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You know the gentleman that I mentioned that got my car started when I
ruined a perfectly good 8v by swapping a 16v in it...  If I remember
correctly he had 17's on his Scirocco.  I remember he said that the
fenders were rolled and the car was dropped like you wouldn't believe
but said that it ran great that way.  I remember looking at it in AWE
and thinking that I wanted my car to look that way when I had like a
million or so.  It didn't look ghetto at all.  I think he may have had
coilovers.

The car was sweet though.  It had one of the aftermarket body kits,
and he had Mk1 leather seats in it which looked really good.  It
started out life as an 85 burgundy red just like mine and it has been
painted some sort of porsche red.  He had swapped a 16v into it and
done some serious work to it.  I know that he had NOS.  On I-5 in
Seattle once we were on this cruise to somewhere and I had my 16v
pretty much wide open and he hit the button and left me like I was
sitting still.  I think he was in 4th too.

I hear that's rough on the engines though.

Chris

On 11/3/05, Greg Pallett <greg.rocco@gmail.com> wrote:
> I think most people would agree that 17's are a lot of wheel for a Sciroco..
> some feel that 16 is the biggest you'd want to go. WIth a 17 wheel, you
> don't have very much tire sidewall to help cushion the ride, so the
> suspension had better be top notch..
>  or so I've heard ;-)
>  hth
>  G
>
>  On 11/3/05, Blake Irvin <blake@clockworm.com> wrote:
> >
> > a friend of mine is trying to sell his anemic cabriolet, and is
> > offering me the upgraded wheels he bought for it.
> >
> > i don't know the brand - they look ok, are i think 17", and have
> > 'version 5' marked on them in black type.
> >
> > any advice here?
> >
> >
> > blake/
> >
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