My G60 project

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Hey everyone, I used to be a regular on these forums but have kind of dropped off the face of the earth as of late. I thought I would re-enter by making a post about my G60 project.

 

First, I'll open with a quick introduction. My name is Brian, and I'm a university student from Ohio, U.S.A. I'm graduating in May with a degree in Journalism and Public Relations. Over the years I've owned an '87 Porsche 944, an '85 Saab 900 SPG, and I currently own a '90 Corrado G60 and daily my 2001 GTI.

 

I bought my '90 G60 in the summer of 2007. I had to drive to the west side of Chicago (about 400 miles or so) to pick this gem up. It wasn't running and looked awful when I bought it.

 

I spent the next few months/years polishing it up and keeping it running. Here's a photo taken in the Spring of 2008, after I painted the wheels and replaced the driver's side fender.

 

FK coilovers installed in the summer of '08:

 

I also put red LED lights in the instrument cluster and switches.

 

Unfortunately, the car needed too much attention, so I bought a 2001 GTI and stored it in the winter of 2008. Briefly before I stored it, the car was keyed all down the passenger side to the bare metal. So, to prevent rust, I sanded it down and covered it with a coat of primer. It broke my heart, especially because I had put so much time into maintaining the paint. I did, however, use the time to take care of a lot of body work, remove the power steering, and replace the front ball joints. I also shaved the rear hatch.

 

These photos were taken in the summer of 2009, when I took it out of storage. I put a set of InPro knockoff headlights on it to replace the e-codes I sold.

 

And, finally, she lives again!

 

Shortly after, in October of 2009, I got tired of looking at the primer all of the time. I parked it in my parent's garage and went to town on it with six cans of Krylon black spraypaint. Also installed 1.5" spacers on the rear and 1" on the front.

 

As she sits now:

 

Here's a video:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/traverse40 ... 950045870/

 

Mod list:

-American Racing 15" wheels, painted black

-BBM ISV re-route

-Borla 2.5" exhaust

-Sonar E-codes

-FK Streetline coilovers

-K&N Air Filter

-Neuspeed performance chip

-Porsche fuel injectors

-Tinted tail lights

-65mm pulley

-VDO gauges

 

There's probably more, but I don't remember it all right now. Here's a photo of my MK4 as well.

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Here's a few photos of the wheels I'm refinishing for my G60. They're Southern Ways Epsilons, 15x7". Before (left) and after (right)

[Philuk 0]

welcome back mate! wondered where you had gone to! lol

 

you leaving the car black or gonna get her repainted in the red!?

[Traverse 0]

welcome back mate! wondered where you had gone to! lol

 

you leaving the car black or gonna get her repainted in the red!?

 

Thanks! School kind of got in the way of everything for a while and I sort of fell off the face of the earth.

 

Im definitely gonna repaint it in red. I like the black enough for now, but I wouldn't want to look at it forever. I'm gonna pull the motor this summer so I'll probably get it done then and get the engine bay done as well.