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I am going to be selling my Dynadio MW162GT 6.5 (17cm) mid-bass speakers. These cost me £329.95 when new, the sound is amazing, clarity, vocals and mid-bass are impeccable. Being 6.5's they fit straight in to Passat B5/B5.5's and dont know about B6's?. With these speakers come my Vibe Tweeters ( ...

She only has one key for the car

I changed the battery for her last week when it stopped working which is what I cant understand , new batt. little red light on key-fob illuminates when button is pressed yet wont unlock/lock the doors.....Strange.

The battery is working in the key-fob for my girlfriends Passat B5.5 as in the little red light shows off the key fob.....But it is not locking or unlocking the car, any ideas?

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The clip/surround has broken ...

Thanks bud....Checked and ok!

Also checked fuse and that is fine.

Cant understand why the passenger window will go down but wont come back up and why the drivers side control panel is not operating any of the windows/central locking?

The control on the door card for the passenger rear electric windows and both front windows is not working, neither is the central locking switch on it.

All the other windows work fine from their own switch as in go up and down apart from the drivers side which wont go down nor up..... And the ...

gizmo-98 wrote:it WILL need tracked after lowering it ;)

I will get that done bud......Although it feels ok, no pulling to left or right or even under braking?

Some of you may remember I had a diesel leak a few eeks ago. Karl told me where to look and sure enough the metal fuel pipe had a slight split in it. When I moved the metal pipe it broke. I did a temp fix of using some boost pipe I had left over, think it is 5 or 6 mm. It has been fine so far but on ...

yogib5 wrote:And then tracking

Tracking not needed bud......I did what you said and the vibration has gone

Eibach springs

I wanted a set of Eibach for mine with Bilstien shocks......Alas the cost was way above my budget and I was left getting some FK Coilovers

Once back working then Eibach's will be first on my to do list!

Best way to do it......

Measure the exact distance between the top of tyre and the edge of the wheel arch, when its on the ground

Making sure you write the measurement down

Jack the car up, take the wheel off and loosen the bolts on the arms he replaced,

Place the wheel back on , place ...

Thanks greatly

I will tighten up as many bolts as I remember him doing whilst the car is under load today. Think the ones at the back will be a sod to get to though to tighten when the car is under load as the space between the wheel arch and tyre is about 2".

Lol, not the best description of a sound......brrrrrr

Could be something catching, as in a vibration noise??

Especially if the sound is coming through the steering, under load and with your foot down, the characteristics of the car changes, so its no good just changing the top arm's as if its on ...

Could be.......Although it still steers in a straight line with no pull to the left or right?

Tried raising my car as it is silly low......All coils work fine as in raising....But the front left is an absolute nightmare to raise, stiff is an understatement, strange considering they are brand new?

A friend of mine fitted some brand new FK Coilovers (front and rear) and upper control suspension arms earlier.

Took the car out, felt fine....Nice and tight.

I gave it a little bit of acceleration and could feel this 'brrrrrrrr' feeling through the steering wheel (excuse terminology, only way I ...

Ah man sorry, didnt realise the spring had deformed, thats very likely why. Its had it im afraid.

Your only hope is the spring rotation is out of position, hard to explain. The downward spiral end should land in a certain location. Iirc if ahead on the car is 12 oclock the tails shoul land about 3 ...

Thanks T2000

I will take both spring off tomorrow and see if one looks different than the other? I wonder if my car is dangerous to drive like this?

I am sure its the right way round mate.....It does not fit the other way round as in the the top part of the spring does not fit over the collar so can only go one way round. Once the spring was off I put it on top of the collar and it fitted nice and snug, it seems to be whenever I put it on the ...

As some of you may know I had troubles with my car making a horrid squeaking noise from the rear right. Once the wheel was removed and under further inspection I found this..........



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T2000 wrote:http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/REAR-COILOVER ... 1c4d3691c6

Those are fine, they are all the same bolt through the bottom of the plate.

Thanks mate. I will order them now ;)

Thanks guys!

I suppose I could just remove the rears thus putting it on its bum, at least I know it would be safe to drive then unlike now :hyst

The part I need I have found out is called a collar.

Looking on Ebay the only collar for a Passat I have found it for a B6......Typical.....But then a ...

How it is meant to look....Rear right.....


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Not good.....Rear left.......


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Was out earlier taking my dog for a walk when I heard a strange noise.

Come back and looked around the car, all seems fine. Went out again and very strange noise again coming from the rear wheel.

Taken both rear wheels off and the lower support for my left coilover has snapped

Excellent replies as always, thanks guys

Thanks for the links and tip Karl....I have just ordered a set (from your link) so will fit the fronts first then the rears say a month later.

Are brake discs fairly easy to fit on a B5.5?

Thanks guys

So cheap brakes are poo. I always thought brakes were brakes unless modifying for some very expensive ones.

Would Euro's sell a good brand for discs/pads? Anywhere else online I could try to get some good brakes?