UKPassats

anyone able to recommend somewhere to get proper tints done in East or West Yorkshire- I'd like my silver saloon doing with 50-60% black - both front & back / rear windows. Don't want it to look like rubbish film with air bubbles etc!!
Also how much does it cost?

well that's what it says in my VW manual - tried it on mine and it worked

You're right - the Passat didn't get common rail fuel technology til the B6 I think - with piezoelectrickery etc. The PD (pump injection) system used on the B5.5's was an effort to increase the output and accuracy of the fuel injection to that of a similar level to Common Rail technology. The B5 eng...

where abouts is the Votex installed? I've supposedly got one fitted on my car (at least there's all the documentation in the service file for it) - its never gone off and didn't know there was any key thing for it. What's the key do?

yeah - don't pay over £25 for the Sony one - at least that's what I paid for mine from ebay. Only went for that one as I have a Sony HU n figured it'd be more reliable a connection between the two.

yep - totally normal - even tells you about it in the drivers manual - the guy I bought my 'ssat off went out and bought a new mirror switch thinking the one on the car was busted. He'd tried fitting it and obviously did the same thing so he thought it was a problem with the wiring - thankfully that...

I've got an electric polisher but mine's black & decker. very good and much easier than elbow grease! just make sure you don't concentrate on one area for too long as you can easily 'burn' the paint finish/lacquer.

checked with neighbours etc. but most of the houses are well set back from the street so no luck.
I usually park the car on the drive as its long enough to park 4 cars on, but left it out on the street as the mrs needed her car out first early in the morning

thanks for the info guys! never had to deal with making a claim before and heard plenty of horror stories about insurance companies not paying up for whatever reason they can think of to wriggle out of coughin up! fortunately I'm with More Than who I believe to be a large and reputable enough compan...

Some little fcuker has driven into the side of my car whilst it was parked outside my house!! They've managed to go down nearly the entire length of the car - putting a dent in both passenger side doors, scuffed the rear arch and pulled the rear bumper away. I've given it a good T-Cut to remove as m...

yeah I disconnected the battery etc. before I started removing stuff. will it not matter then if I remove the steering wheel again and remove and reconnect all the connections etc - will the light still come on? I'm in Hull or Leeds at weekends and in Grimsby during the week if anyone has a VAGCOM t...

just removed the steering wheel on my B5 to change the wiper stalk back to the correct wiper/MFA type stalk. Sorted that out and replaced the steering wheel, torqued up the bolt and reconnected the airbag, then hooked up the battery again - only now the airbag light comes straight back on again afte...

feel quite (irritatingly) smug now that I bought my ssat with full black leather interior - didn't realise how much they went for. really wanted the cream leather interior, but seems to be pretty rare.

will do at the weekend - am away with work during the week

Fitted my Sony headunit into my 'ssat at the weekend along with the iPod adaptor that allows the headunit to control the iPod from the headunit. It uses the Sony XA 110iP - so if your Sony headunit is older than 2006 range or doesn't have an AUX input etc. and you don't want wires hanging out the fr...

Where can I get the splined tool from to remove the steering wheel bolt?
Tried Halfords and local motor factors, but no-one seems to do one the right size? Someone off here told me I need an M21 splined bit (is it a Torx bolt?)

Anyone know how easy it is to change the MFA / Wiper stalk?
The MFA switch on the stalk is knackered on mine, so got a new one - just wondered if I'm gonna need to remove the steering wheel etc.

cool - think I'll go with the TA Technics then - live west side of Leeds - not far from the airport but work a lot of the time in Grimsby and Hull so don't see much of Leeds!

ok cheers - saves me making the same mistake - very nice lookin 'sat you got there btw

anyone know if the rear bumpers are the same on the b5 and b5.5?
looking for a replacement one in silver for my b5 as its scratched to sh*t

sorry to hijack your thread - but dubhead - what are the rims in your sig pic? they look sweet as!

Hello all (newbie alert!) :) Have just bought myself a '98 TDi 110 Sport in silver with full black leather interior and am wanting to get some coilovers for it to get her down in the weeds nicely. So what do people recommend - bearing in mind its going to be my daily hack for work, I'd still like it...