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General Information => User's ride Wall => Topic started by: RabbitJockey on December 22, 2012, 07:19:35 pm
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I've been looking for a mk3 to daily for a while now, most are very rusty or beat to hell. I really wanted a golf but I found this 97 jetta trek edition. Has nice bolstered seats. I just bought it yesterday, that same night the exhaust blew out and the car became incredibly loud, I noticed the fog lights, ac, and sun roof didn't work. I pulled the switch down from the sun roof and saw the it wasn't plugged in but the plug was incompatible With the switch, turns out the whole motors missing haha. Still a rust free mk3. That runs good and drives nice. Maybe a diesel one day.
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Yep, that does look pretty clean
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I'll drive down and trade you my snowflakes for those rims?
Deal?
I'll bring some beer from Canada too ;)
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Haha no way I love flyers. Ucan bring the beer down tho. I wanted a mk3 golf to diesel swap because we never got them here but oh we'll this thing was nice and I was tired of driving my cherry rabbit in the winter
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Haha no way I love flyers. Ucan bring the beer down tho. I wanted a mk3 golf to diesel swap because we never got them here but oh we'll this thing was nice and I was tired of driving my cherry rabbit in the winter
we got the mk3 TDI's in 97 and 98 but good luck finding one that can be considered clean haha
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Yah.. but you guys didn't get the mk3 AAZ, and golf didn't get the TDI till 99.
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sometimes i'm glad to live in the UK :P MK3 TDi daily, MK3 TDi donor car scrapped, Audi 80 TDi engine for the caddy
Jetta (vento?) looks nice though, not so common here
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Yah.. but you guys didn't get the mk3 AAZ, and golf didn't get the TDI till 99.
yeah too many people thought "ewww diesels dirty" ::) either way nice score (even if it is a gasser lol)
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Yah.. but you guys didn't get the mk3 AAZ, and golf didn't get the TDI till 99.
Yes I meant there were no mk3 golf diesels.sometimes i'm glad to live in the UK :P MK3 TDi daily, MK3 TDi donor car scrapped, Audi 80 TDi engine for the caddy
Jetta (vento?) looks nice though, not so common here
Yea here in the us we always get the ***ty end of the stick when it comes to foreign cars, we never get the good models like turbo Silvia, ford cosworth, or even the aaz engine!!! In North America excluding Mexico the golf with a trunk is always called jetta. I think it's because hatch backs are not as popular here and atleast from the mk2 era forward jettas far outsold the golf so they kept the name I guess. So much so that the golf estate is a jetta wagon here.
now who wants to buy my rabbit?
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FWIW, I saw a Bora badge for the first time on the highway today, south of Detroit. :-\
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FWIW, I saw a Bora badge for the first time on the highway today, south of Detroit. :-\
yeah i see people who buy them all the time, kind of pointless IMO but to each their own i guess ???
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I once saw a vento badge on a mk2. Like dude ur trying too hard to be euro
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vw america is too mainstream
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Here are my other cars
81 rabbit ls diesel
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And my 81 jetta td. Was an absolute turns when I got it, basically everything needed replaced and my dad helped me do almost everything to it, it's still a project for me since the engine is in pieces haha.
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looks like whatever rims are on your jetta is what you need to trade me :D
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looks like whatever rims are on your jetta is what you need to trade me :D
the ats classics? haha no way u don't see that size and offset that ofter, they're 13x6 et13 and the spokes go almost the whole way to the rim ridge unlike alot of the newer classics, they look cooler in person. they're on 175.50.13s i now wish ihad bought 205/60/13s with with side wall lettering, the 175/50's are getting near impossible to find now so i might be able to sell them and make money and get the bigger tires.
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damn, i'm not usually one for mkI's but that jetta looks awesome.
