Setback...

I dropped off the alarm system and the power door lock actuator parts today and Andre had a bit of bad news. The close ratio transmission that he sourced earlier is toast. Frank fired up the engine yesterday and the transmission sounded like a bucket of bolts. Solution: in order not to delay the project too much, the original transmission is going back in until Andre can find a good Gti transmission. It's possible that his supplier sent him the wrong unit... so we'll see.
Front strut update: going with Sachs instead of Bilstein. Still going to use the Eibach springs.