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VW Jetta and Golf Kits
3 Models: MK4 1999.5 - 04, MK5 2005-'10 and now the MK6 2011-'18 

smyth red ute
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smyth silver mk5
smyth blue rear mk4
mk5c
smyth u.k. 4 motion
smyth rear gold
smyth red rear mk4
smythy purple gti look
smyth grey no pillar window
smyth interior carpet
smyth  golf front tan
mk5 Jetta 2005-2010
mk5
mk5 front
mk5e
mk5b
mk5a
mk5 rear side window and trim
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smyth matt front quarter
smyth das ute
Smooth good looks
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Smooth functional steel tailgate
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Fiberglass rear quarter panel
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The first Smyth kit is still one of our most popular.
*Now offering the 2011 to '18 mk6 Jetta kit 

Unlike the usual complicated kit car build, the Jetta 4 door based Smyth Ute(99-04 Golf 4 door cars included) is built in several weekends instead of a few years. Even amateurs should be able to take their time and build these kits. Whether you go all out with air bagged suspension and great paint, or simply wrap the Ute for daily use, Smyth truck kit conversions can work hard as well as giving you a fun ticket to your local cars and coffee show.

 

Cutting the car after the trunk, rear doors and seats are removed consists of making three cuts.  The first cut is straight across the roof and the other two are just behind the rear doors to the trunk.  No welding is required. From there you bolt on the structural aluminum reinforcement panels and assemble the all aluminum structural bed inner panels.

 

Even the rear lights use the donor wiring harness that is spliced into new tail light assemblies. No moving fuel tanks, no building up suspensions, no messing with the engine or dash....you are simply bolting on a new structural rear box section on top of the already sturdy VW floorpan. 

 

Prime, paint or wrap the truck and you are the proud builder of one of the most unique vehicles on the road.  Fuel stops become conversations about your 45 mpg diesel small truck, or your VR6 turbo custom mill, or your 300 horse 1.8T Ute.  Throw in the ultra reliable 2.5 liter engine in the later cars and you have some amazing cars to choose from as donors. People don't ask me much when I fill up a 4 door stock Jetta, but they can't get enough of the story about the only modern small truck in the country, the Smyth Ute.

 

 

As Seen On the History Channel TV Show "Lost in Transmission"
Click the "Watch Now!" button below to see Top Gear's Rutledge Wood build a Smyth truck on "Lost in Transmission." The segments start at 20:52,   27:05, and 31:35.
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