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I've been looking for a mk3 to daily for a while now, most are very rusty or beat to hell. I really wanted a golf but I found this 97 jetta trek edition. Has nice bolstered seats. I just bought it yesterday, that same night the exhaust blew out and the car became incredibly loud, I noticed the fog lights, ac, and sun roof didn't work. I pulled the switch down from the sun roof and saw the it wasn't plugged in but the plug was incompatible With the switch, turns out the whole motors missing haha. Still a rust free mk3. That runs good and drives nice. Maybe a diesel one day.
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LMFAO......
my significant other, drives the EXACT same car.. its a white 97 Jetta Trek.. immaculate inside and outside..
how much did you score it for? Jessi's was 2 grand, with zero issues..
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Haha I paid 3100(tax tag and title) with a handful of issues nothing really bad tho. It sat on the lot since the spring I was hoping my gf would want it but eventually I just got it for myself since its relatively rust free which is really rare around here especially on mk3s. The engine runs really well with no funny noises and the trans shifts great so all and all its a really nice mk3 I'm really happy with it. I've only driven mk1s since I was 16 so I earned my old car driver merrit badge it feels good to be in a mk3
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Haha I paid 3100(tax tag and title) with a handful of issues nothing really bad tho. It sat on the lot since the spring I was hoping my gf would want it but eventually I just got it for myself since its relatively rust free which is really rare around here especially on mk3s. The engine runs really well with no funny noises and the trans shifts great so all and all its a really nice mk3 I'm really happy with it. I've only driven mk1s since I was 16 so I earned my old car driver merrit badge it feels good to be in a mk3
ever piloted a mk2?
you need one of those next..
they are pure amazing on wheels.
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Haha I paid 3100(tax tag and title) with a handful of issues nothing really bad tho. It sat on the lot since the spring I was hoping my gf would want it but eventually I just got it for myself since its relatively rust free which is really rare around here especially on mk3s. The engine runs really well with no funny noises and the trans shifts great so all and all its a really nice mk3 I'm really happy with it. I've only driven mk1s since I was 16 so I earned my old car driver merrit badge it feels good to be in a mk3
ever piloted a mk2?
you need one of those next..
they are pure amazing on wheels.
yes, my dad has an 85 jetta td all stock just well maintained, he hasn't touched the pump or turbo even. my sister in law has an 86 gti with obd1 aba swap and some nicer struts and springs, very fun car! and if u want to count a corrado my brother has a 93 slc with ported big valve head, vortec v9 supercharger, and 2.5 or 3 inch exhaust no cat and just want muffler. all awesome cars in their own right. i love mk1s but if i was going for all out performance the mk2 is no doubt the best platform. its compatible with most everything sturdy and light.
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Fixed the vacuum pump on my rabbit and took it for a drive last night, I thought after driving the mk3 with double the power and a quieter interior and more gentle ride that the rabbit would feel inadequate, but it was really just the opposite, there is a real charm to driving the little rabbit. Not to mention despite its larger tank the fuel gauge moves too fast on the mk3. I'll have to do a tune up and see what kind of mileage I can get from the aba. Plan is a maf and tb cleaning, new pcv filter change, plug wires cap and rotor, check impedance on the coil, and a can of sea foam then see if I need to start checking sensors
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Your rabbit is my preference of the three. Yours looks very sharp. About a year ago I picked up a '79 4-door after not having a rabbit for about 20 years and I love it. 1/2 the weight of a mk3 makes a BIG difference in the power to weight ratio. I installed a VNT 15 on it and it goes very well. I also recently picked up a 2002 ALH jetta wagon and I think the rabbit with moderate boost has better power to weight.
