From China with Love

[Danaldson]

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Check out @Tarlentino on instagram. Has a very nice orange wrapped mk4.



If you are going for paint, 100% glut orange.

[kujiwara]

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Regardless of this car will be fixed or not, I really want the next stage to be orange. Anyone know of some good orange paint codes? I really don't like the VW oranges

Audi Samoa orange


Honda Imola orange


BMW Valencia orange


Mercedes Sunset Beam

[kujiwara]

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Details on the 90 !

My parents ordered a pearl white xc90 inscription fully loaded to replace the gl550, I'm picking it up with my mom on april 28th from sweden and gonna drive it around for a few days before my summer school starts in ubc again. definitely gonna document the trip as I've never been to europe.

[Lars]

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I'll think about it, I guess I have a few months in summer to find a bora for a better price if I really can't fix this mexican juan, I'm visiting sweden and germany in a month to pick up a xc90, maybe i can try to pick a bora while I'm there. Does anyone have experience importing car form europe? I'll probably go with a jdm one at the end considering the mileage.

Details on the 90 !

[kujiwara]

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All i hear is excuses on why you don't want to make your project icreate even better.

It evolved once from your silver jetta to this blue GLI, take it one stage further this time. We know how you love to push the limits, this is the perfect time to do it. Find a cheaper one to import, one with higher KMs on the engine or something wrong with the engine which causes the price to go down but still be able to be imported. Base model shouldn't be a problem for you, you can swap literally every item you have into the shell.

And guess what, it would handle better than a mazda 3 when you are done with it

I'll think about it, I guess I have a few months in summer to find a bora for a better price if I really can't fix this mexican juan, I'm visiting sweden and germany in a month to pick up a xc90, maybe i can try to pick a bora while I'm there. Does anyone have experience importing car form europe? I'll probably go with a jdm one at the end considering the mileage.

[MechEngg]

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This was what I thought about right after the accident, the 2.8 24v 4motion is actually very common but I don't really want one for a few reasons.
1. There are two for sale in BC already, 40k and 70k km, one wants 12k the other wants 13k, I'm not gonna pay for more than let say the cleanest GLI which is around 10k.
2. The swap is quite a bit more money and work involved than I want right now. The ECU will need to be sent to UM again for a 4 oxygen sensor file instead of 2, the entire exhaust system need to be remade, the GLI rear brakes need new brackets, I need bora 4motion coilovers... I can already see over 5k usd of cost here..

3. BIGGEST reason is because of emotions and memories related to this car, Im just not ready to move on to another jetta any time soon. I totalled one jetta already, the moment i saw what it was like I knew it physically couldn't be fixed, front bent left, floor bent up and windshield cracked, and the car won't even start. This time the only thing holding this car back to be fixed is the repair cost will most likely exceed the value of the car, they will fix this on a new car with no hassles usually, and I have a very strong sense of repairing things if I can instead of replacing. I even drove the car home from the accident and it drove fine and straight. Surely it'll cost less to get another cheap jetta to swap things into but it wouldn't be like this one. Friends were like "The car would never drive the same or corner the same again", yeah I know but I don't care that much, if it drives and turns I'm fine with it, it's a jetta it won't corner better than a mazda 3 anyways. I could go on for days, but I'm sure you guys get what I mean by now, the car isn't dead and I love it so I'll fix it.

All i hear is excuses on why you don't want to make your project icreate even better.

It evolved once from your silver jetta to this blue GLI, take it one stage further this time. We know how you love to push the limits, this is the perfect time to do it. Find a cheaper one to import, one with higher KMs on the engine or something wrong with the engine which causes the price to go down but still be able to be imported. Base model shouldn't be a problem for you, you can swap literally every item you have into the shell.

And guess what, it would handle better than a mazda 3 when you are done with it

[kujiwara]

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Accident occurs around 2min40s. Video evidence that I got rear ended on Balaclava street and SW Marine drive around 3-3:30PM on March 27, 2016. The date and time of the video is wrong due to dash cam setup. I got rear ended by a BCAA GMC truck and got pushed into the silver Ford Ranger in front of me. My car is a blue Volkswagen Jetta but I have an aftermarket carbon fibre hood which is why the hood of my car in the video is black. This video is posted for future insurance claim purposes.

