Building My DREAM GTi in 17 Minutes On A Budget!!

so here she is my new to me 2012 Volkswagen GTI 14 15 years old 10 plus years ago of just dreaming about owning a Volkswagen I'm excited to finally fulfill that childhood [Music] dream but it wouldn't be a simple built video If it wasn't on a budget so we picked up this GTI for $3,500 so it wasn't quite in the condition that you might hope your dream car would be in what this car did have though was upgraded K4 turbo a full exhaust and full bolt-on kit from CTS turbo which sounds amazing and it bumps the power up to Somewhere Over 300 horsepower however it does have 160,000 Mi and some cosmetic defects like a zip tide bumper a missing fog light cracked rear reflector and peeling paint so in today's video we'll be turning this GTI into the car I've always dreamed of owning as a kid with the help from our friends over at ECS Tuning so we're going to swap out the tail lights on this GTI they just arrived and these ones are pretty cool but they're super dark I hope the new ones that I got aren't as dark but as you can see they have the sequential turn signals which is kind of cool and when you turn them on they do this like cool sequence there I think you caught the tail end of it I actually never seen that that's pretty cool I just I'm not a huge fan of them they're super dark they don't replicate the childhood dream GTI that I always envisioned of owning so we're going to swap them out with these ones these are straight from eBay from China so I'm going to do a quick to install I'll show you guys what they look like and then we we'll check them out all right that is the finished result we just got them both in and I think that looks so much better so these are the dream tail lights that I've wanted on a GTI since I was a kid so that looks super dope stoked on this modification up next we're going to swap out this window switch as you can see these get stuck they're not supposed to do that already got the door card popped off we're going to pull it off Swap this one out completely worn out and falling apart this one's cracked these are all apart Bren this one is falling off so to here like this Clicks in all right door card is back together and the window switch is working perfect just like that one more thing fixed on to the next just a quick reminder that the K swap Civic is coming along really nicely do not forget to jump in and get entered every dollar you spend on the site gets you one entry we have jet tags we have detail products we have an amazing drying towel that I use literally every every single day you can jump in the simple motor club that's going to get you automatically entered with an extra 400 entries and once again every dollar you spend on the site gets you entered so don't forget that is ending very soon stay tuned for the deadline we're wrapping up that build and that'll be probably the next video with the next update on the K swap Civic jump on there all the information will be on the site simple bus. shop you can see it right here and it'll be the first link or the second link in the description go check it out so let's jump back into the GTI build up next is this ugly uh side marker here that got dented in and broke this piece brand new so we're gonna hopefully pop this dent out pretty easily can be successful in your own right all right so we got the dent out as best as possible I think it looks pretty good new reflector and hopefully it just snaps right in so here we go let's line it up and there it is brand new looks so much better up next we have some eBay fog lights going going in before we start doing any mods we got all these little fixes that are going to make the car look completely different and tied all together so let's Chuck these [Music] in looks awesome brand new everything's in plugged in OEM nothing's missing overall I think that looks way better all right up next for the GTI is Garden State Auto Glass out here to get us a new windshield and uh we're going to swap this out as you can see the the big crack here goes all the way across the windshield first and foremost new windshield coming in and uh really excited to have that fixed so everything will be nice and tidy so again here is their info if you guys did want to hit them [Music] up all right the first shipment of goodies from ECS Tuning just arrived let me show you guys some of the parts that they sent out really excited for them to be sponsoring this build I cannot wait to get this thing all together with all their parts in like I said we have wheels on the way super excited about those cannot wait to show you guys those and tell you a little bit more about their wheel and tire packages but for now we got a rear diffuser as you can see here looks super cool over here we have a front splitter and right over here we have some lowering springs first order of business I think we're going to throw on this rear diffuser as you can see this stock one is uh pretty boring and lame so really excited to get this new one on there so we're going to start by ripping this old one off and then unbagging the plastic you can see there's a layer of plastic over this so this thing will be even shinier and then we're going to throw that up in there all right we got it all buttoned up looks really good four screws take it off couple screws back in easy to install and that is some of my favorite modifications to do looks so good like many of you guys my lifestyle gets super busy working in the shop uh editing these videos for you guys my personal life honestly sometimes I would just forget to eat uh be working through meals or I would run out real quick to just get fast food and obviously neither of those options were very healthy for me for obvious reasons Factor makes meeting your nutrition goals are more affordable and easier than ever by delivering fresh never Frozen dietitian approved meals directly to your guys doorsteps factor is taking the stress out of meal planning skip the grocery stores skip those 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should be just as easy to install couple screws on the back side 4 and four we got some 3M tape around the side and then one screw to hold up the front end there so we're going to slap this on really quick these are very easy to install you guys can do these at home yourself