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Your rabbit is my preference of the three. Yours looks very sharp. About a year ago I picked up a '79 4-door after not having a rabbit for about 20 years and I love it. 1/2 the weight of a mk3 makes a BIG difference in the power to weight ratio. I installed a VNT 15 on it and it goes very well. I also recently picked up a 2002 ALH jetta wagon and I think the rabbit with moderate boost has better power to weight.
my rabbit has completely stock engine down to the pin prick exhaust, but it has bilstein sport shocks/struts with h&r springs and jom front spring caps that are supposed to bring it down an extra 1" or so, i used them because it has cabby springs which are supposedly a bit strong. the rabbit is alot more solid and fun in the turns, quite lazy for anything else haha. I'm very envious of your jetta wagon, i love the mk4 wagons
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Thought anyone who is not on Facebook could appreciate this, drove home today in a wintery storm then couldn't keep my car in the drive way!!! Haha
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So far since i have owned this, 2 weeks now? I have had the exhaust repaired, done a full tune up maf and tb cleaning, new air filter, plugs, wires, cap and rotor, and also a new thermostat and upper rad hose, hopefully my mileage will start to improve as i only got around 20mpg on the last fill up. Some people might be upset at their car by this point but i know its still a solid car just has some minor problems to solve. Still need to seafoam the engine, change oil, and test the coil. depending on what kind of mileage i get from the next tank i'm going to stick new o2 sensors in. i also plan to port the tb but that is just in the back of my head when i have some free time. i thought the tune up would resolve this but it still has a bit of a stumble to the idle, like a slight miss here and there, nothing to really complain about i just know it should be a bit smoother.
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Forget about fuel injection, Slap a carb on it ;D
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Forget about fuel injection, Slap a carb on it ;D
if this were a cis car with multiple issues i certainly would, ive heard nothing but good things about the kit bfi sells. this cars starting to shape up, i got the radiator fan working today, turned out the problem was that some doofus put a 10amp fuse in where a 30 amp goes. the ac shares the same fuse, so i got excited thinking that would work now too but it didn't, i have a few cans in my basement tho i can try out come spring time. still has a rough idle tho, hopefully i can get that worked out, and well see what kind of mileage i get since the tuneup.
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Forget about fuel injection, Slap a carb on it ;D
if this were a cis car with multiple issues i certainly would, ive heard nothing but good things about the kit bfi sells. this cars starting to shape up, i got the radiator fan working today, turned out the problem was that some doofus put a 10amp fuse in where a 30 amp goes. the ac shares the same fuse, so i got excited thinking that would work now too but it didn't, i have a few cans in my basement tho i can try out come spring time. still has a rough idle tho, hopefully i can get that worked out, and well see what kind of mileage i get since the tuneup.
sorry, but i gotta play devils advocate on this one..
CIS is an AMAZING fuel system.. bloody tough as hell, provided you keep clean fuel and clean air/fuel filters in it, and keep the water out of your fuel system.
CIS is pretty bulletproof, as long as its in good working order, and maintained.. the most reliable car i have ever owned, has a CIS-Lambda fuel system.
have you replaced the injector o-rings yet? basically every single CIS car ive owned, has needed o-rings.. have you checked the high idle valve? is the mixture adjustment plug still in the fuel distributor?
i vote that you fix the CIS, rather than go carb'd..
CIS is a timeless marvel..
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Lmao. What is with Americans and "slap a carb on it" ;)
Do you really think everyone moved away from carburetors because they were so damn awesome?
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Forget about fuel injection, Slap a carb on it ;D
if this were a cis car with multiple issues i certainly would, ive heard nothing but good things about the kit bfi sells. this cars starting to shape up, i got the radiator fan working today, turned out the problem was that some doofus put a 10amp fuse in where a 30 amp goes. the ac shares the same fuse, so i got excited thinking that would work now too but it didn't, i have a few cans in my basement tho i can try out come spring time. still has a rough idle tho, hopefully i can get that worked out, and well see what kind of mileage i get since the tuneup.
sorry, but i gotta play devils advocate on this one..
CIS is an AMAZING fuel system.. bloody tough as hell, provided you keep clean fuel and clean air/fuel filters in it, and keep the water out of your fuel system.
CIS is pretty bulletproof, as long as its in good working order, and maintained.. the most reliable car i have ever owned, has a CIS-Lambda fuel system.
have you replaced the injector o-rings yet? basically every single CIS car ive owned, has needed o-rings.. have you checked the high idle valve? is the mixture adjustment plug still in the fuel distributor?
i vote that you fix the CIS, rather than go carb'd..
