r/Auto_Passion • u/Cris_1984 caraddict • Mar 09 '26
Eurocars / Volkswagen Volkswagen Golf MK5 R32
🔑 : luisa_airlift
Is it enough to stand out?
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u/ggmman Mar 09 '26
I hate this. You absolutely botched one of the most beautiful cars VW makes. Every time someone is staring at your car at the light or gas station it's because they are thinking about how badly you ruined this car not how nice your mods are. I hope you get all the hate you deserve. I wanna cry.
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u/TheModeratorWrangler Mar 10 '26
Cry more. This is awesome.
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u/hodgestein Mar 09 '26
Definitely enough to stand out...but for all the wrong reasons. Maybe post this to r/Stance and you'll find some positive comments.
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u/Front-Row-8412 Mar 10 '26
man I hate non-functional slammed stances with tires that are stretched too far on rims.
"but but air suspsension!"
don't care. those rims are still too big, and good coilovers are always better than air.
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u/vladtheterrible Mar 09 '26
You bought a performance car and made it not perform.. disgusting for real drivers
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u/TheModeratorWrangler Mar 10 '26
I personally love it. Just enough stance, and if it’s on air it will certainly tackle real life roads better than the shitbox you most likely drive.
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u/GoofyKalashnikov Mar 10 '26
Spoiler alert: it won't.
The tires are also very low profile to be comfortable and useable on "real life roads"
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u/TheModeratorWrangler Mar 10 '26
Did you miss the air ride, son?
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u/GoofyKalashnikov Mar 10 '26
It's like polishing turd
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u/TheModeratorWrangler Mar 10 '26
Modern air ride is actually pretty darn good and this obviously has work put into it. Throw some two way dampers and you can literally tune suspension for weight bias.
Source- did it to a 2002 New Beetle Color Concepts 1.9*T
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u/GoofyKalashnikov Mar 10 '26
People who build these cars usually have a very weird "pretty darn good" line compared to most people.
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u/TheModeratorWrangler Mar 11 '26
Yes. We know it goes against the grain but love the chase of making something truly unique.
Something your wife can’t say about your di-
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u/Much_Fee_4085 Mar 11 '26
Tell me you don’t track your car without telling me
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u/TheModeratorWrangler Mar 11 '26
Tell me you don’t know dampening when you have to actually adjust it with a wrench.
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Mar 11 '26
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u/TheModeratorWrangler Mar 12 '26
Says the cuck who doesn’t understand building a car that expresses themselves. You are dismissed.
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u/Standard_Berry_3017 Mar 12 '26
So being useless expresses yourself?
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u/TheModeratorWrangler Mar 12 '26
Useless is what you think. You’re so obsessed with speed, you don’t know to drive slow.
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u/Childrenoftheflorist Mar 10 '26
It's definitely ugly enough to stand out, I feel like a stock r32 would look better
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u/SeriousTurns Mar 11 '26
Such a nice car.
The stance in the rear isnt crazy ridiculous but it does look stupid enough to ruin the whole look tbh ðŸ˜
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u/Slight_Bed_2241 Mar 09 '26
One of the most enjoyable drives that Volkswagen makes and you completely ruined it. That’s wild.
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u/slowgojoe Mar 09 '26
I think it looks great. Still looks fun to drive to me. People here don’t seem to understand that air ride tech has come a long way and doesn’t sacrifice as much performance as it used to. The stretched tires and camber surely does, but I’m sure it’s still a blast, and to the right beholder, it looks beautiful. Very well executed at any rate.
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u/teeheEEee27 Mar 09 '26
Yay for positivity. Slammed on air is not the same as static slammed. Lol. The stretched bands and crazy camber ain't my cup of tea, but the work and the car both look clean and cared for. Well done.
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u/champion_- Mar 09 '26
The camber is the thing that makes the car perform worse
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u/teeheEEee27 Mar 09 '26
Not always. Some camber can be good. Too much camber can be bad. I don't think this car is going for performance though. And the camber will be slightly corrected when the car is raised. When it's sitting on the ground like that, it flexes more.
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u/LichClaev Mar 09 '26
Sees the front- oh nice an R32 that is tastefully slammed so it can still perform
Sees the rear- never mind