they're affordable parts and they make your car look so much better so once again thank you to ECS tuning for hooking this up be sure to hit them up for any Volkswagen GTI parts or any European car parts that you guys might need so let's go ahead and trck this thing on this thing looks really nice we got it up on the garage here uh kind of giving us a little lift so we don't have to get the Jack out that should be enough room we don't need a ton of crazy clearance to get up under there so let's throw this on really quick all right that's on like I said we'll get some better lighting Clips obviously later in this video but for now that front splitter is on that took literally 20 minutes as well but that looks really good super stoked on that our carb fiber rear spoiler just arrived this part is from eBay this is not from ECS Tuning but I wanted to slap it on in this video as well looks really good minus this one crack that came from Shipping so that really sucks I'm going to reach out and see what I can do about that but for now we're going to throw this on until we can get a replacement cuz you won't be able to see it too too much that's just a small crack so oh well it's real carbon fiber that kind of stuff happens so really excited about this part but let's throw this thing on really quick off camera I put some 3M sticky tape as you you can see here on the front side and the back side on the inside here so flip it onto the spoiler and then take a little piece of the 3M undo it and then slide it on and then I can get into place and then pull the 3M so that it reveals the sticky part of it and uh we'll see how it goes [Music] all right that is on nice and tight nice and sturdy not going anywhere I think hopefully super staked on that let's jump on to the next part up next we got some low ring Springs going on the car also from ECS so let's get the car up on the lift check it out hopefully it comes off the lift as easy as it went on because it's going to be a little bit lower when it comes off but let's crack open these Springs [Music] so here are the H&R lowering springs that we ordered these are not the lowest possible K I think there's like a super sport and then regular sport so these are going to be the in the- Middle uh so we're not going to go super low because we do have a little bit of a bigger wheel going on here from ECS so we got these really nice H&R Springs out from ECS Tuning let's go ahead and get these cranked up we got a special guest coming in to help us to work on this GTI today and I'm going to show you guys a little bit more about that when he gets here really excited for that and uh we're GNA get cranking away on these Springs [Music] [Music] [Music] we have a really exciting part going in as well so let's open this up and I'll show you guys what we got these are the Mark 7 and 1/2 style headlights for the mark 6 it's going to make this car look completely new revamp the front end and I cannot wait super stoked so let's get this thing up in the air believe we got to take the wheels off we got to take the front bumper off and then we can pop out these headlights throw these new ones in they should just be plug and play these are the headlights before with them on [Music] [Music] all right we got the driver side in let's do the bag reveal oh oh my gosh [Music] all right so the headlights are in the lowering springs are on we're about to drop it down now and see what this ride height looks like and also has to settle for a little bit but let's lower it down and see what we're looking [Music] at that looks about perfect that's uh dropped down to the right amount of height so like I said the suspension is in the springs are on and we did not do this on our own we had the help of our buddies at Ace works these guys came out they wanted to help us out with this build we'll probably get some stuff going in the future with them they have a local shop and uh this is Andrew Andrew you want to tell us a little bit more about what your business does pretty much everything from A to Z besides body work Custom builds a lot of suspension work fabrication so these guys can get you sorted and then you also have a cool option where you can convert stock suspension to air suspension to air suspension if you have coilovers stock shocks some of the best prices for air suspension H I'd say in the country would you agree uh at least uh at least try east coast East Co East Coast there we go so I don't know how they're doing it over there fair enough so these are the boys Andrew thank you so much for helping us out Carlos I appreciate it these guys killed it so let's jump back on the GTI build and you'll probably be seeing more of these guys later on it is now time for what I think is the most exciting part of the entire build is the wheel and tires these can make or break a build I'm really excited to see what we cooked up with ECS tuning for the GTI check these [Music] out so I went with the 19in technor style wheel these are 19 by 8 1/2 they have a offset of 40 plus 40 and they are 5x12 of course in the hyper silver finish they are also wrapped in some Nitto Tires and we got some 235 359s and these are the Nido motivos so really really excited about this setup it's going to be super meaty and I'm really praying that everything fits up just fine so let's get the carp in the air swap these over huge shout out to ECS for their super easy Wheel and Tire setup I bought the package all together and they shipped them out to my door just like this with the cardboard surrounding it so really excited about that these were banged up a little bit in shipping but that is what it is kind sometimes you deal with that so let's go ahead and get the car up in the air and Chuck these on there [Music] I think I'm going to miss these uh OEM GTI wheels just a little bit just because how I how iconic they are they're a little bit ugly but kind of like them they're really different but I mean these you just can't beat this super St make sure to check out ECS tuning for your real entire package needs very cool offering that they have over there on that site the car is right behind me pretty much wrapped up cannot thank ECS Tuning enough for hooking us up with all the parts to make this possible so without further Ado check out the childhood dream build GTI [Music] [Music] w [Music]