From China with Love

[kujiwara]

Re: From China with Love

Sigh. The bumpers are usually different, different seats, interior trim etc.

It's like buying a golf but badging it a gti. Same model but different trims. But worse because you have a vw and are badging it with audi S line badges. Makes zero sense.

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What about badging a haldex 4motion as Quattro? If I badge it according to you how a s-line is badged, my car would be called Volkswagen Jetta GLI MK4.5 Skoda VRS special Oettinger Package S-line 3.2. The engine came out of a sline TT, the badges came off the same car, I just wanted the engine and the badge to stay together. Just like a little memorabilia. I would still just call it a Gli with a 3.2 but just thought the sline badge from the same sline car will be cool to see...... Thanks for the support guys!

[Drewlikecrazy]

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Do it!

[GingerBeef]

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Sigh. The bumpers are usually different, different seats, interior trim etc.

It's like buying a golf but badging it a gti. Same model but different trims. But worse because you have a vw and are badging it with audi S line badges. Makes zero sense.

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Unlike an Sline the difference between an Golf and a GTI is much more than asthetics, its performance as well. Its true, this jetta isnt an Sline, and itll never be an Sline.. cause its a Jetta. But there isnt anything too special going on with an sline, especially in the case of a MK1 TT. People always badge their 3.2 swaps as Jetta R32, i dont see what all the flack is about a tiny sline badge on a Jetta that has the Audi 3.2 VR6 swapped in instead of the VW one.

Either way, all that aside at the end of the day its his car, would i do this? No. but hey, atleast this isnt making an appearance on his car .... i hope...

[Danaldson]

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Put the badges on your bulletin board in your room. And then put them on an audi when you get one.

[kujiwara]

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But my bullitin board doesnt have a body kit, nappa leather, and aluminum trim...

[bobkatkat]

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Never mind the badging Jerry what are the plans for the 3.2 other than the swap? That's a lot of effort and expense to 200hp/200lb-ft to 247hp/238ft-lbs? Any other special sauce you planning? Haldex? FI?

[Jim]

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I'm not one for up badging or anything like that, but this is his car. Make it a Jetta R 3.2T GLi AMG for all I care. Do you bud.

[kujiwara]

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Never mind the badging Jerry what are the plans for the 3.2 other than the swap? That's a lot of effort and expense to 200hp/200lb-ft to 247hp/238ft-lbs? Any other special sauce you planning? Haldex? FI?

No big plans, but just want a stage two tune or some sort that should give it around 270hp. Gonna let ecuprogram do the tuning and will be running the 2.8 ecu. Maybe one of those new exit9 vf supercharger kits sometime down the road, or eventually a 3.6 fsi conversion.

[bobkatkat]

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Do you bud.

I agree. Maybe get creative with a grinder and a dremel and do this...

[GingerBeef]

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I agree. Maybe get creative with a grinder and a dremel and do this...

That is fucking bad ass Bob.

[MechEngg]

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Is there any good places in the engine bay to put those S-Line badges? I don't think people would get it if it was on the trunk or fenders, but it might help bring through the thought that this is an audi engine if you displayed them effectively in the engine bay. Just a thought since you wanted to keep the S-Line badges with the engine

[kujiwara]

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I agree. Maybe get creative with a grinder and a dremel and do this...

That's amazing

[kujiwara]

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Is there any good places in the engine bay to put those S-Line badges? I don't think people would get it if it was on the trunk or fenders, but it might help bring through the thought that this is an audi engine if you displayed them effectively in the engine bay. Just a thought since you wanted to keep the S-Line badges with the engine

There is a pretty good place to put it on the intake manifold, but if I put them on the fenders and people ask me about it I'll just popthe hood and tell the the story

[Ponto]

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Unlike an Sline the difference between an Golf and a GTI is much more than asthetics, its performance as well. Its true, this jetta isnt an Sline, and itll never be an Sline.. cause its a Jetta. But there isnt anything too special going on with an sline, especially in the case of a MK1 TT. People always badge their 3.2 swaps as Jetta R32, i dont see what all the flack is about a tiny sline badge on a Jetta that has the Audi 3.2 VR6 swapped in instead of the VW one.

Either way, all that aside at the end of the day its his car, would i do this? No. but hey, atleast this isnt making an appearance on his car .... i hope...

Forgot to mention my S line at least does have different suspension as well. And I wanna point out most of the earlier gti's and golf's had some of the identical motors lol.

Guess to me it's more of the cross branding that seems weird. I mean of course do what ya want. But doesn't make sense is all.

That kuji lime badge would be bad ass though.

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[kujiwara]

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Some say... The jetta needs to slow down quicker and more traction... #soon... stay tuned