CIS is a timeless marvel..
i actually don't own any cars that have cis, never have either i think u read my post wrong. My brother has a 16v scirocco and my sister had a cis fox, i would agree its a great system so long as it works. even digifant 2 is nice imo, its just annoying there is no scan por, but thats not so bad because there only seems to be 4 potential problems, bad cts, bad o2 sensor, bad grounds, or vacuum leaks. i think the carb thing is because american backyard mechanics already understood carbs and the mechanics of cars which didn't change much for about 50 years, and also because race car.
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Or the computer for digifant can suddenly die...had that happen on my cabriolet.....Naturally thought the carb swap would be the answer. The carb swap was not the issue, had it running after 10 minutes. The 10 minute carb swap has turned into 3 years of trying to redeem its previous owners lack of mantainance. And so it sits waiting for an exhaust. I miss my diesel golf. Maybe in a few years after the automatic transmission blows up Ill swap the golf' sengine into it.
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Or the computer for digifant can suddenly die...had that happen on my cabriolet.....Naturally thought the carb swap would be the answer. The carb swap was not the issue, had it running after 10 minutes. The 10 minute carb swap has turned into 3 years of trying to redeem its previous owners lack of mantainance. And so it sits waiting for an exhaust. I miss my diesel golf. Maybe in a few years after the automatic transmission blows up Ill swap the golf' sengine into it.
i will say this jetta has been kind of a pain in the ass. all my diesels i have bought and they've had good compression so as long as i had a good pump new injectors and everything timed up right they ran like tops.
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I'd say CIS was better than carb. I had a few* that ran very well and were reliable (ex the fuel-pumps and pres regulators).
Mk2 diesel beats them all, IMO... Simple, robust and efficient.
* 77, 79, 80 Rabbits, 86 A5000, 88 A90, 89 Carat, 91 A200T
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I will agree with you on this statement. Although CIS gets pricey with replacement parts and the Carb is cheaper to service, reliability and cold weather performance wise CIS is on the Diesel level of reliability when functioning properly. My father owned a 1987 GTI for the better of 10 years with CIS lambda and that thing never had an issue with the fuel system system. Then again that was in the 90's and gasohol was not mandated yet. With a carb it is hit and miss until you have all the magic settings dialed in. Im getting there, the cabriolet starts 80% of the time ;)
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I will agree with you on this statement. Although CIS gets pricey with replacement parts and the Carb is cheaper to service, reliability and cold weather performance wise CIS is on the Diesel level of reliability when functioning properly. My father owned a 1987 GTI for the better of 10 years with CIS lambda and that thing never had an issue with the fuel system system. Then again that was in the 90's and gasohol was not mandated yet. With a carb it is hit and miss until you have all the magic settings dialed in. Im getting there, the cabriolet starts 80% of the time ;)
No way is CIS as reliable as IDI diesel, maybe true until something breaks. Just look at the complexity of CIS vs IDI diesel. CIS is a nightmare in comparison: 2 fuel pumps, fuel distributor, cold start injector, tachymetric relay, sensor plate, microswitch, O2 sensor and other stuff I forgot about.
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Believe it or not, but when the system was fairly new it was reliable. Fairly new being "10 years" old . Looking at CIS now, not so much, too many years for the metal fuel lines to corrode and send little flakes downstream and F$%# everything up. Like I said that was the late 90's. My dads GTI had 200,000 miles on it when it was parked. He had the basic ignition system with no knockbox. Now he did have the intank fuel pump and filter replaced at around 100,000 miles. No other fuel parts were ever touched. So in theory if you had new lines, accumulator, pumps and a used functioning fuel distributor you will be good for about 100,000 miles.
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Forget about fuel injection, Slap a carb on it ;D
if this were a cis car with multiple issues i certainly would, ive heard nothing but good things about the kit bfi sells. this cars starting to shape up, i got the radiator fan working today, turned out the problem was that some doofus put a 10amp fuse in where a 30 amp goes. the ac shares the same fuse, so i got excited thinking that would work now too but it didn't, i have a few cans in my basement tho i can try out come spring time. still has a rough idle tho, hopefully i can get that worked out, and well see what kind of mileage i get since the tuneup.
sorry, but i gotta play devils advocate on this one..
