RE: Front mods

[Anthony Noel <Anoel@holyredeemer.com>]

I have the Golf hood, GTI headlights and GTI grill on my car now. I think
the hood ran in the range of 120-130 from the dealer. I got the GTI lights
and harnesses from Potter for about 200, and bought the grill used from
someone for 50 bucks. I think the total paint job came to about 150-200, I
can't really remember of hand. 

As for the dual rounds, and my opinion, stay away from the ABT's. I had them
on the car for about 3 months and hated them. For one thing, I had to hack
away at my light harnesses, and solder the wires. Although I think they look
the best, they did not fit right, nor did the lighting do anything. I
seriously think the foglights were brighter than the Abt lights. If I were
you, considering the dual rounds, I'd go with the Hella's from Potter, they
are a plug and play for starters, and the lighting is superior. 

As for the Golf 4 lights, they do look sweet with the Kamei grill, but like
the dual rounds when they came around, everyone is getting this set up. The
choice is yours, but I still think it's a good set up though :)

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	John A. Kilpatrick [SMTP:john@hypergeek.net]
> Sent:	Monday, May 01, 2000 12:33 AM
> To:	Jetta GLX Mailing List
> Subject:	Front mods
> 
> 
> I am looking at doing basically a dual round conversion (which I
> understand means going to the Golf hood, which I like) + a Kamei sport
> grille.  Has anyone done this recently, and can you give me a ballpark
> estimate on what it would cost for parts?  The only numbers I have roughly
> are about $280 for the grille, and I heard a hood from the dealer is about
> $120.  (Hell, I should throw lifts on there, shouldn't I? :-)  
> 
> Also, anyone have recommendations on dual-round kits?  I also might
> conisder the A4-look lights, if anyone has recommendations there.
> 
> Thanks,
> John
> 
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