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This is what I've managed by hand so far but I feel with a day with a machine I could get it better. Drivers side (new paint which needs going over) http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii161/p4ss4t/8C483D34-D391-4389-AE82-C1E62C8F391F.jpg Passenger side (old paint possibly 20yr old) http://i264.photo...

Cheers I know the machine is ok as I've used one on my car successfully lol, to get the over spray of from the painter. I just didn't know about the pads. So thanks for that link much appreciated. I've just got fed up with doing the car all by hand. I'll still do the wax by hand. I jam it's want to ...

I'm going to buy a silverline da polisher to start with.
But what I don't know is what type of pads I should be using.
Any advice would be great

Well finally took the car to a different place for the tracking and camber sorting as the last place messed it up. Now drives amassing. Pulls a lot better than before. It's shocking what a little tracking can do to a car. By all accounts my tracking was a mile out but not anymore. http://i264.photob...

If you get heated leather it's not too bad on a cold morning. But it does fell like you wet yourself when it's on.

Deciding on which one is down to preference, wether you like full leather or not.

Me personally I would go for the half leather one.

It's not modern it's retro :D Well since my boot lifters decided to pack in and not hold the tailgate up any more I've changed them now to some new shiny chrome ones. Nearly whacked me on the chin when I opened it after fitting. What a pain in the rear they were to fit. Your bot lifters? Are those ...

Diesels are pants .

Fitted the correct battery this morning and car runs smooth now. I had a hesitation problem with it and also things like having lights on then pressing the button for Windows the dash lights dimmed. So after thinking it was a bad earth (kind of is as the earth terminal won't tighten up properly) I f...

It's not modern it's retro

Well since my boot lifters decided to pack in and not hold the tailgate up any more I've changed them now to some new shiny chrome ones.
Nearly whacked me on the chin when I opened it after fitting.

What a pain in the rear they were to fit.

Why didn't they just offer a software update guaranteed to lower emissions on a test for lower ved purposes :wink: hahaha Right, correct me if I am wrong, buy I was under the impression that if your car was factory fittted with a DPF it was illegal and MOT failing to remove said unit (obv cutting t...

fonzooorooo wrote:So much better!

Yeah cheers
I never liked the red and orange ones

denzbom wrote:I have no idea how big the tank on my b5.5 tdi sport wagon is but kendal in cumbria to lands end and back 5 up and boot full of camping gear on 1 tankfull 860 milesin total Driving round town as kids taxi I get 500 miles max costs around £65 to fill

70 litre tank

yogib5 wrote:
Well, it's always been pretty poor, even when mine was just 150bhp i wasn't getting any more than 26/30 around town

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So much
I'm lucky if I get 17mpg round town
It's about smiles per gallon sod mpg haha

The only cars which are financial investments are classics over 20 year depending on which car. As said de-gut the dpf and remap. That'll save you a fortune years to come.

From this (as the red tint didn't last)



To these vr6 exclusive rear lights.

I second that Took me 3-4 hours to do the tears as you have to take out the entire boot plastics. Saying that once there out the suspension is easy but it is time consuming. Hot tuning coilovers are only £175 through eBay or if you look down the index page they sponsor this site so email him and he...

I usually change my plugs every year (12 months)
The coil pack should be changed when it packs up no need to change it other wise
Just check the plug leads are ok once a year

Look in the members motors section the how to is there

Mostly bmw and merc drivers who underestimate the car and don't know what a vr6 is. They just see an old car. Mines about 192-195 bhp but I've not had it rolling roaded standard it's 172 torque but it's a bit more probably. I've matched a bmw 325 and beat a bmw 525. Stayed with an Audi A7 3.0 tdi an...

http://www.ukpassats.co.uk/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=80586 I knew as soon as I read the thread's title that you'd be steered towards Lee the post-whore 's thread :hyst B4's are uncommon, vr's less but not as good as B3's though :p Rich. Oi :hyst :hyst :hyst :hyst There's 13 left of the road out...

Apex Spring weren't bad on a b5 I had. All wheels have different offsets. So if your changing wheels have a look at the offset of them as you could have the spacers now say 15mm but when you get different rims you may need thicker or thinner spacers. What ever you do DO NOT buy cheap spacers like I ...

Been using megs tyre gel and it's very good for the money. Better than autoglym

B4 vr6

Click this link. It will help identify which model you have.

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