UKPassats

August 2016 A couple of pics from VW Festival on Sunday. :mrgreen: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v479/AJoakes/R36/69742C41-A7D4-49BA-8784-E4343FCE64B1.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v479/AJoakes/R36/3E393A44-CE62-4C3A-8BD2-18693F3EAF4C.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v479/AJoakes/R...

July 2016 I got myself a set of shorter plates to see how they looked. The rear went on fine obviously I ditched the plate surround and just fitted it directly to the rear of the car.... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v479/AJoakes/R36/D773CD09-B1F9-4B30-80A5-1599BACFF066.jpg However, the front c...

June 2016 So I picked the car up from the body shop on Friday. :mrgreen: Long story short, when I first bought the car I noticed whilst cleaning it that there was a bit of clear coat flaking around the drivers side rear door handle and the chrome window strip. The chrome strip in the middle of the ...

Ive been slacking with this thread....

I'll try to update over the weekend.

Looks cracking mate, Silver wheels have made a massive difference to the look of this. Roof spoiler looks spot on too!

Looks great mate!

You need to get some of them pics up from UD. They make the paint look unreal!

OK, no more Manford jokes, I promise

Car looks great James, new wheels have made it look so much more special! Really is back if not beyond its former prime now!

Stand also looks good! Great effort to those involved.

Pretty sure it can only be closed from the button on the tailgate as standard.

I think kufatec do a module to allow you to close it from the key and internal switch too!

Hi Lewis!

Good shout joining up here, as we (R36OC) often join forces with UKP for the shows etc.

Jesus! I'm actually speechless.

Yeah, by law with xenon headlights you need to have headlight washers and self levelling suspension. NO, YOU DONT. Why does this rubbish keep getting spouted, stop repeating the advice of morons. And the term is HIGH INTENSITY DISCHARGE, xenon is just the inert gas filling the bulb, its got little ...

Yeah, by law with xenon headlights you need to have headlight washers and self levelling suspension. Never had a car fail with them though, and a headlamp washer does next to nothing anyway. I wouldn't put them in a light unit that uses an open bulb and reflectors, but if you have projectors like th...

Agree with the above, Ive had this set in both a Passat B6 and a Touareg in 4300K flavour and they look very OEM. http://www.hids-direct.co.uk/premium-h7-35w-hid-xenon-conversion-kit-smart-canbus-system/ No problems whatsoever with quality or Canbus compatibility. :mrgreen: The metal base makes them...

Looks very interesting.

Surprised you only have one pic of the car considering the extensive list of modifications.

Look forward to seeing more of this one!

Yeah, thats me!

Welcome mate, recognise the car from the DW forum!

Looking good mate! Some nice little updates!

Indywindy had some bigger arches on his B6. They were replacement wings I believe. The rear would have to be custom by a good bodyshop. R36 arch extensions as standard, but they just stick onto the original panels so don't give any extra room. They also are not very obvious and you'd need to do bump...

3.2 Passat is the same as the Golf R32 engine, just silenced a little more to suit the family market. There's a nice silver saloon for sale at the minute with Omanyts and an R line kit. I believe they are all Auto/DSG and only come in 4motion flavour in the UK. The 3.6 in the R36 is not the same as ...

Never under estimate how much a weak battery can totally mess with these cars! I solved all sorts of issues with my old B6 when I replaced the battery! My dads Touareg was similar, all sorts of warning lights appeared. The system basically shuts down modules to give the car enough power to turn over...

They are pretty rare, mainly because diesel was king when the B6 was introduced... most company cars etc had to be diesel so it was only really the privately owned ones that were the petrol versions. The one you have found looks good, but is very low spec. It has the sports seats being a sport model...

Eddy -- Like me, you've probably got Valeo heads then. Either the Morimoto stuff from The Retrofit Source in the US (no EU outlet that I've found) Or from HIDs Direct Here's a method of modifying the connector to give just spades: http://www.hidplanet.com/forums/showthread.php?36026-HOW-TO-Take-apa...

The motor itself as far as I am aware cannot be coded. The door module is what is coded and tells the motor what to do. If you have only changed the motor, it should work the same as the old one.

How do you mean code it to the car?

Electric handbrakes are a common fault, both caliper and switch end. Steering column fault is also common, used to cost a fortune to fix but not so bad now days. Other than that, the majority of problems relate to the diesels. I had a 2.0 FSi for 4.5 years and it was the best/most reliable car i've ...

Stunning motor!