-Anthony Gulino from Long Island, New York. Im a tech and a Goodyear service center. Hobbies include Vw’s, cars in general, hockey, riding bmx, music, getting low and going fast.
-Ive owned this car since my senior year of high school. So about 4 years.
-Not really haha, other then that it used to be a slow automatic.
-I was into muscle cars when i was younger but when i was looking for a car, i didnt care about tuning. I just needed something i can fit my bike in hahah.
-When i bought it, i just needed it to drive and fit a bike or 2 in the hatch, but now, is to make it a clean, quick, and low car that is reliable.
-A little bit of everything i guess. You have your airride lowness, and the someone shaved/cleaned engine bay, and the soon to be, built motor/big turbo.
-Other then the body work and the trans swap, ive done everything to this. Other things like trans swap/building motor/chip tuning Id like that thanks ed/steve/fabian and forcefed engineering. There the best when it comes to anything with these cars hahaha.
-I guess the interior. I have a full seude headliner with this cool skull and cross bones fabric on the pillars. A rear seat delete wrapped in full black suede with 2 trap doors, housing a full airride management and the other hiding the battery.
-No one really. I just do the things that i like.
-That its 2 different colors. Never have panels painted off the car hahah.
-The fact that it was an automatic.
-So far, id say an 8 or a 9.
-Full respray, shave the rubs/hood/door cups/bumper/hatch/fenders/roof/Rline rear bumper, Shaved bay with a built 3.2vr6 w/02m swap/haldex awd, some kind of big turbo setup, new seats, and another set of wheels/tires.
-Katie and my mom. Everytime i buy or do something, they always have something to say =]
-Just me
-Get lowww
-Lowla
-Clean
-Engine = -1.8t with eurojet TIP and throttle body hose, forge dv, eurojet fmic, 3″ 42dd exhaust, filter on a MAF, uni stage 2+ w/ sai, evap, o2, cat, vvt, delete. Wide band harness and o2 sensor pinned in to AWP ecu. Polished intake manifold, fuel rail and ac lines. Powder coated valve cover, throttle body, and alternator. Deleted PVC system and use a polished catch can in its place. Also deleted the coolant resivior and tucked a lot of wires under the frame rail. Vf motor mounts and ecs complete dog bone mount. Optima red top battery.
-Transmission = o2j 5 speed with a peloquin LSD. ACT stage 3 clutch with lightweight flywheel. Raxle race axles, auto tech short shifter, Forcefed shifter bushings, bead blasted to a nice finish.
-Suspension= Front bagyard airride struts, modified control arms with TT control arm bushings and cut/custom strut mounts. C- notched passenger side frame rail, deleted front sway bar. Bilstien rear shocks with Firestone sleeve bags. 5 gallon air tank, 2 400c compressors. 8 smc valves, 1/2″ water trap, FBI digital guage in ashtray and a polished 7 button switch box. 1/4″ front air line and 1/8″ rear airline.
-Brakes = Blue painted calipers with drilled and slotted rotors and hawk pads front and rear.
-Exterior = OEM R32 front bumper with shaved bumper markers, R32 sideskirts, and smoothed and color matched rear valance w/o exhaust cutout. Stubby antenna, Black grill and emblem, rear emblem and side mirrors. Oem Hid reps with 6000 hid kit. White LED city lights.
-Interior = Black suede headliner, skull and cross bone pillars, black leather bolster seats, jetta vents, VDO boost gauge, euro switch, 5 speed golfball knob and leather shift boot, GTI monster mats, LED lighting throughout interior, rear seat delete wrapped in black suede, TT pedals, alpine deck, Airride gauge hidden in ashtray, Black handles, sun visors, sunroof controls, seat belts, and rear view mirror.
-Wheels = DZ Exklusiv 18×8.5 et 30 with a 205/40 toyo proxes with a 15mm spacers. 18×10 et 25 with a 225/40 dunlop direzza.