I do not condone stance

"crazedclay: SBC murderer" (crazedclay) 06/11/2014 at 01:22 • Filed to: Leave the pimp, take the wheels

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but I surely do like those wheels for some reason. What the heck are they?

UPDATE: C4 salad shooters. Thanks oppo. You are the best.

vdub_nut: scooter snob > crazedclay: SBC murderer 06/11/2014 at 01:24

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Corvette Salad Shooters

YSI-what can brown do for you > crazedclay: SBC murderer 06/11/2014 at 01:24

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C4 Corvette wheels?

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > crazedclay: SBC murderer 06/11/2014 at 01:25

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Dayum, Jetta wagons look surprisingly good in gold, I'm actually surprised I like this paintjob

Maddox Kay > crazedclay: SBC murderer 06/11/2014 at 01:25

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Corvette C4 OEM wheels. It's a popular mod. VW guys like putting OEM wheels from completely unrelated cars on their GTIS/Jettas for some reason.

Frank Grimes > crazedclay: SBC murderer 06/11/2014 at 01:25

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corvette c4 wheels

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > YSI-what can brown do for you 06/11/2014 at 01:26

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That's what they look like to me.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > crazedclay: SBC murderer 06/11/2014 at 01:27

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Apparently VW guys love salad shooters and even old Mercedes wheels on their cars.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > crazedclay: SBC murderer 06/11/2014 at 01:29

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Definitely Corvette. Someone posted a picture of an E34 wagon with the same wheels on it.

ZiptieMcBumper > crazedclay: SBC murderer 06/11/2014 at 01:35

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Eh. I think they work fine.

The stance doesn't bother me, but that stretch on the rear is making my brain hurt.

I'm too old for this shit... I thought stance was just tight fitment, ride height, and camber. Is stretch required as well?

lonestranger > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 06/11/2014 at 01:46

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Those are also C4 Corvette wheels, but they aren't the same as the ones on the Jetta above. Early C4s had 16" wheels with flatter, thinner spokes that point forward. Later, facelifted C4s had 17" wheels with fat, curvy spokes that flow rearward.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > lonestranger 06/11/2014 at 01:47

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I'd never noticed that..

E30Joe drives a Subaru > crazedclay: SBC murderer 06/11/2014 at 01:53

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Haha you think that's low man? And they are sawblades/salad shooters they come off of older Vettes.

E30Joe drives a Subaru > ZiptieMcBumper 06/11/2014 at 01:53

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The stretch combined with camber gives you more clearance from your fender. So you can go lower.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > crazedclay: SBC murderer 06/11/2014 at 01:59

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Stance guys love these wheels. Wide, cheap, small Diameter, It's like they we made to go on a slammed Econobox.

At least this one has a bowtie

Personally I prefer these C4 wheels

lonestranger > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 06/11/2014 at 02:01

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I ninja-edited that they're different sizes as well, which I never noticed until now. TMYK!

And the '88-'89 C4s had ugly 16" 6-slots or slightly better looking optional 17" 6-slots that became standard in '90.

None of them will fit on your Safari.

BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. > lonestranger 06/11/2014 at 02:07

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They are staggered, and directional wheels... those early C4 16" wheels can be swapped left for right, to sweep back, rather than forward. 16x8.5 front, 9.5 inches wide in the rear.

Luckily 5 x 4.75 is so close to 5x120... it is actually 5 x 120.7... probably close enough to fit, perhaps with wobble-lugs to accommodate tenths of a millimeter difference. (sort of like the difference between 5x4.5/114.3mm vs. 5 x 115mm... just tenths of a millimeter off.)

I think the early C4 wheels are good looking, especially when painted... but then again one of my favorite wheels is the Manaray Turbina S... which is very similar, with some extra cooling slots, and a concave face. Long since out of production, though.

Milky > crazedclay: SBC murderer 06/11/2014 at 10:23

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I'm going to be that guy …. those are saw blades, the earlier ones are salad shooters.

Andrew's Ennui > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 06/11/2014 at 15:08

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It's almost a brown station wagon.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Andrew's Ennui 06/11/2014 at 15:26

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almost

S60 Sasha > Maddox Kay 06/20/2014 at 13:26

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Yep. Here in SoFlo the recent trend is OEM Benz wheels on VWs.