UKPassats

I got one on ebay a few months ago for about a fiver, not very big but the same brand for mk2 golfs etc were going for about 30quid.

bobkelly23 wrote:Hi how do i know if my car is a B3 its an 03 1.9 tdi

B3's (also known as 35i) were from 1988-1993ish I think so don't think an 03 falls into that category

I suppose it's a good thing of sorts here in Spain as the ITV (spanish mot) is done at dedicated centres which are not garages at all, all they do is tests. Completely cuts out the mode of how do we make this add up to more work/money for the garage kinda thing.

tomstanforster wrote:heres mine

That looks immense, top effort on keeping it in that condition

hmm, not lived here long so not sure on any spanish couriers but i'll look into it, if they go before i get it sorted out fair enough don't hold them if you get another offer.

I know you'd rather collection but I've moved to spain and finding b3 wagons here is pretty hard, I'm after a tailgate and rear bumper. Don't suppose you could find out how much it would cost to ship it to me ?
Murcia region p/code 30720

Cheers
John

I think it's possible but you'd need the new dash cluster and stalk controls. There's a bit about it on TDIclub forums for a newer passat, maybe an idea to ask there.

woot my car, that was my mpg after almost 1900 miles in a VR

Aye if you don't have an MFA you only get clocks.

I trial fitted a b4 estate tailgate on my B3 a while back but it wasn't a perfect fit around the area where it closes next to the rear lights. I'm sure I put a pic in my thread when I tried it.

Pictures of said issue.
A bit more rust showing through now, seems to have had some of that inhibitor paint on it before.

right, car's been here a few months now and eventually got round to getting it matriculated onto spanish plates. First it has to get an engineers report, so they guy's all over the car, underneath, under the bonnet and gives it a thumbs up (i dont know how because it's a fairly rusty oh fiddlesticks...

I know the mk3 golf gti was a bit of a tubby so maybe quite close in weight to the B3. Don't know much about the 2E engine but can safely say I'd never see anything near 48mpg in my old mk3 gti haha, even 41mpg on a motorway was a pipe dream

over 50mpg in a 2l 8V ? I think thats the same AGG engine the mk3 golf gti has and I never got anything near that and only ever had 40 odd when crawling home as I thought I'd run out of fuel. Can't see how the same engine would give that kind of performance in a heavier car.

nightmare, fantastic motor you had but as long as no-one is hurt.

haha I couldn't leave the VR behind, would be too upsetting after just getting my hands on it this year.

Well after just over 1800 miles with a fully loaded car and trailer I arrived at my new house in Spain on the 3rd day of driving. That was now over 2 weeks ago (still waiting to get internet on there) and so now it's back to work in the uk for another 3 weeks. So on the Saturday morning I wave goodb...

Top effort, really looks like it's meant to be there.

might be easier to just get a B3

cracking picture

what is it you've actually done to the door cards. Is it stickers or t-shirt style iron prints or something ? looks really cool.

hot tuning have a section on this forum, send them a message and they'll answer your query

That's fantastic, can't wait to see this cleaned up n ready to roll. Great find mate.

post your photos to somewhere like photobucket and copy the img code to here and that will work

Right, so I took the plunge and found a B4 rear bumper for £30 from a local breaker and upon viewing it the rebar and legs were in fairly rust free condition. I gave them a scrub down though and a coating of tetroseal underseal, that stuff is awesome :) Some pics of the offending brittleboned bumpe...

did you ever actually fit the b4 rear bumper or change the skin onto the b3 iron ? if so any issues ?