VDUBDRIVEN FEATURE: MK5 OF THE MONTH
+ ENRGZR’s Reflex Silver Rabbit

This month's featured MK5 is ENRGZR's Rabbit

“This months featured MK5 is ENRGZR’s Reflex Silver Rabbit that pulls off the Silver and Black look quite nicely – clean textured parts all around, black ASA AR1s, etc. Oh by the way, it’s turbo’d. 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?

[Patrick] Patrick Starkey, Anchorage Alaska. AKEURO, Dub Korps, vwvortex, golfmkv, vwroc, jetta junkie. The ENRGZR Bunny.

ENRGZR's Rabbit

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

[Patrick] I was into lifted trucks at first. Had about $10,000 into my Dakota and then I helped a buddy put coils on his Jetta. Then my wife wanted hers done. Soon after that, we got wheels, new lights, etc… Then I parked the truck and bought the Rabbit.

[VDD] How long have you been modifying VWs? Any cool current/previous projects? Out of your 3 VWs (MK4/MK5 Jetta / MK5 Rabbit), which one is your favorite?

[Patrick] June of 2007-Coils and wheels on the MK4 Jetta. August 2007-bought Rabbit(been modding both since) My favorite is the Rabbit, but my wife loves the MK4. As of today, she is now rolling on bags.

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

[Patrick] I bought it telling my wife that it was perfect the way it was and needed no modding… LOL

[VDD] We love your Silver + Black theme, what were your influences?

ENRGZR's Silver + Black theme

[Patrick] I am a big fan of contrast, and the European Golf V’s have the texture.

[VDD] Your profile states that your Rabbit was upgraded with a C2 turbo kit and all the goodies that go with it – do you have any dynos or under hood shots?

[Patrick] I haven’t been able to dyno yet. I am in Korea for the summer. I do have a shot under the hood, but it is filthy.

Having fun with the 2.5T

Check out Patrick’s Rabbit in action – Video

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

[Patrick] Dyno, rolling fenders, bags???

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

[Patrick] All my buddies at AKEURO- Especially Blacknight, and Chris from CCA. Oh, and my wife…

Beautiful shot in Alaska

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

[Patrick] Wake up early, wash/wax, then drive out to the drag strip hitting the twisties on the way out there, some auto-x followed by a trip down the strip… And to end it hanging out with my buddies from AKEURO at a local eatery with all of our cars lined up outside…

[VDD] What’s it going to take to get a ride in that “turbocharged 2.5 liter machine of madness.” (just kidding!)

[Patrick] Fly up to Alaska. I’ll pick you up in it.

Sounds enticing

[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 Rabbit and other projects!

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VDUBDRIVEN FEATURE: MK4 OF THE MONTH
+ Silver Snail’s Reflex Silver GTI

This month's featured MK4 is Silver Snail's GTI

“This months featured MK4 is Silver Snail’s Reflex Silver GTI with pretty pink BBS RS 17 in. wheels, Euro bumpers and quite a stance. Many have said that she is almost as hot as her car, we would probably need some pics to determine the validity though. Let’s see what she 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?

[Susannah] Susannah Kirstine, Toronto. Clubs: Kool Haus, Low.Life.Society, TMTuned. My cars name is Frankford. J

Silver Snail's GTI

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

[Susannah] My dad used to race Trans Ams competitively but I bought the GTI because for the price it was the easiest car to tune (learning from dad) and my boyfriend at the time had a Civic SiR and it was faster than it. :p

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

[Susannah] I bought the GTI at 17 it was my first car. I recently got a 2001 Honda CRV as my beater. I also owned a 87 Rabbit Black Tie Edition that lasted all of three months in my parents drive way. Sold it when I realized how bad the a-pillars where, it was to big of a bite for me to chew.

[VDD] Now let’s move on to your GTI. Anything unique about your GTI? (besides the wheels, we’ll get to that below)

[Susannah] Nothing really, it’s just clean I guess? OEM euro bits, and the stance I suppose set it off.

[VDD] We love your Pink BBS RS wheels, did you consider any other wheels in this color?

