Circuit
Veteran Member
Hi everyone! I haven't posted much on here, but have done a ton of reading and of course keeping up with "Threadzilla."
I thought I'd introduce myself and start a little build thread for my Jetta to keep track of all the changes.
My name is Chris and I live in the SF bay area. Engineer by training and IT Admin by trade and a through and through car guy! I bought my MK5 in 2013 as I was looking for a new daily driver for my then 80-mile round trip commute.
You can follow me on instagram @chris_mtechnica (www.instagram.com/chris_mtechnica) - Yes I work with MemoryFab and MTechnica, so if you have wheel questions, please let me know!
With my Jetta as the daily, I went full speed into building my Protege5 "show car." I just sold it yesterday, so now I can start to scratch the itch of modding the Jetta (although not extensively).
If you would like to read more about my Protege, here's the build thread for the last few years: http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?123838414-Circuit-s-03-5-Protege5
So on to the Jetta. Its a 2010 that I bought bone stock with 67k miles. Its now at 126k miles and recently had the timing belt, water pump, etc. done by Matt-98AHU (who I found on here, thanks for that!!).
It stayed basically stock for 2 years save for Hella projectors with TRS HID's and a replacement RCD-510 since mine died. I recently installed ST XTA coilovers and have been restoring a set of Volk Racing LE37's to TE37 livery. Should have that all dialed in soon.
On to some photos!
Stock and stock!
Picked up the LE37s and got some free bread with the deal. Some bends and rash but nothing my friends at MemoryFab can't take care of.
After bend and rash repair
I thought I'd introduce myself and start a little build thread for my Jetta to keep track of all the changes.
My name is Chris and I live in the SF bay area. Engineer by training and IT Admin by trade and a through and through car guy! I bought my MK5 in 2013 as I was looking for a new daily driver for my then 80-mile round trip commute.
You can follow me on instagram @chris_mtechnica (www.instagram.com/chris_mtechnica) - Yes I work with MemoryFab and MTechnica, so if you have wheel questions, please let me know!
With my Jetta as the daily, I went full speed into building my Protege5 "show car." I just sold it yesterday, so now I can start to scratch the itch of modding the Jetta (although not extensively).
If you would like to read more about my Protege, here's the build thread for the last few years: http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?123838414-Circuit-s-03-5-Protege5
So on to the Jetta. Its a 2010 that I bought bone stock with 67k miles. Its now at 126k miles and recently had the timing belt, water pump, etc. done by Matt-98AHU (who I found on here, thanks for that!!).
It stayed basically stock for 2 years save for Hella projectors with TRS HID's and a replacement RCD-510 since mine died. I recently installed ST XTA coilovers and have been restoring a set of Volk Racing LE37's to TE37 livery. Should have that all dialed in soon.
On to some photos!
Stock and stock!
Picked up the LE37s and got some free bread with the deal. Some bends and rash but nothing my friends at MemoryFab can't take care of.
After bend and rash repair
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