4 door jetta to 2 door
Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2011 1:05 am
I just found this forum and am excited to have a place to show all my fun side projects I do at home, to people who can appreciate the work involved.
Ive been in the collision industry for 8 years now and its nice to have something different to work on everyday, but i get the itch for the fun custom stuff all the time. I'm an avid German car enthusiast so 95% of my side work comes from those forums. This is a Jetta That was T-boned on the driver side and I used all OEM panels from a VW GTI (hatchback) to convert it to a 2 door coupe. This Generation Jetta was never made from the factory as a 2 door. The car already had air suspension installed when I got it and I did not do the final paint work on it. Here is a pictorial timeline of the build.
shaved the antenna
shaved the rear enmlem
pulled all 4 wheel wells a bit wider and got rid of the body line
shaved the body seam
This is how the rockers look stock
Then i filled the body line and the jack point dimples, cut the fender and used it to extend the rocker for a cleaner look.
The whole car was then Primed with PPG K36 and blocked.
this is the final result with new wheels as well.
Feel free to ask any questions
Ive been in the collision industry for 8 years now and its nice to have something different to work on everyday, but i get the itch for the fun custom stuff all the time. I'm an avid German car enthusiast so 95% of my side work comes from those forums. This is a Jetta That was T-boned on the driver side and I used all OEM panels from a VW GTI (hatchback) to convert it to a 2 door coupe. This Generation Jetta was never made from the factory as a 2 door. The car already had air suspension installed when I got it and I did not do the final paint work on it. Here is a pictorial timeline of the build.
shaved the antenna
shaved the rear enmlem
pulled all 4 wheel wells a bit wider and got rid of the body line
shaved the body seam
This is how the rockers look stock
Then i filled the body line and the jack point dimples, cut the fender and used it to extend the rocker for a cleaner look.
The whole car was then Primed with PPG K36 and blocked.
this is the final result with new wheels as well.
Feel free to ask any questions