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Find of the Day: The Golden Son

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It’s not often that we feature a car here that could use not just an appraiser, but a jeweler, too. But here we are. That’s because this week’s find of the day comes with lots and lots of gold plating and, according to the seller, it’s all real.

The car is a Mk4 Golf with 162,000 miles on it, though this build apparently only has about 10,000 miles. And that does, in fact, matter because just about everything that could be replaced has been replaced.

Under all that white powder coat and gold plating is an inline four engine stroked to 2.1-liters, thanks to an Integrated Engineering kit. The block is mated to an AEB head with a mild port that feeds out to a CTS top mount T3 exhaust manifold. I could go on, but it would take a while, so check out the bottom of this post (or the classified) for more. The result is a claimed 430 bhp, which is great, but also kind of beside the point.

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The interior meanwhile has been done with a little more restraint, but no less attention. The seats are factory GTI, but they’ve been reupholstered in gray tweed—why this wasn’t available from the factory I’ll never know because it looks great. The steering wheel has been replaced by a Nardi Classic and there’s a Kenwood DVD head unit with a 4-channel amp, an Alpine Mono sub amp, and, again, more additions than a stick could reasonably be shaken at.

The result is a car that has won numerous awards, including Top Dawg at H2Oi, a SoWo top 50, and was featured in Performance VW. Naturally, then, the seller isn’t exactly giving it away, but $15,000 will take this beauty home. Being sold in Tacoma, Washington, check out the ad for more, including a link to the build thread.

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Parts list assembled by seller:

-PVW feature 5/15
-SoWo top 50 two years in a row
-Top Dawg h2oi in 10/15
-Many, many awards won with this car.

-2.1L Integrated Engineering stroker kit
-JE 9.5/1 Pistons
-Integrated Engineering Tuscan rods
-ARP head studs
-AEB head with mild port/polish
-Stock sized supertech valves
-Integrated Engineering Street/Strip cams
-Integrated Engineering intake manifold
-Integrated Engineering fuel rail
-Fuel lab mini adjustable fuel pressure regulator
-Forge “monster” diverter valve (24K plated)
-CTS top mount T3 exhaust manifold
-Precision 5858 .63 A/R Journal Bearing
-Tial 38mm open dump
-Custom 304 3″ stainless exhaust fully tig welded and back purged. All v-band connections. Vibrant resonator, vibrant muffler, turndown tip.
-6an fuel lines from the tank to the rail
-Bosch 044 fuel pump
-Trick Flow inline fuel filter
-Siemens 870cc (80lb) injectors
-United Motorsport custom tune (car was dyno tuned by Jeff Atwood himself)
-4″ Pro-MAF
-VF engineering engine/trans/dogbone mounts
-Swoops brake reservoir
-Swoops billet coolant flange/overflow
-Full wire tuck wrapped in tech flex
-Shaved inner fenders
-All hardware converted to 12pt ARP then 24K plated
-Custom boost piping
-Eurojet Race FMIC
-All the white is powdercoat
-All the gold is real, 24K plating
-A/C, Power Steering and heater core delete
-Mishimoto Radiator
-Dual Derale fans
-Mechman 240 amp alternator
-430whp/365 on 26lbs and after 20 pulls.. She was hot. I would put money on it over 500whp and 400wtq at 30lbs

Trans:
-DieselGeek short shifter
-42 draft designs shifter cable bushings
-Clutchmasters FX400
-Fully rebuilt transmission with cryo treated gears (less than 1000 miles on new trans)
-Quaife LSD
-TDI 5th gear
-Raxle “extreme” axles
-Every bolt is 24K plated

Chassis

Litterally every bushing was replaced when I did the build. Subframe bushings, new tie rods, new ball joints, etc..

-TarOx 6 piston front brakes
-Eurospec upgraded rear brakes
-Airlift Performance Series front struts
-Airlift rear sleeve bags
-B&G rear shocks
-Accuair E-level touchpad management
-Custom “Hardlines by swoops” dual tank air setup
-IDF tubular front lower control arms
-IDF rear drop plates
-CCW D15 18×9.5/10
-Yokohama S-Drive tires

Body

-Shaved hatch
-OEM rear Euro bumper
-Shaved fender markers
-Shaved bumper markers
-Shaved license plate holes
-OEM TDI rear valance
-Shaved bumper notch
-Shaved hood notch
-Rolled front fenders
-Slightly pulled rear fenders
-bonrath 2 bar badgeless grille
-OEM 20th AE GTI grille badge
-Full respray in OEM LA7W (Silverstone)
-Matte black vinyl wrapped roof
-Custom clear bra wrapped front bumper/hood
-OEM HID’s with the lexan covers
-Car will come with new never ran 20th front valance (needs paint) and a mint 25th anniversary TDI rear valance (painted to match car)

Interior

-Factory GTI high bolster seats wrapped in grey tweed with black stitching
-Door card inserts wrapped in tweed with black stitching
-Rear parcel shelf wrapped in tweed with black stitching
-Center console lid wrapped in grey tweed
-Headliner and A/B/C pillars wrapped in grey suede
-OMP steering wheel hub
-Nardi Classic 340mm black suede/black center with 24K plated hardware
-OEM 20th brushed door pulls
-OEM W8 overhead console
-New south performance dual guage column pod
-Innovative Motorsports Wideband
-New south performance 30psi boost gauge
-GTI monster mats
-Kenwood Double din DVD headunit
-Kenwood components
-JL 10w3v3 10″ sub
-Kenwood 4 channel amp
-Alpine Mono sub amp
-Optima Yellowtop battery in spare tire well

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