A VDubber with a Pontiac Heart

**Planeboy18** · 09-09-2009

Hello everyone I'm Matt. I've had a 2004 GP GT since I was 17, but in 2007 I bought a 2000 VW GTI and it's been my daily summer/project car/sports car killer, but recently my girlfriend got a 97 GP GT so I thought I should finally join the GP forum family, especially after being friends with Kyle99GTP and him helping me with a lot of work on my own car and my gf's. Hopefully I don't get shunned too quickly for owning a Dub, but I've been raised in Pontiac's since I was a kid. My grandfather and I restored a 66 GTO when I was 10 and a 67 Firebird when I was 14, so I've been around Pontiacs for a while now. Hope to get to meet some of you on the forums.

Cheers

My GF and I

Her GP GT (it does have tinted tails and sequential turn signals, thanks to the respective authors for their writeups on here, and it also has flipped motor mounts and an intake. More to come)

My GP and GTI

Sorry, but I just had to put a pic of it.

**zeww89** · 09-09-2009

your vdubs better than mine lol mines a 98 new beetle thats a pos. lol

**PolishedandWaxed** · 09-09-2009

welcome!

here is a vw I detailed last year, he had the hood extended and the euro front bumper.

**rocafella2032** · 09-09-2009

Both those gti's are really nice. I'm
suprized i like them. What's the specs on them?

**1998xGTP** · 09-09-2009

VR6 and turbo

Magic

**rocafella2032** · 09-09-2009

Hp? Tq?

**PolishedandWaxed** · 09-09-2009

i have no idea on the one I posted. I dont think he had much done to the motor.

**Planeboy18** · 09-09-2009

My GTI is a 12 valve VR6 and it's running about 230 hp and 235 lbft tq as of right now, but since it's only a 2900 pound car it's pretty quick, but in a straight line I get killed by most cars, but it destroys on the track. My philosophy with it was to work on handling first then work on power, becuase any car can go fast in a straight line, making fast turns is an art. But that's just my $.02.

**Planeboy18** · 09-09-2009

That's a really sweet JTI though (GTI with a Jetta front end for those who didn't know). Want to detail mine sometime?

**a98gtp4u** · 09-17-2009

Lovely gti's. I had a 98 gti vr6 that i now really miss, but the gtp makes up 4 it.

**ZR1Vette09** · 09-18-2009

no hatin here. I like those GTI's. Would rather have the GP though

**Planeboy18** · 09-18-2009

GTI's a great if you don't have friends, especially tall ones, and if you don't have a lot of stuff to haul. Other than that, I have no complaints... yet. I really wanted a GTP but all the nice ones I found were way out of my price range, bummer.

**FRESCOLIO** · 09-18-2009

Nice to meet ya. If you get some time, id enjoy
a pick of the trunk. I might put one in the GP.

**Planeboy18** · 09-18-2009

It's not done yet, I'm still working on the sub woofer grill which will be a VW logo and the cut out will be more of a perfect circle, but it works for now. It has a false floor which I made out of home insulation (the pink stuff) and they have cut outs in them for the tools and jack, so no wasted space. If it would interest anyone I could do a write up on how I did this. I have a quite a few pics from the build.