The devil is in the details

[zee]

I love the shaved front end. Did they re-spray the full hood?

 

[dustinwark]

Wow the badgeless looks great!

BTW the rotors internal cooling veins are NOT directional with AR rotors therefore it doesn't matter which way you put them on.

 

[Aonarch]

Looks amazing! As a fellow TR GTI owner I am jealous. I've got a JOM grille matte black laying around as well. Also I painted my mirror caps matte black, and when ever I get off of my lazy ass I will vinyl my roof (Yay no sunroof!).

I generally love black wheels, but I am not sure right now since I have V-line Passat Velos in Titanium silver and don't want to ruin them by painting.

Looks great though.

 

[dsm1983]

Thanks for all the input! Both positive and negative!
I realize it's somewhat of a debated look, but that's part of the reason I did it.

About the spray work: Fortunately he did NOT have to repaint the whole hood. He did re-clearcoat the whole thing though. The guy (Joe) blended the colour perfectly. Literally looks like it rolled out of the dealership notchless.
About the catch can: I personally think it does a lot. Just emptied it over the weekend, and it was almost full. But there's always an argument on catch cans...

So anyways, I still need to post moar pics of the front, and then the rear badge of course.

 

[d@n]

sick!!!! i would paint the front bumper...around the fogs to make it pronounce it lines a little more....like p2spec...

 

[dsm1983]

Just some pix from Cars & Coffee.

 

[MegaMikeLA]

Just some pix from Cars & Coffee.

When/where is this "meet?" or is it just you and some buds getting coffee?

wouldn't mind joining! I'm up in Santa Monica, but will travel any distance!

 

[dsm1983]

When/where is this "meet?" or is it just you and some buds getting coffee?

wouldn't mind joining! I'm up in Santa Monica, but will travel any distance!

This particular Cars & Coffee gtg is at the Carlsbad Outlet Mall and is usually every 3 or 4 Saturdays. Something like that. But I think they're trying to make it more regular.
Here's a link to some more pics I posted from it: http://www.golfmk6.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11384

NOW BACK TO THE BUILD!!!


...No news to report.

 

[xHeartcoreboyx]

Your car is sexy, i want to do the black roof on my cw, but the dealership put lightt v-kool tint on my car, almost green looking..think it would still work?!

carrito> http://img.skitch.com/20101121-xe86518srejgid9yn8bit5eger.medium.jpg

 

[heartcoke]

You empty your VTA Catch Can? I thought that was the whole point of VTA, no need to empty it. How does it smell btw?

Btw I love your front end, I wish I had gotten a red GTI if cops around here weren't borderline psycho, it looks good.

 

[dsm1983]

Your car is sexy, i want to do the black roof on my cw, but the dealership put lightt v-kool tint on my car, almost green looking..think it would still work?!

yeah, it would still work. I looked at your pic, and it looks fine to me!

You empty your VTA Catch Can? I thought that was the whole point of VTA, no need to empty it. How does it smell btw?

Btw I love your front end, I wish I had gotten a red GTI if cops around here weren't borderline psycho, it looks good.

Yeah, you have to empty the VTA can occasionally. Definitely not as frequently as a recirc can though. And you'll know when you need to empty it because it'll start leaving a little bit of residue around the can.
The smell doesn't exist. I thought that I noticed it at first, but I think now that I was imagining it.

 

[dsm1983]

Mk1 GTI air freshener - I blame boredom and eBay.

 

[heartcoke]

That's bad ass lol.

 

[dsm1983]

Nothing too exciting to update on really.
A local guy I met from the Vortex wanted to have an armrest, and I don't use mine, so I swapped with him. The cupholder piece I got from him that's now installed is from a Mk5 Rabbit.
Also, you can see in the first pic how I swapped the rear headrests to the front seats.

 

[dsm1983]

Blacked out my fogs with PlastiDip after a thread OverTimer started about not liking the OEM foglight design on the GTI.
Then I went crazy with my camera... This is probably only half the pics I took. :thumbsup: