'96 GTI - Timeline

[blackjellybean]

There's not any stance in this thread, just some low. :stickoutt Anyways, this is just a timeline of my car from when I bought it to now. Someday there will be some stance in this thread, but I had to spend my money that I was saving for wheels on fixing my blown headgasket. :mad:mad In case anyone was wondering about my username, it's the nickname that a friend of mine gave to my car. Anyways, onto the pictures:

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Check out that wheel gap :eyebrows

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I got some FK streetlines about a month after buying the car.

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Smoked turns + lowered the coils a little more.

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Wiper delete, spoiler delete, and blacked out emblem.

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Random photoshoot.

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Coils spun the rest of the way down with helpers still in.

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Helpers out, coils all the way down in front. Jetta front end swap + smoked e-codes.

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My friend's '98 DE with my GTI.

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I machined myself a new wiper delete and some half strut caps to get rid of the ugly stock ones that stuck up about an inch over the strut towers.

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Shaved/primered hood.

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Then I blew my head gasket right before I was about to finally buy wheels.

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Front end came off to make everything easier.

And how it's sitting currently, waiting to be finished:

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And finally, a cell phone shot with the engine cover on. ;)

[Tuck&Poke]

i love me a mk3. I like where this is going so far

[blackjellybean]

i love me a mk3. I like where this is going so far
Thanks man http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/5895/thumbupij.gif Unfortunately, it's not going anywhere fast. :shifty

[Jesus Christ]

soon to be rusted hood and fake pvw sticker is a no no.

[Frank Tabares]

Great looking MK3. It looks 10x better lowered with the Jetta front end. Really looking forward to the rest of this build.

[StancE36]

Looking good! I like this.

[Tuck&Poke]

soon to be rusted hood and fake pvw sticker is a no no.

he primered it because its shaved :shifty

[blackjellybean]

he primered it because its shaved :shifty
Exactly. It would be painted or vinyl wrapped if I had money, but school + a part-time job = no money. :(

[Jorge]

Jetta front end finishes this off, gona look sweet on a new set of wheels

[Rusty62]

Looks good so far dude. Keep up the good work!

[Chase Otter(:]

great work dude.
how much would you be willing to part ways with your old front end for?
we have the same grill and same idea on our turns/fogs. why did you remove your fog covers?

[blackjellybean]

great work dude.
how much would you be willing to part ways with your old front end for?
we have the same grill and same idea on our turns/fogs. why did you remove your fog covers?
I only have the badgeless grill left from the front end and it's bent a little. The driver's headlight was messed up, so I threw both headlights away and the hood is partially sanded down and now rusting :devillook What fog covers are you talking about though? I haven't done anything to my foglights at all.

[Chase Otter(:]

Normally they have a little glass cover over them. and damn dude, Ive wanted to Getta swap my car, and with the mk4 intake did you use a mk4 valve cover and mk4 fuel rail?:)

[P78]

good start

[blackjellybean]

Normally they have a little glass cover over them. and damn dude, Ive wanted to Getta swap my car, and with the mk4 intake did you use a mk4 valve cover and mk4 fuel rail?:)
Mine do have glass over them :eyebrows

[206929rr]

looks good. props on shaving the hood. i think thats coming up on my mkII

[magoo_lc1]

Lookin good. I like mk3 but the reliability of vw scares me away from one. Paint the stockers white for now would look good to me

[blackjellybean]

looks good. props on shaving the hood. i think thats coming up on my mkII
Unfortunately I didn't do it properly, because I don't have a welder and it was cheaper than $50 per side to buy washer nozzles to fill the holes. :D

[Chase Otter(:]

Ohh, i guess I just had mine blacked out for so long that I forgot what it looked like to have them on!
also, you never answered my question about the Mk4 intake setup... :D

[blackjellybean]

Ohh, i guess I just had mine blacked out for so long that I forgot what it looked like to have them on!
also, you never answered my question about the Mk4 intake setup... :D
Sorry, I didn't see that question before. :stickoutt But, yes I did. However, I've been told the fuel rail I bought was actually a MK3 one even though the auction was for an MK4 one. It holds the MK4 injectors fine though, so I'm not really sure. I got the car running last weekend, first it sprayed fuel everywhere, then I came home from a 3 day vacation only to find a coolant leak that wasn't there before. I love this car... :shifty And, here's an open header start up video :eyebrows

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[Chase Otter(:]

you used mk4 injectors also?
the manifold swap was one of the next things on my list.
video is unavailable, bud.

[macleanshaun]

This car looked mint in PVW.
Oh wait, that never happened.
Lose the sticker.

The car is nice, though.

[blackjellybean]

you used mk4 injectors also?
the manifold swap was one of the next things on my list.
video is unavailable, bud.
Yeah, I did, but you don't have to. Everythings pretty easy, but there's some stuff that you'll have to come up with fixes for. I suggest re-locating the battery if you can. I didn't, but it would've made the intake set up a LOT easier.

This car looked mint in PVW.
Oh wait, that never happened.
Lose the sticker.
Yeah, let me get right on that. It's a sticker. Get over it. :shifty

[Chase Otter(:]

Battery is going in the trunk as soon as I can get the wiring and a little circuit breaker.
my washer bottle and other misc. under hood parts have also been deleted.
Thanks for all the help!:)

[blackjellybean]

Battery is going in the trunk as soon as I can get the wiring and a little circuit breaker.
my washer bottle and other misc. under hood parts have also been deleted.
Thanks for all the help!:)
No problem man. Let me know if you have any more questions on it. I can probably help you.

[blackjellybean]

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Most recent picture. I just got some new 185/60/R14 Dunlop Direzza Star Specs , because I had bald tires all the way around. Unfortunately, I didn't have enough to buy wheels, so still on the stockers. :shifty I also installed some fully adjustable CXracing coilovers, so it rides way better than on my old FKs. Hopefully more updates will be coming soon. :eyebrows