It’s been a while since I’ve updated everyone with what I’m doing. Towards the end of the summer, the Jetta started giving me some issues from the static drop. Between bending a tie rod and axle beam and breaking an axle, I decided to put the car back to stock and begin another Honda project. I picked up a 1996 Honda Civic DX hatchback . But the projected ended up being short lived. I’ve been wanting to get a place of my own and having two cars wasn’t helping me reach the smarter goal. I sold the Civic and used some of the money to mod the Jetta again. So here’s a list of what’s going on with the VDub now and some pictures from over the summer time. Credits on the photos to SikofFalln, Potts and tmarsh. Thanks for the awesome work guys!
-Rear Axle Beam – It took a while but I finally got the motivation to fix the rear beam about two months ago. The old beam was bent in by 3/4 inch, causing me major alignment issues. Thanks to Jarrod from DriftSTL who got me a hook up on a new beam for cheap from the dealer. And to Josh/99BlackHatch and Amy/MyFodoSi for the help during the install.
-Raceland Full Coilovers – I’ll be modding these a lot to go super low. I’m ditching both the helper springs and coil springs in the front in favor of a much stiffer Eibach spring. Somewhere in the 600lbs./in. area. The weak spring rates of the last coils made the car rub like crazy. I’ve already deleted the FSB and will be notcing the frame for both the axles and tie rods to prevent damage to them in the future. The rear setup will consist of only the coil spring as the car sits too high in the rear with the pearch installed.
-Mason-Tech Great Plates – These push the rear axle beam back a little to sit the wheel in the center of the wheel well on lowered MK4 cars. If you look at my older pics, you’ll see what I’m talking about and how goofy the wheel looks when it’s pushed towards the front of the car.
-Votex Roof Rack – Another custom job here. Since I don’t really like the way Thule and Yakima basket racks look, I decided to purchase a pair of OEM base carriers and build my own basket. One that will resembule the older wooden racks found on Bettles.
Those are just my main purchases. I also picked up a Euroswitch, HKS SSQV Blow-Off Valve, K&N Air Filter, DDM Tuning 6K HIDs, full black leather interior, and plan on finishing up a small audio install and tint thanks to Chris/N2HIFI. Promise to update more often with my progress. Thanks for reading.