CIS is an AMAZING fuel system.. bloody tough as hell, provided you keep clean fuel and clean air/fuel filters in it, and keep the water out of your fuel system.
CIS is pretty bulletproof, as long as its in good working order, and maintained.. the most reliable car i have ever owned, has a CIS-Lambda fuel system.
have you replaced the injector o-rings yet? basically every single CIS car ive owned, has needed o-rings.. have you checked the high idle valve? is the mixture adjustment plug still in the fuel distributor?
i vote that you fix the CIS, rather than go carb'd..
CIS is a timeless marvel..
i actually don't own any cars that have cis, never have either i think u read my post wrong. My brother has a 16v scirocco and my sister had a cis fox, i would agree its a great system so long as it works. even digifant 2 is nice imo, its just annoying there is no scan por, but thats not so bad because there only seems to be 4 potential problems, bad cts, bad o2 sensor, bad grounds, or vacuum leaks. i think the carb thing is because american backyard mechanics already understood carbs and the mechanics of cars which didn't change much for about 50 years, and also because race car.
i read the article, and it SOUNDED like the car was CIS equipped, and had issues..
most people will rip the CIS off just because they are too lazy to figure out whats wrong, and fix it..
CIS is a great fuel system.. my Jetta NEVER got 35mpg..
Yes, because race car!
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I will agree with you on this statement. Although CIS gets pricey with replacement parts and the Carb is cheaper to service, reliability and cold weather performance wise CIS is on the Diesel level of reliability when functioning properly. My father owned a 1987 GTI for the better of 10 years with CIS lambda and that thing never had an issue with the fuel system system. Then again that was in the 90's and gasohol was not mandated yet. With a carb it is hit and miss until you have all the magic settings dialed in. Im getting there, the cabriolet starts 80% of the time ;)
No way is CIS as reliable as IDI diesel, maybe true until something breaks. Just look at the complexity of CIS vs IDI diesel. CIS is a nightmare in comparison: 2 fuel pumps, fuel distributor, cold start injector, tachymetric relay, sensor plate, microswitch, O2 sensor and other stuff I forgot about.
ive had just as good of luck with CIS as i have IDI...
my 85 GTI always ran great, even after i totalled it..
my 86 Golf that i have now, also runs amazing..
NO mk2 GTIs ever came with CIS-Lambda in north america, btw..
if it was a GTI, it had CIS-Electronic.. the Golfs had CIS-Lambda..
88 went to digifant..
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I guess I mispoke hahaha Its been about 12 years since I last saw that car. And because race car....Nascar stopped using Carbs only this year ;D
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The only thing more simple than IDI is Mechanical DI ;) lol
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I'm not too crazy about them but I put some clear corners on my rabbit while it sits haha
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is that waht you friggan guys have for weather?? I have 6 foot snow banks right now!
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Yeah it was kinda damp and windy in the 30s for temp. I just got over a cold so I stayed inside other than sticking those lights in and chasing feral cats out of my yard that my neighbors insist on feeding. Went from 3 to 30 in a year and one bit my cat last year and really or it good it looked like it had 2 butt holes then got all infected. I had to take it to the vet and its pus pocket popped on my seat on the way to the vet an smelled terrible and I had a vet bill on top of it all because some ass hole feels bad for tr cats and feeds them. If u feel bad then get them fixed so that there isn't 30 hungry cats tearing everyone's garbage bags open. Damn
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A box trap and little bits of lead go a long way...from what I have heard.
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Just get a shotgun...
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Hmmmm, Makes it look cleaner with the clear lights. Guess I am going to have to look into those as an upgrade. My orange ones are starting to break off where they attach to the car. Getting loose. I already have the European bumpers with the clear lights down low so the side ones on the grill would look every bit as good as yours.
