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It's all done from the footwell mate, the only thing that's changed is a little black box that's on the steering column I believe. The polish guys that did mine had the column out in about 10 minutes, so it's not a long job. £283 with dealership warranty you can't really isnt too bad at all really.

Looks great mate!

To be fair, this is a lot less of an issue now than it used to be. At first VW said they had to replace the whole steering column and people were being charged £1000 a time, but there were other people that were able to fix the micro switches for £100ish which I had used myself on my old passat. H...

'Hi Def' Side skirts and spoiler arrived from the states today...... took 4 working days! :shock: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v479/AJoakes/AJSIPHONE408.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v479/AJoakes/AJSIPHONE402.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v479/AJoakes/AJSIPHONE403.jpg http://im...

Cheers guys.

Jaraz, old wheels have winter tyres on them mate (need them around my way in the snow) so I will be keeping them. I also want to be able to put the car back to original if I ever decide to sell. If for any reason that changes, ill let you know mate.

So, as it's clearly Spring now, I thought I'd get the 19's on! Spent the day cleaning inside the wheel arches, painting the calipers and swapping wheels... Calipers weren't too bad, just a bit faded and the springs looked poo. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v479/AJoakes/R36/EABDDA38-85C2-4DDC-B10...

On mine it was the rear seat catches. Fold the rear seats down and see if it goes away. Took me ages to find it!

Quality . Car looks very good. Sexual man. One day I'll have one. (When I'm not a suttudent) lol Been a while since i posted, but this deserves some praise. Fantastic car. AJ , nice as always. jaraz Thanks guys, much appreciated :-bd simpley the best passat on here bar none fella, I'd trade my left...

Some pics taken by The guys the built the system... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v479/AJoakes/R36/E87245C9-46C1-4F87-83F0-FC5592D115D2.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v479/AJoakes/R36/1B2E9A03-54DB-4A5E-87CF-AECA787FF2FE.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v479/AJoakes/R36/707290D6-E6C4...

My car decided that it wasn't making enough noise as standard. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v479/AJoakes/R36/BDF8BCFA-9AAF-436A-9D93-8FE7FB63A536.jpg So I ended up getting the exhaust done sooner than I wanted. But very happy with the work done by Cobra Sport/Exhausts UK in Sheffield I had a fu...

Paddle extensions fitted http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v479/AJoakes/R36/2AD2FF87-3EF2-4B6C-B321-FA8CF81701DC.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v479/AJoakes/R36/73FD9D20-BCFA-4DE1-9349-240FBD61A87B.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v479/AJoakes/R36/13F4CEEE-3DF7-4220-B197-3148912331EA.jpg

Few press pictures of my car from when it was new.... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v479/AJoakes/R36/103CED8A-65AB-43C1-9708-3CFF46F7B380.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v479/AJoakes/R36/B11BD645-D134-401B-AE24-D87EDF478217.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v479/AJoakes/R36/1DB76793-CC...

Been slack with the updates on here again I'm afraid.... Newer model light switch fitted http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v479/AJoakes/R36/1E7DCBC9-9A05-4AE6-92E4-F61988E1AB1A.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v479/AJoakes/R36/A568DA40-D63B-4CC1-A933-B04786386517.jpg Set up the phone and voice ...

At least it still lives on being cared for!

Nice mate! Love the new look rear lights!

My old 2.0fsi was a bit rattly on idle. Was fine as soon as there were any revs added though.

It was the tensioner on the chain side of the cams. The little hydraulic ram fails which means the half moon shape tensioner doesn't take up the slack in the chain.

it'll be under the drivers seat.

The module may not be working or of an older generation that isn't actually Bluetooth as we know it.

How much work is involved in doing this? It does look much neater and updated.

As long as the drivers door is shut and your seat belt is on.

My old B6 did this a few times. Usually as a result of someone pulling the handle when the car was locked. If i put the window down and stood outside pulling both internal and external handles together, you would eventually feel the cable click back into its clip and the external handle would sudden...

The hpa is an addon controller, still needs an original working haldex ecu to talk to. The Gen 2 version is a replacement controller which replaces the factory controller and includes 3 programmed modes, Stock, Sport and Race. Without the switch or remote you will only be able to use the Sport sett...

Checked the tyre? could be a snapped belt.

I had it happen on my old Vectra. Tread was fine but the tyre had lost its shape and caused some strange sensations.

I had the same issue with my 2.0fsi only my flexi was buggered too and that bit also has the cat in it which TPS wanted another £700 for that section too! Exhausts UK (cobra) in Sheffield replaced my full exhaust including both flexi's and using my official cat for £600ish it was half the price of...

Result!

2.0 FSi or TFSi is well worth considering. They go fairly cheap compared to the diesels and to be honest, they aren't that bad on fuel or tax/insurance either. I had mine for 4 years. Loved it. Got 30 mpg around town out of it and it was nicely spec'd from new with enough scope to put my own stamp o...