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By pure chance while perusing the VWVortex.com MkV Parts Classified forum, I came across something difficult to pass up: A brand new OEM Votex lower front valence for a pretty ridiculous price. Votex ground effects parts give these cars a slightly more aggressive appearance due to their design and dimension. These pieces sit a tad [...]

During the first year of the GLI model production (2006) the trim around the windows was made of plasticized stainless steel. Arguably, this detail was supposed to give the GLI a more Audi-like, upscale look. However, it did not really contribute to the sporty-ness that the GLI (like the GTI) are supposed to portray. While [...]

Shortly after I bought this car I’ve wanted to add a trunk lid spoiler that met some simple requirements: It had to be subtle (as I detest large wings on European sedans), and it had to be OEM or have OEM-like quality. The more common factory wing on MkV Jettas and GLIs is subtle enough. [...]

The idea of a smoked set of taillights for the GLI was one long in the making. Ever since I bought the original set of LED European taillights, I always thought the red in them clashed too much with my black car. While the brilliant red of the taillight housing goes very well with other colored cars (particularly light ones), something about the contrast between black and red somewhat diminished the appeal they had, at least in my eyes. Hence the idea to make them dark one way or another [...]

So things have been a little slow in the past few months on this end. Enjoying the car much, for sure. Just not much in terms of changes to it, until today. Back in October of 2005 I ordered the euro-spec under seat drawer as I wrote about on this entry. After realizing that this [...]