1987 GLI timeline

[Mk2GLi420]

I bought this car back in September for a daily driver. I've been making it all better in the mean time

The day i bought it.




First thing i did, big bumpers




Then i switched to duel rounds




Then i went with single rounds


then i lowered it and got some tear drops




Got a spoiler




I had to get subs..


I finally painted the front bumper


Red stripe interior


Exhaust i got at U pull it


and how she sits today


thats it for now. not bad for a 16 year old?

[PDXGTI8V 2.0]

good work now keep going....

get rid of the teardrops and also get a set of the big bumper front flares...

and paint the lower trim strip of the grille...looks unfinished without it painted....also, buy some red pinstripe and red stripe the grille for an even more finished look...

[Mk2GLi420]

16 year old budget = tear drops. for now I've been looking for the big bumper flairs at u pull it but havent found any usable ones yet. I will definitely pin stripe the grill! thanks

[PDXGTI8V 2.0]

16 year old budget = tear drops. for now I've been looking for the big bumper flairs at u pull it but havent found any usable ones yet. I will definitely pin stripe the grill! thanks

oh wow, just noticed youre here in Portland...lol!

yeah, also check craigslist..there always seems to be a few guys parting out mk2s here in town, you should be able to score some big bumper flares pretty quick.....Baxter's has some red pinstripe, I wanna say its made by CalStripe, and theyre red is almost a perfect match for TRed...also, one or two of the local parts places, either Baxters or OReillys i think, sells Duplicolor TRed spray paint, its a very good match..stay away from PlastiCoat TRed, its awful, doesnt match at all... a small can of the Duplicolor TRed and you can mask off and paint the lower grille strip really easy.....

[Mk2GLi420]

Yup! im about mile away from DJM. I think im going to go back to quad grill so ill pin stripe and paint that. I'll keep an eye out for flares. next time sherwood gets new cars im sure they will have them too. I also just got kiwi dye so when its sunny all flairs/ bumpers will be lookin good

[db3ck]

nice car man great work

[cyclops594]

Clean Jetta man, but IMO you went a bit backward with it. It looked so crisp at the day of purchase. Either way good luck with it & welcome to the forum.

Edit: if you are going the kiwi route...best to do it indoors and out of the sun.

[jaxgti95]

Nice to see other 16 year olds as well, welcome!

[Mk2GLi420]

I couldn't stand those 17's tho... and what you cant see in the pictures is that the front right bumper was hit a little, so it was messed up and so is the bottom part of the fender.. thats why i went with the big bumpers. Its definitely not done yet so stay tuned everyone

[Mk2GLi420]

so my car has been having a hard time starting when its already warm. what could it be?

[Mk2GLi420]

Red stripe quad grill

[Mean 'n Green86]

Very nice

[Dutchsider]

Put the small bumpers on until you find skirts. It looks silly as is.

[drivingenthus]

Put the small bumpers on until you find skirts. It looks silly as is.

YEP!

[Mk2GLi420]

if i could find some nice red stripe smalls id throw the bigs away

[Mk2GLi420]

Picked up some MINT recaro power door cards

[Mk2GLi420]

also pin striped my single rounds.

[dubstepper]

Smalls, quad rounds, smaller tires, done.

[Mk2GLi420]

Kinda want to go with smoked aero's now....

[Mk2GLi420]

Took some pics for a school project today

[Mk2GLi420]

went from this


to this

[Mk2GLi420]

Just installed a euro sport short shifter:

[webbstarrs]

[Mk2GLi420]

Previous owner had cut 10' holes in the deck lid....


So I went to PickN Pull and found a new deck lid:

[Mk2GLi420]

Polished up the tear drops.


and washed and waxed it

[L33t A2]

looks good, keep up the good work

[Mk2GLi420]

Got a $10 fine for parking at my school

[Mk2GLi420]

Car will also most likely be for sale at the end of summer. heads up to the people around PDX

[Nightfox]

I'm in the PDX area but not in the market for a Jetta. Nice looking one though.

[EastCoastVeeDub]

Why are you selling? You were off to such a good start.

Please tell me you haven't fallen for a Honda.

[Mk2GLi420]

Hahaha nooooo I'll never buy a Honda. I'm thinking about 240sx or evo 9... Or possible upgrading to a better mk2

[Dutchsider]

Why are you selling? You were off to such a good start.

Please tell me you haven't fallen for a Honda.

So, do all of you Honda bashers realize that the new "Vdub" scene is the old Honda scene?

[Mk2GLi420]

I don't care about the "scene" I just don't like honda's period.

[EastCoastVeeDub]

So, do all of you Honda bashers realize that the new "Vdub" scene is the old Honda scene?

There has been a "Vdub" scene longer than there has been a Honda scene.

I don't see Honda as inferior, just another option.

[Mk2GLi420]

I just like how vdubs have so many options from the factory and how you really never see much of the same ones around here... Hondas all look like clones... But what do I know, I'm just a dumb kid haha