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I'm in Biggleswade A1 in Beds but I'm working in Haywards Heath quite a bit so could meet. Let me know

Good luck with the conversion! If you also fancy having a go at converting or recovering the rear seats to match the fronts I have the matching rear mk 3 golf seats laying around that you can have. Where abouts are you?

there's a couple on ebay UK at the moment too

It's not a difficult job (I've done the loads of time lol!) . The tricky bit is finding a large socket that is a fraction smaller than the cone shell so you can drift the bearing shell into the drum/ disc. If the garage does it remember that the parts are cheap... A tenner a side... So you know whet...

How random was that. Had the baddies in to too .... I like that! Cinema was quiet apart from me going "Yeah!"

Well same ol same ol since the new bearings were on .... Until this week when it needed 2 new rear tyres for the MOT.... WTF ! .... Fluke, you were right .... Got new tyres on and the whole howling noise from the rears has gone. I don't just mean tyre noise ... The sound was much louder than that. G...

Not sure of PSI but Haynes says 7.5 bar Minimum

Thanks all for your advice. Im running them so the thrust washer moves so will see how I get on.

OK fitted a new set this morning - SKNs so supposedly a bit better quality than the GSF ones. Followed the 'Beetle' method above but still can't seem to get it right.... If I back off the nut until I can feel the bearing has just stopped binding, and then a further 8th turn, there is what I feel is ...

doobie wrote:Hmmmmmm

lol

mocco7 wrote:Black/Green and Black/White, if you remove the plastic cowling for the steering column you will find them

Mocco is there a single wire that does the hazards? Otherwise I have just 1 wire from the remote kit to connect to 2 wires for L and R indicators. Sorry if i'm being thick!

Well your Google is better than mine! Thanks alot have just ordered from that site. Cheers

Stealers told me today they are discontinued and GSF/ECP don't sell much in the way of rad hoses. I think it's part number 357121051A - nothing on ebay either, one on ebay.de but doesn't look like they ship to UK. There must be a UK seller surely? One of my oil cooler hoses went recently, and manage...

Right, I want to get my Indicators flashing on Lock/Unlock as haven't done that yet. Can someone tell me which wire i need to tap into. Im guessing its in the bundle of wires from the steering column? Had a look at the Haynes wiring diagram but lost the will to live

OK for Glynn and anyone else who has the kit he bought (see first post in this thread) here is a guide to wiring up the locking. Other kits will prob have different colour wires or diff order so if your wiring diagram is not exactly the same as the one below then this guide is probably not going to ...

Glynn wrote:Yeah help finding what wires where what on the car but not in the kit as it just mention a common wire not a wire fit up and one for down

Glynn, as per PM I'll have my wiring out and take some pics for you later this eve or Sat

And you can get your key to fit in the fob

Check out this eBay item no. Item #: 110654635020 I have these and the key fobs are really nice OEM quality and nice weight. wiring not my strong point tbh but I have the locking working. Connect to the wires going from under drivers side dash through to drivers door lock - Black/white wire does the...

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you don't mention the tyre brands, believe me, non proprietary tyres are generally a big problem on these motors Why is this a problem? Please tell me more! I posted on the forum not so long ago about my rear bearing woes. But the noise is definitely worse with the wheel/tyre combo I am running rig...

mappy wrote:Im wondering if it's worth getting standered b3 rear disc conversion or going for the golf gti 5 stud conversion... Opinions please!

Going 5 stud on the rears is pretty simple as the disc has the bolt threads in it. Fronts need hubs changed to 5 stud.

Out of interest.. what is it that freezes? is there anything that can be done to fix or reduce this? Mine does this and its such a pain!! The final part of the cable where it attaches to the caliper has a bend that points downwards and moisture gets in and freezes up. As Glynn says it is prob poss ...

Mk 2 Golf yes, B4 yes. Not so sure about Mk 3 golf. Passat and Mk 2 golf handbrake cable position makes them prone to freezing up in winter. I'm sure other guys on here can give you other options. Can also try Club GTI and see what conversions have been done for Mk 2 Golf as that would work E.G. I t...

Just get TA Technix coillies for B3/B4. Loads of us have them and you can't fault them for the money. See the offer thread on the forum from Hottuning for a UK Passats deal

If you get these ebay ones don't forget to make an offer! there's plenty of discount to be had - I got a set for £169 delivered a few months back - can't remember whether it was same seller tho