This car is getting a COMPLETE overhaul. The customer purchased it from us a few months ago as pretty much stock mk3 jetta with a 1.8T using our Relfex Tuning 1.8t swap kit. . Because the motor was incomplete at the time, this gave the new owner the option of adding a few things.
The list includes, a complete color change + clean up the engine bay, GT28RS big turbo upgrade, Peloquin LSD, 6 speed audi TT quatro transmission (staying fwd for now, going awd in the future), cast prototype turbo manifold, Joe P boost controller, ABT body kit, smooth top euro bumpers, GLX power leather interior, B&G coilovers, pieced Gotti wheels, mk3 climatronic, euro fenders, door handle recess mod....more to come.
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How it used to look
The bad motor
Don't worry we have new stuff ready to be swapped in
Pulling everything apart
The Goodies :-)
Peloquin LSD
Garrett GT28RS
Update: 2/23/08 11:00am
Got the fenders and hood off last night along with everything disconnected in the bay. The motor is ready to be pulled and we will get rolling on the bay shortly.
Update: 2/24/08 9:30pm
The owner and his buddy dropped off the new wheels yesterday. We will be removing the tires and disassembling the wheels. The barrels will be powder coated and the rest of the wheels will be refinished. What color you ask? well you will just have to stay tuned to find out :-)
Update: 2/29/08 4:00pm
Started stripping out the interior today. The owner has some audio going in as well as a full GLX interior and new carpet.
Update: 3/11/08 9:00pm
Just a little update on parts. The climatronic was received today :-) We picked up the new carpet yesterday and ordered two new euro fenders as well as a new German hood. Stay tuned for some updates pics later in the week.
Update: 3/19/08 9:00pm
This week we kept open to catch up on project work. This car is going to move along quickly. We picked the 4 best doors between this car and the parts car the customer provided. The doors are in awesome shape and do not need much to straighten out.
GLX Parts Car
Update: 3/20/08 7:00pm
Finished straightening out the two doors that we worked on yesterday. They are in the first coat of primer now, they should be in their final coat of primer by next week.
Update: 3/25/08 9:00pm
Today we spent some time on modifying the door handle recesses. We basically lowered the handle recess in order to keep the body line on the door continuous.
Doug cutting up the donor door
Mock up
Trim to fit
Welded on strategically to prevent excess distortion of the door
Grinding down the welds
All mudded up
First round of shaping
The owner dropped off some goodies today as well...mk3 climatronic :-)
Update: 3/29/08 10:00pm
Made some more progress on the first door. For the first coat of primer we are very satisfied with how they are coming along.
Presents from Germany :-)
German made hoods...the quality compared to the Mexican made hoods is far superior
Update: 4/3/08 10:00pm
We made a bunch of progress today. We pulled out the motor, wiring harness, suspension, subframe, steering rack and dashboard. We started scraping all the seam sealer in the engine bay as well.
Yesterday we test fit the wheels before breaking them apart for refinishing. We rolled the fenders and gave them a slight pull.
Update: 4/8/08 11:00pm
We removed all the seam sealer in the engine bay and started cutting metal to fill some of the holes. Next step is to bang the strut towers to the correct shape and start filling in some holes.
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