March 23rd, 2008460 views(4)

Photography by Daniel Irawan
Editorial by Ryan Jones

While growing up around cars most of my life you always hear about rivals for example in muscle cars it was always Chevrolet vs. Ford vs. Chrysler, then as the import scene began to grow it became Domestic vs. Import, however one of the largest growing rivalries in the entire scene is becoming European vs. JDM with the two largest contributors being Honda and Volkswagen. This week we’re still in California where we came across a V-Dub that was ready to party. Carlos started his Jetta project much like any JDM enthusiast; he wanted it simple, function and fully keeping to the car’s origins, hence EDM. To the untrained eye; the exterior of this Jetta may look fairly stock but you really need to have a good knowledge or these cars or a good attention to detail. Most of the exterior of this Volkswagen has been shaved including the antenna, emblems and windshield washers.

The European flavor continues to flow on the exterior of the vehicle as Euro Spec. bumpers and lights replace the North American counterparts. The interior of Carlos’ Jetta is much like a lounge at a high end club. It’s full of lots of custom suede and stitching along with some European lighting from the imported gauge cluster and cabrio switches. Just when you thought Carlos was done his Jetta pulls you back in for a tour under the hood where we find a mild shaved engine bay, lots of custom chromed and polished parts. To help keep this car on the road; Carlos used some of the best parts from Neuspeed, Eibach & Weitec topped off with Kerscher RX Wheels. Congratulations Carlos on a nice build and for keeping the EDM Ying to our JDM Yang.

Make: Volkswagen
Model: Jetta
Edition: GLX
Year: 1995

-EXTERIOR
Shaved door handle pockets
Shaved emblem on deck lid
Shaved hood nozzles
Smoothed rocker panels
Shaved roof antenna
Polo handles
Euro plate tub
Euro spec golf front bumpers and rear Vento bumper
Euro spec vr6 lip spoiler
Euro spec smoked headlights
Smoked Votex fog lights and turn signals
Early Vento grill

-INTERIOR
1997 Red DE seats
Suede door inserts with red stitching
Suede headliner with red stitching
Black sunvisors from a 98 Cabrio
Black sunroof switch from a 93 Corrado
Chrome door handles
Rieger knob and boot with red stitching
Audi TT pedals
All interior switches from a 02 Cabrio(lights up red)
Blue lit cluster from a euro spec Cabrio
Euro center and rear console
All interior trim painted black

-ENGINE
“Cleaned up” engine bay
Ported upper and lower intake manifolds
Ported Throttle body
Powder coated and polished upper and lower manifolds
Red spark plug wires
Aluminum maf housing
Short intake
Red Samco hose kit
Neuspeed strut caps
Polished and painted ac lines
Misc chrome and polished engine parts

-HANDLING
Kerscher RX Rears17×9.5 with Fronts 17×8.5
Falken 452 REAR 215/40/17 FRONT 205/40/17
Weitec TX fully adjustable coilovers
Neuspeed front and rear sway bars
Eibach front strut bar
Eurosport rear strut bar