Although you can see the finished product in our SEMA report (p42), we thought you might like to see the final communication we had with Tein a matter of days before the car was on display.

"There were some issues with our GTI. We didn't get the motor in the car until last night," Sales and Marketing Manager Philip Chase explained. "Here are a few photos of the car right out of paint. The logos on the door are actually the carbon fiber door skins showing through the paint. The roof was overlaid with carbon fiber but we painted part of the carbon hood and hatch. We also decided not to mold the rear fenders in case of accidents or if the body twists during track use."

Turn to our SEMA report to draw your own conclusions, or check out our exclusive feature next month, but we think the widebody GTI turned out really well.

For the complete feature on this car, please check out our current issue on newstands