SilverRabbit's silver Rabbit build

[SilverRabbit]

Hey guys, ive been roaming through the pages of stance works for some time now, but never posted all that much, but i figured because im doing a build this winter i might as well make a thread and share with ya'll what im doing. heres how the car sat last fall when i bought it
2000 VW GTi 1.8T



and heres some of the progress ive made in the past few months. its been slow going because im a college student and only make it home every other weekend to work on it.





to do list
Bay
• Drill holes for harness
• Remove unwanted bay cosmetics and fill over
• Fill in uneeded holes
• Weld over seems and smooth out
• Grind down ridges
• Notch frame
• Remove sway bar
• Prime
• Paint
Wiring
• Extend remaining wires of fans
• Extend drivers side head light harness
• Extend wires to control module
• Loom body harness and install quick disconnect
• Engine harness 1: solder in resistors and wideband conversion
• Engine harness 2: extend needed wires and test route wires
• Loom engine harnesses
• Run wire for battery relocate
• Finish trunk battery mounting location
Other
• Black out head light housing
• Install coils
• Roll fenders
• get stanced

ill update as often as i can and make as much progress as possible! enjoy!

[SilverRabbit]

ill be home this weekend! that means progress and pictures!

[71camaro]

This isn't a Rabbit, it's a mk4....

[Marvolo]

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[Stanced_VW]

This isn't a Rabbit, it's a mk4....

Right ! haha but nice project, i'm following!

[SilverRabbit]

This isn't a Rabbit, it's a mk4....

lol im aware that technically no its not, but it is the predecessor to the rabbit. also they did put a small rabbit emblem on some of the mkiv GTI's . thanks for following though everyone

[ybqpvjst]

ill be home this weekend! that means progress and pictures!

[SilverRabbit]

UPDATE finally...

well to say the least theres been a change of plans... all this stretched tire, moar low stuff everyone is doing was the original plan.. theres been a few guys on here lately posting pics, going against the grain with wheel gap and meaty tires.. so i reinstated the original plan.. but no worries there will still be stance
so ya, this will be what'll be happening


wont be doing rods until next winter though so the boost will stay turned down for now to keep it at about 270-280 whp.

going to partially black out my headlights to look like the sportwagen lights


currently how they are


also looking forward to getting that bee out of there.. its beyond me how it got in there lol :screwy:

got all the emissions pulled off the engine


will be getting the motor all cleaned up next time im home.. it needs it


going to polish these :laugh: as well as the rear wheel for my buddies Honda Ruckus lol


not a whole lot has changed with the bay.. still will be getting somewhat shaved. just will be a more OEM+/racecar-ish-y look instead of being perfectly smooth and clean.

[SilverRabbit]

updates. shes really coming along
great. probably the cleanest its been since the car was new haha



i also finally took the time to route my batter cable to the trunk


i ran it behind the panels in the rear and along the door sill with the rest of the harness. im assuming thats how most people do it.


both the drivers side and passengers side headlight harnesses are finished as well now.







little teaser of the intake...


have the body harness all extended. all i need to do is run it and connect it inside the car


EVAP lines capped off





going to head to the auto parts store now to pic up the new tank for the power steering and some various other supplies. things are going fast now. hopefully everything will get pinned up in the next few weeks



lighst went from this



to this







going to wet sand the lenses with some 800 grit to clear up the pitting but othe than that they good to go