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A friend reminded me that I didn't have a build thread here so here goes. I won't lie, I did copy most of it from another thread I had so the timeline might sound alittle off.
I've wanted to do this for a while but just haven't had the time to start a good build thread so I figured what better time then now. I'm planning on doing a couple things this winter so I'd like to keep a good time line instead of just looking back at some old pics.
I bought my 2008 Rabbit used from my job (i work as a parts manager at a ford dealership) in February 09. Picked it up with 22,000 miles. It appeared that the previous owner never washed, waxed, or vacuumed it. In fact I had a guy at work clean it before I took it home so my wife wouldn't be disgusted by it and shoot the whole thing down right then.
I'll start off with the first picture i took a couple days after purchase. I went to town cleaning it that weekend and this is what I had to show for it. Unfortunately I think it's the only picture I have of it stock
This is from spring 09. I got a set of 18x8.5 kestin kt-2 from TNKD and lowered the car with ST coilovers (still the best riding coils i've ever had). The front's were down to about 8-10 threads, the rears were about the same
this one I lowered the rear all the way, but leaving the collars in. I liked the way it sat here, not too much rake but still alittle
Next step was a big one. I ran into a sale thread from Mel (I think her screen name was JtiGirl) She was parting out her rabbit. Most of you know the car, sage green 2-door rabbit with shaved engine bay. I traded her my stock front end and hatch for her shaved goodness. This is a couple shots of my car 2 weeks after we completed the swap. The passat is my brothers. At the same time, I picked up a gti lower rear valance and had a local body shop shave and paint the upper half. Also swapped out the ST's for a set of Fk coilovers just for a little lower ride. Honestly it wasn't worth it. They did sit it down better but the trade off was a lot rougher ride.
The car stayed around the same for the next of the summer 09. I added some smaller things like a wood truck, couple euro goodies inside but nothing major.
The next phase took place winter/spring of 2010. I've always loved bbs rs's. Even though some feel their played out, I think its a look that will never get old. Plus I've wanted to see what cream wheels would look like on a sage green rabbit. Cordoza was selling his so I picked them up. Also I was using the car as my daily and was getting tired of driving the wife and kids in it rubbing and banging around so I went air. I went with am airlift xl kit front and rear with digital controls. It made a world of difference. Back came the nice ride along with the ability to raise it for when the family goes for a drive with me. These next couple of shots are courtesy of PSU from Dubs on the Boards and unknown photographers from H2o. I had it in the Euromedian's booth. thanks again Danny and Ty for the feature and the spot to park at H2o
I've wanted to do this for a while but just haven't had the time to start a good build thread so I figured what better time then now. I'm planning on doing a couple things this winter so I'd like to keep a good time line instead of just looking back at some old pics.
I bought my 2008 Rabbit used from my job (i work as a parts manager at a ford dealership) in February 09. Picked it up with 22,000 miles. It appeared that the previous owner never washed, waxed, or vacuumed it. In fact I had a guy at work clean it before I took it home so my wife wouldn't be disgusted by it and shoot the whole thing down right then.
I'll start off with the first picture i took a couple days after purchase. I went to town cleaning it that weekend and this is what I had to show for it. Unfortunately I think it's the only picture I have of it stock
This is from spring 09. I got a set of 18x8.5 kestin kt-2 from TNKD and lowered the car with ST coilovers (still the best riding coils i've ever had). The front's were down to about 8-10 threads, the rears were about the same
this one I lowered the rear all the way, but leaving the collars in. I liked the way it sat here, not too much rake but still alittle
Next step was a big one. I ran into a sale thread from Mel (I think her screen name was JtiGirl) She was parting out her rabbit. Most of you know the car, sage green 2-door rabbit with shaved engine bay. I traded her my stock front end and hatch for her shaved goodness. This is a couple shots of my car 2 weeks after we completed the swap. The passat is my brothers. At the same time, I picked up a gti lower rear valance and had a local body shop shave and paint the upper half. Also swapped out the ST's for a set of Fk coilovers just for a little lower ride. Honestly it wasn't worth it. They did sit it down better but the trade off was a lot rougher ride.
The car stayed around the same for the next of the summer 09. I added some smaller things like a wood truck, couple euro goodies inside but nothing major.
The next phase took place winter/spring of 2010. I've always loved bbs rs's. Even though some feel their played out, I think its a look that will never get old. Plus I've wanted to see what cream wheels would look like on a sage green rabbit. Cordoza was selling his so I picked them up. Also I was using the car as my daily and was getting tired of driving the wife and kids in it rubbing and banging around so I went air. I went with am airlift xl kit front and rear with digital controls. It made a world of difference. Back came the nice ride along with the ability to raise it for when the family goes for a drive with me. These next couple of shots are courtesy of PSU from Dubs on the Boards and unknown photographers from H2o. I had it in the Euromedian's booth. thanks again Danny and Ty for the feature and the spot to park at H2o
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