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After owning my car for a couple of years now and having browsed numerous forums, this community seems the most appropriate one in which to finally make a build thread. Love all of your cars, some amazing builds in here.
I'm 25, live in MN, still in school (MD), so time is the limiting factor here on this one...it's my first go at creating my own auto. So here is a little timeline and future plans for my dd:
Bought new, 09 Rabbit 6at o2g, 2.5L 5cyl:
Did a few things right away. Coils, darkened tails, colormatched sidemarkers (bulbs out), matte black mirror caps, tinted LED mirror bulbs, stubby antenna obviously:
Tried some wheel ideas. Off the SLK:
Had these on for a few days:
At the time was wanting something similar to this PS but less bright.
But I found something better. 18x8.5/9.5, 225/35 245/35
:
Then I took some pics:
Got the impact strips and bumper mouldings painted to match body. Got bored of headlights and didn't like any of the aftermarket options available for the MKV, so decided to retrofit 4 new projectors. This was my first headlight retro. Thanks to hidplanet and theretrofitsource, lots of trial and error, I ended up with this:
Got some 9.5 fronts and test them out. Decided against it, because of the amount of stretch and fender modding that it would require. I didn't really feel like mutilating my fenders. Plus I wanted to keep some decently meaty tires on there for future power upgrades...
Engine shot:
Got some projector fogs:
Went for a drive with some buddies. Then the car grew a stache, and we went for some more driving:
Moustache ride!!!!:
It was about to snow again, so this time I got new wheels/tires:
Also got a JL sub and detector (hardwired), oh and hatch pop kit (which happened near the beginning):
Winter took its toll:
A dremel will fix that.
Got sick of the broke-ass lip after about 3 weeks so put a new one on along with 3000K fogs:
And this was today:
So here are the plans for it in the coming days/weeks/months:
-GTI brakes painted black with G2 kit, along with Adams rotors and Stoptech pads
- Install turbo and get tuned (UM or C2). C2 motorsports stage 3 kit, PT 5457, 550cc injectors, inline walbro, 8.5:1 low CR kit, 3" tbe with high-flow cat + resonator + 1 muffler, possibly an intake manifold.
The pup:
Well...hope you enjoyed this little journey. I will update this thread as things happen, but I expect to have a ~350-400hp Rabbit later this year
I'm 25, live in MN, still in school (MD), so time is the limiting factor here on this one...it's my first go at creating my own auto. So here is a little timeline and future plans for my dd:
Bought new, 09 Rabbit 6at o2g, 2.5L 5cyl:
Did a few things right away. Coils, darkened tails, colormatched sidemarkers (bulbs out), matte black mirror caps, tinted LED mirror bulbs, stubby antenna obviously:
Tried some wheel ideas. Off the SLK:
Had these on for a few days:
At the time was wanting something similar to this PS but less bright.
But I found something better. 18x8.5/9.5, 225/35 245/35
:Then I took some pics:
Got the impact strips and bumper mouldings painted to match body. Got bored of headlights and didn't like any of the aftermarket options available for the MKV, so decided to retrofit 4 new projectors. This was my first headlight retro. Thanks to hidplanet and theretrofitsource, lots of trial and error, I ended up with this:
Got some 9.5 fronts and test them out. Decided against it, because of the amount of stretch and fender modding that it would require. I didn't really feel like mutilating my fenders. Plus I wanted to keep some decently meaty tires on there for future power upgrades...
Engine shot:
Got some projector fogs:
Went for a drive with some buddies. Then the car grew a stache, and we went for some more driving:
Moustache ride!!!!:
It was about to snow again, so this time I got new wheels/tires:
Also got a JL sub and detector (hardwired), oh and hatch pop kit (which happened near the beginning):
Winter took its toll:
A dremel will fix that.
Got sick of the broke-ass lip after about 3 weeks so put a new one on along with 3000K fogs:
And this was today:
So here are the plans for it in the coming days/weeks/months:
-GTI brakes painted black with G2 kit, along with Adams rotors and Stoptech pads
- Install turbo and get tuned (UM or C2). C2 motorsports stage 3 kit, PT 5457, 550cc injectors, inline walbro, 8.5:1 low CR kit, 3" tbe with high-flow cat + resonator + 1 muffler, possibly an intake manifold.
The pup:
Well...hope you enjoyed this little journey. I will update this thread as things happen, but I expect to have a ~350-400hp Rabbit later this year
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