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My 2002 's' has no chrome apart from the front grill and rear badge ;-)

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Mine might be an 's' then, it only really has chrome grill and badges. Suits me until I find a non chrome grill.
What different is a lack of chrome.

Normally the B5.5's have chrome ...

Thanks!, I will have to post a pic of it clean for you, I haven't dechromed it, I'm new to passats but thought it looked different from some others I had seen, is that what it is?

Just stuck my 18" AMG wheels on, fat ones on the back, the suspension hasnt settled after being on the stands yet in the pic, oh and yes it is mucky.

Top 3 bang for buck mods: remap, coilovers, back box delete. :D

Not on mine, its a 2.0 8v, can't afford decent coilovers anyway and no point buying cheap ones, also, you need a mountain leader certificate to navigate the speed humps here so dont need a big drop either, I scrape standard height on ...

The key thing was kind of an afterthought, but thanks very much for all that, the info off that ebay guy seems prettty helpful so I appreciate you putting up that link too.

Tomorrow I am going to attempt top fix the boot latch and get my warnings going again.

If this car had a bit more grunt, I ...

calumvw wrote:For the lights warning try a hard reset, remove both battery leads and hold them together for ten seconds then reconnect, hopefully this will restore the lights on warning.

Ah! very nice, thanks, I'll try that sunday too!

You are a scholar and a gentleman! Thankyou thats one for sunday if weather holds

Hello all,
Couple of issues I was hoping you could help me with on my 2001 estate.

1. Since I had the car the bootlid needs a right good slam to shut properly or the warning comes on on the dash and the remote release on the door doesnt work, is there a motor on the bootlid latch that could be at ...

My old work van was consistently better with the double ladders on the roof rack than it was without, speeds no different, none of us in the firm could work it out.

Thanks all, sorry, didnt get update of replies, I'm in newtown, right in the middle of wales really, probably should have been more specific hehe

Hello,
New owner of a B5.5 2.0l petrol estate, just picked it up tonight, loving it so far! Having a nose for any handy info on here now