Deano's B5.5 Tdi 130 sport estate

[deanogl]

Hi. I am a new member on here and just thought I would introduce myself and my new motor. I am a technician at a BMW main dealer and I bought my passat off one of the other techs I work with. The car is a 2003 tdi130 sport estate with 72k miles on the clock. I bought the car on friday knowing that the gearbox was noisy. I went to work this morning and took the box out. I am sending it to specialist who is doing the necessary work then I will put it back together next weekend. The rest of the car seems to be spot on. The previous owner has done quite a lot of work such as tinted windows, tuning box, HID's, lowered 40mm on eibachs and replaced various suspension arms and a couple of brake calipers. He also had the front bumper custom painted after seeing one of the new golf gti's. Here are a few quick pics I took today, what do you think?






Now I'm looking for a nice set of 18's for it. Any suggestions as to what would suit it? The last owner had some 18 inch BBS rims on it but had an arguement with a pothole and lost. I'm also thinking about a front bumper splitter aswell but I don't really like any of the ones on ebay, where else could I try? Thanks