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Old 03-30-2014, 04:17 PM   #1
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new project daily!!!! golf III K2 edition

Picked up a 97 volkswagen golf K2 edition. 103K on the 8v 2.0L. Black on black. Interior is almost mint! Needs shift and ebrake boot to be MINT!

I dont want this car to be "just another slammed vdub" i want it to be a handling machine that still has a stock look to it. Slightly lowered for a better center of gravity without destroying the suspension geometry.

Done:
K&n cone filter fitted inside the bottom of the stock airbox
Plugs, wires, cap, and rotor
Seafoam top end cleaning
New clutch
Drilled/slotted rotors
Hawk pads
High flow cat
New center pipe

Plans:
Catback exhaust
New trans with taller gearing
Possibly neuspeed supercharger kit if the funds can be arranged
Suspension, not sure if i want coilover or an awesome cup kit.
Suspension links, sway bars, poly bushings
Neuspeed short shift kit
Possibly rear disc converion
256 or 260 cam
Techtonic or black forest chip
Really want some RPF1 15x7
Other cosmetic odds and ends...
Oem euro stuff



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Old 04-07-2014, 04:22 PM   #2
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Upgraded to an LED dome light, cue ball shift knob, ziza yellow fog bulbs.

4 new cooper cs4 tires

Also got some weitec xs coilovers that havent been installed yet, also ordered front control arms with poly bushings pre-pressed.
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Old 04-09-2014, 01:49 AM   #3
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Dang haven't seen you here in a while man. Hows things going?
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Old 04-09-2014, 06:52 AM   #4
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Not bad. Been working and training like crazy. Finally got an unlimited data plan so i can now hop on at anytime. I did have unlimited web, but tristate was slow as s*** on the browser.

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Old 04-12-2014, 10:33 PM   #5
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Coilovers went on today. Lowered but not slammed. Needs some tweaking tomorrow. Alignment done as well. Need to set the rear ride height where i like it.

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Old 04-13-2014, 09:04 PM   #6
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All dialed in, im happy with it. Alignment is within oem spec except for rear camber. I dont feel like using shims lol. Too much work...
F. Camber: left -0.09 right -0.09
F. Caster: left -1.20 right -1.70 (road crown compensation)
F. Toe: left -0.01 right -0.01
R. Camber: left -1.78 right -1.65
R. Toe: left -0.14 right -0.16
Thrust angle is 0.06 to the left(again... to compensate for road crown)



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Old 04-13-2014, 09:04 PM   #7
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Freaking phones!!! Double posted...
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Old 04-19-2014, 04:54 PM   #8
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Got bored today... still saving for wheels, so i did this!




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Old 04-20-2014, 01:32 PM   #9
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painting the wheels helped a lot
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Old 04-20-2014, 02:13 PM   #10
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The silver looks so much cleaner, black wheels look so cheap
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Old 04-20-2014, 07:18 PM   #11
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I know, had the paint lying around and free day. Funny how much of a difference it makes

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Old 04-20-2014, 08:10 PM   #12
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Id still probably throw hubcaps on it until I figured something else out.
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Old 04-20-2014, 08:59 PM   #13
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Dont have them :/ and caps from the store dont fit right. PO had rattled them black and one was missing.

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Old 04-20-2014, 09:10 PM   #14
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VW has them, you could also take a look on CL and see if anyone is selling some oem VW wheels. I see them all the time and theyre usually priced well. I found a few with tires for a couple hundred when I was looking for them for my forester.
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Old 04-20-2014, 11:02 PM   #15
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Guess your right... ill definitely look into the dealership, good prices through our shops wholesale.

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Old 05-26-2014, 07:40 PM   #16
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Well a plastic ball in my shift linkage broke yesterday. Its causing some gears to not fully engage sometimes... gave me a great excuse to buy a USRT bushing rebuild kit and techtonics tuning short shift kit. Yaayy!

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