Project J'ettam

Okay, here's my new little toy.

It's a '92 Jetta 1.8 GL with 184k on the clock! Still drives really tight, and the gearbox is really nice. Anyway, all I've done so far is quickly clean the outside, black the black bits, add clear indicators and tint the rears, drop it 60mm and add my Audi A3 rims...

Doesn't look too bad for a poor man's Golf. I'm well chuffed with it. The paint is pretty good, but there's stone chips and it's not the shiniest in the world, so there's some work to do there. The starter motor makes a HORRIBLE noise which needs looking at and the engine has a funny noise... but with 184k, what do you expect. Have a spare GTI 8v engine floating around... so may rebuild that and put that in at some point.

I love it.









Then I was thinking about sourcing a de-badge'd grille... what do you think?



I quite like it with the badge still there...

G.

V nice G,

P.s leave the badge on

jetta,s are very kool, good buy gee

JJ... chrome or black grille badge...?

Chrom goes with ur wheels and suits the colour??

de badge looks better tow bar needs to go to bud

looking good gee, keep the towbar for the brit look! get a caravan for it-true brit look!

Tow-bar staying on (for now)... big hole in rear bumper, so it's covering that up until I get a replacement!

Keeping the badge too. Until I can fathom out a cool way of doing something else...

1st on the list of priorities (now that the basic looks are sorted) is sort out the oily bits. You'll understand why when you hear it on Sunday.

up to you gee man but debadge looks cooler

looks cool...like the wheels

wheels look great

i think it needs

de-badged grille
tinted headlights
smoked indicator lenses
&
brake ducts were the fogs go

Paul... already got my eyes on some brake-ducts on Ebay.

Was thinking tinted headlights too... but how or where from?

Loving the wheels myself, but wish they were an inch bigger!

Thanks for the positive comments though guys!

Geeman wrote:Paul... already got my eyes on some brake-ducts on Ebay.

Was thinking tinted headlights too... but how or where from?

Loving the wheels myself, but wish they were an inch bigger!

Thanks for the positive comments though guys!

head lights you can do yourself easy did my own

Will be having a chat on Sunday then fella.

Very Cool Gee,Proper Retro Mk2 Jettas,looking good already.

Jetta's rock!

Good job fella.

Keep the grill G

Giles, tinting your own lights is pretty easy........

i've only ever done one set (mk3 Polo)

took one night & i've never had any prob's with them

they never get water in the & the car past MOT with them fitted

p.s. your best to get a spare set of lights and do those.....incase you crack a lense while prizing them apart

Looking good G love the colour, why not put the Golf lights and grill on I think they look loads better that way, GETTA would be way cool.

Deano... trading a single light Golf grille for a badgless single light grille with Sam on Sunday... so may dabble with that and see how it looks...

Paul... will try and source a set of lights and have a play them too.

THE JETTA IS SWELL 'G'

Where do some of my posts go, i said about a mk2 front end aswell....

Never saw that JJ...

It was on the previous page, i said keep it or mk2 your front end

keep the badge or mk2 it