restoration: 300,000 mile 91 VW Jetta GLI

[big red]

Figured id post some pics up of my personal car. has just over 300k on it, all original factory vw paint.



date of pickup

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the start

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50/50

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better

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after adjusting the stance and throwing on my panasports



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under the hood



before

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/8732/img1937qs.jpg



after



http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2652/4012198985_05eb20a4e1_o.jpg





paint correction steps

wash

claybar

C.A.R. products 1500 compound via foam pad

3m finesseit on big scratches

poorboys sealer

nattys blue wax.

[longdx]

I love, love, love this bodystyle. Nice find and the superlight wheels are a perfect touch. Nice turnaround.

[Greg Gellas]

Also changed wheels, removed strut tower bar, moved intake, tucked ignition wires, moved windshield washer fluid container, relocated battery, and changed license plates....:D Looks good.

[big red]

yea I guess you could say that too

[vtec92civic]

wow. I always have been a fan of VW`s be it old skool ones or even the new GTi`s and R32`s!



Nice job.

[Greg Gellas]

Looks like quite a bit of other stuff was done under than engine bay, what else? :) I see the Rad overflow tank tube was rerouted, below that you added a tank with a red cap that I can only guess would be a oil catch can, next to the throttle cable at the intake there was a sensor? or somthing that was moved to where? The relay infront of the battery was moved to where? The tank left of the rad overflow was changed to a black tank why? How`d you fix the nick on the intake manifold on the far right cyliner? What grill did you change to also?



Just getting ideas for my buddies car....:)

[big red]

Looks like quite a bit of other stuff was done under than engine bay, what else? :) I see the Rad overflow tank tube was rerouted, below that you added a tank with a red cap that I can only guess would be a oil catch can, next to the throttle cable at the intake there was a sensor? or somthing that was moved to where? The relay infront of the battery was moved to where? The tank left of the rad overflow was changed to a black tank why? How`d you fix the nick on the intake manifold on the far right cyliner? What grill did you change to also?



Just getting ideas for my buddies car....:)



yea ive done a few things to it, including a complete shave/respray, the black tank with the red top is the power steering res. the battery and washer bottle were moved to the trunk



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stage 1

http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/3500/img2003m.jpg



stage 2

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stage 3



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stage 4

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b8/ehshockey22/DSC_0187.jpg





stage 5 coming soon



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[tkblazer]

so clean man...i love it

[Greg Gellas]

:2thumbs: Looks great, keep up the good work...:D

[Anomaly]

Awesome!



Makes me miss my old 84 GTI

[jcwouts]

Nice MK2. That Garrett turbo will be a very nice addition.

[Flygti32]

Sweet Mk2 man I love the panasports. I miss my old GTI. MK2s are such a great car.



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v395/Miah/EndOfSummer2K6003.jpg

[big red]

Sweet Mk2 man I love the panasports. I miss my old GTI. MK2s are such a great car.



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v395/Miah/EndOfSummer2K6003.jpg



24v DO WANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!





ive been told you can run a 24v on 12v obd management

[trueimage]

Sweet Mk2 man I love the panasports. I miss my old GTI. MK2s are such a great car.



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v395/Miah/EndOfSummer2K6003.jpg



What is the exact model of this car... I need one!



Great detail to the OP!

[rcrobbins]

What else on the car is Schrick other than the intake? I thought they only made cams for BMW, but I never looked into the company product lines. Also, just FYI, if it ever has a problem starting and you suspect it`s the coil on the firewall...it is lol. I had a good argument with a customer once when he thought I was wrong, even after showing him where built up resistance cracked the housing and was grounding to the mounts....I refused to spend another min. on the car until I had the part in hand. He got it the next day and swore to never doubt me again lol.