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[Still Lost]

Whats up guys! A friend of mine on here told me about the site and we could all use another forum in our lives so here I am.

This is no where near my first auto forum and I highly doubt my last either.

As for me, I'm 23 and seem to be bouncing around locations from Philly, to KoP, West Chester, and back home in Cherry Hill...always on the move. I'm a senior at Drexel University and I'm also working on launching my own consumer product (I'll keep you guys posted b/c I'll be giving out free samples when it goes live). Other than that I'm usually found snowboarding, mountain biking, working on cars, and hopefully kite-surfing this year.

Both cars I've had I've personally done ALL the work on them (minus the paint on the Jetta), so needless to say I'm not bad around the garage.

As for background, I've played with Euro's for the most part. Started out w/ a 98 Jetta 2.0 and proceeded to go nuts on it. I regret selling this car all the time. The mod list included:

Keskin KT5 16x9 (rear) and 16x7.5(front)
Weitec TX Fully Adj. Coilovers (dampening and height)
Reiger Front Lip
Shaved Front/Rear Bumpers
Euro Front End conversion (rebar/rad support)
Smoked E-Codes
FK Rear M3 Style Tails
Clear Blinkers and Fogs
Cup Mirrors
Full Brake Upgrade to Mintex Pads, Brembo X-Drilled/Slotted Rotors, SS-Lines
Short Shift
Full operational Corrado speed activated wing
Full Respray
And I'm sure a bunch of other odds and ends. That was the final product, I went through several hoods, wheels, and bumpers prior.

Currently I have a 99 Audi A4 1.8Tqm and although not as crazy as the Jetta it has it's fair share of work:

Bailey DV
Spec LWFW
SouthBend Stage 2 Kevlar Clutch
Tantrum Wrks 2.5 DP
AWE Full Catback Exhaust
H&R Sports on Koni Reds
Clear Sides
GIAC Chip
S4 Wheels

Bacially the A4 has turned into a DD and is getting beat to hell (living in the city for a year will do that), it's got 162,xxx on it so I really don't plan to do much more in terms of mods, just keep it clean and use it for commuting.

I also had a 1984 Rabbit project car for a hot second but due to life changes I had to sell it b/c I had no time to do jack on it

I also dable a little bit in paint, by no means am I great at it but it's a fun hobby to mess around with it. below I included a picture of a motorcycle I built and painted.

Later this year I plan on entering the dark side and buying a SR20DET and rebuilding it in my garage and then when it's complete I'll decide what car to put it in, it's up in the air for a S13 or something so crazy I may just have to try it

Here are pics of the old and newer:

A4 (she now has a black roof and pillars and black hood...b/c my dumba$$ ex backed into me and ruined the hood) That should get fixed soon.


With C/F Hood (gone now) and powdercoated wheels


Jetta












And The Honda F4i...long list of upgrades, mainly converted to 1000RR suspension and brake compnents and the obvious paint/decal job.



Me Working in My Humble Work Shop

[01bb6er]

Welcome, nice euro's you have there. I like the custom paint on the bike too.

[SikneSS]

welcome, nice ride. a buddy of mine has an 01 VR6 Jetta, any advice on mods? right now he has an injen cai & magnaflow cat-back, we are about to install the Eurosport underdrive pulley.

[CHAOS]

welcome.

[Jon@WrightAgency]

Whats up Mike! Glad you found your way over here......

[Kerplunk105]

Welcome

Neat painting hobby.

[TGilb2007]

nice little collection of cars going on there man. Paint on the bike looks great too.

Originally Posted by SikneSS

welcome, nice ride. a buddy of mine has an 01 VR6 Jetta, any advice on mods? right now he has an injen cai & magnaflow cat-back, we are about to install the Eurosport underdrive pulley.

GIAC tune, and suspension would be the next couple if I owned one.

[omgjacki]

Welcome to TST

[StangGirl]

welcome

[supraghost]

nice f4i. i also have one. can i ask why you converted to 1000rr suspension?

[Still Lost]

Originally Posted by supraghost

nice f4i. i also have one. can i ask why you converted to 1000rr suspension?

It's not actually my bike, it is a friends. We went w/ the 1000rr rear-swing arm which required a 1000rr shock, it's a stifer shock and raises the back end of the bike allowing it to dip into turns harder and faster...after completing the set-up he said the bike handled great in turns and breaking.

[05Accent]

welcome to tst.

[lownslow95]

Welcome to TST

[LilSubiedrvr]

Welcome! Love your cars, and the bike- have a red bull helmet to go with it ? ;) haha I know...not something we can just run out and buy haha

[Still Lost]

Originally Posted by LilSubiedrvr

Welcome! Love your cars, and the bike- have a red bull helmet to go with it ? ;) haha I know...not something we can just run out and buy haha

Helmet is in the works! The bike may be up for sale soon so the helmet is on hold, but he does have a Red Bull track jacket