CC What I Did There?

[Dion@ACHTUN!NG]

First, a big "thank you" to Jonathan Gross at Pignataro VW in Everett, WA for taking very good care of the wife and I when we stopped in to decide on a new car purchase. The VW CC offers quite a bit of car for the money with tuning capabilities parallel to the GTI so it was very easy for us to make our decision - as long as they had it in white! (They did)

Monday morning, two days after purchase:



... as of 08/17/10, suspension.



... as of 08/18/10, wheels.



... as of 10/27/10, winter wheels.



... as of 12/28/10, tint.



... as of 3/31/11, new summer rollers.



... as of 4/20/11, carbonio stage 2.



... as of 5/13/11, suspension again.



... as of 6/17/11, exhaust.



... as of 6/30/11, LED DRLs



... as of 4/28/12, windshield tint.



... as of 7/5/12, LED lighting upgrades.



... as of 12/28/12, HID lows/fogs.



... as of 1/17/13, Runz FS1 HU.



... as of 04/02/13, remote trunk.



... as of 4/21/13, new summer rollers again.



Completed:
* de-badged
* mud flaps removed
* DRL delete
* remote windows
* horn delete upon locking
* 2nd trunk hook
* suspension (2nd set)
* summer wheels
* APR stage 2
* winter wheels
* tint (15% front/back, 50% windshield)
* intake
* turbo-back exhaust
* rolled/pulled fenders (front)
* euro-spec headlight switch
* euro-spec clear turn signal lens (front bumper)
* LEDCapsule LED DRLs
* LED puddle lights
* LED license plate lights
* LED interior lights
* USP Motorsports H7 HID Kit (low beam) - 6000K
* USP Motorsports H11 HID Kit (fogs) - 6000K
* dual rear fog activation
* Runz FS1 HU (purchase details to be posted soon on spinasquared.com)
* remote trunk
* more wheels

To Do:
* votex skirts/decklid spoiler
* aespherical mirrors
* vip-style puddle lights
* APR k04 kit
* StopTech BBK
* R36 pedals

[Sevarg]

Clean!

Very interested to see the final product.

[Tee Why]

Sweet, congrats.

[rabbit07]

congrats on the new CC. nice mod list. cant wait to see it completed.

[MrRline]

Your not the guy who wrote into eurotuner this month about buying a CC right?

[Dion@ACHTUN!NG]

Letters of the month? No, I am not that guy.

[MBH]

Congrats and you have great taste in color

Looking forward to your build

[Dion@ACHTUN!NG]

Haven't owned another color yet! (The other cars)

[MrRline]

oh also forgot. I'd find an R-line bumper over the front gold coast kit. I just think it flows better. You may or may not agree. Either way your car looks great so far.

[MBH]

oh also forgot. I'd find an R-line bumper over the front gold coast kit. I just think it flows better. You may or may not agree. Either way your car looks great so far.

It is the exact same design, except for the R line is 1 piece, the gold coast is an add on lip. If it were me, I'd prefer the lip so that if/when it gets fubared from being low, I could pull it off and either have it fixed or replaced for a much lower cost.

[Dion@ACHTUN!NG]

The kit definitely isn't at the top of the priority list, but depending on what I find and when will determine if it'll be a full front bumper conversion or an add-on lip. Likely the latter.

And by the way I'm diggin' those 997 Turbo wheels on your CC, MBH!

[MBH]

The kit definitely isn't at the top of the priority list, but depending on what I find and when will determine if it'll be a full front bumper conversion or an add-on lip. Likely the latter.

And by the way I'm diggin' those 997 Turbo wheels on your CC, MBH!

Thanks, Dion!! I'd love to do the GC kit, but I'm certain it would get annihilated within one attempt of getting into either my driveway or my girlfriend's apartment parking lot
I know everybody says that, but my buddy ripped his front bumper off his MKIV R32 backing out at a pretty safe angle


Here is some motivation to get you moving on your project

[VMRWheels]

What you did there, I CC it!

Lovely car, best color available!

Can't wait to see the progress on this project, looking forward to it

[Dion@ACHTUN!NG]

Thanks! Been itching to get this thing closer to the ground so we can try on some of our new wheels! Busy busy busy!!

[CCRlineBlack]

Congrats~!

[Dion@ACHTUN!NG]

**update as of 08/17/10**



We threw on the KONI SS Coil-Overs last night. We cranked the suspension down all the way just to see how much ground clearance we'd have left. This is definitely not the ride height for everyone, and certainly does compromise a bit of ride comfort, but damn does it look good!





Up next, wheel test-fitting! We need to get more of our Hartmann Wheels in our CC gallery.

[gt[I]]

[Dion@ACHTUN!NG]

I threw on a set of our brand-new Hartmann HROC-233 Wheels and fell in love immediately! So much for my idea of going 20s... At least for now.







The wheels are 19x8.5 with a 47mm offset. We've easily been able to do 38mm offsets on lowered CCs in the past (Kris Deerin's gorgeous CC on the Hartmann HTTRS-256 Wheels) so the next thing I did was play with different spacer sizes to get an even stance both front and rear. I ended up with 10mm fronts and 3mm spacers out back - go figure. More pics to come...

[Ribz80]

I threw on a set of our brand-new Hartmann HROC-233 Wheels and fell in love immediately! So much for my idea of going 20s... At least for now.







The wheels are 19x8.5 with a 47mm offset. We've easily been able to do 38mm offsets on lowered CCs in the past (Kris Deerin's gorgeous CC on the Hartmann HTTRS-256 Wheels) so the next thing I did was play with different spacer sizes to get an even stance both front and rear. I ended up with 12mm fronts and 3mm spacers out back - go figure. More pics to come...

Would really like to no how much those wheels weight. Would be nice if it were 28lbs or less.

[Dion@ACHTUN!NG]

25 lbs.

[Ribz80]

25 lbs.

OK, WANT.

As long as the price is reasonable.

[Dion@ACHTUN!NG]

List price, $285. At current introductory sale pricing, 10% off! ($1026 for the set)

edit: Sale ended.

[adibaiz]

$1026 shipped?
How much with tires? (235/35 Falken FK-452)

[Dion@ACHTUN!NG]

$1649-$1699 depending on whether you want 235/35s or 245/35s in the Falken FK452s we stock, and not including shipping. Email me directly (dion@achtuning.com) for a quote with shipping.

We also welcome Tire Rack tire orders shipped to our location for free mounting/balancing. Also note prices above do not include tire pressure monitoring sensors. Tire Rack currently has the best deal on sensors so feel free to send those with your tires.

[adibaiz]

Dion you got mail.

[MBH]

That looks great Dion!! Love it!

[rabbit07]

looks awesome Dion.

[f.rizzo]

That looks great!

[CC Rider]

Looks very nice. Got me itchin to do a drop and rims.

[Dion@ACHTUN!NG]

Thanks, everyone. We're very pleased with these wheels. Should be our next best-seller. Gonna be tough peeling them off to get pics of other wheels on the CC.

Dion you got mail.

Replied!

[iPinch]

[06DC5]

What dampening settings are you running with the Koni's?

[Dion@ACHTUN!NG]

About 30% both front and rear.

And I made a correction to my post above about spacers. Ended up with 10mm spacers up front, not 12.

[Dion@ACHTUN!NG]

Went and took some pictures last night. This is the current stance with the aforementioned 10mm spacers up front and 3mm spacers out back.

[MBH]

hot damn that looks good!