so, there's been some internal changes, nothing really external at all. i'm pretty set with the exterior i think (for now), but the interior is still in progress.
i picked up some interlagos-style plaid online, i'll be covering the headliner and pillars with it eventually.
i ended up destroying a transmission a few months back, so this time i decided that i was just going to go with a better, stronger unit that would make me pull harder and faster. enter a 20th anniversary 02m unit, freshly peloquin'ed and re-synchro'ed. stole it for $1000, sourced the axles and starter from a pick/pull, and bought an ecs clutch/flywheel kit (ecs gets LOTS of my money, give them yours too!
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total install was 5.5 hours with a buddy, and that included us pressure washing the underside to get all the gear lube off the frame (man, that stuff was NASTY!). we also installed some new brakes up front too, nothing too fancy, some blauparts oe replacements, but man do they stop. definitely reccommended.
in the 8 months and 5 days since she went on the road, i have amassed 32,316 miles, visited 10 states, had 2 breakdowns (clutch, then trans), and averaged over 31mpg in mixed driving.
i'm on pace to amass 48,000 miles by july 24, i'm shooting for 50,000 though, would be nice to do that again.
i'm sure you've all seen a dirty white mk4 jetta missing its center caps, so yeah, that's what janie looks like right now.