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Yeah, good news is that u keep your car, pity they will take so long, just keep your fingers crossed they do a top job & it will soon be back to a A1 condition, Good Luck ! ;)

Lol, yes small world, i also have family in mayfield & my wife sometimes goes horse riding at a farm/ stables somewhere near your sisters ... last time i went through that ford i had a message pop up on the dash saying " STOP - alternator workshop"..... it went off after about 10 secon...

Where abouts are you in derbyshire ?

Don't worry yet, as you can see, my Mrs wrote my B5 off 2 yrs ago, i valued it at

I purchased some 6000k ones , yes ice white with a tinge of blue ( same as fitted to the new range rovers & mercs etc. )The 35 watt ones are 300% brighter than standard 55watt halogen bulbs, where as i've purchased some 50watt ones which are 400% brighter than a standart 55watt halogen & use...

I've often wondered this, I've heard of people extending the wire up to the rear view mirror,but not on vw's ...... would this work to extend the key fob transmitter ?

There seems to be a lot of diffrent figures, I have a 130 TDi and the co2 on mine is 159 g/km, mine is an 03 53 AWX engine. Mine is the sport with a 6 speed box which may be why its slightly diffrent co2 figure ?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v680/grhdylan/DSCF1982.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v680/grhdylan/DSCF1983-1.jpg Here's mine, factory fitted, Yes, i know it needs a wash, The sensors point backwards parallel to the ground. If they did'nt have the revised bumper trim, they would be poinin...

Saloon or Estate ?

If you do go with fitting the correct sized VW badges on the Aero centres, remember to remove the "rings" first and to drill a hole through the new badges after you bond them on - you will need this hole to fit the hook through to remove these centres. I left the rings on..... i just &quo...

Hi, cant remember the diameter if the badge, but i know the edge of vw disc came just inside the chrome circle of the audi wheel center part. I got the wv emblems off ebay, they were about 5-10 pounds for all 4 inc postage.They were a plastic coated aluminum design, looked very nice when on the whee...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v680/grhdylan/allpics002-2.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v680/grhdylan/allpics002-1.jpg On my last passat i put audi A4 alloys on & whai i did was get some plastic aluminum backed vw centers. Then i got a sandbag & woodern domed mallet . Then worked...

More likly the car has had a water leak in the past & some of the red/black wires under the carpet under the passengers footwell / ccm area are coroded/ broken ........ This is what happened to mine !

Those look cool,Just thinking..... might look even better if they could be fitted behind the headlight glass. Do the headlights come apart ? Just a idea !
Still looks good though

NEILLYBOY78 wrote:Mud flaps.............BIN!!!!

Have u ever driven in the country ? If u have you will know how much scrubbing it takes to remove dried on cow poo from your paintwork....... You'd be fishing those flaps back out the bin ! lol

As you can see, mine's a sport, It's ok with up to 3 in but 4 or heavy load in back & the flaps catch on bumpy roads ( B roads). When i go camping i use my spring assisters, this keeps the car level & the flaps dont touch on all but the biggest bumps. Hope this helps

I fitted them to my estate, they greatly reduce the amount of road spray that is sucked onto the rear window, i know those of you that have saloons dont have this problem when it's wet, as the air flow keeps the rear window clean. I also put spring assisters on to mine when i'm fully laden to stop t...

It might be low brake fluid,,,, when u go over the speed hump, the fluid sloshes round the bottle fooling the system that the fliud is low.... worth a check ?

Very similar to mine, mines Blue Anthracite Pearl. Sometimes it looks blue, sometimes greeny blue but mostly it looks Grey !

I've got the instructions for the retro fit kit, might help you see which bits u need ? http://vwgolfr32.co.uk/heated-seats.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Also i've found this on fleabay....... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VW-GOLF-MK4-BORA-PASSAT-HEATED-SEATS-SWITCH-LOOM-NEW_W...

When checking thw wiring loom , you will have to un wrap the black fabric tape to see if there's any damage, on mine the wire just fell apart & there was loads of green corosion where the break in the wire was ! Good luck ;)

check out the sticky about the pollen filter dealer documentation as well, when i disconected my radio it did,nt need the code, i think is only if its fitted to a diffrent car, i'm sure else someone will chip in & tell you for sure !

Lift your carpet where the passengers feet go, check the CCM connections for corosion & check the wiring loom about 6" to 1 ft along the loom from the CCM .This is where most problems are !( remember the previous owner could have had a leak that has since been sorted, & your left with n...

Power to the switch comes via the CCM........ Have you got wet carpets..... leaky pollen filter.......blocked drains etc....

I second that, used to have one & that sounds about right, 300-340 for a tank full ! ;)