bentin
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Austin, TX
- Car(s)
- 23 Golf R - 3 Pedals
Car looks great, very nicely done.
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shootspeed's 2018 VW GTI MK7.5 build
- Thread starter shootspeed
- Start date
shootspeed
Passed Driver's Ed
- Location
- CA
- Car(s)
- GTI
Thanks! 30% tint with no tint on the front windshield. Guess it might look lighter or darker depending on the angle, adjustments on the RAW files (i definitely bring up the shadows a bit), along with the circular polarizer on the camera.
shootspeed
Passed Driver's Ed
- Location
- CA
- Car(s)
- GTI
Thank you! I'm definitely trying to keep this clean and classy.
The shop I took it to initially had it about half an inch lower than what it is now, so yeah there's definitely room to drop it a bit more (always tempting but the Aerofabb splitter already scrape on the steeper driveways).
Drop looks perfect. If only vwr springs lowered that much. How's the ride spun 0.5" from max?
PowerDemon
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Richmond, VA
- Car(s)
- Golf GTI, Camaro ZL1
Car looks beautiful. Very clean and tasteful, keep up the good work! Also the HRE’s look fantastic.
JC_451
Autocross Champion
- Location
- NJ, one of the nice parts.
- Car(s)
- 2017 GTI Sport
That hood...
Will_
Autocross Champion
- Location
- SF Bay Area
- Car(s)
- 2017 GTI S DSG
Great photos, I like how your license plate magically changes every time lol. Great editing!
shootspeed
Passed Driver's Ed
- Location
- CA
- Car(s)
- GTI
Not too sure honestly, I had them raise it up the moment I saw it that low! Pot holes are pretty bad where I'm at lol...
shootspeed
Passed Driver's Ed
- Location
- CA
- Car(s)
- GTI
Olympus OMD EM-5 MKII (m43 camera, liking the portability), usually with the Panasonic Leica glass (42.5mm f/1.2 and 25mm f/1.4 are my usual)
and thanks! the best thing about the build is an excuse to brush up on photography!
lordnikon228
Go Kart Champion
- Location
- CA
- Car(s)
- Golf GTI Rabbit
How many licence plates do you have? 
shootspeed
Passed Driver's Ed
- Location
- CA
- Car(s)
- GTI
Been a minute! A few changes...
- Swapped out Aerofabb splitter for Seibon Carbon Fiber Splitter. Slipped right in, no need for 3m tape, just 3 screws at the bottom. I also added scrape guards at the bottom, working like a charm so far.
- Carbon fiber mudguards! Just an extra touch.
- BFI 5mm spacers, all around. The HREs are +47 offset, so now my fitment is pretty flush. Fender screw mod was done earlier so no need to worry.
- Removed the resonator on the APR exhaust.... just needed a bit more noise ya know?
- Went through an Oettinger spoiler (why is it so hard to get a decent paint job!), a carbon fiber Maxton rep (fit was trash), Aggressiv spoiler (fit was ALSO trash), and went back to the Loiacono Engineering spoiler extension. What a waste of money...
- What's left? Maybe interior... steering wheel, maybe some seats? Who knows...
shootspeed
Passed Driver's Ed
- Location
- CA
- Car(s)
- GTI
looks like i gotta type out a strongly worded email....
Some people...