Susannah's pink BBS RS setup

[Susannah] Yes, I want to buy my friends 18” monoblocks and paint the inserts pink, since pink has kind of become my signature. I was also thinking about getting 18″ Image IFX wheels…

[VDD] Your profile states that your GTI has a Big Turbo upgrade and all the goodies that go with it – Any dynos or movie clips?

[Susannah] I went to the dyno and I have a sheet, nothing too impressive considering I have stock internals and a stock 02M clutch. After my friend MINT GTI (Milos) did the swap for me I realized how pricey a clutch kit is for that transmission and just haven’t had the money for it. At 14 PSI I did 265 WHP and 230 WTQ, the mechanical dump has since been connected so it’s a 3” off the turbo whenever it spools to 10 PSI so it should free up a little more HP and TQ, I can also bump the PSI up to about 17 or 18 safely new dyno sheet soon I hope. It’s a GT3071R with custom AWP 630cc tuning on an AWW motor.

Engine shot (of course there's some pink in there!)

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

[Susannah] More HP and interior coming soon.

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

[Susannah] Lots of people. MINT GTI (Milos), my friend German, Manolo,  Tom and Marco at SEM Motorsports, my sponsors Unitronic, Katja at TMTuning and Kevin at Altered Altitude Customs.

Yum

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

[Susannah] Probably cleaning it, or having a party at my mom’s listening to music.

[VDD] Leaving the most important question for last: Who’s hotter, you or your car? Maybe a pic of you two sitting side by side could help!

[Susannah] Hahahaha, I like to think my car…

[VDD] We’ll let you decide haha:

Susannah and her car

[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 GTI!

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VDUBDRIVEN FEATURE: MK3 OF THE MONTH
+ Beacom’s Sequoia Green GTI

This month's featured MK3 is Beacom's GTI

“This months featured MK3 is Beacom’s Sequoia Green GTI with a Jetta front end, clean Euro accents and a set of Gold BBS RS wheels. Dope. 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?

[Cory]

Name: Cory Beacom
Location: Oakville, Ont. Canada
Club: Bankrupt
Cars Nickname: Baxr (just because it’s the first 4 letter of my license plate)

Beacom's GTI

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

[Cory] Every since I was around 15 or 16 I started saving for my first car. Honestly at first I didn’t really look into VW’s but after a while I started to get into them with one of my close friends getting one to work on as well. This car is my first VW and I’m sure it won’t be my last.

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

[Cory] Since I’ve had my car – so around 2 and a bit years I guess. At first things did not go in the right direction, but soon turned around, aha. Was helping a friend with a mk1 jetta he had like shaving the bay and other stuff, but we lost interest and he needed garage space back.

[VDD] Now let’s move on to your GTI. Anything unique about your GTI? (besides the wheels, we’ll get to that below)

[Cory] Well my car was found by my parents actually while driving out to a relatives they saw it sitting on a farm with the for sale sign in it. It was also an American car, which I found out later was “illegally” imported when a detective showed up one day to ask me a bunch of questions about who I bought it from aha.

[VDD] We love your Gold/Silver BBS RS wheels, did you consider any other wheels with this scheme?

Cory's current wheel setup

[Cory] I used to have mk4 Wolfsburg wheels with the same scheme (gold centers, polished lips) but felt it was time for some wider wheels with some dish. I also got new flat caps for them with retro BBS logos, which aren’t completely done yet. Was thinking about colour matching the centers over the winters as well but don’t think that is going to happen.

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

[Cory] I haven’t done much to the motor yet, lots of maintenance like crack pipe, mounts chains, etc. It does have a gutted manifold, intake and unitronic chip though. I do have an exhaust clip but the quality is bad so I’m gunna have to take a new one.

Cory's engine bay

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

[Cory] I have tons on the to do list right now, I’m pretty sure instead of the list getting shorter it just keeps getting longer. I’m in the process of finishing all the pillars and headliner in a black suede. After that I have to get my euro bumpers and new hatch painted. Then airbags. Then turbo? I hope aha but I think I could go on forever.

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

[Cory] Lots of my friends have helped me out a lot putting stuff on and together. Thanks to Alex (mk2fu) for letting us all use his garage installing coils and all the other crap we have done in there.

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

[Cory] Waking up and cleaning my car and then going on a nice cruise in the country where I don’t have to be worried about cops as much.

Roller

[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 GTI and other projects!

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