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First wash and detail with new wheels.

Fair enough, the wife said the same thing about my 20th. What grown man drives a bright blue GTI. 🙃

Put a lot of junk in my trunk.. err hatch. 😀 The Good: drove down to my friend’s shop so I could mount and balance the 255/35s on my new wheels. Only needed 1/2oz to 3/4oz in weights per wheel. Balanced each wheel twice because I thought it was off. Kudos to Apex and Michelin for that. The...

I can appreciate the amount of work the PO put into this build. Reminds me of a eurowerks club member who did an R conversion to his Jetta Wagon back when I lived in MSP. Found a couple photos from one of our camping trips up near the Canadian border in 2009. That’s my Jazz Blue 20th AE parked...

New rubber arrived this morning. Will be mounting later this week along with ceramic coating for the wheels. Next step: supporting mods then Vortex!

Stud kit for the new wheels arrived, just waiting on tires. Hardware looks nice but still considering MSI.

Powder coat looks good! Have a soft spot for those wheels, not a lot of OE 18x8.5 options.

Wheels arrived today. Will be mounting some 255/35s next week. 😀

Washed and detailed the GTI and XC60R. Thankfully, only 1 of the 2 requires a stepladder to clean. Also hit 16K miles after 4 years and 10 days of ownership! More suspension parts showed up today, wheels and tires expected next week. Still need to make a decision on LCAs and sway bars.

This group seems partial to 17x9, but curious in anyone could share their 18x9 setups, experiences and/or pictures. Only found a few when reading through all 97 pages :) Reached out to Geirsen about this for my 7.5 GTI - paired with a set of PS4S. Per his suggestion, planning to go with a...