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Oh, and suprisingly despite the fact no man should be seen in one, TT drivers might be among the very few audi drivers that usually dont behave like absolute c***ts that should have been murdered at birth. :-bd Lol, I ooze manliness so I can pull it off and you are right never been buzzed by a TT l...

Simple choice, virtually every car is a loss to own anyway, by depreciation or by maintenance. If you really appreciate what you have you do your best to keep it going if you can afford to, if youre not bothered, or cant sustain the cost, you get rid.

Thats why the Brits made such good empire builders, most never planned to come back lol.

Its not just Wales, though granted that is an A rated mistake on the best of days, its the unpredictability of UK weather, Ive lived in tropical climates that were actually easier to predict when a swimming pool worth of water would get dropped on your head.

Dont I know it, through several bad decisions ended up living in the first house Ive owned without a garage, its totally destroyed my maintenance ethic and enthusiasm for getting stuck in and keeping on top of maintenance.

Oh, and suprisingly despite the fact no man should be seen in one, TT drivers might be among the very few audi drivers that usually dont behave like absolute c***ts that should have been murdered at birth.

You can hang your handbag on the rear view mirror bracket too, very convenient.

no wukkas man, hope it went well.

Usually theyll tell you theres very little or no adjustment possible at the rear of a B5.5 which is more or less correct. Youre really only looking for confirmation the alignment is ok after changing, and maybe some correction if its still significantly off. Also, a lot of techs really dont like the...

Itll probably leave a clear spot when the old casting comes off, but mark around its base for example.

Even after that probably worth having an alignment check done afterward.

Theres some movement in the bolt holes, so mark the old ones positions accurately and fot new to match position. Support the axle well and do one side at a time.

Changing these transforms loose handling at the rear, well worth doing.

The ONLY passat b5.5's that have rear wishbones are the 4motion versions (totally different from the B6 kit discussed earlier), every other version have the torsion beam rear axles.

There are no rear wishbones on a 2wd car, its a torsion beam rear axle. Essentially a beam axle that can also twist : https://www.google.com/search?q=b5.5+rear+axle&client=ms-android-h3g-gb-revc&prmd=sivn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiZr4uw_OnjAhVHQUEAHf_0DSgQ_AUoAnoE...

Not on a roadgoing car, but you still would have to remember to empty it regularly.

The kits arent too hard to fit, but require a full door strip down. Usually it involves drilling out rivets holding the old slider channels and then fixing on the new ones.

If any of the microswitches in the locks fail such the car cannot tell if doors or tailgate/boot are open or closed it can trigger the alarm.

Its a common vw/vag fault.

Do you get a boot open/closed indication on the dash display? If so check that to verify.

Bluetooth named app is the phone app, i know its not obvious.

Not sure i dont use spacers often. Im only using now as a temporary setup, might still need on the back. Its much harder speccing for a 4motion cant stagger widths if rolling dimensions front and rear differ more than 4% so prob have to do same all round and space the rear unless i get I got my H&am...

Glad to help, people do not realise the potential, nor the full value for money of these things. Granted they werent always so good but theyre getting better all the time, I'd never have anything else. Especially hooked up to my amps and speakers setup, then it really sounds good, custom wired to a ...

Good stuff its surprising how much the right launcher improves things isnt it. You can use one of the many preset skins or design your own, not sure I would do that while driving though! I generally have one of the skins with the roundel in center and speedometer on that, I usually only use copilot ...

Did you manage to get a look at the old one and see how bad it was?

Forgot this was a B5.5, might actually be a bit close as Gaz says.

iirc I ran 235/34 17 on mine with the A8 Sport wheels but I cannot remember the offsets clearly, might have been ET35, I know they were just about as close as it gets without rubbing arch lip on the front at -40 lowered.

VW CRAZY wrote: ↑Wed Jun 03, 2009 12:10 pm DOWN N OUT NICEEE IS THIS IN CASTLE VALE B&Q BY ENI CHANCE

Good effort, almost pure Sunderland, but I'm sure he said Washington, their accent has a tiny bit more actual English in it, not a lot more, but a bit.

Its not difficult for a good mechanic, its just the proper quality parts list is very high cost vs most other cars (more complex and more individual parts), and theres a good bit more labour in it vs the equivalent jobs on most cars, quote that properly and most people huff off moaning about excessi...

Using the right torque settings on a torque wrench of course.