Topic: My mk2 project.. (Read 1057 times)

brandonb85 · « **on:** January 03, 2010, 07:44:53 PM »

So hopefully this thread wont consist of as much money spent on a VW as my blackbeast thread.. But over the next few months i plan to drop some decent mods on my mk2. Its a 91 Jetta Wolfsburg Edition. Currently has a stock 8v 1.8l. Here are some pictures to start off...

Today i test fitted a Single round setup to see if im going to go that route. If i do i will have crosshairs and a badgeless...

Car could turn out decent... Looking to do a motor swap within the next couple months and some air ride..

mikeminnillo · « **Reply #1 on:** January 03, 2010, 09:31:30 PM »

VR.

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719MKV · « **Reply #2 on:** January 03, 2010, 09:44:07 PM »

Quote from: mikeminnillo on January 03, 2010, 09:31:30 PM

VR.

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VR..T son!

Corrado Adolescent · « **Reply #3 on:** January 03, 2010, 10:10:30 PM »

nice B singles lookin good. gotta get those smoked crosshairs we looked at yesterday....

scurvy_bandit · « **Reply #4 on:** January 03, 2010, 10:55:11 PM »

get a rallye front and lambskin interior.... You feel everything but it doesnt protect from STDs.

101stvet · « **Reply #5 on:** January 04, 2010, 12:12:56 AM »

Yea do a VR cause no one has ever done that in a mk2 Jetta

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brandonb85 · « **Reply #6 on:** January 04, 2010, 01:58:03 AM »

VR is very much in the consideration .... But i will say at this point it is not one hundred percent.

Rallye could come sometime in the future.. but for now is going to be single rounds, smoked crosshairs, and a badgeless grille w/ spoiler.

Man i can't wait to go through this car and get rid of all the rigged stuff. The previous owner jb welded the bracket for the radiator... so in the process of the core swap the radiator got damaged.

LOS · « **Reply #7 on:** January 04, 2010, 08:07:50 AM »

Sucks when the po doesn't do shit right. Good luck man, cant wait to see it.

brandonb85 · « **Reply #8 on:** January 28, 2010, 12:53:57 AM »

Got some rounds tonight... Badgeless tomorrow...MMM mmmMMmm

brandonb85 · « **Reply #9 on:** January 28, 2010, 07:57:36 PM »

Got the grille in today..

Got everything installed but having some issues with the headlights... No matter how i wire them one is on brights and one is on dims... I tried switch all the wires and nothing

scurvy_bandit · « **Reply #10 on:** January 28, 2010, 08:51:10 PM »

we can check it out with the multi-meter tomorrow if you want man. I know it can be done... you may need a relay

Corrado Adolescent · « **Reply #11 on:** January 28, 2010, 09:01:05 PM »

that grill is I'll

scurvy_bandit · « **Reply #12 on:** January 28, 2010, 11:57:01 PM »

My grill is propane

Barry · « **Reply #13 on:** January 29, 2010, 02:43:48 AM »

Definitely need a relay if going from aeros to quad rounds... completely different harness...

brandonb85 · « **Reply #14 on:** January 29, 2010, 09:39:30 AM »

Only doing singles... I got the quads as a package deal and will be selling the inners

The singles do have city lights that need to be wired though...

I looked on BFI and the h4 pigtail is exactly like what i bought... i just cut and spliced it in.

Barry · « **Reply #15 on:** January 29, 2010, 10:03:25 AM »

yeah.... you hooked one of the wires up wrong then.... You need to look at someone's car that has H4s so you can match em up....

Who in COS has a nice modified mkII that would ave H4's......

Oh wait.... thats right... I took both of those cars back to MD with me

Smokestack · « **Reply #16 on:** January 29, 2010, 12:15:37 PM »

Quote from: GotMyDub on January 29, 2010, 10:03:25 AM

yeah.... you hooked one of the wires up wrong then.... You need to look at someone's car that has H4s so you can match em up....

