The minimum wage high school build

[logantheninja]

Hey guys this is my way of archiving the life of my first car so bare with me here and leave some input.




Bought an 2003 gti 1.8t with a lot of miles but in great shape


With miles, comes maintenance. My father and I replaces some sensors, fixed some vacuum leaks, plugs, coilpacks, oil, coolant, ect.. With our work I passed emissions which was a reason for the owner selling it, and got the cel to turn off
My dads 99 roadster


Next thing to come was some movements in bad direction happened
little bit of tint, black emblems, debadge. I though it was looking kinda good now


I refurbished the headlamps and boy do these look good for OEM


wheels are black for WINTERxMODE


Then came a little step in my future stance game, some clean audi fat fives


So this is happening, very exited with some progress


Then I got the hatch done!


Thats it for now

[treejetta]

car looks clean.
maybe consider going back to chrome badges, might look better with your new wheels.

[logantheninja]

My original plan with the fat fives was a gloss white powder coat, call me crazy but I like the crazy contrast off all black and bright white wheels. I'm not set on it though, either that or polish them very well, which will look a lot more OEM+ which I like but wont be very different I guess .
Inspiration:

[reissue]

car looks clean.
maybe consider going back to chrome badges, might look better with your new wheels.

X2

Black badges look like crap IMO. Shave them or leave them stock.

[ebensqauat16]

Your car, do it how you want. Looking good. Keep it up!

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[ipwnbitches]

Agreed about the badges. If you coat the wheels or not, they'll look better chrome IMO

[engineman98]

Return your badges back to stock. I say do a full polished finish on your fat fives. It takes some effort it will look great in the long run.

[smitty_mcgee]

get some coils, and i support you doing the 5's white

[pi ka chuuu]

looks good so far. nice 5's

[DuB fresh]

My original plan with the fat fives was a gloss white powder coat, call me crazy but I like the crazy contrast off all black and bright white wheels. I'm not set on it though, either that or polish them very well, which will look a lot more OEM+ which I like but wont be very different I guess .
Inspiration:

Those are flat fives not fat fives, but still not to bad of a start buddy, Contrast is never a bad thing ton of people have white wheels on black cars and it typically look good. Go for it. Just make sure to go low

[ECR32]

Nice start young man

[Miller7204]

Put badges back to stock, polish the fat fives, and ditch the tint. Just my $.02.

You've got a good base to start with

[MARK3GTIVR6]

I have a uniblack 03 gti 1.8t, lots of miles, and using a minimum wage job during high school to molest it as well

[Chris Anderson]

black emblems

[Adolfsatan]

Black badges look great. Tint too. Nice first car. Make it your own.

[Jimmymk4]

Just leave it the way it is with the fat fives and call it a day, save the money you would have spent on cheap ebay crap and save yourself the negative comments on everything you put on it. when all else fails just leave it stock.

[leftoverbolts]

I'd tint your tails red, there's a good dyi in the cheap mods thread

[RG.Jeff]

[JuanGLS]

where are you from?

[logantheninja]

I most likely will start a welding apprenticeship soon and will eventually work at his shop so in the future a shaved hatch and possibly shave the side strips

[MARK3GTIVR6]

I'd tint your tails red, there's a good dyi in the cheap mods thread

I just did that.. I'm happy with the turn out, but put to much coats on IMO and its to dark for my liking.

[logantheninja]

I'm in the Broomfield area, and I go to Broomfield high school

[ZLaSalle]

I was in your situation this year, but I graduated. Now I'm on to the broke college kids build thread lmao. It looks clean, good luck.

[treejetta]

i think the white 5's is good idea. go for it

[nightrun]

in ****ty winter-weather states plasti-dipping tires is a pretty leet way to avoid wheel damage during the rainy/snowy months. saves you from buying winter wheels at least -- since this is seemingly your daily driver it could be a smart move.

i can see a point to dipping badges but i think maybe since your car is black, dipping badges black may be a bit overkill. certainly doesn't look terrible, i'll be dipping my red car's emblems because i believe plastic fake-chromed badges are "played" as the kids call it these days, but arguably so is plasti-dip lol.

tldr: sweet car, digging the dip

[gt[I]]

Return your badges back to stock. I say do a full polished finish on your fat fives. It takes some effort it will look great in the long run.

x2

[xShambo]

My original plan with the fat fives was a gloss white powder coat, call me crazy but I like the crazy contrast off all black and bright white wheels. I'm not set on it though, either that or polish them very well, which will look a lot more OEM+ which I like but wont be very different I guess .
Inspiration:

Go for it! have some powder coated white Aristos on my black gti. I was nervous when i first got them but as soon as i put them on, i couldnt of been happier. I love them

[logantheninja]

If you like the looks of the black plasti dip badges you should just paint them gloss with some clear coats which I think looks way better that flat black.

[logantheninja]

What are thoughts on just shaving the handle and leaving the emblem?
Are there and nice mk4s like that?

[Luck o' the Irish]

My original plan with the fat fives was a gloss white powder coat, call me crazy but I like the crazy contrast off all black and bright white wheels. I'm not set on it though, either that or polish them very well, which will look a lot more OEM+ which I like but wont be very different I guess .
Inspiration:

Looks sick, do it

[757]

What are thoughts on just shaving the handle and leaving the emblem?
Are there and nice mk4s like that?

Shave 'em both!

[logantheninja]

Shave 'em both!

I plan on it, unless I can get some good inspiration to leave the emblem. I was also thinking even with the emblem dent shaved, I could still stick it on with some double sided tape or probably get a vw emblem off of ebay that will be more like the badges

[logantheninja]

So this got done yesterday, debating whether to completely weld the rest of the metal or let the bondo fill the gaps. look like it would be a lot of bondo

[orzel541]

So this got done yesterday, debating whether to completely weld the rest of the metal or let the bondo fill the gaps. look like it would be a lot of bondo

NEVER put bondon on metal. It doesn't even belong on most plastic parts, since it all needs to bend. You'd need some special bondo for that, not just the stuff you can get at Wal-Mart.

I know your pain man, except I quit my job to finish up senior year with good grades

[logantheninja]

Im scared to weld it with my mig because I dont want to warp the metal too hot. I'll have my boss tig it for me I guess. I had the intention to weld it all up but the metal is soo thin. not like my old project 77 el camino Im sure tig will be alright especially since I took a good amount of paint, I really dont want it to warp