| | What's new on Spraywerkz's "Photo Albums" pages Recently created and updated albums: | | - Mrs.Shifty's MkIV Jetta "2.slowenstein" Build
- In early 2004 my wife Tosha and I bought our first car as a couple: a 2002 Jetta 1.8T in Reflex Silver. We loved that car to death, and it started our passion with watercooled VW's. After a couple years of modifying and enjoying the Jetta the MkV GTI was released. We couldn't resist the call of the 2.0T and traded the Jetta in on the red MkV listed below in this folder.
Tosha has felt remorse for trading the Jetta in since that day, and I gotta be honest - the MkIV Jetta is probably my favorite-shaped water pumper. This car came up for sale and it was a no-brainer. We drove to Wichita and picked her up days later.
This 2001 Jetta GL 2.0 is an "OG" Team Foolie car - one of the early WetDub club cars from the days when the club was much smaller. The Jetta was a one-owner, bought new in England when the previous owner was stationed there with military orders. In 2004 he returned to the states and brought the car with him. Once the P.O. got hooked up with WetDub he was bitten by the mod bug. It did not take long for him to add suspension parts, an EIP turbo kit, Peloquin LSD, "Getta" front clip and many other goodies!
The car and it's owner vanished from the forums and club meets for a couple years as the previous owner became busy with other things in his life. Suddenly the car reappeared, this time for sale and toting a broken motor. Despite the broken motor (we believe it's a broken valve or spring), the mileage on this 2001 car is just 34k! The asking price was more than fair and we knew the car well so we picked it up as Tosha's first major build project!
The turbo is gone, so we decided to tear the engine down and build a 16v hybrid using the stock 2.0L block and crank. This engine was chosen as much for it's aesthetic shock value as it's added power. After all, a 16v intake manifold is the last thing you expect to see in a MkIV bay!
Mrs.Shifty has owned and modified some neat VAG products, but I was typically the one doing the mods. This time she's fully hands-on, helping with every step of the build and choosing all the modifications on her own! We're both very excited about this build, and so far I think we're on track for a very unique car. Stay tuned, we're moving quickly on this one. - 197 photo(s) (105 MB)
- Album was created 6 months ago and modified 16 days ago
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| | - Project RSS-TDI
- This project car began by accident. I recently came across this 2002 TDI New Beetle, which belonged to a friend's father-in-law, sitting at the local VW dealership with a broken automatic transmission. The previous owner decided it was best to cut his losses and sell the car rather than pay the $3500 needed for repairs. The car was listed on WetDub.com "for sale, as-is".
After evaluating the car I made an offer, which to my surprise the owner immediately accepted. I knew I could not build an "SSTDI" with an auto, and a search of our salvage database revealed a newly-wrecked manual-tranny TDI Jetta just 8 miles from Spraywerkz! After looking over the donor car and confirming that most all the parts needed for a tranny swap were intact, we decided to pull the trigger and buy the bug.
The car's aesthetic flaws were immediate: some dents and dings, the typical broken front valence, faded Cybergreen paint, and a well-used interior. Nothing too bad really... until we removed the front end cover. As you can see in the pics, the previous owner had hit a deer and "never got around to fixing the damage".
The car was shaved down to the bare essentials and in place of worn parts went Bilstein PSS9 suspension, poly bushings, sway bars, Unitronic tuning, .205 injectors, straight exhaust, SACHS clutch and more. I decided on Audi Nimbus Gray for the main color, with VW Alpine White as a secondary color to add contrast. A black leather interior was swapped in, and all flat black interior pieces were repaired and painted shiny black along with the door caps, 3-gauge pod, side mirrors, and front grille. Later, a custom beige/chrome Momo steering wheel was added for show days, and a black race wheel was adopted for daily and track use.
The wheel choice has been a tough one, and while the car was initally rolling on 19" ADR Spades, I found quickly that I-40 has a ferocious tendency to bend struts (two in less than 1000 miles)! The decision was made to downsize to a more Oklahoma-friendly tire sidewall for daily driving. Grant Visser was nice enough to cut me a deal on the Borbets in his shed, and after a couple days' worth of massaging they were painted to match the car and give a classic look. The car is also running s-pc 18x8 Sterns on special occasions.
After just 60 days the manual trans swap was finished, along with body work and paint. Within 90 days the car made it's first show appearance. One year later I have driven the car about 20k miles - she shows well and she's a consistent winner in SCCA Solo events. - 190 photo(s) (97 MB)
- Album was created 1 year 8 months ago and modified 1 month ago
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| | - Javier LeClerc's 997 Turbo
- This Carrera Turbo is more intense than meets the eye. Javier upgraded the car with EVOMS tuning, then had us lightly tint the tails and paint the lower valences and skirts. Soon to come is a GT3 wing.
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- Album was created 2 months ago and modified 2 months ago
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