Whatever happened to 1552 Design's Mk4 Jetta Coupe??

[dubinsincuwereindiapers]

Does anybody remember 1552 Design's Mk4 Jetta coupe?? what happened to it??

[rpmk4]

i believe they sold it for a decent chunk of change, the mmmkay 4 forum would probably know exactly with a link i'm sure.

[konigwheels]

Whoever owns it now still shows it.... its in this newer video

http://videos.**********.net/v...5.htm

You know what to do... it's at 5:57


Modified by konigwheels at 5:52 PM 4-16-2009

[dubinsincuwereindiapers]

The links broken dude

[nickthaskater]

Quote, originally posted by dubinsincuwereindiapers »

The links broken dude

street fire instead of asterisks.

[13thStreetGTI]

I think its kicking around in Cincinnati, Ohio.

[Tucci]

I saw it at H20, it was beat up on the drivers side.

[dubinsincuwereindiapers]

Damn.... Thats what i was afraid of. Some moron buying it and totally trashing it At least he didnt install lambo doors and a fart can

[vortexhatesme]

Quote, originally posted by dubinsincuwereindiapers »

Damn.... Thats what i was afraid of. Some moron buying it and totally trashing it At least he didnt install lambo doors and a fart can

IIRC it's had several owners since 1552. Every time I've seen it since it's been in pretty decent condition. I wouldn't call someone a moron based off a little damage. Accidents happen.

[callmemaurice]

It does live in Ohio.
Saw Project X at Grossman Tuning at their BBQ a month or so ago...didn't look bad except for a couple of the welds not looking too hot.

[brad@fifteen52]

Quote, originally posted by callmemaurice »

a couple of the welds not looking too hot.

Really? Which ones? Shouldn't be anything visible, even after all these years.

BTW, the new owner loves the car and is slowly getting it to a point that even we didn't have time to take it to. Hell, it's got real LMs on it

[SAPJetta]

I liked the OZs personally.....

[Jetty!]

What model year MkIV was it based off of? What engine did it have? Any more details on it?

[Sump]

[SAPJetta]

[dave02905]

Quote, originally posted by Jetty! »

What model year MkIV was it based off of? What engine did it have? Any more details on it?

Pretty sure it was an 03 1.8T... Not 100% though

[Zba]

I remember liking that car alot when it first surfaced. But that photo makes it look ug-lee

[Jetty!]

Quote, originally posted by Zba »

I remember liking that car alot when it first surfaced. But that photo makes it look ug-lee

VW made a concept, maybe that's what you're thinking of. I wonder if they crushed it.

[Jetty!]

Found this picture:

[Jman5000]

I saw it 2 Mototstadts (show in MI) ago and it was in a very improved state.

I took a picture and sent it to you Brad, but I think you were busy painting my car.

[brad@fifteen52]

Quote, originally posted by Jetty! »

What model year MkIV was it based off of? What engine did it have? Any more details on it?

It was a '99 GLS VR6 with 105k on the odo.

GTI parts car was a Mojave Beige 1.8T smacked hard in the front.

More info:

- No, this project did not bankrupt us
- After the sale of the project and left over parts we cleared a couple grand
- The custom rear windows did not cost $15k
- The custom rear windows did cost us $7k
- We've sold 3 sets of the same windows since (not for $7k)
- Car still has ill-fitting prototype windows installed and owner has the production version in a wooden crate
- We closed shop before we could get to Stage 2
- Stage 2 was full R32 swap incl. driveline, interior and body work (we had all the parts)
- It looked like a Toyota Tercel
- It looked like a Honda Civic
- It should have looked like a New Corrado (whatever the f@ck that means)
- Too many people took this project way too seriously

[Oliver@triplezoom]

Quote, originally posted by brad@fifteen52 »

- It looked like a Toyota Tercel - It looked like a Honda Civic - It should have looked like a New Corrado (whatever the f@ck that means)

[MagicBus]

Quote, originally posted by brad@fifteen52 »

It was a '99 GLS VR6 with 105k on the odo. GTI parts car was a Mojave Beige 1.8T smacked hard in the front. More info: - No, this project did not bankrupt us - After the sale of the project and left over parts we cleared a couple grand - The custom rear windows did not cost $15k - The custom rear windows did cost us $7k - We've sold 3 sets of the same windows since (not for $7k) - Car still has ill-fitting prototype windows installed and owner has the production version in a wooden crate - We closed shop before we could get to Stage 2 - Stage 2 was full R32 swap incl. driveline, interior and body work (we had all the parts) - It looked like a Toyota Tercel - It looked like a Honda Civic - It should have looked like a New Corrado (whatever the f@ck that means) - Too many people took this project way too seriously

In before the "that's not a coupe - that's a 2-door sedan"

Seriously, though - this has been my absolute favorite custom MKIV since I first saw it. I think you guys did an amazing job with that car.

[Sledge]

Quote, originally posted by brad@fifteen52 »

- The custom rear windows did cost us $7k

At that point, I would've called it a day

$7000 (note that I did not say seven stacks ) for a pair of windows. Yikes.

[NoDubJustYet]

Quote, originally posted by Jetty! »

What model year MkIV was it based off of? What engine did it have? Any more details on it?

You mean you missed the eighteen part project from seven years ago?

http://www.vwvortex.com/resour....html

[SSLByron]

A very cool project. I'm not a fan of the color, but that's neither here nor there.

[brad@fifteen52]

Quote, originally posted by Sledge »

At that point, I would've called it a day $7000 (note that I did not say seven stacks ) for a pair of windows. Yikes.

We were originally quoted $2k from one company and budgeted around that. When it came time to make the glass, that company bailed on us. Too far along to turn back, I found a Tier 1 contractor for VW do Brasil to make the glass for us.

Simply put, custom DOT-approved OE-spec windows do not come cheaply. But like I posted above, we've sold a few sets subsequent to the project, so a decent amount of that $7k has been recouped.

[Jetty!]

If you sold other sets of the windows, who did they go to? Other Jetta Coupe projects?

I hope that guy has comprehensive glass insurance! His insurance company would hate him if that glass ever broke!

[brad@fifteen52]

Quote, originally posted by Jetty! »

If you sold other sets of the windows, who did they go to? Other Jetta Coupe projects? I hope that guy has comprehensive glass insurance! His insurance company would hate him if that glass ever broke!

Yeah, but I've yet to see any of those projects completed.

I still have a set left (min order of 5), and I can always have more made

[00GTInOOb]

Wasn't there a girl that was trying to do this to her Jetta a while back as well? I remember seeing another Jetta coupe project but don't remember the specifics at all

[classicjetta]

Wow dem's some fancy windows ya got dere

[.yuk.]

A guy local to me was turning his GLI into a mkIV jetta coupr R32. Last time I saw it, the motor was in and running and the sides were kinda on. Well one side was I think.

[Paul@VWvortex]

Didn't that car have a super-cool transmission or something?

[vr6Cop]

Quote, originally posted by Jetty! »

What model year MkIV was it based off of? What engine did it have? Any more details on it?

n00b.

Other than the 1552 Mk3.5 blue GTI, Project X is still one of my favorite VW's.

[VadGTI]

Quote, originally posted by vr6Cop »

n00b. Other than the 1552 Mk3.5 blue GTI, Project X is still one of my favorite VW's.

Wow, totally forgot about that one... I think that was during my Mk3 days and made me dream of my car's potential. Jazz blue with some porsche wheels and an Mk4 front end?