I wanted to stick to white so the paint shop guys at Code6 put together a wonderful shade of pearl white mixed with gold and blue.
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So I figured out the answer to my dilemma. I went ahead and restored my 2012 Jetta MK6 TDI AT. After discussing with 3 well-known garages in Bangalore, I decided to go ahead with Code6 Bangalore (Carmed).
The car was handed over to Code6 in the last week of September. The restoration process was done in 4 parts.
- Tinkering and Bodyworks
- Repainting process
- Upgrades
- Remapping
Step 1 didn't go as per schedule after they found a considerable amount of rust inside the right side running board. We decided not to take a chance and replaced the running board on both sides. The sourcing, however, was a completely different story. It took us around 2 weeks to get the perfect set of running boards from a connect in Mumbai.
Into step 2, and we were busy figuring out the right shade. I wanted to stick to white and the paint shop guys at Code6 put together a wonderful shade of pearl white mixed with gold and blue.
Once the painting was completed and the car was put back together, we decided on the following upgrades:
- Custom headlights with projector lamps
- Audi-styled smoked tail lamps
- New front/rear bumpers
- GLI kit minus the side skirts, spoiler and the "GLI" badging
- Bilstein B4s with Eibach lowering springs
- New Benson windshield
- 17 inch Lenso Jager Dyna alloys with Pirelli's P Zero 225 45 R17 tyres
- Amaron battery
- Swapped infotainment system with RCD 360
- Custom straight pipe exhaust
The remap was done on the delivery date by Sajan and team. Overall, a very professionally managed restoration and I would like to call out Sarath, Hamraz, Babu, Nisanth, Kalyan and Sajan for their excellent work!
Sharing a few pics here.
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