My new gti build thread

[hondubbin]

So i've been a honda kid since my second car(hence the name), first was a cadilac deville. my hondas been through alot, i had that dumb ricer stage highschool(all honda kids did) but it turned into respectable 4 door civic. But going through college close with darkstardub and gengstout kids I've been around vw's and this forum for a while now. mostly a lurker.
I've been going to vw shows on the east coast for 4 or 5 years now, most of the time i bring the honda and drive up with my friends.

Enough of the honda stuff, i feel no need to make a new name on here, as i currently still own the civic and its forsale though. But not to long ago, I found a 20th for sale, it had an R bumper, and a kami grill. Maybe some one on here will recognize it as some one they know's past car. After a while ofhaggling i got the dealer down to a reasonable price, with the help of my friends from gengstout, i think he's blubags on here, he helped my check everything for problems and take it for a test drive. In the end i purchased the car with its timing belt, breaks, some minor body work, and some new replaced parts for $8,400. But i got it with just a valley key, which was the worrssttttt.

i brought it home like this.



So of course i had to bring it over to darkstar and show it off some more.
where as it used to be like this when i went thre

it was now LIKE THIS

[hondubbin]

So first things first gotta get rid of that grill.

scooped this blueish one up for $15

painted and put on...



Then i had to get a gengstout sticker


A few more weeks of driving around this happened


and then finaaalllyyy!!!!!!



Then i went to cali for 2 weeks and left her like this, i felt bad

luckily it got moved around while i was gone, and snowed on too, haha

[hondubbin]

Being around the gengstout kids im sure you can guess what happens next..


up on fuzzy's lift. weeeeee

we start building things like this...


We decided to run airlift front bags, with airassisted rears, and accuair switchspeed for managment.
the plan was to place that small set up blubags whipped up under the rug in the trunk

had to change it around to this though, cuz the 7 port tank, doesnt fit down inside the mk4 sparetire hole


still not done with it all yet, but it's in and functional




as she sits now.






now as my luck goes. while we were doing maddness on fuzzy's lift. we were talkinng about bluebags previuously broken arm, and fuzzys previously broken collar bone, and how i've never broken a bone... sure enough, i got snowboarding 3 days later, and shatter my collar bone.

with surgery yesterday , and me stuck in bed, my gti just sits.

hopefully more updates and pictures, as soon as i'm recovered from surgery

[Benstanczik]

interesting

[furr]

nice, could use lower..and feel better, been down that road

[Frankie_GTi]

i like this thread

[Acarr6]

woah how'd you get a valley key? i mean mine came with a valet, but i'd but much happier with a valley.

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nice car though, looking good

[Mk4WiLk01]

nice man

[livinzlyfe]

gengstout
car looks awesome. just needs some wheels.

[F.A.T.N]

Sell the 20th and put a boosted gsr in the 4dr siiiick lol i also iam a both of best worlds kid lol

[Blujett18T]

[Nextion]

nice

[Slampig]

coming along nicely

[iTz JERSEY]

yes

[steve5595]

Really like how it looks!

[bphicks123]

Nice

congrats on your first VW

[pentaxshooter]

Geng

[DUB TANK]

Nice and I want your roof rack! sick!

[Mr. Watson]

Pretty good for a retired ricer


Glad you saw the light

[hondubbin]

Thanks everyone!! should have a package in soon, nothing to fancy, but still a packagelike a late xmas present.

gengstout
car looks awesome. just needs some wheels.

working on some corvette wheels or maybe snowflakes. In realiaty i know what wheels i want, just cant afford them yet.

F.A.T.N

Sell the 20th and put a boosted gsr in the 4dr siiiick lol i also iam a both of best worlds kid lol

selling the 4dr for some extra toys for the 20th, and gotta pay off college






other then sitting in bed with my new metal plate in my arm, blubags came over grom gengstout and we antifreezed the air tank. and discussed the plans for the trunk.

[HAROMASTER]

[hondubbin]

It snowed piles yesterday
mom or dad cleaned off the 20th, but not the civic, lol.

hopefully if it warms up tomorrow i'll feel up to walking outside and starting her up.
i also realized i dont have a curent trunk pic up, its not done, and its not pretty yet, but its functional which i dont have a pic of ill try and take one soon if i can get outside.

[the fuzzy one]

[hondubbin]

oh haii fuzzyy

So apperntly, i got an email a week ago, telling me my late xmas gift was going to be even later
i didnt know back orders, could get backordered...

[the fuzzy one]

It happens

[Ericc.]

good stuff man

[blkgti505]

looks like a daily too. props to that man !!

[Ryro]

nice progress so far

[JimboMac]

Nice pickup, and nice progress. I want bags so badly!

[cstocks]

Ahh I remember the days when mr. hondubbin would be smitten by any volkswagen talk....

The dub looks good mang, keep on doin it!

As far as the air ride, a clean setup, but u know where I stand on lag-bags

[hondubbin]

haha, thanks stocks, and the cossie would look nice on bags.... just saying.

[dubluv2003]

I have the same radio. Looks good on bags.


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[Zach!]

[hondubbin]

Well i know its not really an update, but here's pics of the complete put together set up. Hopefully things will start rolling a little better soon.





i got to back it out our the driveway today then pull back in, haha, played with the bags a little. But shifting with my left hand across my stomach isn't something i wanna go out on the road and do, haha. I get my stiches out wednesday, if its nice i'll see if my dad will drive the gti to the hospital haha(he's scared of it, he wont)

[hurricanes9893]

Damn good progress