Hi all...
Maybe someone remember my blue probe, it looked like this...
![](https://i.ibb.co/TPjqStj/r-P1080200.jpg)
And ended up like that![Big Grin](https://stanceworks.com/forums/core/images/smilies/biggrin.png)
![](https://i.ibb.co/zJW0wgJ/P1080224.jpg)
Then I had this one and few more dailys
![](https://i.ibb.co/sb83xBd/P3290034.jpg)
And then I decided to buy new car... My GF had vw caddy and mk4 golf, both were pretty reliable, so I decided to turn down my antipathy for VW and bought a New Beetle, it's just different shaped mk4.
Bought this one, 2000 1.8t with 370k kms but It was in good shape.
The day I bought it
![](https://i.ibb.co/wSX9TcL/0001.jpg)
Traded my BBS RXII for these MAE crown jewels monoblock 9x19, they had huge tyres on them, but the thread was good, so I rocked summer in offroad mode. oh, and their lips were poorly painted white
![](https://i.ibb.co/Rc8z188/002.jpg)
![](https://i.ibb.co/D5VVPGM/003.jpg)
Entertained myself with designing and 3D printing small stuff like dash vents, tow hook cover etc...
![](https://i.ibb.co/d5MWrP2/004.jpg)
TA technics coilovers installed, pollished lips and smaller tyres. Sat pretty high that time as I got lot of axle binding...
![](https://i.ibb.co/MRmV4MS/005.jpg)
Removed swaybar and wraped indicators with yellow tint
![](https://i.ibb.co/02ptfWq/IMG-20180430-154926.jpg)
Roadkill damage happend
![](https://i.ibb.co/4SGWKfs/006.jpg)
I was a little short on money, so I ordered no-fogs grill frame, made maself a grill from some stuff at work and also made a splitter/lip form damaged Alfa Romeo 147 bumper...
![](https://i.ibb.co/gM4nfZb/IMG-20180503-105052.jpg)
More lows needed, so notch, engine spacers
![](https://i.ibb.co/gFCRr94/32451923-1948506251834446-7346314416167583744-n.jpg)
![](https://i.ibb.co/MN4Ff77/008.jpg)
Polished wheel centers...
![](https://i.ibb.co/G2fK3fL/009.jpg)
And newly tinted headlights
![](https://i.ibb.co/hsCQgr7/010.jpg)
3D printed temporary centers waiting for better ones to arrive.
![](https://i.ibb.co/4VVwVk8/011.jpg)
We washed our cars and attended VW festival nearby.
![](https://i.ibb.co/6WZTJW0/013.jpg)
![](https://i.ibb.co/q1Y8bFq/012.jpg)
And on my way back home it drunked like 20 liters of water for 80km...
So to my friends garage again, did timing, waterpump, new radiator etc..
![](https://i.ibb.co/rvwGnXv/014.jpg)
Also audi centers came in, sadly I can't find the right caps, but these are pretty close.
![](https://i.ibb.co/k3thcgM/015.jpg)
Looks better with them
![](https://i.ibb.co/x73PjRS/016.jpg)
Just testing my wide-body idea... not bad...
![](https://i.ibb.co/WtmRnwG/017.jpg)
O really like how it stands out on the streets.
![](https://i.ibb.co/KzMhhyY/018.jpg)
hohoo, extended balljoints came... More Camber and more lows
![](https://i.ibb.co/7b36Kr8/019.jpg)
![](https://i.ibb.co/tZdG67W/020.jpg)
![](https://i.ibb.co/wS7DcRY/021.jpg)
Always wanted open-air roof, but with roof that shape and size? Oh hey, used Ford Ka electric one comes to help.
Weekend in the garage, yey![Smile](https://stanceworks.com/forums/core/images/smilies/smile.png)
![](https://i.ibb.co/b6gNS0Y/022.jpg)
![](https://i.ibb.co/KsDxNK6/023.jpg)
![](https://i.ibb.co/JBPv41C/024.jpg)
![](https://i.ibb.co/wM6YsWg/025.jpg)
![](https://i.ibb.co/nBVtD38/026.jpg)
![](https://i.ibb.co/zmdSn4v/028.jpg)
![](https://i.ibb.co/2KXysqB/029.jpg)
I still need to 3D print cover for this compartment. It protrudes about 50mms to the opening and I decided to keep it. It's practicall![Smile](https://stanceworks.com/forums/core/images/smilies/smile.png)
![](https://i.ibb.co/WsgzvNP/030.jpg)
Yeah I know, same angle again![Smile](https://stanceworks.com/forums/core/images/smilies/smile.png)
![](https://i.ibb.co/RY5D5DJ/027.jpg)
![](https://i.ibb.co/KNcNpnJ/031.jpg)
![](https://i.ibb.co/mJ86cNp/032.jpg)
Noticed that rusty rocker panel? Yeah, solved that with new metal ones and proper job of my friend Kesam (see Kesam Garage on FB![Smile](https://stanceworks.com/forums/core/images/smilies/smile.png)
He had to refurb some tabs and even made new ones when needed.
