My Jetta GX

i was looking at getting JOM's for my jetta, ride height looks spot on but are they a good ride?

Did you go to gti international, i'm pretty sure i see your car there?

Tom Novy wrote:

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Thats a great shot mate

@ Muttley
Iv found the JOM Coilovers a really nice ride, she really was comfy on the motorway to Inters

@ Mr T
Yes mate i was there all weekend mainly parked in the campsite tho

@ Simeon
Thanks matey, was driving round for about an hour to find some nice places to 'shoot' her

Great work, Tom (You're not "the" Tom Novy are you LOL) Just how hard was it to respray your alloys? It's just I have a set of the standard Mk2 steel wheels sitting in my Mum's garden, and I want to paint them in white to match my mate's Jetta for him. Cheers : )

Sad to say im not "the" tom novy lol just a nick names & online alias of mine for the last 8 years or so

i didnt find it that hard to paint my wheels, they are not exactly "paintshop" finish but they do the job. first i made sure i gave them all a good rub down, i put two coats of primer & two coats of respol orange with a satin finish. this was all done with aerosol cans so make sure you have a steady hand

so i had a day off & i thought i might pop down to halfords & treat my beloved jetta to a bottle of T Cut .

after a hour and a half of T-Cutting the Jetta's Blue is really starting to shine again

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Tom Novy wrote:Sad to say im not "the" tom novy lol just a nick names & online alias of mine for the last 8 years or so

i didnt find it that hard to paint my wheels, they are not exactly "paintshop" finish but they do the job. first i made sure i gave them all a good rub down, i put two coats of primer & two coats of respol orange with a satin finish. this was all done with aerosol cans so make sure you have a steady hand

Cheers for the advice, "Tom" Did you bother to lacquer the wheels? And what do you think would look better on the standard Jetta steel wheels - white, silver or black? (My mate's Jetta is white BTW)

i didnt lacquer my wheels as i wanted a flat finish to the orange.

well if your mates jetta is white I would personally go for black. my old mondeo was white with black wheels & it worked well

would love to see some pics of your mates jetta

Tom Novy wrote:i didnt lacquer my wheels as i wanted a flat finish to the orange.

well if your mates jetta is white I would personally go for black. my old mondeo was white with black wheels & it worked well

would love to see some pics of your mates jetta

I'll try and get it out of his lock-up, and then I'll take a few "snaps" of it. That's if I can get the wheels put on it, as it's sitting on it's brakes ATM

Sorry to double post, but I have been wondering if Tom has been thinking about colour-coding the rubbing strips on the side of his car, so they match his wheels? Just a thought! : )

ValiantSaint wrote:Sorry to double post, but I have been wondering if Tom has been thinking about colour-coding the rubbing strips on the side of his car, so they match his wheels? Just a thought! : )

That would be a very nice detail !
Like my mate has done on his Coupe:

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hmmm thats an idea, but i think im set with the orange, i like the how the side repeaters & the front indicators look with the wheels,

think im gonna focus on an engine next, might just chuck a 8v gti engine in with a very lumpy cam and poss webers ......... oh and a few more turns on the coilovers

been playing round with a shot from a previous shoot & its not there yet think i gotta do something with the sky but im nearly there. what do you guys think?

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& one a friend threw together quickly for me

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Tom Novy wrote:hmmm thats an idea, but i think im set with the orange, i like the how the side repeaters & the front indicators look with the wheels,

think im gonna focus on an engine next, might just chuck a 8v gti engine in with a very lumpy cam and poss webers ......... oh and a few more turns on the coilovers

So am I! That what I meant by do doing the side strips so they match your wheels, mate

Looks awesome! Very clean and the wheels top it off

a good detail , if youre door handle inserts are rough paint htem the same as yir wheels.

Tom Novy wrote: oh and a few more turns on the coilovers

dont do it....check out my thread....being that low only ends bad for your sump and subframe and exhaust and whole underside of the car lol my sump hits cats eyes when i over take its annoying....and to think the guy that owned it before me had it 1" lower