My Broke and Slow Jetta Build. (Timeline/Picture Dump)

[Brandon_Schulze]

The wheels are nice, as is the ride!

Looks damn good brotha!

great work, great shots, cool car

clean mk4 like what you have done so far. my first car was a 1.8t jetta i really miss it

Thanks for the love. It's a never ending project

Axis makes some pretty nice wheels and the rep, Leo, that shot the wheels on my car is a super nice guy. If you're ever looking at their wheels ask for Leo

[bostongrnM3]

clean mk4 like what you have done so far. my first car was a 1.8t jetta i really miss it

[Nick475]

great work, great shots, cool car

[Queef|Chief]

Looks damn good brotha!

[WiiGoCrazy]

The wheels are nice, as is the ride!

[Brandon_Schulze]

Axis Wheels Photo Feature

Axis Wheels recently emailed me asking to test fit some of their new wheels for their website. Here are the pics.

http://www.axiswheels.com/view-wheel/ogsan-17-

Wheels are 17x9 et35
10mm spacer in the rear

[Brandon_Schulze]

Thanks.

I've got plans for it. Just need the funds

[Tavinchi]

Nice car! in my country named "BORA" non "Jetta" :P love the color and rims! keep it up!

[MikeyRa]

Mk4's have been growing on me a lot lately, and yours doesn't help my want of one!

[Brandon_Schulze]

great build clean up your air ride gauges and itll be sick

I quite like this, not a vw guy, but it's clean and seems to be well done. Keep up the good work!

Thank You to both of you.

I have actually cleaned up the gauge placement quite a bit. I relocated my cigarette lighter to the passenger side footwell and ran the wire and plugs in through the lighter port and change tray. I also tapped into the power from the lighter to get light in my gauges.

[FunfGang]

I quite like this, not a vw guy, but it's clean and seems to be well done. Keep up the good work!

[96CD7]

great build clean up your air ride gauges and itll be sick

[Brandon_Schulze]

Should do 3SDM 0.06's instead!

If I did, I think I'd be the first. Did a quick Google search of jetta + 3sdm 0.06 and all mk5's

[VanDamage]

Should do 3SDM 0.06's instead!

[Brandon_Schulze]

I bought this car back in March of 2011 and It's been through so many phases. Not all of them are good, but I wanted somewhere to put all of the pictures on a Timeline.

March 2011: The Day I Bought the Car.



I test drove it an just new that I had to have it. :thumbup:

A couple days after buying the car, I got it tinted.



In December of 2011 I got in a Front end Collision with another car. This resulted in a Broken Bumper, Radiator Core Support, Headlights, Radiator, A/C Condensor and probably some other stuff I'm forgetting.



I did the repairs myself in my backyard. This was my first Experience working on ANY Car. :laugh:



Got a Bora R rep from OptikWerks. This is where I started to make some bad choices. :banghead:
BUT, Everyone has to learn somehow. Fitment wasnt too bad on the Bora R rep, but I was too 4x4 for it.




Like I said, fitment was pretty good on the bumper. I thought I was so cool.





My next bad choice was buying Lowering Springs :banghead: Waste of $250, but Everyone needs to learn somehow.



Photoshoot on Glendora Mountain Road with my Roomie's E36 M3



Everything was going good with the car for awhile until one day I was driving and I felt a terrible thud and my car stopped moving. My transaxle Motor mount broke and the engine fell. :thumbdown:







Doing Work!



After this Fiasco was resolved with the engine, I decided I wanted to go a different route with the car. I Hit a dog one night and destroyed my rep bumper.

1.I picked up a cheap jacked up OEM bumper and rocked that until I could Afford a new one.
2. Got Aristos
3. Got Coilovers






I wanted a project on my day off from work so I deleted my Evap and SAI as well as made a wood floor for my trunk.



Finally picked up a new bumper. Primered!



My neighbor, the owner of Injen, came by one day and hooked me up with a free CAI





Christmas time 2012 rolled around and I decided to get festive.





I did the Integrated Engineering 2.0T coilpack retrofit



I got the bumper painted and got some GLI sideskirts.



Almost to a dreaded moment in my car's history. I was so afraid to roll over 100k. :laugh:




Here's where I am now. I just installed Air on my car and I'm loving every moment of it. I'm glad I had coilovers first, because now I'm more thankful for the Air ride.





Thanks for looking! I'll update this whenever I've got new stuff. :thumbup:


I fit my gauges this morning and test fit my new head unit. Pioneer Appradio 2.



... You guys like my mats? :laugh:

I got my Pioneer AppRadio 2 installed today. I love it. I have it paired with my Galaxy Note 2 using ARLiberator and it mirrors the phone to the screen.





ran the cable from my head unit through the center console and into the armrest. Totally worth it.

Who knew that there was a pre punched hole in the driver side of the armrest to make running wire to it possible?




and a fun picture :




My dad's 4x4 Jetta next to mine.



Notched my frame.... finally

















Built This



Getting ready to get tuned this month. Stage 2+ Gonzo Tune



Got my 007

did I mention that ECS is so good at packing stuff??



and

REAL FLOOR MATS!




1. Broken Hub and Bearing
2. Broken Oil Pan



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Dripping Oil is NOT from a leak. It's from removing the old filter. :thumbup:


Enjoy :wave::heart:

Thanks for looking! I'll update this whenever I've got new stuff.

Plans:
3SDM 0.05's - Done
Retrofit my headlights - Done
Gonzo Tune - Done
Frame Notch - Done
Remove Front Swaybar - Done
OEM Mats - Done
AppRadio2 - Done
New Grille - Done