![](https://i.ibb.co/2Scd7ST/47069813-207716416827351-1810298637608026112-n.jpg)
![](https://i.ibb.co/Cs54JVC/47097528-358085408089315-3457800723159318528-n.jpg)
![](https://i.ibb.co/y0HHtKZ/47573996-912549035620487-985729384235139072-n.jpg)
![](https://i.ibb.co/mcsvLns/47578295-358832514874096-1554316941793951744-n.jpg)
![](https://i.ibb.co/RvS70M0/48357555-1240437016108690-6746209907554385920-n.jpg)
![](https://i.ibb.co/1fcLQF0/48360448-1937420229679832-2245795934736744448-n.jpg)
![](https://i.ibb.co/vzYtTfp/48377588-2254458564837042-7858844610334818304-n.jpg)
![](https://i.ibb.co/JyKN1mm/033.jpg)
Unexpected oportunity... Whole set of 2pc AEZ Olymp 8,5x18 for 90€? Here we go. New winters bought.
![](https://i.ibb.co/7rcbnSx/034.jpg)
Old 16s
![](https://i.ibb.co/pQq3sp2/035.jpg)
"New" 18s
![](https://i.ibb.co/G3kqKm4/036.jpg)
![](https://i.ibb.co/k8yKfLh/037.jpg)
Daylying through winter...
![](https://i.ibb.co/M5trGnF/038.jpg)
... strikes back, shattered a lip by frozen snow![Big Grin](https://stanceworks.com/forums/core/images/smilies/biggrin.png)
![](https://i.ibb.co/2y0Y2pr/039.jpg)
Nevermind, I took it off and came with Idea to weld the custom bumper.
First idea was with subaru legacy bottom end, and on my kinda over-the-top sketch it looked awesome.
![](https://i.ibb.co/zrcvpMG/50301985-414468742426831-8627790644200341504-n.jpg)
But the bumper I wanted was already sold...
So I came up with idea of using Citroen C3 bottom end, with VW lupo indicators again
![](https://i.ibb.co/rvRnY8C/beetlemix.png)
But this week. I found another add on austrian craigslist-like site...
Whole projektzwo bodykit, dual exhaus and set of fog ligst for 180€
Bought it... Bumper parts have few cracks etc, fixable. You can't find these parts anywhere anymore. It's not a mainstream car and these kits were pretty expensive new. Its front and rear bumper extension and 4 fender flares (not on my photos)
![](https://i.ibb.co/8Y69vQz/51685659-367385757180530-8275801508604280832-n.jpg)
![](https://i.ibb.co/zs31Vj0/52001268-2038968289735417-2813398402891513856-n.jpg)
This is how it should look installed
![](https://i.ibb.co/Fq8QbHw/52011271-287298235297026-1042396993760002048-n.png)
Also mounted these rain guards, love em
shitty pic though...
![](https://i.ibb.co/R3Nnx8s/51029418-2305554219722278-2844668015369256960-n.jpg)
And these are already waiting to install, rear camber/drop plates -5 degrees from russian guy "billy bons customs"
![](https://i.ibb.co/VwJ7kzT/040.jpg)
and shorter front springs, not going that much lower but they should sit higher and I can probably get rid of 5mm wheel spacers and go a little bit lower then.
![](https://i.ibb.co/6bWgLMV/48405837-917330245124282-2051496626492538880-n.jpg)
And this is how it looks now, dirty daily...
![](https://i.ibb.co/rbLJNgF/52126756-10218411434340173-3841542324341440512-o.jpg)
And my next plans?
- mount the dual exhaust
- AC/SAI delete, new cooling fans and their relay module
- replace engine bay fuse box - already bought
- replace front springs for shorter ones
- Fix, paint and mount projektzwo kit - not sure about fender flares- maybe we'll make custom ones.
- Rewiring the roof so it's memory works and you can slide it with one button touch - now I need to hold the button every time I shut off my ignition...
- rear camber plates, but I want to replace everything you need to remove for install... so new hubs and new brakes (maybe a vented bigger ones from skoda octavia RS)
- subwoofer revamp, sound deadening, new speakers
Looking for another wheels, I really like the maes, they are pretty rare in this monoblock version 1... but heavy as f... I'd love to find some wider 18s...
And I really want to touch up my interior, its... well, now it has 393k kms on its clock, you can imagine that interior![Big Grin](https://stanceworks.com/forums/core/images/smilies/biggrin.png)
Over all I would love to go "fat porsche" look with widened fenders etc... slowly...
Maybe someone remember my blue probe, it looked like this...
