Taken from Speedhunters. Amazing car and really nice little feature on it. Some of you may recognise it from e38 forums also?
After doing some research for this month’s “slammed” theme, I have come to the conclusion that the VW community are definitely ahead of the game. They produce some amazing looking vehicles with minimum effort… Well at least at first sight; when you delve in deeper, you start to appreciate what it takes to keep building these show winning cars.
This Golf is a perfect example, at a quick glance it looks like a standard R32 with a healthy drop and stunning wheels. But when we take a closer look we can find a plethora of parts that have been carefully chosen by the owner to enhance the look and power of this car.
We’ll start in the rear with a R-line rear bumper that has the license plate holder molded into it. The trunk has been shaved and its wiper deleted. The R32 comes with a spoiler but that has also been removed to achieve a much cleaner look. Last but not least are the LED rear lights.
The front is dominated by the Euro spec R front bumper. The look has been further improved by the Bonrath badgeless grill. These grills can be found at almost any tuning shop in Holland but I’m guessing they are much harder to get when you live in America. The front fenders have lost their indicator lights and the headlights are OEM HID xenons. After all the shaving and cleaning was finished the owner decided to spray the car in Audi Melange Metallic.
A clean engine bay seems mandatory in the VW community so it’s no different with this R32. The engine itself has been modified with a stage II C2 Motorsports turbo kit. The kit consist of the following parts and upgrades
Stage II C2.500 Turbo kit
PT6142 E housing with .81 AR 35R
580cc fuel injectors
SS Tubular Turbo Header
Tial 38mm Wastegate
SS 3.00 Downpipe: V-band equipped
SS 3.00 Mid-pipe
3.00 High Flow Cat * SS intake pipe
The “Bat” 4.00 SS Intake with MAF- custom polished
Forge Diverter Valve
C2.500 Tuned ECU
Custom sized C2 Motorsports Intercooler with Custom End tanks
Snow Performance Stage II water/methanol kit
Painted Audi S3 and .:R32 Engine covers
Polished Billet caps
SouthBend OFE SS Clutch with OEM Flywheel
Custom forged specd 9:1 JE pistons
Forged wossner rods
topline bearings
VF engineering Motor mounts
The owner also included some parts of his own to further enhance the capabilities of the engine.
Let’s have a look at what we are here for, the stance. The car has been dropped using an Air House II single Bellow rear bags with Koni Yellow shocks. The airbags work together with a 5 gallon polished tank and a Viair compressor that is being controlled using a Easystreet Auto-pilot digital air management system. The wheels are made by Champion Motorsport and they called them RG5B. They come in size 19″x8 with ET46 and are wrapped with Falken FK452s. For stopping power, the owner opted for Brembo 4-piston brakes with 332mm slotted rotors.
Inside we see a very clean interior with Sparco Millano II seats wrapped in Italian leather. A built in Pioneer Avic D-3 produces some beats on the go.
You can spot the 5 gallon polished air tank mounted in the rear, to accommodate this large tank the rear seats have been removed. To give the car more sturdiness the owner chose a AutoPower Street Roll Bar and had it powder coated black.
To me this car is the epitome of Volkswagen tuning: clean looks, power and vision. It isn’t a car that had some parts thrown at it but rather it is a car that has been thought out and perfected.
-Jeroen Willemsen
Ok, so this has been hammered on car related interwebz forums over the past few days, but it’s far too cool to leave out. If you’ve missed this, then you must have been living in a cave for the last 48 hours! We just love HellaFlush and the scene that surrounds it. Here you go…
…is what Pastrana shouts as he sips a Red Bull and jumps out of a plane with no parachute. Travis, we salute you! Another video of this larger than life character doing the unthinkable. Wow!
And so video Friday begins. Not with stuff about about cars, but a short clip of a crazy man jumping off a hotel in Las Vegas. The man is Travis Pastrana. The hotel is the Palms. The date? Well I think it was at last year’s Kicker Big Air Bash which took place during 2008’s SEMA Show. Anyway, here’s the crazy BASE jumping vid which Mr Daniel Joyce of Dirty Sanchez fame filmed and put on a site you may have heard of called YouTube. Enjoy…
Here’s the deal! We have oneleft of these G-werks/CarbonSpeed Airbox set ups. normal rrp on these is £189.99. But first person to leave the comment “I want it!” on this page can have it for a super saver price of just £99 yes that’s right just £99…
Carbon Speed Air Box for VW/Audi MK5 Platform
G-werks Carbon-Speed Air box to suit the following applications -
* Vw Golf 5 Gti TFSI
* Audi S3
* Vw Golf 5 Edition 30
*Skoda Octavia TFSI
This kit also comes included with a FREE piper x Air filter element
Part number:Gwks1098 RRP£189.99
This item is sold with the manufacturer’s warranty.
If you are unsure if this fits your vehicle, please do not hesitate to email your Chassis Number and Engine Number and we will check.
Special Price £99.00 There will be some shipping but thats only going to cost you £5.00
*Note you must have paypal to participate in this offer.
Recently we had a bit of a revamp at HQ and we thought we’d put a few pics up here for all to see. Not only so we can show off, nor to try and tempt even more of you down here but also because we know there’s a few of you out there who’ve always wanted to see a bit more about the name.
The reason behind the ‘front of house’ upgrade was to create a space away from the workshop for customers, the office and also general point of sale and information. It means there’s a nice space for you guys to come & relax whilst your cars being worked on and you never know, you may even get a Coffee made for you (by our newest member of staff, Tassimo). We’ve even got WiFi setup and its free for all so you can work (or play) ’til your hearts content!*
Have a look at the pics and Ill think you agree the plan came together quite nicely. So whether its a simple service you need, or even a full engine conversion you want to talk to us about make sure you come down and check out what goes on at G-Werks.
Right, its competition time. In fact, this is possibly the easiest competition you will ever come across! All you need to do is post a picture of your car. Yes, thats it. One picture of your car could be enough to win you one of the always popular ‘Droppin’ Dubs Not Bombs’ t-shirts. All you need to do is grab a picture of your ride, click ‘Add a comment’ at the bottom of this post, copy the text below, delete the *’s and where it says website, paste the link to your image between the ” ” and Bob’s your Mothers Brother.
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Add a little description underneath (not an essay), sit back and wait. At the end of the week we will collect all the entries together, pick our favourite car and whoever is the lucky owner will receive one of the t-shirts in Grey, size Large. No, there are not other colours. No, there are not other sizes. No, we are not just trying to clear out the office…dont be ungrateful, its a free t-shirt so stop asking questions!
Anyway, the competition will close @ 13.00 GMT on Friday 27th November 2009 so hurry up, get your photos in and who knows, you might even have it in time for the weekend to show all your mates!
In the past few months HellaFlush has blown up across the world to become a new buzz word for ‘getting your stance properly nailed’. Here at G-werks, we’re massive fans of the site. This video of the latest HellaFlush meet across the pond, gives an insight into the cars and the culture which makes this scene so cool. It’s not about what marque of ride you’re rolling in; it is, quite simply, all about achieving super-aggressive wheel fitment. And we’ve definitely got a lot of time for that. Enjoy!
