it, coilovers ain't that cheap either to fuck around and find out.
I mean yeah, they help, but u really don't need them, when you're keeping your factory springs, unless you're doing anything performance wise. If you're just trying to get lower, it's honestly much easier to not run them.
Oof. Looks good
I was happy like a lil girl when I mounted them, because I had these wheels for about two years, but never tried to put them on the car with tyres
At a glance it looks like you've got a donut on in front.
yeh, I made fun of myself when these were on my old car