🔧 BUILD Mook's 2016 E85, Hybrid Turbo, Golf R

[01bluesnake]

Color looks great on those wheels against a black car. Normally I'm not a fan of the gold/bronze wheels, but those I like.

 

[BS ISF]

Looks great!!

 

[Turk]

Looks fantastic!

 

[Five-0]

Yeaaa, that's real niceee

 

[Bru]

Looks great man

 

[BOTTLEFED]

Well

 

[IZZy]

Sick!

 

[Shawn1112]

Fuck hitting a home run, those are a grand slam. Excellent choice Mook, as those look very good on your car.

 

[RedBeard]

That looks great!

I can’t recall, were you on VWR springs or was it something else?

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

ASS U ME.

Yeah not many powder coating companies can do like the original rim manufacturers did and machine the lug nut Pockets after the coating....

There's generally a reason why you never see any factory rims or otherwise with coatings on the lug nut seats you will see them with steel inserts but never painted or powder-coated.

I've seen it with bolted on powder coated water pump pulleys, all the way to rims, rotors, knuckles, multiple times over the years.

carry yer lug nut wrench and socket with you buddy.

Last thing you need is your lug nut holes chewed the f*** out because they loosened up.

I have a set of chewed-up tgp rims that were powder coated and now all the lug nut holes are ovaled.

I doubt you want to turn those into air hose holders bolted to yer garage wall.

you don’t need to machine the seats after getting powder coated, they can simply wipe the seat before tossing them in the oven.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

And those look awesome on there Mook, it’s always hard to find a color that compliments a black car so well and you nailed it.

 

[Blood on Blood]

Dig it

 

[blue-sun]

Wheels look better in person. Really works on the black Golf R.

 

[DEEZUZ]

R badge needs the bronze now

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

I don't know if I see them risking wiping the seats in deep recessed holes.

I'll shut up now but I'm just pointing out that it would be a really good idea to keep checking on em especially after a lot of hard braking where the brakes and wheel heats up.

As I point out before I have a set of four cross laces that are f****** destroyed because of this very issue.

I could actually care less about his jalopy I just don't want to be driving the TR next to him worrying about his wheel flying off

 

[DanJ]

I meant to bring my torque wrench to cars and coffee and forgot

I had those same wheels powder coated black and never had an issue. They may have masked the seats but it’s been 5 years and I don’t remember.

 

[Mook]

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[Enuea]

Anyway, that corn juice though... mmmm

 

[blue-sun]

 

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