start of something good! (8v jetta build)

[jhein]

i recently purchased my first vw here's the specs.

1991 jetta gl
Tornado Red
1.8 8v
5 speed
102xxx miles
super clean interior
Bone Stock
Great Maintenance

the day i brought her home



some back to black and a good detail later.

[Fattmatt]

looks good

get a bottle of this for your black trim. that other stuff will wash off. 2 coats of this and you'll be good for a year wipe off whatever gets on your paint with a wet rag.

[Fattmatt]

and of you use a heat gun first to burn off the oxidation and then use the kiwi it will really look good

[db3ck]

love jetta's so whats the plans for her

[Estacaco]

New front bumper in the near future?lol Other than that looks like a solid buy.

[jhein]

looks good

get a bottle of this for your black trim. that other stuff will wash off. 2 coats of this and you'll be good for a year wipe off whatever gets on your paint with a wet rag.

to be honest the back to black has stayed for a long time now, granted i did a very thorough job on the trim.

and of you use a heat gun first to burn off the oxidation and then use the kiwi it will really look good

i will keep this in mind if it ever does fade.

love jetta's so whats the plans for her

New front bumper in the near future?lol Other than that looks like a solid buy.

as for plans i have the following

- raceland ultimo coil-overs or similar product
- new front and rear bumper covers
- roof rack
- eventually rml snowflake replicas 15x8


very possibly a g60 swap but idk just yet, shes my daily and i love her for what she is now.



on with another update! revamped headliner and new wink mirror!






timing and v belts replaced new coolant bubble and pentafrost coolant!

[jhein]

oh and also going quad round headlights!

[jhein]

And i come out of lowes yesterday to this


fml

[cyclops594]

And i come out of lowes yesterday to this

Maybe they seen your headliner and got pissed off?

While that sucks, you got lucky with that damage.

[db3ck]

i like the headliner, srry to hear about the tail light man but atleast thats it

[Estacaco]

Be glad your plate tub is in one piece. Tail lights are EASY to find. Plate tubs on the other hand....

[airman401]

Looks great man. Look forward to seeing some updates.

[jkautz48]

oh and also going quad round headlights!

[jhein]

thanks for the love guys (no homo) ill have updates coming soon, i ordered my raceland ultimos' but they are on back order =[ but ill be low soon.

[cyclops594]

Be glad your plate tub is in one piece. Tail lights are EASY to find. Plate tubs on the other hand....

Plate tub? Nah man...that's .nothing, I was thinking more along the lines of quarter panel damage or damage at the lower panel below the trunk lid, damage in that area would have completely sucked.

[Road Boss]

I would just paint the bumpers. It will last longer and look better.

[Estacaco]

Plate tub? Nah man...that's .nothing, I was thinking more along the lines of quarter panel damage or damage at the lower panel below the trunk lid, damage in that area would have completely sucked.

True it would have sucked but at least repair panels are available. I'm still on the look for a mint plate tub. Mines close but still broken where it meets the tails.

[jhein]

got the tailight replaced today... found it at speedway salvage intact and already off the car....lucky there is only 2 on the lot! will post pics tomorrow.

recieved my grill for the quad round setup and a quick mock up

[db3ck]

im not much of a fan for quad rounds but it will look good once its on

[jhein]

Fixed my tailight!

[lostsurferinbc]

[QUOTE=jhein;76703975]to be honest the back to black has stayed for a long time now, granted i did a very thorough job on the trim.



i will keep this in mind if it ever does fade.





as for plans i have the following

- raceland ultimo coil-overs or similar product
- new front and rear bumper covers
- roof rack
- eventually rml snowflake replicas 15x8


very possibly a g60 swap but idk just yet, shes my daily and i love her for what she is now.



on with another update! revamped headliner and new wink mirror!




timing and v belts replaced new coolant bubble and pentafrost coolant!





Clean car btw

[theshanks]

Reminds me of my current Jetta when I brought her home. Only she was so far faded in spots it looked white. Tail lights are easy to get, and so are plate tubs. Mine was broken, Bought a tub for the car for almost nothing and another one on the cheap too.

The only thing I dislike is that where I live now daily I see at least 5 Red big bumper Jettas, all rolling steelies, and one other with quad rounds. But to the best of me knowing mines the only one my way with black bumpers and a GTX spoiler.

[jhein]

pic update!

so got tired of applying the back to black and went the kiwi route....stays alot better.


raceland ultimos shipped today should have them by next week!

buying a quad round support and lights next week if i find a good set...

debating on going matte black vinyl wrap.....

[1985Jetta]

[jhein]

retrofit! check! now has R-134a! now if only i was getting power to the compressor.....

[jhein]

So these showed up at my door today!



Flame on!

[jhein]

so i FINALLY got them installed and got them adjusted....... here she goes!

[GreySheep]

great start!

[SOLEDADBRAVO]

So these showed up at my door today!



Flame on!

THE only thing i would flame on is those PINK TOENAILS !!

[vinski203]

What's all involved with the 134 conversion? Is there a write-up on here somewhere?

[steveo27]

Maybe they seen your headliner and got pissed off?

[EuroChris410]

I notice there's a chip in the paint near where you got hit. Take care of it now or it'll rust. Just my $.02. Little stuff like that would bother me lol but it's your car so do what you want.

Car looks fresh! I personally like the steelies, everyone has the RML's. And she looks good on the Racelands

[jhein]

What's all involved with the 134 conversion? Is there a write-up on here somewhere?

As for the conversion, there isn't much to it as long as your car still has pressure in the lines all you need is to spend the $15 bucks for the fittings I showed and install them and take it to your local mieneke and have them recover the r 12 and refill with r134a, if you are patient enough a the new r4 is about to be released to the public and it is supposedly better for the enviornment and gets colder. All cars after 2012 will have this refrigerant.

Maybe I can do a diy for the conversion, but the real problem is with finding leaks and rebuilding the compressor if needed.

[jhein]

I notice there's a chip in the paint near where you got hit. Take care of it now or it'll rust. Just my $.02. Little stuff like that would bother me lol but it's your car so do what you want.

Car looks fresh! I personally like the steelies, everyone has the RML's. And she looks good on the Racelands

Yeah I have decided to just keep the steelies I have on it, space out the Rears and roll.the fenders to drop it more.

On a side note, I took the helper springs out and it still rides halfway decent and it corners way better now. Pretty good bang for the buck if you ask me. I'm probably going to put the helpers back in because I have them jacked way up right now and its still super low, just to see how I like it


Edit; wheels are stupid expensive btw. So if I get any it will be the last thing I do with it haha