restoration: 300,000 mile 91 VW Jetta GLI

[big red]

Figured id post some pics up of my personal car. has just over 300k on it, all original factory vw paint.



date of pickup

the start

50/50

better

after adjusting the stance and throwing on my panasports

under the hood



before

after

paint correction steps

wash

claybar

C.A.R. products 1500 compound via foam pad

3m finesseit on big scratches

poorboys sealer

nattys blue wax.

 

[longdx]

I love, love, love this bodystyle. Nice find and the superlight wheels are a perfect touch. Nice turnaround.

 

[Greg Gellas]

Also changed wheels, removed strut tower bar, moved intake, tucked ignition wires, moved windshield washer fluid container, relocated battery, and changed license plates.... Looks good.

 

[big red]

yea I guess you could say that too

 

[vtec92civic]

wow. I always have been a fan of VW's be it old skool ones or even the new GTi's and R32's!



Nice job.

 

[Greg Gellas]

Looks like quite a bit of other stuff was done under than engine bay, what else? I see the Rad overflow tank tube was rerouted, below that you added a tank with a red cap that I can only guess would be a oil catch can, next to the throttle cable at the intake there was a sensor? or somthing that was moved to where? The relay infront of the battery was moved to where? The tank left of the rad overflow was changed to a black tank why? How'd you fix the nick on the intake manifold on the far right cyliner? What grill did you change to also?



Just getting ideas for my buddies car....

 

[big red]

Looks like quite a bit of other stuff was done under than engine bay, what else? I see the Rad overflow tank tube was rerouted, below that you added a tank with a red cap that I can only guess would be a oil catch can, next to the throttle cable at the intake there was a sensor? or somthing that was moved to where? The relay infront of the battery was moved to where? The tank left of the rad overflow was changed to a black tank why? How'd you fix the nick on the intake manifold on the far right cyliner? What grill did you change to also?



Just getting ideas for my buddies car....

yea ive done a few things to it, including a complete shave/respray, the black tank with the red top is the power steering res. the battery and washer bottle were moved to the trunk

stage 1

stage 2

stage 3

stage 4

stage 5 coming soon

 

[tkblazer]

so clean man...i love it

 

[Greg Gellas]

:2thumbs: Looks great, keep up the good work...

 

[Anomaly]

Awesome!



Makes me miss my old 84 GTI

 

[jcwouts]

Nice MK2. That Garrett turbo will be a very nice addition.

 

[Flygti32]

Sweet Mk2 man I love the panasports. I miss my old GTI. MK2s are such a great car.

 

[big red]

Sweet Mk2 man I love the panasports. I miss my old GTI. MK2s are such a great car.

24v DO WANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!





ive been told you can run a 24v on 12v obd management

 

[trueimage]

Sweet Mk2 man I love the panasports. I miss my old GTI. MK2s are such a great car.

What is the exact model of this car... I need one!



Great detail to the OP!

 

[rcrobbins]

What else on the car is Schrick other than the intake? I thought they only made cams for BMW, but I never looked into the company product lines. Also, just FYI, if it ever has a problem starting and you suspect it's the coil on the firewall...it is lol. I had a good argument with a customer once when he thought I was wrong, even after showing him where built up resistance cracked the housing and was grounding to the mounts....I refused to spend another min. on the car until I had the part in hand. He got it the next day and swore to never doubt me again lol.

 

[V_Eight]

Nice paint correction.



My Mk2 sucked and I hated it. Glad you two had different experiences from that torture.

 

[big red]

What else on the car is Schrick other than the intake? I thought they only made cams for BMW, but I never looked into the company product lines. Also, just FYI, if it ever has a problem starting and you suspect it's the coil on the firewall...it is lol. I had a good argument with a customer once when he thought I was wrong, even after showing him where built up resistance cracked the housing and was grounding to the mounts....I refused to spend another min. on the car until I had the part in hand. He got it the next day and swore to never doubt me again lol.

schrick makes cams for the car also. I have CAT brand cams in the car now.

 

[SVTContour]

Great restoration! My brother had a regular 4-door golf (GL?) of about the same vintage. Our standing deal was that if I washed it for him, I could take it out on date night. :woot: Anyway, that car just drove so nice. Too bad it got stolen and stripped. :angry:bawling:

 

[Flygti32]

24v DO WANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!





ive been told you can run a 24v on 12v obd management

I've been told that too but you loose the function of the VVT if you go that route. This car runs off an 04 R32 ECU rerworked by APR. I had issues with the Audi TT ecu as it was DSG. I stuck a 5 spd O2A behind this motor.



Car is a 92 GTI 16V originally.

 

[big red]

I've been told that too but you loose the function of the VVT if you go that route. This car runs off an 04 R32 ECU rerworked by APR. I had issues with the Audi TT ecu as it was DSG. I stuck a 5 spd O2A behind this motor.



Car is a 92 GTI 16V originally.

i was the impression that the vvt as used for emission purposes. how hard was the swap?