VDUBDRIVEN FEATURE: MK4 OF THE MONTH
+ flygli’s Reflex Silver Jetta

“This months featured MK4 is Flygli’s Reflex Silver Jetta featuring a memorizing front end, legit wheels and the fact that it’s laying on its frame. Let’s see what he had to say!”

Interview

[VDD] Thanks for taking this opportunity to tell us a little more about  yourself and your car! Let’s start with the basics, what’s your name, location, club/affiliation and car’s nickname – if it has one?

[Clinton] Name : Clinton Franklin. Location : Cameron Park, California. Affiliation : the shop. Car’s name : Scarlett.

[VDD] What got you into VWs, i.e did someone you know also work on them?

[Clinton] My sister’s husband at the time was a VW nut and I guess I started looking more and more into VWs and just kinda fell into a MK4.

[VDD] How long have you been modifying VWs? Any cool current/previous projects?

[Clinton] I’ve been modding my car for the last 5 years. My 2 projects before it were a 65 Mustang and a bagged 96 Silverado. The next/current project is building a rock crawler out of my 86 Toyota truck.

[VDD] Now let’s move on to your GLI. Anything unique about it’s history?

[Clinton] Not really, I bought it bone stock and intended on keeping it that way……

[VDD] We love the style you’ve implemented for your car, from its memorizing front end, legit wheels and the fact that it’s laying on its frame. How did you come up with all of the different bits which have come together to produce what your car is today?

[Clinton] Its kinda been a trial and error deal with my car. Its gone through quite a few stages, some good and some not so good. The biggest thing is just trying to get everything to tie in together. I absolutely hated the stock grey interior, so that had to go and was replaced with a full interior swap from a 05 GLI. After 6 sets of wheels I finally broke down and had DPE build me my current wheels. Bags have always been on my mind for the car and after 4 1/2 years of coilovers I pulled the trigger.

[VDD] Do you have any work done to your engine? Any shots/dynos or exhaust clips?

[Clinton] To start with its a 24v VR6, Stage 2 VF-Engineering supercharger, 8.25LBS lightened flywheel, a stage 2 clutch, and a Peloquin LSD for performance mods. I have an exhaust clip before the supercharger if you look up flygli03 on the site.

[VDD] What’s next for your car? Any plans?

[Clinton] I have plans for more body work and a full respray eventually. And I would like to rewrap the seats at some point. Don’t want to give away all my secrets just yet…..

[VDD] Who helped build your car? Any shoutouts?

[Clinton] I’ve had a few friends help me through the years including Alex, Landon, Ricky, and Heath.

[VDD] Describe a perfect Saturday/Sunday with you and your car:

[Clinton] The perfect Saturday would be hanging out at “the shop” with the guys listed above working on the cars and shooting the breeze, the maybe a wash, followed by a drive and photoshoot.

[VDD] Thanks for taking the time to fill us in about yourself and your car! We can’t wait to see what’s next for your GLI and other projects!

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