Oh, and Aaron - your original two-tone article is now back at RetroBugs.com. For anybody curious about how good paint is done, check out the article on my site that Aaron sent over - the pics are really great!
Oh, and Aaron - your original two-tone article is now back at RetroBugs.com. For anybody curious about how good paint is done, check out the article on my site that Aaron sent over - the pics are really great!
Last night I had all 4 of my Front Control arm bushings replaced with brand new ones. the front ones were replaced with standard NB bonded rubber mounts, the rear control arm bushings however were replaced with the same pieces out of an Audi TT. these are MUCH better handling than the ones from the NB. the ones that are on the NB have two large kidney bean shaped holes in them to soften up the ride. whil this is all good, the Audi ones are better because they are SOLID rubber, no holes = MUCH stiffer than the NB ones. the turn in is more precise and the car is not as floaty over the undulations in the road.
after a couple hours of hard Work by Jon Hamilton (Rally VW TDI Golf driver/Owner) Growler is handling MUCH MUCH better.. no more swimming all over the road.
if you ever need new rear control arm bushings, the Audi TT ones are an excellent upgrade.
Today I got to put Growler's old grill to use on my99vdub's Bluenote. Took a little custom fabrication, but I was able to mount the Drivergear accent without too much of an incident.
on a not so fun note, Growler has had some issues with Popping out of 5th gear... only 74k miles,, he is WAY too young for that.
anyhoo, after trying all of the cheap fixes I could come across, I have decided to replace everything in the 5th gear area.
getting a European .681 5th ratio (Stock is.755) because it is $75 Cheaper than the OEM ratio..
an all new Selector mechanism, new needle bearing, new Synchro, new bolts to hold it all in place and a new gasket for the tranny endcap.
all in all it is going to cost $650 for these parts. it only takes about 2.5 hours to swap these out and it is easily done by following the insturctions on http://linux.itsafish.com/gearswap.pdf that pdf.
the Thread with all of the gory details in located here on TDIClub
That has been my dirty little secret for over a year.
I swung about 1/8" too wide pulling into a parking space at the garage at work because the guy in the space next to me was crowding the spot just a little. that scratch is the result...
its no big deal really, it goves me the perfect spot to place my display board at car shows...
see :
it hides the blemish perfectly.. I am just glad we have plastic fenders.