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    Default TDI Project #2: Less = more

    Time for another TDI build

    Here she is in all her stock beauty:


    Background Info:
    - This car came into our household back in 2004.
    - Car was passed down to me last year when school required me to travel. This car took me everywhere (across Canada and America) and got 1200+ kms/tank while doing so. Wasn't too bad to sleep in either .
    - Currently has 237 000kms on it.
    - Stock suspension was gonezo a while back but I had no time to change it until now. Bring on the mods.

    Objective:
    - As the title says, I want to show that less can = more.
    - I want to keep it simple and clean with an emphasis on stance.
    - Has to be relatively practical as it is my daily driver year round.

    Day 1
    Went to Concept 1 in the morning, picked up a set of FK Streetline Coils


    Came home and got to work. Rears went in without any hassle at all. Fronts were a pain because every bolt was seized and the struts were actually rusted into the mount. Ugh. Took a lot of bashing with wood and litres of WD-40 but finally got it all apart.



    Spun the coils down all the way of course
    The result (note WD40 sprayed on the side):


    Went to sleep.

    Day 2
    Had sourced a set of wheels, but they were in Edmonton. Made the trip there in the day time, visited my bro, and came back that night around 2am.

    Specs:
    Fronts: 18x8.5 et30 with 225/40/18
    Rears: 18x10 et35 with 225/45/18's.
    Front tires were totally shot, so I didn't bother mounting the wheels immediately

    Went to sleep.


    Day 3
    I'm no baller so I hit up Kijiji at 7am to find a pair of lightly used tires to replace the worn out fronts. Found a wicked deal on a set of brand new 225/40/18 Michelin Pilot Sports.

    Picked them up at 9am and had the tires swapped over to the wheels on the way home.

    Teaser for now, will update thread with completed pics when I get a chance:


    Time to sleep

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    YES!! He is back!

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    I like where this is headed.
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    Moar please!

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    Nice pics noob.

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    Car comes from an era when you could actually see out the windows haha, those things are huge compared to tiny glass that comes on new cars.

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    looks great! Can't wait for the updated pics!
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    Love your black one, cant wait to see how this one goes.

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    Saw this beast today at the meet, looks so dope!

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    I LOVED your black Jetta! can't wait to see how this one ends up!

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    that is sooooo nice. Can't wait to see more pics of this thing.

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    The Wheels Revealed
    I'm rocking these here Keskin KT1's brahs



    Issue #1: Front tires rubbed HARD on the helper spring. I had a busy month ahead of me and no time to source 10mm hubcentric spacers...........so the front wheels came off
    Rocked the car dragster style with 18x10 rears and stock fronts in Saskatoon for most of September.

    1 month later
    Found someone in Calgary selling 10mm hubcentric spacers. Picked them up and got 40mm bolts from Concept 1 the following day.

    Awwwwwwwwwwwwwww yeah


    The wheels went on, and here is how she sat:


    Issue #2: After installing the 10mm spacers a quick drive to the store resulted in my front fenders being totally destroyed along with a beautiful aroma of burnt rubber filling the air. Look closely in the above pic and you will see shredded rubber

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    Roll dem fenderz

    Step 1. Gather specialty tools


    Step 2. Do work
    - Note dented hood as a result of smashing into a deer 2 days before. Yay.

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    Finally.....

    No words necessary. Pics say it all. I'm all smiles.

    Pics were taken immediately after rolling the front fenders (which no longer rub!!). Front end has since been adjusted to sit approx 1" lower.

    In these pics, the rear has 2 threads left. Fronts have 8 threads left so there is definitely room to work with but the sway begins to rub at a certain point. I will try going down to 4 threads later this week if time permits.



    Stay tuned for a couple more updates
















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