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2007 Vw Gti, 6 Speed, Low Miles, Airride, Bbs, Shaved on 2040-cars

US $18,000.00
Year:2007 Mileage:46000 Color: is in
Location:

Vernon Hills, Illinois, United States

Vernon Hills, Illinois, United States

Here is a totally one of a kind GTI with low miles.  This car garners attention wherever it goes, and has had a ton of online exposure as well.  This car means a lot to me and the only reason I'm selling is because I have too many cars as it is.  Lets start out with the basics:  it has 46,000 miles on it with no mechanical issues present.  The car is far from stock, however mostly oem parts were used in the build.  The exterior is in 9.9/10 condition with a lot of tasteful, subtle mods:  the front end was lightly damaged by a tire tread on the highway, which coerced me into buying a Jetta Wolfsburg front upper and lower center grille ($300) with r-line fog grilles ($120) housing projector foglights ($120), the front bumper is a stock gti bumper with the ugly washer covers and sidemarkers professionally shaved ($600-$800) and an oem Votex Lip installed ($300).  The fenders aren't mangled like many lowered cars are, and neither are the quarters.  The stock body has ugly rubstrips running down the sides, with something like 18 holes to hold them in.  These strips have been shaved, filled, and welded like they were never there.  The sideskirts are votex sideskirts ($200), and the rear bumper is an oem r32 unit ($800+paint) with a rare shaved lower valence ($300).  The entire car has been resprayed in a custom pearl white (looks hyper white in most light, but put it under a parking lot light or in a parking garage and the blue really comes out (my favorite feature on the car)  The taillights are oem euro led's ($550).  The car will come on a set of rare BBS Impuls in MINT condition, and sized at 18x8/9et38 with good tires ($2,500 before tires). Also included are the factory huffs with Michelin Pilot Aplin 2/3s with tons of tread left.  The car is sitting on a top of the line airride system, no cheap parts anywhere in this system.  It has airlift slam series front bags, with ss5 rears mounted in d-cups.  The management is accuair e-level (the best) with a cleanly installed rocker switch to control it, with dual 444c compressors, 3/8 inch line, dual watertraps (the airride kit without the trunk setup is $4000)The trunk has a completely custom dual tank hardline setup painted to match the exterior of the car ($1500 just for the parts and hardware alone).  Inside you will find a semting touchscreen navigation headunit with wiring that needs to be checked since it produces a lot of static, a complete oem leather seat swap, a euro dash cubby euro lower dash cubby, euro switch, full led lighting, (the sub and amp will not be included, but the wiring will be left in.  Move on to the engine bay and you will find a neuspeed pflo intake, an external oil catch can, oem rev D diverter valve, APR stage one ecu, full mount kit including engine, trans, and dogbone mounts to make the car more dynamic ($500 for the mounts).  Any issues the car has are extremely minor, and like I said this is a well known and appreciated car in Chicago, with a bit of a following.  I was going to part it out but decided that someone on here might be able to get as much enjoyment out of it that I did.  Its a great driver with an almost perfect exterior, and an almost perfect interior (no blemishes or tears anywear).

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