Quote Originally Posted by G_Wagon View Post
After reading your thread just now for the first time I am super surprised ur not doing the K04/DP/etc. yourself...
You managed to smoothly tackle a ton of mods that I have turned away bc of the difficulty...
Nice work!
I did think about doing the install myself. I'll do electrical or interior stuff all day long, but anything that requires crawling under the car scares me a bit for two reasons. First, the car falling since I usually am alone and second, I don't trust myself with some of the more critical items (engine/brakes/suspension). It's my daily driver and if I screw something up I'm out my daily till it's fixed.

On the Jetta I did just about everything myself aside from the timing belt and exhaust. Currently in the process of sound deadening the interior and redoing the audio (on hold till spring/warmer weather). If I mess something up here or break a part and need to wait a week it doesn't matter since it's not driven every day.

So, between a lack of free time, trust in my abilities, and the need for a reliable daily, it didn't make sense to do the install myself. Intercooler would have been no problem. Turbo and downpipe would have been a bit more challenging for me.