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As above. the battery on my passat keeps fully draining overnight, this is getting really annoying, having to jump it with a booster pack every day. Have tried a new battery still no good. Car did previously have water ingress in passenger footwell but that has now been sorted, could the wiring harn...

Back to driving this again daily now, managed to get myself another set of the same ABT rims in mint condition

Jk* wrote:Time for a fresh set of rims I reckon. Lol.

If any decent ones come up that arent rs4's a8's scirroco 3sdms or other common 19's come up for sale, I'll get some, these will stay on for now I'll just polish the dishes up lol

Well, I've changed my mind on this, I was going to sell it but going to daily it again and get rid of some other cars toc lear up some funds. Im currently driving a Qashqai on a lease from work, going to end that as I'm paying for insurance to keep my no claims going, as well as the lease. I also ha...

I,just cut the backbox off my old tdi and it made the coo noise lol

The alot where the 373 relay should be is empty, however I havent removed it? And the engine management light never used to be on lol

thanks for the help

I will have a looksie

Hi guys,
My engine management light is on, I have just done a diagnostic scan and the fault that is thrown up is;

"Secondary air pump relay (J299) Open Circuit:P1433"

Any help much appreciated

Hey guys, just fired the old girl up for the first time in over a year, started first time woo hoo :esm However, the car sounds like a Tdi. I've took the rocker cover off and the head is full of sludge, I'm going to clean the oil pickup/poke a hole through it as I remember reading about problems wit...

I'm looking at taking my Silvia off the road and using the passat again, I was thinking about get a car trailer and using the passat to tow the silvia to track days. Anyone know if the 1.8t B5.5 can handle towing, trailer + Car + Wheels and tools?? The passat is a 1.8t that been rempped to 195bhp. C...

i still love vw's and il be going to vw fest etc, but i just wanted something fast and a drift toy lol

lol its in better condition underneath than the passat haha

I used to just cable tie the number plate to the grille in the votex and just take it off for meets/shows, the votex probabaly sits maybe 10/15mm lower than standard, not a great deal, its the squareness of it that causes it to scrape (meaning that the bumper is basically straight down from the rece...

I service it every 5000 miles, and its the first time its been vag-commed, I've got a feeling my CCM is faulty as been having loads of weird electrical faults lately, jumpy windows, doors not opening, etc

Just at the sheer amount, any help with any of them???? please :D x_x Address 01: Engine Labels: 06B-906-018-AWT.lbl Part No: 4B0 906 018 DC Component: 1.8L R4/5VT 0001 Coding: 11501 Shop #: WSC 66565 VCID: 65CB5CCBD5F1 WVWZZZ3BZ2P301707 VWZ7Z0A4660317 4 Faults Found: 17841 - Secondary Air Pump Rela...

if it ain't scuffin the rough, it ain't low enough

i wish lol

thanks bud

cheers guys,

I never meant for it to look like rays, but what can ya do when you want it colour coded and its the same colour lol, I dont like the standard front plastics colour coded, and the votex is the only valance that doesnt look gash imo.

no mate, adjusters and rubbers taken out, actually i think i have 1 rubber in one side because it sat lower on one side than the other.

Wheels are et35 19 x 9j all round.
215/35/19 falken fk452's

All arches have been rolled

lol bumper has been repaired just over a week and already needs repaired again, all good fun though

well I haven't updated this in a while, so I thought I would add some pics of how it stands now. I retrimmed my abc pillars as below, and one my headliner in black velvet http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c256/Xorcist666/38489_411094341644_724851644_4729924_7197533_n.jpg I also refurbed my wheels my...

just it beeps cause the rear pads are not genuine vw ones and dont have wear sensors so constantly says "check brake pads" when you start it up. Oh well :/ lol

i will eventually lol, where is the switch to turn it off located??