Rims, rims, and more rims

I seem to just be collecting parts and not actually getting any work done these days. Maybe that's my plan just collect as much junk as I possibly can. It feels like I am doing something but not really. I did fire the rabbit up and swap out the stock rims for the steelies

There was motivation for the swap. Some guy wanted 13 inch stock rims and he was willing to trade for some sweet gold BBS rims. I simply could not pass these up. They even have new tires on them. I figure there worth around $300 and the rims I traded them for are worth essentially nothing. I was going to give them away. Major score. Gotta love Craigslist.

Lastly grabbed up some new to me tailights that are in perfect shape. Once I get the rear end fixed these will be going on.

Parts, Parts, and More Parts

So I got some cool new stuff over the past couple weeks. I'm pretty excited about them. Let's review shall we.

First up the new steering wheel. Came out of an early (75-77) scirocco. Note the nifty wolfsburg emblem on the horn ring. The wheel itself is brown and the horn ring is black. Currnetly looking for a replacement for the horn ring in brown but can live with it as is.

Picked up some sweet seats out of a cabriolet that the owner recnetly had recovered in...TAN, perfect! and cheap.


Same dude that had the seats had these bumpers too. Not my first choice but the price was right and once I get the body work done they'll work. They are aluminium so no rust, just a little polish and they'll look like new.


New to me steelies. Nice and wide with a low profile. I'll probably paint them white eventually. We'll see. The rust is just on the surface.

Lastly I got this. Know what it is? Take a guess

If you said passenger side axle with rebuilt CV joints give yourself a pat on the back. My boots were shot and that usually means the joints are shot so figured I'd just replace the entire axle, $30 killer deal.