Nice transformation so far.

 

wow glad somebody got my friends old car and is fixing it up, my friend chris built this car, and it was super clean before he sold it to some jackass lol, good job man car is looking good, need to get a head spacer and studs in there and crank up the boost,

glad to see somebody bringing it back

 

haha just read your post after i pm'd you. good call on the headspacer and upping the boost! we think alike

 

haha thanks for the shout Blake!!!! Man am I glad to see my build end up in the hands of an enthusiast lol I was soo disappointed with the hands that it went through. I literally built this car from the ground up, swap and all lol even though I see you're kinda having to as well. Anyways, it looks amazing! Here are some pics for kicks.






now I drive this....



P.S. I'll be glad to take that s3 cluster off your hands if its still works...

 

the cluster works, but i always had a coolant light, i replaced all my coolant components at the same time of the cluster, so im not sure if it was the cluster itself or not. and HOLY CRAP what did the kid do to the car?! i didnt know it was that clean before haha. and yes im having to redo EVERYTHING so far.

plans are once the engine gets timing and a headgasket, transmission comes next, id love to get a longer fifth gear so that i can go above 60 on the highway without spooling the whole time haha. Also looking into places to get it painted, going back with a white. not sure what version of white i want to do yet! i wish i had got the car in its previous state haha would be much more fun

 

true, well shared_pm me with how much you want for it, im currently down in miami. yea, i dont know what happened to it lol i didnt want to let it go, but as you can see it was for a clean mk2 vrt. definitely do the headspacer and all the arp bolts, riding at a daily 15-20psi is amazing lol the tranny will need help under that power though. i put a stg2 clutch in her when i had her. i have an lsd and a stg5 clutch in my mk2 and hold 20psi all day lol and the fifth gear, im with ya on that one, i need to do so myself. i hear the tdi fifths are the way to go. i absolutely love white cars, so thats an awesome choice. as i said though, she looks great and im glad someone's caring for her! you can definitely appreciate building the car all over again though. hope to see her around!

 

Here are some photos of what it went through. I have the pics of it when I first got it, but that was pre-digital camera days lol but it was completely bone stock, riding high on 14s lol






donor

from this

to this

 

whatttt so crazy haha i wish the car was anywhere near that state right now!!! ill shared_pm you about the cluster and a few other things, the car will be super clean when im done with it ive got no doubt in my mind! I plan on getting the headgasket and timing chains done as well as replacing the head, pretty much everything haha. vw's shouldnt go to people who arent vw enthusiasts or your car ends up like this hahahah

 

latest update! got the tan rear seats mounted in, will get a pic later today when i work on my brakes. Have some new performance rotors and pads coming, as well as all new door handle gaskets! did the suede on the headliner and got that mounted too. heres a few pics for now of what i just worked on.

Hating the guage on my steering column, and the lack of my cd player... I figured i would improvise. Instead of spending 50 bucks on a premade 4 guage plate, I took an old front doorcard from a tan cabrio, and cut the speaker plastic assembly apart and got a 10.5 x 7.5 flat plastic piece. measured out my four spots and cut them out! have many blisters on my fingers haha heres the start



got them all cut out and cleaned up and then onto the same tan suede that i wrapped my kneebars with



here it is mounted





not bad for free and some time just need to get a new steering column plastic to replace mine and move the boost guage over to the remaining spot and then wire up everything once my new bulbs and wires for them come in! many pics to come in a little whileee

 

heres some of the headliner and a few better non-cellphone pics