I guess i'll finally introduce myself

[anteramk5jetta]

Whats going on everyone, been on the vortex for a while, did a few posts and all, but never actually introduced myself, name is steve and I'm a vw/audi noob. Been a mechanic for 12 years so worked on plenty of them, just never owned one and to be honest I love it. Car is a 2009 VW jetta SE 2.5L 5spd black with the leatherette interior. Current mods so far are smoked marker lights, smoked mirror lights, and full custom exhaust, so I decided to be different and fabbed my own with a bullit muffler, and straight pipe the rest of the way back, and my antera wheels that I love by don't like poke so never actually ran them. Have a set of FK Highsports i'm planning on swapping the inserts to Silverline x's in the fronts. since I'm a noob, every bit of help counts since i'm going from building Ford's for drag racing to vw's, so i'm lost. thanks for input
Pics of the car




Pics of the wheels (that are for sale or trade )
Prior to refinishing


Repairs done and in primer


all finished and ready to be installed


Future plans are:
Finish suspension with bushings, sway bars
Brake upgrade
proper set of wheels and tires
boost friendly 2.5 with c2motorsports turbo kit
and whatever comes to mind

VEHICLE SPECS:
2009 Volkswagen Jetta SE 2.5L 5spd manual

EXTERIOR
Filled front shield/mask color match (originally painted Duplicolor Metalcast anodized red)
Paint matched lower grilles
Euro replica front lip
Votex replica side skirts
smoked mirror lights
Smoked side mark lights
PerformanceLED 5000k license plate lights
Sylvania Silverstars h7 low beam bulbs

INTERIOR
Custom painted interior trim Duplicolor Metalcast anodized red

PERFORMANCE
Custom cat. back exhaust with single oval tip and round bullit muffler
Neuspeed P-Flo intake
Neuspeed Underdrive Power Pulley

SUSPENSION
FK Highsport Coilovers (23.5FTG front 23.75FTG rear)

WHEELS AND TIRES
Miro Type 279 19x8.5 et 43 custom painted
falken FK452 215/35/19
OEM Magello 16's
Hankook v2 concepts 205/55/16

[PSU]

Welcome.

[eyeluvflixs]

Hey man, welcome

[Sammyscenepoints]

hihi!

[VW SKIM]

howdy partner

[bryangb]

[anteramk5jetta]

Welcome.

Hey man, welcome

hihi!

howdy partner

thanks all, really liking the jetta, any suggestions though?

[Matt_Mkv]

Welcome

Car is clean

[Bnana]

lower it and ditch those wheels you refurbed, pick a cheap set up in the classifieds. maybe catback to hear the growl of the 2.5 and call it a day.

[anteramk5jetta]

lower it and ditch those wheels you refurbed, pick a cheap set up in the classifieds. maybe catback to hear the growl of the 2.5 and call it a day.

I have a set of FK Highsports sitting on my toolbox, but need to replace front inserts and get sway bar end links. just don't have the funds right now I've been trying to sell/trade my antera's, but no luck, and already did a cat back. I made a custom cat back consisting of a straight pipes all the way back and a single chamber bullit muffler My boss says he hears me coming to work from blocks away Lets just say making the bend for the center muffler/resonator is a ***** Took me 2 tries to get it bent right to fit

[johnnyR32]

[kevin FaKiN spLits]

[ECS Tuning]

Welcome!




Link to all sway bars -



Link to all big brake kits -

[RETAH IH]

put in work

I need more build threads to read while im bored at work

[anteramk5jetta]

put in work

I need more build threads to read while im bored at work

If someone wants to donate to a broke *** mechanic lol, as soon as I get the links and insert plan on doing so, couldn't really do so with the exhaust cause it was a last minute ordeal

[anteramk5jetta]

Welcome!




Link to all sway bars -



Link to all big brake kits -

Oh trust me, been on your site drooling over everything I wish I could buy right then and there, I do plan on buying my inserts from you's, along with alot of other stuff just a matter of coming up with the money to do so

[vortexn]

+1 for ecs tuning.. still gotta send back my dogbone long story broke my mount while taking it off so no use for the dogbone but post up a vid of the exhaust i wanna hear the sound!

