UKPassats

Does anyone have one they want to sell? Taking up banger racing and need a tow bar to pull the trailer.

I fitted Hi-spec monster 4 brakes to my Escort RS Turbo. Not to stop any better as its only a road car. But because they were huge and gold I already had 2WD Cosworth brakes all round which were more than capable.

Blimey not bad at all. Im not fussed on top end speed. Im all about the acceleration. Used to fit diesel gearboxes on my RS Turbo's. Took the top end down to about 90mph but christ they could pull to that 90!

They are still 312mm but would go straight on and look lovely. Like you said any bigger than that for road use is purely for Aesthetics.

8L S3 brakes are the one for B5.5'S

Mine's a BKP. I know passats were never meant to be a fast car, but if there is kits available for golfs i would like to see kits available for these.

For me the torque is where its at. Being 5 up on the motorway and still pulling hard is a good feeling. Definately go for it they are a decent car when mapped.

Is there a level of rust that it must have before vw will fix it? As mine is starting to go around the number plate lights but for now it is just bubbling. No broken paint.

Darkside was my first port of call. But it seems they, aswell as others, only sell an elbow between the maf sensor and the standard turbo intake pipe. I do not want this. I want to replace the lot. Its looking bleak i have to say!

Is there any firms out there that make silicone intake pipes and other engine bay goodies for the 2.0tdi engines in these passats? Had a good long trawl of the internet to no evail.

Thats very interesting to know. Thankyou Gaz

There may be an alternative route for me than sitting on a time bomb.

The trouble with it for me is, ts a £2000 job for vw to fit the revised item. I simply do not have £2000 and if i did my house would have a new kitchen or i would have a new motorbike. I will be burying my head in the sand with this problem and hope it doesnt happen in my ownership of the car. And...

Rust around the number plate lights on the tail gate. Rust on the front wings. Rust on the doors. Rust on the bonnet.

Ive just been on the phone to Volkswagen Bury st edmunds to find out if this revised oil pump has ever been done to my car. Big fat no! And got a quote for it to be done. just shy of £2000. Only paid twice that for the car! Going to have to take my chances and hope it dont bite me in the bum!

I would go with car 1. Dont have any experience with the DSG boxes though so i cant give my opinion on that. My B6 is lovely. 2.0tdi wagon. Mapped to 170 and it is a lovely commuter. I do 120 miles a day and ive not had any problems with it and its on 104k now. Good on the b roads and has plenty of ...

I reused all of the nuts and bolts on the front and rear suspension on my B6. Just made sure a decent amount of thread lock was applied to all threads and had no drama's

All about tints (Good quality ones anyway) Keeps all sorts of heat out. People cant see in as easy. And they look cool as D**k.

Fitted the new RS6 segment 19" wheels and fettled with the coilovers for about an hour to get a nice ride height

That ratchet strap will definately keep that skip in situ if the driver has to slam on

I found them real easy to fit and they come with shorter end links which are a must. Good job too as i had to take an angle grinder to the old ones to get the struts off as everything had welded itself together over 8 years of use.

Had the windows tinted at RUMSKINZ Brandon. Then it started creaking on the way home so need to investigate what bushes are goosed!

Paid 240 down here (East anglia) for a set of 19's. That was for wheels in s**t state being refurbed and powder coated and tyres fitted and balanced. I thought that was pretty reasonable. And the guy picks them up from your house and drops them off.

On standard suspension it will fit as the 19" alloys i bought for my b6 wagon came with 255/35/19 rubber and it did just about fit under the arches. But are you going to lower the car? As it will look like its up on stilts! I put 235/35/19 rubber with an ever so slight stretch (nothing dangerou...

I wanted 19" Rotors for my b6 wagon when i first got it, but having seen one in the flesh with those wheels i thought they looked terrible! So ive opted for 19" RS6 segment alloys. They are beautiful in every way. Just waiting on delivery of some rubber and they will be on.

Got FK's on my B6 Wagon. Really like them. They are quite bouncy but its not a major problem. Cost me £200 delivered from germany. Only issue is that i fitted them on a 100k car. And since then virtually all of the bushes have started creaking so polybushes are next on the shopping list!