Looks sweet!
Was getting the A,B and C pillars off a bit of a task? I'm looking at redoing my headliner but with the car being a 3door, I'm not sure how different/what to expect when taking off the pillars
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Looks sweet!
Was getting the A,B and C pillars off a bit of a task? I'm looking at redoing my headliner but with the car being a 3door, I'm not sure how different/what to expect when taking off the pillars
Thanks man!Quote:
Originally Posted by drucejnr
Not sure about the 3 door too be honest! but if its anything like the 5 door, taking them off wasn't much of a task, i would say putting them back on while trying to keep the headliner in place is the hardest thing, especially when you have to do it yourself! There should only be a few screws and a couple of pop/snap clips thingos...
If its the ambition of your car, sell up, take the aftermarket parts off and buy a vr6!!Quote:
Originally Posted by frankeshh
Well done on the roof.
Yeah, thats what will probably end up happening early next year when im earning money and out of school...Quote:
Originally Posted by Dubba
Cheers mate, took a fair amount of time and made me angry at some points, but the end result is pretty good i reckon!Quote:
Originally Posted by Water Boy
Ill be attempting to install my coilovers today! Received them yesterday thanks to Autoslick!
Ill be posting all my fails and triumphs along the way!
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...IMG_0085-1.jpg
Good luck D:
Great to see someone getting their hands dirty and giving it a go themselves :) That headliner fix is dead simple and makes a hell of a difference. Yours looks awesome.
Looking forward to seeing it on those coils.
So wednesday started off pretty bad, went downstairs into my garage to find the commie parked in there, and mum had the keys with her at work. Had to go pick the keys up from her and move it out, that took in all about an hour, but then my mate marco and I got stuck in.
Front steering arm bolts (i think?) were the biggest pain. Got the top bolts off on both sides but the bottom ones just would not budge at all. :mad:
Sooo we decided to just to the rear first, simple as, literally 2-3 bolts to undo and the old ones are off, new ones are in. Got the coils on in a matter of 20 minutes. We then went back to the fronts, which ended up taking both of us about 5 hours of throwing things and making loud noises to get ONE of the sides off. We gave up and went got thai takeaway ahha
That brings us to this morning. So im about 2 weeks from the HSC and i didn't really want to waste another day on this but i couldn't leave it with one last corner to do. So i woke up early, about 830 and got into cutting off this bitch of a bolt. Pretty much tried every power tool, drill, multi tool, dremel. None really did much, so i whacked out the hack saw. Cut the old bolt off after about an hour or two.
After installing and making sure both sides were equal, i lowered it off the jack stands and she was standing by herself, i was so relieved! Untilllll... i found that the upper strut tops were popped out and up from the strut towers? I do not know what i have done wrong here, but can someone help me? I believe i installed everything the right way, but obviously not...
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...IMG_0091-1.jpg
Anyway heres how she sits now... going to raise the front and lower the back, just so theres not rake. AND I NEED WHEELS ASAP
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...IMG_0090-1.jpg
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...IMG_0089-2.jpg
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Did you replace the Strut top mounts as well or are they the originals? If they're the originals chances are they're worn out and that looks normal for a worn out rubber mount. Invest $50 in some HD mounts from euro revolution.