![](https://i.ibb.co/TPjqStj/r-P1080200.jpg)
And ended up like that
![Big Grin](https://stanceworks.com/forums/core/images/smilies/biggrin.png)
![](https://i.ibb.co/zJW0wgJ/P1080224.jpg)
Then I had this one and few more dailys
![](https://i.ibb.co/sb83xBd/P3290034.jpg)
And then I decided to buy new car... My GF had vw caddy and mk4 golf, both were pretty reliable, so I decided to turn down my antipathy for VW and bought a New Beetle, it's just different shaped mk4.
Bought this one, 2000 1.8t with 370k kms but It was in good shape.
The day I bought it
![](https://i.ibb.co/wSX9TcL/0001.jpg)
Traded my BBS RXII for these MAE crown jewels monoblock 9x19, they had huge tyres on them, but the thread was good, so I rocked summer in offroad mode. oh, and their lips were poorly painted white
![](https://i.ibb.co/Rc8z188/002.jpg)
![](https://i.ibb.co/D5VVPGM/003.jpg)
Entertained myself with designing and 3D printing small stuff like dash vents, tow hook cover etc...
![](https://i.ibb.co/d5MWrP2/004.jpg)
TA technics coilovers installed, pollished lips and smaller tyres. Sat pretty high that time as I got lot of axle binding...
![](https://i.ibb.co/MRmV4MS/005.jpg)
Removed swaybar and wraped indicators with yellow tint
![](https://i.ibb.co/02ptfWq/IMG-20180430-154926.jpg)
Roadkill damage happend
![](https://i.ibb.co/4SGWKfs/006.jpg)
I was a little short on money, so I ordered no-fogs grill frame, made maself a grill from some stuff at work and also made a splitter/lip form damaged Alfa Romeo 147 bumper...
![](https://i.ibb.co/gM4nfZb/IMG-20180503-105052.jpg)
More lows needed, so notch, engine spacers
![](https://i.ibb.co/gFCRr94/32451923-1948506251834446-7346314416167583744-n.jpg)
![](https://i.ibb.co/MN4Ff77/008.jpg)
Polished wheel centers...
![](https://i.ibb.co/G2fK3fL/009.jpg)
And newly tinted headlights
![](https://i.ibb.co/hsCQgr7/010.jpg)
3D printed temporary centers waiting for better ones to arrive.
![](https://i.ibb.co/4VVwVk8/011.jpg)
We washed our cars and attended VW festival nearby.
![](https://i.ibb.co/6WZTJW0/013.jpg)
![](https://i.ibb.co/q1Y8bFq/012.jpg)
And on my way back home it drunked like 20 liters of water for 80km...
So to my friends garage again, did timing, waterpump, new radiator etc..
![](https://i.ibb.co/rvwGnXv/014.jpg)
Also audi centers came in, sadly I can't find the right caps, but these are pretty close.
![](https://i.ibb.co/k3thcgM/015.jpg)
Looks better with them
![](https://i.ibb.co/x73PjRS/016.jpg)
Just testing my wide-body idea... not bad...
![](https://i.ibb.co/WtmRnwG/017.jpg)
O really like how it stands out on the streets.
![](https://i.ibb.co/KzMhhyY/018.jpg)
hohoo, extended balljoints came... More Camber and more lows
![](https://i.ibb.co/7b36Kr8/019.jpg)
![](https://i.ibb.co/tZdG67W/020.jpg)
![](https://i.ibb.co/wS7DcRY/021.jpg)
Always wanted open-air roof, but with roof that shape and size? Oh hey, used Ford Ka electric one comes to help.
Weekend in the garage, yey
![Smile](https://stanceworks.com/forums/core/images/smilies/smile.png)
![](https://i.ibb.co/b6gNS0Y/022.jpg)
![](https://i.ibb.co/KsDxNK6/023.jpg)
![](https://i.ibb.co/JBPv41C/024.jpg)
![](https://i.ibb.co/wM6YsWg/025.jpg)
![](https://i.ibb.co/nBVtD38/026.jpg)
![](https://i.ibb.co/zmdSn4v/028.jpg)
![](https://i.ibb.co/2KXysqB/029.jpg)
I still need to 3D print cover for this compartment. It protrudes about 50mms to the opening and I decided to keep it. It's practicall
![Smile](https://stanceworks.com/forums/core/images/smilies/smile.png)
![](https://i.ibb.co/WsgzvNP/030.jpg)
Yeah I know, same angle again
![Smile](https://stanceworks.com/forums/core/images/smilies/smile.png)
![](https://i.ibb.co/RY5D5DJ/027.jpg)
![](https://i.ibb.co/KNcNpnJ/031.jpg)
![](https://i.ibb.co/mJ86cNp/032.jpg)
Noticed that rusty rocker panel? Yeah, solved that with new metal ones and proper job of my friend Kesam (see Kesam Garage on FB
![Smile](https://stanceworks.com/forums/core/images/smilies/smile.png)
He had to refurb some tabs and even made new ones when needed.
