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Jesse
(RiGoR)
Huntington Beach, CA USA
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Jesse's Personal Statement:
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Well, my first encounter with a B5 was on a VW lot nonetheless.
I had bought a Chevy S10 X-Cab pickup in late '97. After having it for
about 2 yrs, I was growing tired of it, and wanted something new. I had been
thinking of getting a car (only had trucks in the past) because my fiancée
had a small car, and if her, myself, and our son wanted to go
somewhere together, we were cramped in either my truck or her car. So, it was the idea
of getting a car we could all fit in nicely that started everything.
Started looking around on the roads, and noticed that I liked the sportiness
and size of the Jetta. When I get to my local dealership, I hop in the back
seat and just knew it was not going to suffice. I then turn around looking
at other cars, and there it is... bigger, sleeker, luxurious, beautiful. I
look at the trunk and see Passat. I immediately start looking in the
windows, going around the car, etc. I think I fell in love with it right
there.
So after about 2 months of heavy internet
research, and debating if I really wanted to ditch my truck (I loved it too!), I took the plunge.
Drove off on Valentine's Day evening in a brand new '00 Satin Silver GLS 1.8T (honey,
Happy V-Day... I bought myself a new car! Hehe).
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Due to all the mods I had seen done by
people online, it wasnt long before I started doing some of the more minor things in my long
list of what I had planned. First off, clear corners. Kamei Grill was next. Alien Remote window controller was put in. I then was being
tempted about chipping the car. I finally decided to get in on a group buy
for the APR chip, which saved me a $100! After the chip install, it was a
whole different car, and the suspension became more evident that it needed
to be tweaked. So I couldn't decide between Eibach's and H&R's. I happened
to find an awesome local deal on the Eibach's, installed and aligned, so I
went that route. Now I had the car pretty much tuned the way I wanted.
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I then got the itch to put some different wheels on, as I knew that would
dramatically change the looks of the whole car. It took me a while to settle
on the TSW Revo's, as I wanted something simple and plain, but different
from stock. Got scared off from going with an 18" rim, so 17" silver finish
TSW Revo's with 225/45/17 Pirelli P7000 Super Sport tires was put on. Nice,
but it wasn't long until I started thinking that I shoulda got 18". Oh well,
still looks great, and most people almost always think there are 18" when
they see them. Shortly before DriversFest, I had all the rest of the
exterior mods I had been wanting taken care of, including painting the brake calipers black,
color matching the lower black valences and getting the Projectzwo front
spoiler on there (BIG thanks Eric!). Then an HKS intake system went in to
replace the stock system. This was mainly done because I could not get past
not hearing the blow off valve sound after hearing it in person on another
B5. Shortly after, I wanted my car to sit just a little bit lower, so I switched to the H&R
springs which provided another 1/2" in drop. I
then got Astra H7 (lowbeam) ultrawhite bulbs, and had
my taillights darkened via a paint process (thanks to
Wet Works Garage). Just recently, I replaced the white
OEM side markers with a set of the brand new
'01crystal clear OEM side markers, which I have also
installed an ultrawhite bulb in. I also have installed
a set of Mintex Red Box brake pads, which keep my
wheels squeaky clean.
-Jesse (RiGoR)
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