bought new in 1992., 1.8l, 90hp, 350000km

long time ago



than I came across vwvortex.com and then it all started

first, joey mod headlights




and done


badge-less grill made from two identical ones because few years ago no company sold this kind of grill(now everyone has it )



then came bilstein shocks and eibach springs 60/40, perfect combination for everyday car if you ask me,
because of smoked headlights i had to buy smoked turn signals too
and hauben bra (only for looks, no protection for hood at all)

some pics



then friend convinced me that i need bigger brakes to stop properly so we installed 280mm brakes from golf mk2 g60 and it really stops much much better then before
tarox brake discs and ebc green pads

golf 4 GTI pedals and footrest



as i 'smoked' front end of the car, rear needed to be done in same style too, so hella smoked taillights


before


after


so this is how it looked last summer




then winter look on g60 stellies, bilstein and eibach were sold and weitec coilovers replaced them



cheap recaros from golf mk3 gti



wheels were in pretty bad condition


some pics of material used to restore them






and done



installed fog lights and us-style markers in turn signals



these are the pics from few weeks ago



sorry for long post and a lot of pics
thanks for reading

Neat man, love how they can look with the essential and right mods
Doesnt your have an mk4 gti engine too or did I misread a message of yours?

Nice car and cool story, bro! For real.
Think the rims could be cooler, but they look nice. And a lot better than before you restored them

thanks

no, you didn't, had to pay my college so I sold it

maybe it will come back in the future, when I finish my education and start to work, probably somewhere around 2020. haha

love this car Tomica looks so neat :p

well there are some issues around body that need to be fixed, mainly rust under sideskirt and fender flares but hey, it's almost 20 years old...when I look at other cars from early 90s mine really is neat

Looks sweet!, nice mods, change the engine and go to have more fun

Great job on the wheel resto! I had a st165 celica and did similar work on it to what you've done. I also painted the body of it in my dad's shed, but when it came to restoring the wheels I gave up halfway through and only ended up tidying up the outer lip part (had gutter burn) with an orbital and some wet and dry.

I know what you mean, rims are bitches when it comes to restoring them, thank God mine have only seven spokes
these were pain in the ass, can't imagine how much work would go into them if there were more spokes

someday thanks

nice !!

got to be hounest the car screams for some great wide rims .. so much great wheels for a jetta out there
that would transform it into a bad ass looker