Daily Driven 1.8T Build

[kittenpuncher]

accidental double post

[kittenpuncher]

Well documented progression with this build. Keep it up, quality work so far!

[cmdshft]

A post shared by cmdshft (@cmdshft) on Jan 1, 2018 at 6:15pm PST

[cmdshft]

Thank you sir! I'm going to put a small youtube video together outlining some of the features possibly tomorrow and I will post it here. Getting that exhaust leak fixed tomorrow so I don't suffocate in my car idling... Plus the downpipe needs a new bolt hole tapped because one of the stud holes is fubard and wont get snug now. Good times.

[hinrichs]

damn that cluster looks amazing

[cmdshft]

Just a small update. I don't have any pics of the install but I put in motor mount spacers finally, went with 1" spacers. I ended up having some issues with the bolt holes where I had to tap new holes and go with bigger bolts and also had to helicoil a rail mount hole. Other than that, they are holding great. It's the first step in correcting the suspension geometry.

I previously teased a shot of a PCB with a VW tag on them... Well, here is what it was for!

[cmdshft]

You should and with the police very lax for suspensions, you should do so even more!

[SebastienPeek]

Is so nice. Makes me miss my mk4 for sure!

[cmdshft]

Posted up in front of the gf's apartment. Need new fenders and bumpers/skirts so bad.

[cmdshft]

Now I'm on the hunt for some 1" motor mount spacers because i've spontaneously developed axel bind at my low preset ride height (30R/30L:25R/25L) when turning right, so I assume it's the driver side axle that is binding. My friend has all the bolts I would need, just need to get some washers and the plates for the 2 mounts.

Problem and reason I am using washers for the dogbone is because I have an ECS dogbone mount, the upgraded (and expensive one) that has a bigger steel and teflon bearing on the trans side of the mount, so the kit spacers wont work for me because the bearing sits higher above the mount than the OEM bushing would. That and I also had to tap and die the trans as I showed in the past posts, so the bolt I am running is slightly larger and I had to drill out the bearing a bit to fit the new bolt. So I have to find washers that fit over the larger bolt as well.

I wish I could remember the dimensions of the bolt but I do believe the friend that has the bolts has the same one I do as he had to do the same tap and die on his trans. So I will just take that to home depot and buy a ton of washers that fit.

[cmdshft]

Decided to install them on the car right after work (midnight end of shift) and these look so good on the car. The color is nice and bright at night and isn't a terrible quality, they diffuse very nicely and fully across the whole light. I'll take a shot of the car with them on before work.

[cmdshft]

Thanks!

New sidemarkers came in yesterday but idk when I’ll be able to get them installed because I’m definitely going to have to resplice those wires to my harness.

[hinrichs]

Good color choice, hope to see this in person someday.

[cmdshft]

And here is the final product. They look way better in person!





Some people were saying it looks like it has bad orange peel but I think it's all the flake affecting the photo honestly, because in person, you cannot see or feel any clumping or lumps of powder at all. Photos really don't do it justice, this is a see in person kind of color.

[cmdshft]

I paid under $450 to get this work done for all 4 wheels. So I am happy as hell. I'll post the final color pics and pics of them on the car tomorrow. Very excited to see how this comes out.