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I thought I would post this up here. I dont have too many pictures from the start but I am going to start documenting it a bit more from this point on. I bought the car in April for 450 bucks. It ran but had close to 300,000 km's. It had not been maintained very well (no service records/it ran like ****). I knew an engine swap was going to happen so I just left the engine alone and bought some coilovers. Next I got to work on fixing the rust where I could and ended up leaving it in primer. I got busy with moving and it sat for a while. Fast forward to July/August and Sean was parting out his 2003 jetta. Right away I told him that I would take the engine along with a few other pieces.
This is what the car looked like when I picked it up:
Chopped the springs while waiting for coilovers:
They finally came!
Rust fixed and primered:
The tear down begins:
Picked up a set of RM's a while back:
Other random shots:
Fast forward again to last week:
I bought a bench seat instead of the bucket seats. The bench fits the style of the car much better. I also put the new wheels on to see what they look like and I think I'm gonna need some bigger lips.... I have got to get the front down too as it's way higher than the back. The MK4 dash is gone, same thing with it as the seats. I started building my own dash out of sheet metal instead. Finally I didn't like the black so I bought some paint to try today and I think this is it. Centers on the wheels are going to be creme/off white
This is what the car looked like when I picked it up:
Chopped the springs while waiting for coilovers:
They finally came!
Rust fixed and primered:
The tear down begins:
Picked up a set of RM's a while back:
Other random shots:
Fast forward again to last week:
I bought a bench seat instead of the bucket seats. The bench fits the style of the car much better. I also put the new wheels on to see what they look like and I think I'm gonna need some bigger lips.... I have got to get the front down too as it's way higher than the back. The MK4 dash is gone, same thing with it as the seats. I started building my own dash out of sheet metal instead. Finally I didn't like the black so I bought some paint to try today and I think this is it. Centers on the wheels are going to be creme/off white
If it's smoken it ain't broken
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