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Grille Kit
Grillcraft’s four-piece grille kit is affordable, even with its CNC manufacturing, powdercoated steel construction, and ease of installment.
A total of nine screws hold all the grilles in place. Installation requires a set of Torx drivers, a drill and bits, and a screwdriver.
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Paint
Obviously, the body kit had to be painted. We sought out the services of a body shop renowned throughout the show scene for its awesome custom bodywork—P.J. Bonifacio in the City of Industry, California. Funny thing, though—the shop’s owner shares the same name as the shop, and P.J. was more than happy to help us with our project even though it wasn’t nearly as exciting as his usual task of totally reshaping and repainting the entire vehicle. Along with the body kit, P.J. also painted the front bumper’s amber lenses to match the body color.
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Roof-Mounted Antenna
The last piece we modified for this installment was the roof-mounted antenna. Stan Chen from DTM Autohaus (yes, the same guy who built this month’s cover car) helped us get our hands on the MHW stubby antenna that Budget Bora now sports. Just unscrew the OE piece and screw the MHW unit in place.
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Special Badges
Landspeed USA also provided us with the “BORA” decklid badge. It’s “Budget Bora Buildup,” isn’t it? The Bora is the European version of the Jetta, which has both a higher horsepower VR6 and all-wheel drive. Well, at least we have the badge. To install, we first put tape on the top, bottom, and left edges to mark where our badge would go. The Jetta badge was then removed using dental floss and then new badge is put in place of the old one.
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Part II Products
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Landspeed USA Euro 2000 Jetta IV body kit,
$610; BORA badge from Landspeed USA, $17;
Grillcraft upper and lower grilles, $350; MHW
stubby antenna from DTM
Autohaus, $40
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Beginning Budget: $6,871.10
Cost for Part II: $1,092
Total Cost: $1,720.90
Remaining Budget: $5,779.10
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