VW Bora - Winter Gathering - New Wheels!

[AllanHardie]

My first car, from how i got it to how it is atm:







The replacement:

2003 2 litre manual bora

[kpowell911]

You going To mod the Bora?

[Russ_16v]

Ah too bad it's an S, so steels, black trims etc, but on the plus side it looks in very good condition!

[chriscummins7]

make it look like Jason E's and you're onto a winner.

[ch!ppen]

Really like the front end of the Clio

[Dunn]

upgrade? prefered the clio even if you do mod the bora

be a good project though

[Alastair.]

I like boras. Would never have the 2.0 8v though. Should have got the v5 or a tdi.

[Jordi17]

Clio is MUCH nicer IMO

[Tunst]

The borbets going on the Bora?

[AllanHardie]

Since I have not long turned 19, a TD was gonna be more to insure than a petrol and I got a price of £3.5k for insurance on a v5, the bora will be colour coded, us front bumper, coilies or wait and save for air and sitting on dished or concave alloys. I lost love for the Clio after someone dented in the rear arch.

[AllanHardie]

The borbets won't fit the bora since its 5x100 and Clio is obviously 4x100.

[Jason_E]

Oh hi! I feel like I should be here .

Need any help drop me a shout, had two of these things now so know the ins and outs. Personally would have avoided this engine, I had the 1.6 16v at 17 and not only was it cheap to insure but performance wise it was about on par with the 2.0 8v. Same with MPG too. Also, if you got the S TDI 100 it's cheaper to insure! I know what you mean about the insurance though, my Sport TDI is f**king ridiculous (£1100 12 months FC at 19 years old).

And never diss the S spec! Unlike Golfs, Boras have AC and leccy windows standard. Also the Net Optix Trim looks 100x better than the faux wood I have in mine. Seats look funky too. In the US they love the black plastic trim too believe it or not!

My old 1.6 S.


DSC_0002 by Jason.Easton, on Flickr

[Tunst]

The borbets won't fit the bora since its 5x100 and Clio is obviously 4x100.

Get some adaptors!

[AllanHardie]

And I think 15s would be a tad small on the bora.

Im £2000 tpft on the bora, all diesels were £2.5+
the car has the leccy windows all round AC, electric mirrors, heated seats, 6 CD changer in dash, so despite it being an s it's well spec'd. Thanks Jason, will pm you if I have any questions about it

[Jason_E]

The 17's I have on mine are technically too small. Cant even begin to imagine 15's LOL.

16's....

[Dan@M.A.D]

Good upgrade! I bet it feels so much nicer to be in than a clio.

[AllanHardie]

Feels much safer in the bora than the clio, and the power difference between 75bhp and 115bhp is very noticable.

16s would be the smallest I went with wheels, the 15s would look out of place and 8j may be lost in the arches

[Brett]

I like Bora's, much better alternative to a Golf. Shame about the engine but you had your reasons. Enjoy it mate.

[TomSx]

Bora's ftw. I saw my old one on the road yesterday and it's looked awesome.

[chriscummins7]

Bora's ftw. I saw my old one on the road yesterday and it's looked awesome.

That's because it is awesome!

Allan I thought Borbets were 16's? Didn't realise you could get them in 15.
Go 17's for sure on the Bora.