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Yea, good question ... could save some bucks and tidy up the rear nicely if ya didnt have to drop the dough on the full kit.

Although the Rieger side pieces look pretty trick in my opinion, think it would be worth the extra bread to get the whole thing and GHL turbo back quad tp exhaust ....its only money ;)
 
yea i know .. but my only plans are putting the ghl full exhaust on with the Rieger back skirt.. and then painting just the Oem sideskirts and lip...New Jersey ROADS= No body kit for me lol....i'll tear it off or sumthing will break i know it!!....lol.. paint the oem sides and lip- Rieger back skirt+ghl exhaust and lower it with coilovers...... yea it is just MONEY..lol O0 O0
 
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GTI_2007RED said:
yea i know .. but my only plans are putting the ghl full exhaust on with the Rieger back skirt.. and then painting just the Oem sideskirts and lip...New Jersey ROADS= No body kit for me lol....i'll tear it off or sumthing will break i know it!!....lol.. paint the oem sides and lip- Rieger back skirt+ghl exhaust and lower it with coilovers...... yea it is just MONEY..lol O0 O0
Yeah, I thought it was gonna look so funny with just the rear skirt installed. So yes I just got the rear skirt. But it actually looks good. The diff in height vs. the front and side skirts is only about 1.5 inches. I think it will look more off when I stick the front lip on. The rear apron wasn't hard complicated wise, but it was hard PITA wise. A lot of dremel test fit, dremel test fit...you get the picture. I still haven't got it completely flush, nor have i put on the brackets, but two weeks and it hasn't moved. I plan to get side skirts eventually just didn't have the time quite yet........

I'm gonna try and slap the front lip on now while the wife is out with her mom 8)
 
Man... i am glad i live in Vegas, the only drawback we have here is HEAT! roads are mostly all perfect, speedbumps arent really treacherous like i have seen in other parts of the country and we have no bugs to clean off the hood...or inches of snow to contend with.

I wanna get the full kit and exhaust... and so much more, but 3 kids take priority, its only money unless you have 3 other lives depending on you LOL

good luck on the project, dont forget to take pics and post up :) O0
 
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TOE_FAST said:
Man... i am glad i live in Vegas, the only drawback we have here is HEAT! roads are mostly all perfect, speedbumps arent really treacherous like i have seen in other parts of the country and we have no bugs to clean off the hood...or inches of snow to contend with.

I wanna get the full kit and exhaust... and so much more, but 3 kids take priority, its only money unless you have 3 other lives depending on you LOL

good luck on the project, dont forget to take pics and post up :) O0
Yeah you are spoiled........=)

So, yesterday I was driving and the CEL just turned off........LOL Very strange, I'll see how it adjusts. Maybe the dealer reset everything when it was in for service, cuz the cel popped on just after that........now maybe the ECU's adjusted. Who knows, I'll wait and find out.

As for HP gains....wouldn't say a ton, it did make my shifts smoother. If I were to guess with my knowleged base, I'd say a gain of 4 - 7 HP (minimal) I will be dyno'n her soon with the exhaust within the next few weeks. Then putting on the GHL CAI, dyno again.......then GHL maps (chip it) and dyno again....I wish I had gotten one before I put the exhaust on... ::)

(didn't get a chance to get the front lip on.... :D)
 
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GTI_2007RED said:
did it look stupid just putting the back apron on and leaving everything else stock????.... cuz thats what i want to do...just paint the side skirts and the lip... thanx
O0 O0
Yeah, a bunch of us thought it was gonna look so/so with just the rear apron until I got the rest of the kit on. But we all agreed that it actually looked pretty good from the profile and wasn't all that noticeable unless pointed out. The rear apron is 1.5 - 2 inches lower then the rest of the stuff.
 
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