Well, after having a WK1 for 6 months last year I decided to sell and buy a TL. I am not a huge go fast guy, but having two little kids the SRT checks a lot of boxes. So, after a year of my wife telling me that the TL was too low I decided to trade a friend for his WK1.
Here is a pic of my WK1 and TL that I traded off.
I have started with some general maintenance, like putting the correct O2 sensors (SMH), fluids, and a tune from Johan. This 06 I got with 64k and it has some nice extras: Kooks longtubes (w/cat delete), Corsa exhaust, Arrington intake, Eibachs, HID headlights, LED switchbacks, LED fogs, LED tails, painted trim, Pioneer deck with NAV, Lloyds mats, catch can, lime green brakes, etc.
The first cosmetic mod I did was buy some new headlights, crack them open and paint the housings. It always makes a big difference IMO.
I yanked the Mopar wind deflector off and I am having the holes welded up as well as the rear wiper shaved next week.
Also, like many other WK1s the front mounting lip was broken and someone got the bright idea of cutting it off completely. So, I sourced another WK1 bumper and it will be painted with the hatch.
The paint was in pretty rough shape, but I do enjoy detailing. I performed a 2/3 step paint correction with Meguiars M101, M205 on a cutting pad, and HD Speed to finish. I will probably stick with this through winter.
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50/50 of the cut:
A couple after I was finished:
Here is a pic of my WK1 and TL that I traded off.
I have started with some general maintenance, like putting the correct O2 sensors (SMH), fluids, and a tune from Johan. This 06 I got with 64k and it has some nice extras: Kooks longtubes (w/cat delete), Corsa exhaust, Arrington intake, Eibachs, HID headlights, LED switchbacks, LED fogs, LED tails, painted trim, Pioneer deck with NAV, Lloyds mats, catch can, lime green brakes, etc.
The first cosmetic mod I did was buy some new headlights, crack them open and paint the housings. It always makes a big difference IMO.
I yanked the Mopar wind deflector off and I am having the holes welded up as well as the rear wiper shaved next week.
Also, like many other WK1s the front mounting lip was broken and someone got the bright idea of cutting it off completely. So, I sourced another WK1 bumper and it will be painted with the hatch.
The paint was in pretty rough shape, but I do enjoy detailing. I performed a 2/3 step paint correction with Meguiars M101, M205 on a cutting pad, and HD Speed to finish. I will probably stick with this through winter.
Before:
After:
Before:
After:
50/50 of the cut:
A couple after I was finished: