water-cooler pics

[zen]

so as much as we love our air, most are doing something in the euro water-pumpers as well. be it a daily driver or just the need to spread your hobby, i'm betting alomst everyone on here has a sweet water-pumper with equally interesting mods. so let's see some pics!!!!!!!! give some details on your ride too.

i will start it out. here is the wife's car. bought it from ABD Racing. they built it as a parts hanger and we were in need of a car and i was knee deep in my bug. so made sense. they did some quality work. was featured in European Car and Euro Tuner. Mods details can be seen here (http://www.abdracing.com/project/passat2002/index.html).

http://www.theartofzen.com/motorsports/passat2002.jpg

and here is my 951. no major mods. just a Stage 2 Authority chip. most likely more to come if it doesn't sell soon.
http://www.theartofzen.com/motorsports/951-1.jpg

[NYBugman1972]

I daily drive a mostly stock (for now) 2000 New Beetle 1.8T.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/Mikes72sb/My%20New%20Beetle/oblique.jpg~original

It will end up looking something like this photoshop I did...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/Mikes72sb/My%20New%20Beetle/profile_concept.jpg~original

I also plan on chipping the ECU as well as doing some more suspension mods. Read more about it on NewBeetle.org (http://forums.newbeetle.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=35479)

Hey Zen, that's a heck of a Passat you've got there!

[boblebaard]

I have posted pictures of both my cars on the readers rides topic...
Will post somtehing here later, when the stereo is finnished in the New Beetle. :)

[boblebaard]

Pictures....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v285/Germanlook/IM000009.jpg~original

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v285/Germanlook/IM000015.jpg~original

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v285/Germanlook/IM000014.jpg~original

This it not mine, but you`ll see why I posted it. This caar is cool!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v285/Germanlook/998613ed.jpg~original

[NYBugman1972]

Holy crap that's a sick New Beetle :eek: I just love the Projeckt Zwo kit. Too bad it's not being brought into the US anymore :( Oh, and that 1303 isn't bad either ;)

[boblebaard]

Thanx!

You could take a look at the bodykit from Caractere...

http://www.aiwana.com

[hybrid_john]

NICE! I love the Beetle's I would love to part in the van.......what a tailgater that would be! :haveadrin :drunk: :puke: :righton:

[boblebaard]

I took a few pictures of these cars on my vacation on Iceland this summer.
44" tyres were quite common over there!!

Here are a few more!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v285/Germanlook/ed889218.jpg~original

[boblebaard]

.... and then some........

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v285/Germanlook/20a8b8be.jpg~original

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v285/Germanlook/15ab570e.jpg~original

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v285/Germanlook/a9a587a8.jpg~original

[NYBugman1972]

Thanx!

You could take a look at the bodykit from Caractere...

http://www.aiwana.com

The Caractere kit is great, but I don't think i'm going to put any bodykit on my car, at least not anytime soon. I've even found a FMIC that will fit behind the stock bumper. Not really going for a sleeper look, just a "less is more" approach. Then again, more is more also ;)

[boblebaard]

ABD Racng has a lot of performance parts for the 1,8T engine, including a FMIC! http://www.abdracing.com

Dahlback has a lot of goodies as well!

www.audituning.com

Baard

[NYBugman1972]

Dahlback is really starting to pick up in the USA, especially their ECU tuning. Some people have recently tested their intake manifold on a dyno with some very good results :)

[boblebaard]

Dahlback is one of the big tuners here in Scandinavia, but there are several other tuners with cars that are even faster! (Loads of rice unfortunately) ;)