thanks to the wonders of ebay she cost me £300
its a candy white 1998 passat estate TDI SE
Good points- 105,000 miles with full vw service history, a good clean car appart from below
Bad points- head gasket problems,nackered back bumper and a cracked front grille.
pics off Ebay..
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after gettin it home and washing it off, it looked more like matt white than gloss white
so i took the back bumper off painted it myself, and got to work with the t-cut.
I did some research on what could be done to the old bus,picked out what i liked
and got to work,
pics now with wind deflectors, debadged grille and boot. i painted headlight and indicator
inserts black, relocated pressed plates with jap inserts, new style side repeators and a
stubby arieland some fitted mats..
![Image](http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa472/LIMO-B5/photo9.jpg)
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so it was time to get it tested, as the old motor sold , it failed on a split cv boot which
i managed to sort easily enough,the money a put aside for mot got put to good use,
bought some second hand coilovers £75
and these "18 tsw alloys, 3 good tyres..
![Image](http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa472/LIMO-B5/wheel2damaged.jpg)
which after a week looked like this..
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after running it around for a few months, i had chance to judge how bad the water loss was,
turned out the radiator had more holes in it than a sponge, and the water was being preasurised
by the pistons, so i had head done with new belts,new radiator and new waterpump,
the result was this..
![Image](http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa472/LIMO-B5/photo15.jpg)
whilst it was geting fixed i went for a look around local bone yards for them missing caps
and broaken plastics, i ended up buying a 3 spoke sport wheel all the bits i needed and got
the inspiration to do this..
![Image](http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa472/LIMO-B5/Photo-0002.jpg)
i covered around 500 miles and decided it was fixed so i fitted the coilovers and
ran around on the steelies untill i got the wheels finnished..
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many late nights later i got the alloys finnished,the rim tape was a pain to fit
it just wouldnt stick. but was happy with the end result..
![Image](http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa472/LIMO-B5/wheel7.jpg)
after trying them on the car they had to come straight back off, as the front arches needed
rolling. eventually got the wheels on, i aint got round to playing with coilovers yet, but
i want it as low as it will go.
thats it for now. got a few more plans when i can afford.
please all opinions welcome, also any ideas on what else i could do!!
here is how she is now..
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