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#1 · (Edited)
SW Florida 2010 Candy White MK6 GTI

Special thanks to the boys at Avenue Autosports for all the help.



Extra Special Thank You to ROTIFORM WHEELS


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The car is primarily a hobby and car show ride
I will update this post (#1) with the current look and release level. The subsequent posts (2-xx) will be historical.

My car is a set of 'Releases' that I will build for major car shows.


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Release 2.0(11/2012) Installed Mods:
Performance:
• APR K04 Turbo Kit
• APR Stage I & II CAI
• RAI Turbo Back SS exhaust system
• Forge Twincooler
• BSH torque mount
• AWE Turbo Outlet Pipe
• BSH Catch can
• Forge short shifter

Wheel/Tires/Suspension/Brakes:
Custom Air Ride suspension:
•Accu-Air E-level air ride management
•Airlift XL front air struts with Dorbitz sway bar brackets
•SS-5 rear air bags with Dorbirtz D-cups
•5 gallon skinny tank chrome
•Viair 444c compressor
•Rotiform 3pc forged BLQs, 18x8.5 et 42 with custom polish and powder coat
•Rotiform cast BLQ for spare wheel 18x8.5 et45 polished and powder coated
•Yokohama S-drives 215/35/18
•Brembo 6 pot front BBK
•Brembo 4 pot rear BBK
•Brembo e-brake caliper
•Coleman Racing 330mm rotors, slotted and drilled
•ECS SS lines
•Hawk brake pads


Exterior:
• Full front and rear shave:
Front grill VW emblem shaved, hood notch filled​
Shaved side marker lights​
Shaved headlight washer blank​
Shaved rear hatch emblem​
Shaved rear bumper reflectors​
•OEM 35th anniversary edition front bumper and lower splitter
•OEM Golf R side skirts
•OEM LED license plate lights
•OEM Golf R black Xenon headlight housings
•OEM LED / Golf R tails
•OEM aspherical mirrors
•Color matched lower grill insert
•Rear wiper delete
•CF rear diffuser
•Painted roof satin black
•Satin black mirror caps




Interior:
•OEM Golf R Euro seats
•Custom headliner in Alcantera
•Custom door panels in Alcantera
•Custom arm rest in Alcantera
•Custom shift boot in Alcantera
•Custom rear seat delete/false floor combo
•OEM steering wheel re-wrapped in Alcantera
•OEM Dash cubby(Eos)
•OEM Euro glove box lock
•OEM Euro light switch
•OEM Euro cup holder
•OEM 2012 GTI steering wheel emblem
•OEM MK5 bluetooth cover
•OEM Euro first aid kit(red)
•OEM Safety triangle
•OEM Door pocket umbrella
•OEM Safety vest
•Forge shift knob
•PODI Boost and Oil temp gauges
•Newsouth podmount center console
•Relocated 12v accessory plug to armrest
•Remote for hatch from inside
•AWE pedals
•Custom stereo:
2 JL 10W6V2 subs
MCC204 - McIntosh 4/3/2 Ch 200 Watt
MCC302 - McIntosh 2 Ch 600 Watt


Other:
•Noisemaker delete
•Black OEM coolant cap
•Black OEM washer fluid cap
•Under side hood paint
•JCaps for washer fluid reservoir
•Evolution Motorsports oil cap
•Engine covers dress up (DIY)
•Hella Dual Tone (Ferrari sound) horns
•OSIR CF coolant cover

Release 2.0 pictures





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Release 1.0(11/2011) Installed Mods:


Performance:
•APR Stage II ECU
•APR Stage I & II CAI
•RAI Turbo Back SS exhaust system
•Forge Twincooler
•BSH torque mount
•AWE Turbo Outlet Pipe
•BSH Catch can
•Forge short shifter

Wheel/Tires/Suspension/Brakes:

•Suspension Techniques (ST) Coilovers
•Custom powdercoated Nurburgring wheels (18 X 8) 45offset
•Hankook Ventus V12 (225/40R18XL)
•Adams slotted rotors
•ECS SS lines
•Hawk pads