[ECS Tuning]

Oh trust me, been on your site drooling over everything I wish I could buy right then and there, I do plan on buying my inserts from you's, along with alot of other stuff just a matter of coming up with the money to do so

Please feel free to ask or PM me with any questions you may have!

+1 for ecs tuning.. still gotta send back my dogbone long story broke my mount while taking it off so no use for the dogbone but post up a vid of the exhaust i wanna hear the sound!

Thanks, did you contact our customer service or just waiting to send it back?

[vortexn]

Please feel free to ask or PM me with any questions you may have!



Thanks, did you contact our customer service or just waiting to send it back?

i did i just havent had time to send it back awe and i are getting some exhaust warranty things situated so im going to send them both back at the same time i figure it should be soon but its not hurting is it waiting a bit?

[x047x]

+1 for ecs tuning

x2

post up a vid of the exhaust i wanna hear the sound!

x2

If you cant find the parts you need at either ecstuning.com or germanautoparts.com, you don't need it. Both have the best prices as well in my experience. Welcome!

[anteramk5jetta]

Thanks for the info guys, only thing I'm still wondering about is do I need to run shorter end links with my fk coilovers????????? and stupid noob question regarding the rear perches. By the way they look, they bolt to the lower control arm????
I've heard nothing but great things about ecs tuning, so I plan on making plenty of purchases from you guys.
Only thing I have video wise of the exhaust is a short vid I took at idle but the vid blows cause I took it with my phone, trying to get a good vid soon

[FAHRENHEITLAD]

Hey, I see you're in the Lehigh Valley. If you need parts, stop by Faulkner Ciocca VW and I can hook you up with any parts you might need.

[anteramk5jetta]

Hey, I see you're in the Lehigh Valley. If you need parts, stop by Faulkner Ciocca VW and I can hook you up with any parts you might need.

Thanks man, good to hear. I'm actually right down the road from there also

[FAHRENHEITLAD]

Thanks man, good to hear. I'm actually right down the road from there also

Cool, no problem, just ask for me, Alex and I will give you special internet pricing 25% off list price.

[anteramk5jetta]

Cool, no problem, just ask for me, Alex and I will give you special internet pricing 25% off list price.

Sounds good thanks

[x047x]

Thanks for the info guys, only thing I'm still wondering about is do I need to run shorter end links with my fk coilovers?

This is one of those things Vortex argues about. I have yet to see any definitive answer. I thought FK shipped shorter end links with their coilovers though. Anyway I'm running shorter ones (the FK ones) and they are working well and others running stock ones that work well. Also seems to depend on the coilovers.

[anteramk5jetta]

This is one of those things Vortex argues about. I have yet to see any definitive answer. I thought FK shipped shorter end links with their coilovers though. Anyway I'm running shorter ones (the FK ones) and they are working well and others running stock ones that work well. Also seems to depend on the coilovers.

Bought mine second(technically third)hand, was missing links and spanners. I just got the spanners but still need the inserts for the fronts cause 1 is blown. They're FK Highsports, was planning on putting in siliverline x inserts for the adjustability. I didn't want to throw them on to find out the links hit the control arm and end up kicking myself in the ***

[eatonrabbit.]

welcome to the madness. nice work on the wheels btw.

[anteramk5jetta]

welcome to the madness. nice work on the wheels btw.

Thanks, took me 2 months to get them done. Just blows since I put all that work into them and not able to run them

[anteramk5jetta]

Anyone got a set of fk links or fk inserts they dont want

[anteramk5jetta]

Ok, posted this before but got no answer, when I install my coilovers, the rear perches don't look like they will sit on top of the coil. Am I right with assuming they get install to the lower control arm or do I have some fun ahead of me

[NiceTTs_13]

herro

[KIDVersion 1]

[dx3]

Welcome Steve. Although it seems we already met in another thread

Jonny

[anteramk5jetta]

Welcome Steve. Although it seems we already met in another thread

Jonny

Thanks for the welcome Jonny