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I have basic vag-com/vcds and a hand held fault scanner and based in Selby.. if that's any good?

I am getting a timing belt one on my brothers B5.5 130hp 1.9tdi (2005 but i don't know 100% the engine code) and he was told when changing the timing belt it needs to go on vag-com to get the timing checked/set up Also does it need the water pump changing too? Is that true as It's something that's n...

I know the Passat 1.8 has 2 oil filters but many companies list just the 1 that apparently fits all (despite the proper turbo one being larger/longer)

I agree and disagree with this.

Would I need to do this on any ad's I place? (hopefully I'm known by a few on here?) and like billy-vw's ad, I've known him for years and he has sold plenty on here and other forum's.

Would this also apply to him? I agree for new/minimal posters but others??

I have 12mm holed mb wheels without drilled bolt holes, mine are fitted using tuner bolts and they work fine

(just in case you go against the flow!! )

mine had a full fk shock/spring kit fitted and I found the front was too low, so instead of the 5 mile detour each day I reused some old sport shockers I had lying around. So I understand the lowness of the front set up (mine was a 60/40 kit and it's now about -50/55mm frontal and I guess the fk sho...

15's with a lip will look tiny..... the wheels on mine are 17's and I would say smallest if you want some lip and colours

Well they fixed it! the bill was £670 for the car plus hire car and they still didn't write it off (I guess they think it's worth more than I do!) my only problem is I have mis-matching rear lights, so I'm needing a passenger side if anyone has one cheap? So I am now going to do some more work and ...

My 1.8t has only 175000 miles on it!! (with over 100 of those in it's first 3 years)

(good for petrol and turbo I suppose?)

Well it's gone to the repairers today, luckily the other party has admitted fault so only a top repair will do (as it was perfect before). I should know in the next few days whether it will b fixed or not!!

(I only value it around £1000....so we will see!!)

well the damage isn't that bad





but VW paint and where it was hit maybe expensive!! Is this the end??

Well I though I should update this.... she's now damaged on the rear quarter/light area with a very deep scrape and dent (I will post some pics later). so unless the repair is very cheap I think it will be written off!! :-q the good thing was there was lots of witnesses and their insurance has alrea...

or you could buy tuner bolts as fitted to mine.....

I had to split my glove box.... take time and it will just pull apart and clip back together as one (just don't look at mine as my handle if different coloured now!)

the spring in my latch has/was snapped... and it meant the latch wouldnt catch when shutting, I've bodged mine for the time being with a new spring and it works fine.

could be worth checking (you can feel the spring tension on the boot latch)

I will still be there in my Ssat.... So please don't shun me for joining the other side!!










oh and it is a great show and looks like it's going to be bigger than ever!! (free bump)

nothing wrong with d.i.y rims





(A couple I did earlier!) but I went for a different shade of (so called vauxhall ) silver

I don't know how people get 40mpg + although with my motorway driving at the weekend I only got about 5-10 miles of 70mph running so I guess it would of gone higher If I would of kept on going?

or I have heavy feet!

I got £25 for my 6 disc and gamma (that was also uncoded!!) and If you don't want to include the cables then it's a 2 minute job (with means stripping half of the interior out!)

34.6mpg at 50mph (2000rpm in 5th0 and then 37.7mpg at 70mph (3000rpm in 5th)

M62 roadworks with 50mph average speed cams are great!! (and kills my economy! b.t.w both are using cruise control)

tuner bolts have a key/adaptor that fits into the bolt middle to tighten/undo unlike normals that use a socket on the outside... mine has then as my rims have the smaller bolt holes http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7127/7609693562_ee68a6806b.jpg (I think you can see the splines on the inside of the bol...

also look for some tuner bolts as the bolt holes are small on them wheels (going by your pic) and it saves re-drilling the rims (they cost about £40 the set...I have them on mine with mb wheels)

mines does the same at 65ish... they are all balanced Pirelli's with good pressures.


I drive through it and keep cruise control in check of things

I have started to make the car look a bit better and here's the first part (after several months of being unable to do much heavy work due to a dicky shoulder) http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7123/7609694544_65a9acd552_b.jpg http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8145/7609694134_9c9ab78278_b.jpg http://farm8.s...

my local car place sells this made by pearl automotive and costs about £4 a long roll. I use it for all sorts of trim etc and it works