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Old Nov 8, 2010 | 11:10 PM
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Sup everyone, just bought an 07 GP GXP for my wife and wanted to pop in to say hello. Seems to be a lot of good info on this board, looking forward to lots of fun V8 FWD miles lol. Here's one of the only pics I have so far:



I've actually already added tints all around (35% front, 20% rear) and HID's from DDM Tuning. I'm planning on definitely getting a tune, intake, and exhaust but it has an aftermarket warranty that I don't want to jeapordize...just yet
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Old Nov 9, 2010 | 06:59 AM
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Welcome!
A tune will most likely kill that warranty - if they see it in the PCM...
But sounds like fun anyways, Whats done to that little 1.8t to make it run 14.1 @ 98?
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Old Nov 9, 2010 | 08:17 AM
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Thank you! Well the warranty is an aftermarket one so I can take the car to any "ASE Certified" shop to have repairs done, and I plan on actually buying a spare pcm/tcm to do the tune, so hopefully that will help.

My 1.8T has a Tune, Intake, 3" Turbo-back exhaust, upgraded side-mount intercooler, and upgraded Turbo-inlet pipe, so nothing too drastic. Side by side, I was able to smoke my wife driving the GXP haha. Here's a pic of the GLI:

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Old Nov 9, 2010 | 09:33 AM
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Welcome, and nice ride and color choice.
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Old Nov 9, 2010 | 11:11 AM
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APR stage 2 Nice cars!
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can you post a front pic of the vw. i like that grill but cant see it in that pic
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Old Nov 9, 2010 | 06:48 PM
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APR stage 2 Nice cars!
Thanks! Actually in my case I have Unitronic Stage 2, but both give roughly the same power gains.


can you post a front pic of the vw. i like that grill but cant see it in that pic
Here's a pic from sometime last year with the stock rims (yes I know they look better but they were heavy and bent lol). It's a Kamei Sport badgeless grille, and I basically zip-tied the GLI emblem to it but you can't tell unless you literally take the grille off the car

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ok you see on the lights there is a color matching piece that makes them more aggressive..(think srt4) ever seen these or know what they are called? my gf has a jetta and the headlights would look better with these inserts
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Old Nov 10, 2010 | 09:05 AM
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Yeah those are basically just referred to as "eyebrows" and quite a few companies make them. Here's one:
http://www.parts4euro.com/DCShop/ind...cPath=1_53_111
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oh ok man thx! sorry for the thread hijack. my gf has a crappy 2.0 gls 2004 model. slowest car ive ever driven in my life lol
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