TDI Project #2: Less = more

[vengie]

SO clean!

[A790]

Looks great man! I've always loved this gen of Jetta!

[Kona9]

Nice work Navigator!

[nismodrifter]

Kona: Thanks my gora yaar

Mufflerectomy time...

A required mod for sure.
Took the car to Minute Muffler on 32nd Ave NE (owned by a Beyonder). Would recommend them for any exhaust work as their service was nothing short of outstanding.

Muffler deleted, leads to a 3" downturn which peeks out of the bottom of the valence. I'll polish this bad boy up sometime this week

Result = PASHEW in between shifts and a nice deep sound throughout the rev range.

Have been quite busy over the weekend. If I have some free time I do plan on slamming the front as low as the sway will allow.

Still have a couple minor changes to do before the snow hits. Stay tuned!







Moms MK5 TDI, my MKIV.


Go hard.

[ekguy]

how do you find the fk's? Getting some during winter for spring.

[Maxx Mazda]

Those rims look REALLY nice on there!

[n1zm0]

man that looks slick, besides the sound, would a good set of exh pipes increase torque by much? - TDi noob here.

side question: since you have had 2 of these TDis with the 1.9Ls, i know reliability is top notch for the vast majority of them but would you say that maintenance is fairly easy on them?

i'm starting to see that diesel might be the way to go for my next car.

[nismodrifter]

Maintenance Is Paramount....

MKIV forum peeps will get the title of this section

- I've been without a functional trunk for almost 2 months. Too lazy to fix it. Finally had the time to remove the cover and see wtf was up.



Thankfully the fix was simple. The pull rod had come out of its holder. Reinsert and voila fixed.

- Onto the engine bay. These cars commonly have their intake scoop/snorkel thing full of gunk because of a screen that is in side of there. I removed the airbox and tubes. Lookie what came out.



Dump it out:


Double you tee ef, fully intact!


- When I say its my daily driver......I mean it does everything. I carried like 350lbs of mortar cement in the back last week.
Doin work:


- And finally...........down she went
Cranked the front all the way down.


Fender liners were rubbin hard....until the necessary areas melted of course

Completed pics coming ASAP! Having issues with photobucket at the moment

[ExtraSlow]

Nice dragonfly!

[ekguy]

Again...how are you liking the fk coils? lol.

I am buying a set and would like to know how they are.

[K3RMiTdot]

frame that dragonfly

[nismodrifter]

Originally posted by ekguy
Again...how are you liking the fk coils? lol.

I am buying a set and would like to know how they are.

Drop is great, but ride is bouncy when cranked down. Good bang for the buck IMO.

[nismodrifter]

Complete?

Finally have some time to update this with some quick pics I took the other day...

2011 Mod list:
- FK Streetline Coils: All the way down up front, rear has 2 threads remaining
- Wheels: 18" Keskin KT1's
Front: 18x8.5 et30 w/10mm FK Spacer - 225/40/18 Michelin Pilot Sports
Rear: 18x10 et35 - 225/45/18 Falken FK452
- Rolled inner lip of front fenders flat + slightly pulled
- Mufflerectomy leading to 3" downturn tip
- Van Aaken Tuning Box
- Removed stock intake piping, replaced with 3" ducting
- Red calipers (yay!)
- Disabled DRL's
- To Come: Black front grill

The updated look with the front all the way down, and baller calipers:

















Fin

[ekguy]

so if someone wouldn't drop them all the way down would they ride decent then? I don't think i'll be able to go all the way down with the rims im getting.

The offset and width is going to be pretty aggressive for a mk3 lol.

Your car is looking insane though. Loving the updates.

[forced_eg]

car looks dope!! im using the fk's as well,

love them so far (1 year), got the dub slammed to the ground (considering removing the adjusters on the rears) cost me my fifth oil pan but meh...

one thing i didnt like is that the rear shocks blew in about 4 months of owning it

[nismodrifter]

2012

The following has changed:
- Changed timing belt, water pump, accessory belt
- ECS Skidplate installed
- Front sway bar has been removed
- Replaced passenger side inner tie rod
- New front tires, Falken FK452's 225/40/18
- New antenna
- Painted front grill black
- Took some time to roll the front fenders a bit more and then touched them up.

A couple of new pics from tonight:

[K3RMiTdot]

i love what youve done with it!

[94_S14]

Originally posted by vengie
SO clean!

The concept is clean...

Why didnt you take the time to properly roll the fronts? I could have gone without seeing the cracked paint etc. etc....

Nice wheels though.

EDIT: Have any of you euro guys considered the Speedtech - ST- Coilovers (little brother of KW)?

[ercchry]

those wheels are mildly aggressive IRL

[Mazstyle]

Man you take great photo's, what camera are you using?