Love the hood emblem. Rabbilac?
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A box trap and little bits of lead go a long way...from what I have heard.
i actually tried that a bit last year, i let the door open to my sun room and had a motion camera setup to watch them come in and eat at night, then i set up a trap with food in it instead and they wouldn't go in theyd just bat at the food from the side. so i thought i could solve it, i shut the trap in the door so that they'd have to go in the trap to get in the room. nope, those little ass holes would jump over the cage then bat at the food from the side of the cage still. i only ever caught one. it was a gigantic turtle tabby or something. one of the biggest cats i had ever seen. ended up being real friendly and declawed so i figured it was one of the neighbors pets and let it go.
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Hmmmm, Makes it look cleaner with the clear lights. Guess I am going to have to look into those as an upgrade. My orange ones are starting to break off where they attach to the car. Getting loose. I already have the European bumpers with the clear lights down low so the side ones on the grill would look every bit as good as yours.
Love the hood emblem. Rabbilac?
yeah its growing on me. i replaced mine for the same reason plus one was cracked and filling with water it actually ripped off in the car wash, once i got them off i saw they were actually easy to fix(the attachment points not the cracks), but i had already bought the clear ones.
heres where i got mine. they don't seem to be sealed up very well so i put some silicone all the way around them except on the bottom, that way if water gets in it drains out. also they do not come with the nuts and they use 10-24 nuts instead of the fine threaded metric that comes on the vw stock. and its an 1157 bulb u can get the amber ones at most part stores.
http://memoimports.com/mi/index.php?fa=prt.part&prt_id=1003&cat_id=3
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$21.35 from them in Mexico. Must be the US mark up to make them 35.
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$21.35 from them in Mexico. Must be the US mark up to make them 35.
oh i could have gotten them cheaper?? where?
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No affiliation with this link, Just an Ebay search on VW Rabbit Front turn signals. 21.35 wonder if it Merican dollars?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1981-VW-Rabbit-Turn-Signals-Pair-Clear-Rare-25VW-C-/370773162772?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item5653cd7b14&vxp=mtr
or here: 22.90 http://www.ebay.com/itm/VW-RABBIT-MK1-MARKER-TURN-SIGNAL-GRILL-PAIR-WHITE-81-84-/111025008038?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item19d99b2da6&vxp=mtr
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I showed a couple peopl already but I just thought this was neat
Vw t3
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Volvo vw hybrid for my coupe
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What manifold is that mounted on TRAVDOR?
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Ported 1.6td manifold painted with vht header paint
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Me and my bicycle
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Gonna strap it up top with your coke cooler and ammo box? ;D
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Gonna strap it up top with your coke cooler and ammo box? ;D
It's how they came from new jerk
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I have to toss in my 2C on cis, it rocks. I've had a bunch of early b21 Volvo turbo stuff, couple of Mercedes, and work on a lot of old 911's. Only gasser vw was an 85 or 86 8v Rocco, and in 05 or 06, at a combined, consistent 38mpg it was cheaper to drive than my buddies late A4 PD TDI, and before he flashed the ecu I'd pull a car or two on him in 2nd and 3rd. The Rocco was very well sorted and bone stock. I've had grief from very late Mercedes cis, but overall if you follow the book it's sweet. I still dream of my AAZ in a Scirocco, but with the unreasonable price of diesel it's tuff to look past an ABA as cheap as they are.
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that was kind of my thought. plus i couldn't find a decent tdi. i would prefer a diesel but oh well. my complaint with this car is that a bunch of *** keeps breaking. i bought it because the body was in great shape and its unmolested, had a new clutch, and new tires. i have already replaced a few bits, and now it needs exhaust, water pump, rear brakes, i think a new throttle body, and im betting the coil needs replaced as well. but i know once that stuff is done i will have a very solid car... hopefully.
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You bought a 15 year old car ;) All the things listed needed replaced probably 2 or more years ago haha.
