Dubster's 1.8t conversion build

[dubster99]

So after looking through some other build threads here and on other forums from around the world I decided I wanted to change the look of the golf. I actually bought the kw v1s and zolder reps from a forum member but I actually never installed them until about a year later as I wasnt confident enough to install the coilovers and well the wheels on the car without coilovers looked ridiculous so I went to search for an easier mod to start off with and these popped up locally new. Jumped on them and went ahead to fit them. Some people hate them but I quite like the look. ( I tried the joey mod and melted my other headlight casing)



Then it was the tint time! I didnt know what % to get but a friend showed me her car and 20% looked sweet so that was booked in and down next!




Tail lights were next from a forum member in Qld so there were posted down and I installed them with ease. (Google comes in very handy when your a noob!

Daytime


And night time



Found the head unit from my old car and fitted it. Got stuck when installing because of the excessive wires so went and got a harness and made life so much easier and also bought an antenna adapter too.



So some time went by, moved house and kind of got sick of riding high abd 14" wheels squealing around most corners so I bit the bullet and decided to install the coilovers. Did a little bit of research and decided to do the rears first as they looked easier.



Was going to do the fronts but waited until my ecs order for front suspension refresh kit came in. In the mean time I bought the R32 front and rear bars fron bugracer and got the front repaired and painted. Always loved the r32 look so when I seen them I couldnt resist. Cost sn arm and a leg to repair being plastic but the paint shop got it down. Also did the washer cover shave too. Funny enough as soon as I got home my ebay badgeless grill came in the post and fitted that too.





So a couple of weeks later the ecs order arrived and I went to work installing new bushes and the front coilovers





Its amazing the difference of the top strut mount bush



And all done!



Didnt know what else to do at this point, so I just enjoyed driving it around. Then I went and got some matte plasti dip