Little about my lil jetta, Back in 97 i bought a brand new Sunfire, (UGH!) 6 months later i hated the car so much i drove into the vw dealership here in Honolulu. Sales guy asked "Can i Help you?" I said "Get me the hell outta this car and i will drive away in a jetta tonight" He did and i did! lol

So i am the original owner of this jetta. It was a bone stock Jetta GT up until a year ago. I came back from Iraq and all my friends were buying new Cars and trucks, but there was nothing wrong with my paid for, nearly 10 year old jetta. So i figured i would give it a 10 year birthday present! I wish I had some before pics to show you but they were lost on a hard drive crash awhile back. But just picture a bone stock Jetta GT black in color. 9 years worth of shopping cart dings, tons of scratches, all door moldings missing except one, and one bad rust spot on the rear drivers door at the window. now check her out!

Thats Euro moldings and fender flares, Vr6 front spoiler, angel eye headlights (i like the shape of jetta headlights, didn't want golf conversion, everyone does that!), and Euro mirrors. The Paint looks black but is actually a VERY dark Blue Metallic pearl (looks blue only in sunlight) the grill was changed out and a unibrow (one eyelid for a cleaner look. Also the nearly completely white stained door handles were changed out with new OEM handles.

showing the front closer

Also the smoked dummy-plates and turns, haven't figured out how to take the fogs apart yet, but have the inserts to go inside. Thats a lil rain on the hood if you were wondering.

Side view

side view showing a better look at the Euro moldings, yes that is a side skirt added, seemed to make the tie in better with the rear skirt and front spoiler. The tint will be changed soon to a black. The rims are kinda budget MMR but go nicely with the look of the car i think.

Euro mirrors color matched to the car, also all window mouldings replaced around the windows, and that long one from the bottom of the windshield anlong the top of the car to the rear window replaced.

Rear view

Yes the exaust tips are missing, they had to be cut in order for the rear lower skirt to fit, they will be back soon! (Magnaflow dual polished)

ITS REALLY BLUE!!!

it looks black at night, Dark Blue Metallic in the sun!!

HEADLIGHTS AT NIGHT!

So thats the outside ALL DONE! Before this i had been working on the engine and engine bay, mostly just dressup-

ENGINE:
NEUSPEED:
Plugwires
Sport camshaft
P-Flow intake
CHIP
Billit Aluminum- shocktower covers, oil cap, coolant, power steering
K&N oil filter

SUSPENSION
H&R Cup Kit
NEUSPPED:
Front upper tie bar-black
Rear Tie Bar - black

BRAKES:
Corrado G-60 Conversion (13") front
Drilled and slotted rotors front and rear
Neuspeed stainless steel brake lines

EXTERIOR:
EURO Door Mouldings and Fender Flares- Parts4vw.com
http://www.parts4vws.com/catal...8700E

Goingfast Eurocustoms (great service from these guys)
Genuine DTM Small Cup Mirrors - http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...12668
VR6 SPOILER
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...wItem

GRILL- EURO SPORT MESH GRILLE GRILL VENTO MK3-EUROSPORT GARAGE
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...photo

MISC:
Momo shifter (blue/black)
Momo E-brake (blue/black)

The Wheels are 17" MMR for those that missed it, not sure on the width was one of those wheel/tire packages.

The mirrors are from Goingfast EuroCustoms- http://stores.ebay.com/goingfast-eurocustoms

The grille is from Euro-sport Garage- http://stores.ebay.com/Eurosport-Garage

The eyelid spoiler - [URL=http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/VW-Jetta-MK3-3-III-Vento-Eyelid-Grill-Spoiler-Mean-Look_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33654QQitemZ290092202952QQrdZ1]http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...dZ1
[/URL]

The Headlights are " Bimmerish" they are from bmerparts-
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...13096

The cam, short shift kit, and doorhandles were cheaper at MJM autohaus-
http://www.mjmautohaus.com/catalog/

The rear skirt is from wingswest- http://wingswest.com

NEXT on TO-DO List in order:

Exaust tips welded back on
New Carpet (already have)
Black leather racing seats installed (on the way) with back seats redone to match
Headliner replaced (10 years worth of neglect and road grime)
Radiator (has very slow leak, can see the pink stuff leaking out at the bottom)
And ,when i can afford it, NEUSPEED SUPERCHARGER!

Special thanks to:

VOLX GERMAN AUTO - they have done most of the repairs to my car and installed alot of the parts. http://volxgerman.com/

EUROSPORT- did all the suspension work

GX Autobody- Did the show quality paint job!

Now i can officially post with pride on VW VORTEX!!!

EDITED on 03-29-07 to consolidate the pics thruout the post, to the first page to see progress.

Modified by lupoman at 3:11 PM 3-29-2007

Finally got the seat brackets in yesterday (April 2), put the seats in today as well as new carpet!!!!

BEFORE

CARPET IN PROGRESS-

AFTER!

And of course add a ABD Racing kick plate/foot rest!

Modified by lupoman at 5:35 PM 4-3-2007

Modified by lupoman at 6:04 PM 4-3-2007

Modified by lupoman at 2:51 AM 5-22-2007

only thing i cant stand is that tint
but you said you were already changing it up

nice job man

Quote, originally posted by Rob Lo »

I thought the Vr6 had the turbos??

what are the wheels specs?

C0MING S00N

>>you need this<<

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Quote, originally posted by $helby »

i don't read any of this, i'm just here for the pictures

what skirts are those?

only suggestion i may have would be space the wheels...especially the rears..but looks so nice

email me if any sequoia golfs want to trade front ends in colorado or if anybody has a trunk to trade for my glx trunk

*SoCoDubs- honorary member

Lovely Jetta though Gotta love GT's

I want to see a nice shot of the paint in daylight!

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i wanna make sure im getting quality wood

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Quote, originally posted by dankvwguy »

i wanna make sure im getting quality wood

I blame my lack of engine knowledge on the fact that I have a 2.0. It lacks engine, so I lack knowledge.

which bbs wheels came with a multilug

read danlk2 post^^^^^^^^

"We will be in Bahrain. We may not be pretty, but we will be there. And from there we will grow. This is all about belief, passion and people being committed to a very good cause." - Peter Windsor

Sorry, didn't catch that. And Thanks

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Quote, originally posted by dankvwguy »

i wanna make sure im getting quality wood

And nobody should flame this poor guy for his faux ish, he lives in HI. its a beotch to ship or import the finer parts of german engineering.

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