UKPassats

Here ia the results of the coilovers! The photos are not very good as i keep forgetting to take my camera with me. One day i will remember to bring my camera and give her a good wash to get some proper photos before i wrap her up for winter. Anyway!... coilovers fitted... http://i1346.photobucket.co...

Yes the handbrake will have to be off to take the rear callipers off.

Wow! I reckon I will have to get me some wax! My car is sitting on a farm for a good few months yet so it collects dust really easily. Think I will get some autoglym polish and wax to see if that helps beep the dust off. I have just aquired a clay bar which I will also be having a shot at (noob to c...

Well the day has finally come!! Coilovers are on! Simple process with amazing results. I dont have my camera to create a before and after as yet, but will do so when I can. Anyway, here is the result! http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/09/19/808dd7a4eb9900f0f2c316e91d60199e.jpg http://tapatalk.ima...

Havent done an update in a while. Well I bought and recieved my FK Street Coilovers. Delighted with the 2 day delivery service from Venom. Have been a bit busy with work but managed to fit some time in today to get the fronts on. Such a simple job. I read that folk were taking off the pinch bolt and...

Havent done an update in a while. Well I bought and recieved my FK Street Coilovers. Delighted with the 2 day delivery service from Venom. Have been a bit busy with work but managed to fit some time in today to get the fronts on. Such a simple job. I read that folk were taking off the pinch bolt and...

Thanks for that Mindriot! I shall have a closer look when I next get out to my car. If it is the linkage thats the problem, where do I get one from? I have searched high and low! Im nearly certain its the rubber bush on the linkage thats causing the sloppyness. Ive had the ball joint out and it all ...

My clutch dosent slip atall. So saying that, maybe my clutch is fine. Im still niggled about gear stick sloppyness. I dont understand why I cant find a new linkage replacement. The car is off the road for a while yet (lost license) so in no hurry to get this fixed bit its something in my list of &qu...

The gear stick has quite a bit of play so i took the gater off and had a look at the ball joint there and all looks well. No play up at that end. But underneath i can see movement in the bush on the linkage. The linkage also moves back and forth inside the gearbox so would there be a problem with th...

howey wrote:put a clutch in it

I will be replacing the clutch soon because the biting point is quite high. So i guess this would be the reason for hard selecting of 1st and Reverse then...

I have a 98 B5 1.8 20v NON turbo. There is play in the gear stick which i would like to fix. It can also be hard to push into 1st and Reverse. I had a look under the gator and underneath the car and i have found that there is a bit of play in the gear linkage bush. I have looked and looked for hours...

Just a few pics... http://i1346.photobucket.com/albums/p687/Mikemackay1992/The%20Ssaaat/Passat3_zps8d0c711d.jpg http://i1346.photobucket.com/albums/p687/Mikemackay1992/The%20Ssaaat/Passat1_zps658db9d9.jpg http://i1346.photobucket.com/albums/p687/Mikemackay1992/The%20Ssaaat/Passat2_zps53fa1697.jpg ht...

I know a valeter that uses brick acid on alloys like yours-if the autosmart cleaner fails to shift the brakedust. He puts an amount into a plastic lid of a spray can,daubs the alloy with an old paintbrush leaves for a couple of minutes and then rinses thoroughly. (I haven't tried doing it myself mi...

Looking good mate. Love the colour although im biased as mines the same. Coilovers straight forward to fit. Just give the upper arm pinch bolts a good penetrating oil soak a day before you do it. Top nut on the front shock can be a bit troublesome. Well mine were. Rears very easy mate. Cheers, the ...

Disregard! It has fixed its self! Took a few turns of turning engine on and off. Weird

I have a Kenwood single din KVT-526DVD. Originally I just plugged it in and it Worked fine, turned on with the ignition... But it wouldn't save my presets and settings ect so I swapped the ignition and battery wires over on the harness as advised on another forum. So now it comes on with my ignition...

Im a newbie to car detailing. Since my first car i have been washing the car with autoglym car shampoo, drying with a microfiber cloth then hand polishing with autoglym wiping it off after 5 mins with clean microfiber cloth and thats it. But with having a darker coloured car i notice a lot more scra...

Attempted to clean my standard sport wheels which were quite dirty to say the least. Used various wheel cleaners which i had sitting around but they were no use at all. This includes wonder wheels which i find normally works quite well, but not this time. IMG_16032.jpg IMG_16042.jpg So i have just o...

Aha! Got it. When i was tyring to copy the link on photo bucket i was using the keyboard (cmd + c)(macbook) which was not copying it

Will have to get the car all cleaned up and get a good photo now

I just tried this and i cant get it to work

Hi there! I think this could be the answer to what I've been looking for... This is one of my wheels after scrubbing and scrubbing with all sorts of cleaning fluids and a wheel brush... IMG_1603.jpg IMG_1604.jpg This has formed after the car sitting on a farm for around 5 months in the same place. W...

Another update: Went to the scrappy this morning and managed to find a lambda sensor off of a A4 estate with the exact same engine as mine (ADR), so got that on the exhaust today. When driving the car around the farm testing out the new exhaust, it has acquired a blow from the join between the cat a...

The majority of the body is really clean but there is a couple scrapes here and there which is a shame. Will be looking into that once im happy with all the maintance. Update: Exhaust got delivered to the shop today so it was detour after work to pick that up and strait out to my car! All fitted exc...

Just a quick update. Fuel filter changed. The fuel that came out of that was nearly black!!? So I'm guessing that's never been Replaced before. Got my hands on some G30 coolant at nearly half price! Also got a new full standard exhaust, again half price! Bonus! It's handy to know the right people :D...

Yes it's really handy having the space to work on the car. And there is a 2 mile road where i can drive the car up and down to keep the wheels turning lol. Hah yeh I am basically counting down the weeks until I get my license back... 44 to go :-q Ah thanks for that, I will give it a go the next time...