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yep i watched thefuel gauge dropping!! it was undrivable like that so i have raised it a bit and sold the 14x8's so i can boot the borbets and put them on, need to play with the arches to get it down nice and low. watch this space (for about 6 months because i am a slow worker!)

treat yourself theres some borbets in the for sale section.

hows the van coming on?

my pics seem to have dissapeared, must have moved them in my photobucket, ill put them back up and some i took this weekend. http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r173/humer1/passat/Bc5-wNgBWkKGrHqIH-CoEquZ7NEfiBK2kbv.jpg http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r173/humer1/passat/Bc5-35wCGkKGrHqEH-D0EquEbDj...

i was due on a clubstand in my B4 but it only just made the carpark, so i didnt risk it. did anybody spot it? http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r173/humer1/passat/06082010036.jpg http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r173/humer1/passat/06082010037.jpg i had a good nosey around the stand, looked really...

the only thing i can come up with would be to get your hands on a new reear door handle, and the carefully drill the handle at the end you have screwed from the catch end, (hope that makes sense!) and one dilled though, then you should be able to get onto the catch to flik the handle open from the o...

i thought about either 20vt or 150 pd diesel, but mines not for speed, its the household family lugger.

thanks Flea, ill get in touch with seb.

cant speak from experience, but the 1.8 PB head is used with the 2e block, which i would think is the same as the agg block.

2E head should go on i wouldve thought, there maybe a few things - but dont know - this post isnt really much help at all! im sorry and ill go now!

good luck.

just found some pics of my last two cars, i had crappy phone pics, but thought i would put some decent ones off the slr up. just a few of each car. http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r173/humer1/black%20mk2/DSC_0117.jpg http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r173/humer1/black%20mk2/DSC_0115.jpg http://i...

Seb is selling a towbar and before i commit and buy, please can somebody confirm that the towbar will fit and if it will, do i need to modify my rear bumper? - cut it?

any help greatly appreciated.

i dont want to mess seb about.

Thanks

Rick

welcome aboard

how do. make sure the pollen filter has been sealed!

welcome aboard fella. been driving 12 years and nearly only had VW's. welcome to the other side.

what tyres and wheel size have you got on it? looks good. i have 205/50R15 on mine and will be fitting my coilovers soon, so just thought i would check what your running so i can try and figure out if mine will catch. loving B4's now i have one! never really looked at them before. but the morei look...

hope all goes okay with insurance and that the wife is safe and sound.

that looks ace! i want mine on!!!

cheers for all the replies, im excited about being a dad, thanks! i had to have a black passat (slimming colour) wsa looking for one for a bit and then this came up, so stuck rather a high bid on it and won. its really tidy as well - had a dodgy repair on the n/s/r wing, but will put it in the bodys...

lol, me neither matt, i cant wait to see it. will change the look completely.

thanks for the welcome.

1st time passes make you so happy. well done on the work fella.

i thought it was about time i put some up. i have always messed with VW's served my time from 95 onwards, and have had most of the later ones, polos, golfs, corrados and now my first passat. i am 30 and soon to be a dad, so had to get a sensible car to lug things around in. wife drives a newbeetle a...

and the same here, but mine is right through car, being an estate it is a bit of a pain, not much i can do either at the moment, as its dark when i get in from work and dont have time at weekends, will have to see it through the winter and live with it, then try and locate the water ingress. i have ...

i have searched through the how-to section and couldnt find anything, so thought i would ask.

how do i go about removing the boot side trims from the back of my 96 B4 estate?

i have had a quick look and it seems quite indepth! any tips?

cheers

Rick

coilies have arrived!!!!!! YES!

i also have just picked up a B4, well a month ago, when i bought it it was sold with the statement "elec window on drivers side not working!" i bought it and whipped the trim off and there was no wiring loom in the door!!! fitted a new loom and it turned out the reg had split into two, the...

mines black! metalic i think.

where abouts are you shaggy?

some great information in this thread, RB that was a great reply. got me thinking about my car, that smells a bit petrolly (i know its not a word!) sometimes and i havent really openned the bonnet since i bought it a month ago! not bad for an ebay buy, but think time i took a good look in there!! ju...