Member Rides June - LiquidMike: 2003 Reflex Silver GTI 1.8T

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Congratulations to LiquidMike on winning ride of the month for June. He has won a VWFORUM decal pack and T-Shirt.

Owner Member Name: liquidmike
Year: 2003
Make: VW
Model: GTI
Color: Reflex Silver(uber rare color)


Summary of the car: Funny thing was I had no intentions of buying this car as I was very happy with my Scirocco but when that died I felt I needed a car with a warranty and swore I was only going to mildly mod it...well I guess you see how that worked out


Pictures:











Engine Specs: APR93oct., APR 2.5 tb, ABD intake mani, AEM cai, N75k, Stratmoshere dv, Audi TT ss, Samco boost hoses, Samco tip, ABD lower ic pipe, APTuning dogbone mount w/spherical bearing, assorted polished and painted components


Suspension & Wheels:
18x8 TSW Hulstens(chrome)w/Summitomo rubber, KW v1 coilovers, H&R fsb, VF droplinks, Autotech front stressbar, Yarrowsport rear stressbar, ECS rear upper spring poly bushing
Exterior Specs:
Boser hood, Oem R32 front bumper, Kamei mesh grill, shaved sidemarkers and rubstrips, shaved hatch w/molded blend piece, oem rear euro bumper w/shaved rubs&molded valance and american plate recess grafted-in, oem stubby mirrors(smoothed), chrome door handles(driver side de-locked), stubby antenna, deleted rear wiper.

Interior Specs:
R32 steering wheel, R32 alum. trim, converted to oem leather(thanks Brandon) Momo shift knob&e-brake handle, monster mats, boost gauge where headlight switch was located, oil temp,oil pressure, and volt gauges(Ultra Lights), Audi TT shift surround, jetta vents.

Notable Acomplishments:
My girlfriend hasn't dumped me yet over this car

Comments:
Pretty happy with the way things are going so far with this and there is alot more things to come...its far from done I've got big plans for it! Thanks to everyone who's helped me with it and for all the nice comments.

[Handeye]

Congrats!!! I really hope to see this car at the Giant GTG this year. If you're going that is...

[eurotrashed]

congrats mike, good thing you made your thread in members rides when you did.

[Rabbit1]

Congrats man! cars looking amazing. nice work.

[s18t]

this is the first time ive seen your entire car....alot of work and very nice

[mk-4gasm]

grass makes u lower

[soccergk]

congrats looks hot

[liquidmike]

Originally Posted by eurotrashed

congrats mike, good thing you made your thread in members rides when you did.

lol yeah no kidding huh

[liquidmike]

Originally Posted by mk-4gasm

grass makes u lower

Thats 4x4 mode you see Joshy, now that I got the swaybar issue corrected I dumped it down some more

[Tran1.8t]

nice man, looking good

[B5 TURBO]

Posted: 07 Jun 2006 13:01 Post subject: LiquidMike: 2003 Reflex Silver GTI 1.8T

talk about a last minute entry.... you just posted your profile on 6/7!!
Hot as always

[pcmoney01]

Congradulation Mike, well deserved!!!!

[ProgressiveVR6]

congratulations man! car looks great. i cant stop looking at it lol

[milk dud]

Is the front lip and add-on you didn't mention or did it come with the R32 bumper?

[liquidmike]

Originally Posted by milk dud

Is the front lip and add-on you didn't mention or did it come with the R32 bumper?

Oops forgot that, yes it is an add on. Its a Seat Cupra R lip and I got it here if your intrested- www.Dynamicmotorworks.com. It fits up pretty well to the R32 bumper just a slight bit of trimming to the ends.