![](https://i.ibb.co/2Scd7ST/47069813-207716416827351-1810298637608026112-n.jpg)
![](https://i.ibb.co/Cs54JVC/47097528-358085408089315-3457800723159318528-n.jpg)
![](https://i.ibb.co/y0HHtKZ/47573996-912549035620487-985729384235139072-n.jpg)
![](https://i.ibb.co/mcsvLns/47578295-358832514874096-1554316941793951744-n.jpg)
![](https://i.ibb.co/RvS70M0/48357555-1240437016108690-6746209907554385920-n.jpg)
![](https://i.ibb.co/1fcLQF0/48360448-1937420229679832-2245795934736744448-n.jpg)
![](https://i.ibb.co/vzYtTfp/48377588-2254458564837042-7858844610334818304-n.jpg)
![](https://i.ibb.co/JyKN1mm/033.jpg)
Unexpected oportunity... Whole set of 2pc AEZ Olymp 8,5x18 for 90€? Here we go. New winters bought.
![](https://i.ibb.co/7rcbnSx/034.jpg)
Old 16s
![](https://i.ibb.co/pQq3sp2/035.jpg)
"New" 18s
![](https://i.ibb.co/G3kqKm4/036.jpg)
![](https://i.ibb.co/k8yKfLh/037.jpg)
Daylying through winter...
![](https://i.ibb.co/M5trGnF/038.jpg)
... strikes back, shattered a lip by frozen snow
![Big Grin](https://stanceworks.com/forums/core/images/smilies/biggrin.png)
![](https://i.ibb.co/2y0Y2pr/039.jpg)
Nevermind, I took it off and came with Idea to weld the custom bumper.
First idea was with subaru legacy bottom end, and on my kinda over-the-top sketch it looked awesome.
![](https://i.ibb.co/zrcvpMG/50301985-414468742426831-8627790644200341504-n.jpg)
But the bumper I wanted was already sold...
So I came up with idea of using Citroen C3 bottom end, with VW lupo indicators again
![](https://i.ibb.co/rvRnY8C/beetlemix.png)
But this week. I found another add on austrian craigslist-like site...
Whole projektzwo bodykit, dual exhaus and set of fog ligst for 180€
Bought it... Bumper parts have few cracks etc, fixable. You can't find these parts anywhere anymore. It's not a mainstream car and these kits were pretty expensive new. Its front and rear bumper extension and 4 fender flares (not on my photos)
![](https://i.ibb.co/8Y69vQz/51685659-367385757180530-8275801508604280832-n.jpg)
![](https://i.ibb.co/zs31Vj0/52001268-2038968289735417-2813398402891513856-n.jpg)
This is how it should look installed
![](https://i.ibb.co/Fq8QbHw/52011271-287298235297026-1042396993760002048-n.png)
Also mounted these rain guards, love em
![Smile](https://stanceworks.com/forums/core/images/smilies/smile.png)
![](https://i.ibb.co/R3Nnx8s/51029418-2305554219722278-2844668015369256960-n.jpg)
And these are already waiting to install, rear camber/drop plates -5 degrees from russian guy "billy bons customs"
![](https://i.ibb.co/VwJ7kzT/040.jpg)
and shorter front springs, not going that much lower but they should sit higher and I can probably get rid of 5mm wheel spacers and go a little bit lower then.
![](https://i.ibb.co/6bWgLMV/48405837-917330245124282-2051496626492538880-n.jpg)
And this is how it looks now, dirty daily...
![](https://i.ibb.co/rbLJNgF/52126756-10218411434340173-3841542324341440512-o.jpg)
And my next plans?
- mount the dual exhaust
- AC/SAI delete, new cooling fans and their relay module
- replace engine bay fuse box - already bought
- replace front springs for shorter ones
- Fix, paint and mount projektzwo kit - not sure about fender flares- maybe we'll make custom ones.
- Rewiring the roof so it's memory works and you can slide it with one button touch - now I need to hold the button every time I shut off my ignition...
- rear camber plates, but I want to replace everything you need to remove for install... so new hubs and new brakes (maybe a vented bigger ones from skoda octavia RS)
- subwoofer revamp, sound deadening, new speakers
Looking for another wheels, I really like the maes, they are pretty rare in this monoblock version 1... but heavy as f... I'd love to find some wider 18s...
And I really want to touch up my interior, its... well, now it has 393k kms on its clock, you can imagine that interior
![Big Grin](https://stanceworks.com/forums/core/images/smilies/biggrin.png)
Over all I would love to go "fat porsche" look with widened fenders etc... slowly...
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