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Yeah me too . Picked this up last night:



Complete rear disc brake swap with Zimmerman rotors and stainless steel lines. I have a Neuspeed rear bar to go on as well after I get some new hardware for it. The rust is just very light surface rust. You gotta love the desert for that.

 

Sounds like a good deal. I am probably going to take some of this into be powder coated after I break it down. The calipers will need to be painted though since they can't be heated due to their construction. I ordered the new hardware for the sway bar today and I am going to get some Powerflex bushings for the install. My fabricator is going away for a week and he told me when he gets back that I am first on the list. Hopefully by the end of next week it will have the steering column mounted, the dash in, and a cage. After that it will be drivable.

 

Update: My fabricator is on vacation until Wednesday and he said when he comes back, I am first in line so hopefully next week the column, dash, and maybe even a cage will be in. I was unable to remove the cracked radiator neck because the housing that it screwed into was cracked too so I had to order a new radiator. Sucks because I just filled it not too long ago and I will have to take the front of the car apart again. I just got the call that my rear beam is finished with powder coat, and I have an order on the way to replace all of the bearings and seals on the rear wheels plus some rear bushings from Powerflex. I also got the hardware from Neuspeed for the rear sway so it should all be together this week and on the car.

 

I can't remember for the life of me what shop is up in your area that I talked to. It must have been when I was planning on dropping this engine in my Scirocco, because that was going to need two custom mounts and I was calling all over to find someone that knew how to do it.

 

I was at West Coast Worthesee this weekend so there is not a lot of progress. I did get some things powder coated:


I also got all of the parts from GAP, Neuspeed, and Powerflex to rebuild the whole rear beam. The new radiator also came in. From TM Tuning I got an upper stress bar and 16V lip. I had the bar and radiator neck polished:


I also added a MKV part:



It is the plastic cover for the coil pack wiring. It really cleans it up. I got the idea from Savko. Now I have parts from 4 generations in this build.

 

Last month I won a K&N Intake System of my choice at a local GTG. Since their factory is close by, I stopped by and got the one for the 1.8T. The long tube won't fit, but it does double as a short ram. I got it installed and it looks pretty good. I really can't complain for the price:


With the addition of the intake I think I can finally call the engine finished. There is still some little detail work left, but it time to put a fork in it..it's done. Now i need to get going on the interior and exterior. Today Fedex brought me something really nice:



Schmidt Revolution Modern Line 16x9 et30. I only got two, but the price was killer so I will work with Tunershop to get the other two. Here are some more pics:



There is about a credit card width between the strut and rear beam and the rim. Tunershop recommended a 15mm spacer on the back, but it seems it would be okay with a 5mm. They said I should run 16x9 et25 up front. Anybody have any advice contrary to this? This is an are where i am really in the dark.

 

I got the wheels with bolts, caps and an extra set of 4 black caps for $438 shipped .

 

ziek 512s for stretching. I have no idea what size yet.

 

I did got the wheels figured out. I have a set of 5mm spacers and 5mm on the back was good for clearance, but when I put it on the front with the 5mm spacer to bring it to a et25, it poked more than the rear:


If I get two rims with an et15 for the rear it will line them up right and will save me the cost of another set of spacers. I am planning on wrapping them with some Falken 512's at 215-45-16.

 

I am going to have the fenders pulled since I am not going to have the plastic arches. It is going to be wide, and it should hook up pretty well with 9in of rubber on the front wheels .