[kujiwara]

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Hatch > sedan! IMO, anyway

This sucks Jerry, sorry it happened. Sean's idea is probably the best option though since it seems like you prefer Jettas over Golfs. There was a 4Motion Jetta for sale on Craigslist in Vancouver a while ago... Maybe see if it's still there? It was even a VR6 IIRC.

There's two but if I can I want to keep this car

ah fair enough. Do what others said and look for a bora then. that 4motion is a must!

4motion is good but it all depends on if this car is fixable or not

[kujiwara]

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Sedan > hatch.

Kuji look at importing a 4mo Bora to swap everything into, they came out in 99 in europe i believe so find one with a blown engine and a tranny that can bolt up to a 6 cylinder housing (may be a bit harder to find than a 4 cylinder housing seeing as smaller engines are more popular over there) and import it for cheap. At least the shell and AWD system will be done for you already, then its just a matter of cleaning up the body and swapping parts over.

This was what I thought about right after the accident, the 2.8 24v 4motion is actually very common but I don't really want one for a few reasons.
1. There are two for sale in BC already, 40k and 70k km, one wants 12k the other wants 13k, I'm not gonna pay for more than let say the cleanest GLI which is around 10k.
2. The swap is quite a bit more money and work involved than I want right now. The ECU will need to be sent to UM again for a 4 oxygen sensor file instead of 2, the entire exhaust system need to be remade, the GLI rear brakes need new brackets, I need bora 4motion coilovers... I can already see over 5k usd of cost here..

3. BIGGEST reason is because of emotions and memories related to this car, Im just not ready to move on to another jetta any time soon. I totalled one jetta already, the moment i saw what it was like I knew it physically couldn't be fixed, front bent left, floor bent up and windshield cracked, and the car won't even start. This time the only thing holding this car back to be fixed is the repair cost will most likely exceed the value of the car, they will fix this on a new car with no hassles usually, and I have a very strong sense of repairing things if I can instead of replacing. I even drove the car home from the accident and it drove fine and straight. Surely it'll cost less to get another cheap jetta to swap things into but it wouldn't be like this one. Friends were like "The car would never drive the same or corner the same again", yeah I know but I don't care that much, if it drives and turns I'm fine with it, it's a jetta it won't corner better than a mazda 3 anyways. I could go on for days, but I'm sure you guys get what I mean by now, the car isn't dead and I love it so I'll fix it.

[Danaldson]

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I definitely thought about this right away until I realized how much parts that i would have left over. And for personal preference I just like sedans a bit more than hatchbacks.

ah fair enough. Do what others said and look for a bora then. that 4motion is a must!

[kujiwara]

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Sucks to haw about this kuji.

Why not take this chance to get yourself into a real R32? Saves yourself from having to swap everything and you get awd.

I definitely thought about this right away until I realized how much parts that i would have left over. And for personal preference I just like sedans a bit more than hatchbacks.

[Geobmx4life]

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Worst case, do a Smyth Performance ute conversion!

https://youtu.be/aSWRqyM2z9Y

This would be pretty cool!

[CGY_GTI]

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Sedan > hatch.

Kuji look at importing a 4mo Bora to swap everything into, they came out in 99 in europe i believe so find one with a blown engine and a tranny that can bolt up to a 6 cylinder housing (may be a bit harder to find than a 4 cylinder housing seeing as smaller engines are more popular over there) and import it for cheap. At least the shell and AWD system will be done for you already, then its just a matter of cleaning up the body and swapping parts over.

Hatch > sedan! IMO, anyway

This sucks Jerry, sorry it happened. Sean's idea is probably the best option though since it seems like you prefer Jettas over Golfs. There was a 4Motion Jetta for sale on Craigslist in Vancouver a while ago... Maybe see if it's still there? It was even a VR6 IIRC.

[MechEngg]

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Sucks to haw about this kuji.

Why not take this chance to get yourself into a real R32? Saves yourself from having to swap everything and you get awd.

Sedan > hatch.

Kuji look at importing a 4mo Bora to swap everything into, they came out in 99 in europe i believe so find one with a blown engine and a tranny that can bolt up to a 6 cylinder housing (may be a bit harder to find than a 4 cylinder housing seeing as smaller engines are more popular over there) and import it for cheap. At least the shell and AWD system will be done for you already, then its just a matter of cleaning up the body and swapping parts over.

[bobkatkat]

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Sucks Jerry!