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Sharp. Precise. Fierce. Noble. Divine. Blades so sharp that it literally swifts through everything, and looks so artful that it deserves to become the imperial-room centre-piece. The mighty Katana sword. The infamous Japanese curved blade used by samurai for their relentless, skilful, and purposeful doings. Strong, unpredictable and always stunningly detailed, the Katana has often been deemed as one of the finest cutting-weapon the world has ever seen. Today’s GTI, with such mesmerising combination of beauty and power, has undoubtedly reminded me of the Katana; the mightily capable art-piece.


Looking at today’s iteration of Hendranata’s GTI (check out his previous setup with this link), I can’t help but to notice how outstandingly distanced-apart have the exterior and performance sectors become. On the outside, its rich, deep, black body paint and golden WCI wheels have claimed my personal trophy as ‘the classiest GTI Indonesians have ever seen’. Coupled with the AirLift x AccuAir system, such a height-drop and tucked-in-wheels combo are simply spot-on executions. Yet on the inside, Hendranata’s GTI currently hides a Revo Stage 3 tuned K04 setup. This is definitely more than what meets the eyes, and much more than the usual ‘wheels and a drop’ VW builds.


Meet the elephant in the room: the WatercooledIND golden, directional wheels. Three-piece in construction and currently the one-and-only set in Indonesia, Hendranata’s latest jewel-of-choice has definitely blown every single one of his previous wheels out of the water. While his old BBS and CCW wheels are unique, this latest 18″ aggressive wheels’ finishing is a different level entirely. Stunningly clear gold at the centre, and painstakingly-perfect-chrome-lip at the edges; this is a winner right here.


Apart from the staggering wheels-update, Hendranata has also improved the GTI’s engine tuning with Revo custom stage 3 ECU tune and DSG stage 2 transmission tune, allowing for even a smoother, better performance for its K04 turbo setup. Coupled with a bigger-diameter exhaust system (Eurojet) and improved engine mountings (VF engineering), the GTI is now even rev-happier than before.


The ‘finale setup’. Hendranata admits that this current build you’re seeing will be the last, best setup for his beloved B357GTI build. To his words, “every detail has been perfected and extra miles have been gone through at this time. I’ve reviewed and improved the whole concept of my daily-use, all-around GTI.” While years ago we’ve always had him coming in with new plans to improve on things, today he has finally settled on everything and ready to give this GTI the centre-room attention it has always deserved. A finished, imperial-room-worthy, masterpiece.

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Winston J
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