Who in COS has a nice modified mkII that would ave H4's......

Oh wait.... thats right... I took both of those cars back to MD with me

That's only because you bought them that way.

The rest of us have to resurrect them from the grave. I think come DATR you'll see some decent looking mk2s around here.

scurvy_bandit · « **Reply #17 on:** January 29, 2010, 12:23:29 PM »

Shit I seen some nice MK2's at DATR... B I imagine you could ask Robin on vortex if we cant fingure it out tonight.

Barry · « **Reply #18 on:** January 29, 2010, 01:52:54 PM »

I'm just giving you guys shit...

And you're right Chris.... I did buy them that way.... Too many toys, and not enough pay check made sure they stayed the same as they were when I bought them....

Brandon.... give me a call and I can walk you through wiring the H4's.... I had to re-wire the headlights on the VRT and they are H4 single rounds....

Smokestack · « **Reply #19 on:** January 29, 2010, 04:32:17 PM »

Quote from: GotMyDub on January 29, 2010, 01:52:54 PM

I'm just giving you guys shit...

Just giving it right back.

It's not like you pay someone to work on your shit, you just start with a better base that doesn't need as much dumb shit fixed. My last mk2 purchase I tried to be like you and get a decent one, but I still ended up with a basket case.

Brandon, on my car for the headlight plug the white wire is the high beam (left pin), the yellow wire is the low beam (middle pin), and the brown wire is the ground (right pin). Found a pic that might help transfer that to H4.

Barry · « **Reply #20 on:** January 29, 2010, 04:39:32 PM »

yeah.... well if you consider the fact that I bought my Bronco in June for $7500, and then traded it in August straight across for that 16V, I'd say you need to spend a little more for a clean base to start from....

People thought I was crazy for asking $7K for the car.... well... It is what it is... Nobody wanted to play ball, so the car is still in my garage.

I wonder if that 16V twin in CO has sold yet?! I bet he can fetch what he is asking if he hold out long enough....

Smokestack · « **Reply #21 on:** January 29, 2010, 08:00:13 PM »

I was going for a GLI with a 9a motor, and they're a dime a dozen compared to a 16v GTI with a 9a. They bluebook for about $2k which was within my budget. I picked up mine for $1700 and I thought that was a decent price for what I got. I've come to the conclusion that the people before the previous owner took good care of the car but I'm led to believe that the PO didn't bother with maintenance and read from a manual written by Mickey Mouse.

VW made about 4k GTI's in 1992 and most of those are 8v GTI's. The majority of the thousand or so 16v GTIs left have either been wrecked, parted out, or have had all of the OEM parts that make them special swapped out for something else. Those reasons are why your car commands a $7.5k price tag and why its twin, even though its a touch high IMO, is asking $9.5k. That's also why my cheap ass will probably never own one and why I like yours so much.

Barry · « **Reply #22 on:** January 29, 2010, 09:05:51 PM »

I was just telling Dave I am going to try and sell the Cobra in order to fly out to CO and buy that guy's car...

Then I will be a little more inclined to swap a VR into mine.... all plug and play mind you, and retaining all of the OEM parts in case I wanted to return it to it's original condition.... How crazy would that be? 2 of the cleanest examples of a 92 Alpine White GTI in the country, in my very own garage....

If I got really crazy, I'd sell off some more shit, and try to buy both of his cars from him....

Smokestack · « **Reply #23 on:** January 29, 2010, 10:49:05 PM »

Eh, I'd get a clean 8v and swap in a VR if you want to go that route. It'd be cheaper and you'd get a greater satisfaction of taking a plain jane car and making it nice rather than taking a nice car and morphing it into a different type of nice car.

thf944 · « **Reply #24 on:** January 30, 2010, 10:11:42 PM »

Quote from: GotMyDub on January 29, 2010, 09:05:51 PM

If I got really crazy, I'd sell off some more shit, and try to buy both of his cars from him....

what else is he selling?

you could buy his 16v and give me yours

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