"Ray's AKA demonfire's XR4Ti build up"

[Ray]

Decided to change the appearance a little after a jetta bumper fell into my lap.

1" OD .120 wall DOM tubing, stand off on same material with some C channel, TIG welded to fit factory bumper mount location. Also did a quick piece of angle to mark out center mount for the bumper. Sounds quick, but was a lot of measuring, etc to get it right.



This was painted satin black after it was all said and done.

Test fitting before making brackets to attach factory 4 stud xr4ti bumper mounts to jetta bumper...



Couple boring hours later of test fitting / sanding / and we're ready for prime! The front grill had some chips so i decided to respray this as well, while i was at it.



And two coats of diamond white later...



Will buff out this weekend so long as the paint is hard enough, then do another fit, then mount the obligatory air dam.

[Esteban]

Hey Ray, where did you get Diamond White paint? i need to spray my hood, grill, and bumper. Is it one stage? No clearcoat?

[Ray]

You can bring the paint code to NAPA and get single stage made up

[Ray]

And installed, mostly. Still have to figure out a few small things, but not bad


4" airdam

[MODEL-Turbo]

I hope my car looks half as good as yours does when im done Ray!

[Esteban]

Hit up the junkyard and pick up a lip. But i dont think they would drop as low as how you have it now.

[Krumm]

the vr6 lip for the mk3 is bigger than the standard lip

[anglin]

The stuff you do still amazes me. Keep up the good work!

[Krumm]

Hit up the junkyard and pick up a lip. But i dont think they would drop as low as how you have it now.

Not that Ray would get one, but the exterior section has a lot of bumper lips
http://www.tmtuning.com/vw/

[Ray]

Garg, i kind of like a few of those bumpers on there!

Of course, if i got one, who in their right mind would want a color matched to a merkur color, modded to fit a merkur, jetta bumper?!

[lucky87]

I probably would. htough i have a black car, i could live with it, besides im thinking about adding some white accents once i get some engine issues worked out

[michaelb]

I wouldn't mind it either. Cars looking good by the way.

[Ray]

Haven't been spending too much time on the car recently or at all this off season. Time is ticking away. First event in 4 weeks.

But, here are a couple of images. I am hoping to get the fuel pump swapped over tomorrow to the Walbro unit.

Then maybe next weekend do a little welding. Anyway.

VW lights in, and working. I am also going to write a how to for here, for how to bypass the hazard switch and maintain working signal lamps. Actually it would be super easy to put in a different switch to have working hazards as well...

Anyway. Working VW lights.



And... Warning: Glowing Parts May Be Hot

[Ray]

Walbro fuel pump is in. Thanks mc2racing yet again!

Took connector from rail pump, spliced into some 12ga wiring, put thru the grommet for the tank pump, wrapped in some 3m rubber protectant tape, some heat shrink, etc...



Walbro Pump installed on the factory piece. Haven't yet clamped it down. Wiring thru a grommet, was then sealed with "seal all" sealant and heat shrink.



Sealed and shrunk.


While the tank was out i resprayed the straps (which were in remarkable shape) and brushed out the tank, then sprayed that as well. Figured... what the hell, let's have some fun.







Sure, it took nearly as long as the pump install, but it was definitely fun

[jetrinka]

Looks really good!