Exterior:
•Full front and rear shave:
Front grill VW emblem shaved, hood notch filled​
Shaved side marker lights​
Shaved headlight washer blank​
Shaved rear hatch emblem​
Shaved rear bumper reflectors​
•Votex lower lip kit
•Color matched lower grill insert
•Rear wiper delete
•CF rear diffuser
•Painted roof satin black
•Satin black mirror caps
•Lamin-X Tails
•Lamin-X fogs and headlights
•Nokya Hyper Yellow 5 fog lights
•Replaced GTI emblems with red
•Color matched center caps
•LED / Golf R tails



Interior:
•Euro light switch
•Euro cup holders
•Forge shift knob
•PODI Boost and Oil temp gauges
•Newsouth podmount center console
•Euro glove box lock
•AWE pedals
•OSIR Shift boot

Other:
•Noisemaker delete
•Black OEM coolant cap
•Under side hood paint
•JCaps for washer fluid resevoir
•Audi R8 oil cap
•Engine covers dress up (DIY)
•Hella Dual Tone (Ferrari sound) horns
•OSIR CF coolant cover


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Release 1.0 Car:

 
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#154 ·
FV-QR

good thing I'm getting rid of my car. I was going with an Ed35 Bumper too. :laugh:
 
#160 ·
:thumbup:
 
#167 ·
yeah they're just black housings.
 
#173 · (Edited)
Finished ordering my parts today from BagRiders. Reversed coarse and decided to go with Airlift Slams. May try something different later, but for my first airride setup this just made the most sense to me.

Airlift Slams fronts
Slam Specialities SS-5 rears
Bilstein shocks
Accuair E-level w/touchpad

Should be installed in about 2 -3 weeks.
 
#176 ·
Finished ordering my parts today from BagRiders. Reversed coarse and decided to go with Airlift Slams. May try something different later, but for my first airride setup this just made the most sense to me.

Airlift Slams front and rear
Bilstein shocks
Accuair E-level w/touchpad

Should be installed in about 2 weeks.
airlift fronts are perfect but you should really do d-cups with ss-5's or air house II's in the rear. I had airlift rears and they were terrible. they rub a lot and make creaking noise.
 
#175 ·
Updated pic. Golf R black Xenons, temporary wheels.
You bought all new wheels just for temporary use? Damn.
I like the BLQs ... but Vortex talked me out of it.

I like it, unique and you put hard work in your car :thumbup::thumbup:
 
#182 ·
Hey White Pepper. I have to disagree on that one. It serves a purpose. All the other items dont serve any purpose, so I shave them.

I suppose the argument might be that there are other ways to tow it or pull it out of a ditch, etc.

Just my opinion. I have considered shaving it before. This my 3rd bumper shave, but always pass.
 
#183 ·
I agree with pepper 100%. I was also planning to shave my ed35 bumper. seems pointless to shave everything else and leave the tow hook. bumper comes off in 5 minutes if you ever need a tow.
 
#192 ·
Speaking of bumpers, the last time I took the bumper off, it did not go back on as tight. The gap has gotten pretty big. Mine has probably been off about 10x so far and I am guessing the little clips stretched with all that. I did not sweat it since I knew the 35ed was going on shortly.

Any tips on preventing this? Is it the plastic stretching or that plastic clip/rail needs replacing?
 
#206 ·
OEM 35th anniversary edition front conversion project all done. Happy with how it turned out. Gives the front a nice OEM look, but with a nice flare. I decided to colormatch the lower spoiler instead of the gloss black. I have a 2nd lower spoiler which is gloss black coming from ECS, so I will leave that black and see how it looks at some point.



I think I am done messing with the front.



At the same time, I did the GTI grille stripes in satin black instead of the red.



Also flat blacked my TwinCooler, so it does not distract from the front.



Also removed the GTI emblems on the front and rear.



Also got the 35/R side skirts installed.





 
#230 ·
OEM 35th anniversary edition front conversion project all done. Happy with how it turned out. Gives the front a nice OEM look, but with a nice flare. I decided to colormatch the lower spoiler instead of the gloss black. I have a 2nd lower spoiler which is gloss black coming from ECS, so I will leave that black and see how it looks at some point.



I think I am done messing with the front.



At the same time, I did the GTI grille stripes in satin black instead of the red.



Also flat blacked my TwinCooler, so it does not distract from the front.



Also removed the GTI emblems on the front and rear.



Also got the 35/R side skirts installed.





:heart::heart::heart::heart::heart::heart::heart:
 
#208 ·
Pics of my skirts please.
 
#218 ·
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