Dylan and I always comment on these rims… and we saw a set this evening and I was looking into them… anyone know of any pics of them on a jetta? They are kinda small at 14×5, and I am certainly not going to try to find a play to widen them (HA!)… but they are cool and with some spacers, some polishing, and some custom color matched paint, they could be pretty dope for a show set…
So someone stole my miata rims. Frustrating, but ok. They weren’t my favorite rims, although they were super lightweight and would have made for great track rims, but whatever, no use crying over spilt milk.
I DID get some throttle bodies though:
Up for auction off of a 2001 gsxr 600 is  throttle body assembly with injectors. . IN excellent shape.  .          Email any ?? and thanks for looking.
Wasn’t an english major I bet. But it was $50 + shipping.
Should be a nice little addition to cali.
Time to update the exterior…
Wheels and tires… I have wheels that I bought off of my Miata friend Sameer… they are the 7 spoke, 10.3 lbs. Cheap and with tires. They look like this:
They MAY need spacers too look better, but they are SO light. They will make for good track tires eventually. I keep seeing rims I WANT, but I won’t likely buy for a while…
I upgraded from the aeros to euro quad rounds (again, from Dylan). I wired them up via relays to the battery and put in new bulbs. MAN do they light up the road MUCH MUCH better now. I can actually SEE stuff. SO nice. I will eventually get a quad round badgeless grill. Rebecca also bought me a quad round upper eyebrow that I will put in eventually, probably after I get some paint on there.
Chris got me new front bumper, which was a very nice visual improvement on the car. I also got a GLI rear spoiler in black that I may repaint and install as well as a later GTI rear hatch spoiler with an integrated brake light. I would like to figure out a way to install that on the edge of the roof and use the brakelight. We shall see.
I also installed a roof mounted antenna, or fuba. I took the time and ran it through the A pillar as well. It works, although I should reseal it, I don’t think it is tight enough.
That is all the exterior work I have done so far. I would LIKE to eventually paint the car, although I am not sure what color I would do, and I would certainly like to clean up the dings and surface rust spots. We’ll see though, I am not sure I want to spend much money on it though. Perhaps this winter I will sand down the bad places and clean them up… perhaps I will do a coat of flat black or something. heehee.
I really like these rims for some reason. A couple pics…
That dude had his color matched and polished, stock they are just metal, nothing exciting.
Sure the adaptors are going to cost money. And sure the rims are gonna cost money. And sure, I would have to get the staggered set (16×7 up front, 16×8 out back or something like that…). And rebecca thinks they are ugly and that I don’t need any more wheels and tires. And sure I already have the super sweet super light miata rims.
Maybe when the project gets further ahead. I am looking at more for the adaptors than I am for the rims. That is kinda dumb really.
Cali was entered into the Chicago VW’s Treffen 2005 Car Show… And we came away with an award… Didn’t wash it, although I did take some garbage out of it. Notice the mirror…
TOTALLY highlighting the beer can exhaust. I even polished it up a bit. The can that is.
And the award…
It was a fun time. Next year, hopefully it will be a better car. We’ll see how the winter goes.
The ad was on craiglist… And the owner took these pics. He asked $400, I offered $325. He agreed. It needs some work… the headliner is sagging, the oil light comes on and buzzes. It need a bumper. It leaks a little water. The headlight sprayer doesn’t work. But overall, it runs fine. The car was given to the wife, and was a california car, hence they named her Cali. The car lived with them in California, then moved to NY with them in like 97 or 98, and now Chicago. Because of the time in California, there is little rust.
Here a couple pics from the seller….
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