I really wish you bought this in August.. I scrapped a 2.0 in August. Coulda gave you it all for fweeeeee
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yeah i know, its not a new car haha, most of that stuff is cheap and easy to replace tho so no big heartbreak on my part. i think the most expensive part i gotta do is the brakes so i am fortunate over all.
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not that it is particularly exciting but this weekend i redid my rear brakes on the trek. i was hoping for a simple new bearing, new rotors, new pad, and lube the slider deal. but i ended up replacing everything because one of the sliders snapped off so i figured may as well replace both calipers since who knows what condition they are really in at almost 190k. the napa eclipse stuff is great, i got the semi loaded calipers and they come all painted and beautified
both sides had stuck sliders so the inner pads were much more worn than the outter, especially this side haha!
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and i ended up with a nice looking setup here, most of napas newer rotors come coated with some kind of black *** but they didn't have them for the rear of my jetta. when i do the front brakes i'll get the painted rotors, but probably keep the old calipers, the front ones never seem to be as much of a hassle. i forgot to stick some bleeder valve caps on them, i have a box of new ones at home. always put the caps on people!!! they will save you from snapped off bleeders and they only cost a few bucks for a box of around 20 at napa. there is no excuse for that kind of negligence.
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I am not sure I would call that a slider. More like a spark generator. So, do you notice better stopping power now? Metal on metal, Well maybe a slider after all.
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I am not sure I would call that a slider. More like a spark generator. So, do you notice better stopping power now? Metal on metal, Well maybe a slider after all.
yeah the pic is of a pad, the sliders that the caliper rides on were stuck, so the caliper couldn't move so it could only apply pressure to the inside pad. stopping is a little better nothing amazing i guess because it's just the rear, i don't think the pads are quite seated to the new rotors yet either since i haven't driven much. the metal on metal was just very loud and really chewed up the old rotor. stopping is much smoother now tho and also the brakes had been sticking in the back some, so i expect a bit better mpg's fingers crossed
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Everybody loves a success story. Better ride, less noise, safer and better mileage. Did you say they look better as well. That leaves nothing to improve upon then.
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dafuq did that pass a safety inspection??
Also, why was the car not properly checked before you started tooling around in it. Scary man, scary.
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dafuq did that pass a safety inspection??
Also, why was the car not properly checked before you started tooling around in it. Scary man, scary.
i live life on the edge. haha. it stopped just fine till i got down to the metal on that pad which is what got me doing the work. i am curious myself how that passed inspection but they only check opposite corners, so they may have pulled the other side and said the pads are fine, but honestly it seemed like the calipers hadn't been off in a very long time, along with the broken exhaust it had when i bought it. honestly now that i've had it a few months and seen the trouble its caused me, i have some regret on buying it. but over all it is what i wanted, a mk3 with a mostly clean body, and nice interior, plus it had a new set of tires and new clutch. trans shifts good and doesn't pop out of reverse.
and we're picking up my old lady a new car tonight, an 03 jetta 1.8t 5 speed. needs a timing belt but other wise seems to be very nice. so now she can finally get rid of her clapped out cabriolet.
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What year cabby? :) The 1.8T will be hella-dope from the thrift-shop. Yo.
Opposite corners? That is really bare minimum eh lol.
Eh, its a used car.. its easier to replace parts then make it look good in my opinion.. lol
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What year cabby? :) The 1.8T will be hella-dope from the thrift-shop. Yo.
Opposite corners? That is really bare minimum eh lol.
Eh, its a used car.. its easier to replace parts then make it look good in my opinion.. lol
That's the law in pa I'm gonna look which ones they did, both sides had stuck sliders. But yes easier to replace parts is right. Her cabby is a 90 nugget yellow automatic
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They checked every corner, they only check pad thickness as far as I know. But still I only drove it since December that rear pad shouldn't have been worn to metal in 3 months
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There are not any inspections what-so-ever in Northern AZ with the exceptions of titling a previously out-of-state vehicle or getting a bonded title on an abandoned vehicle. There are no safety inspections or emissions testing. Registration renewals can be done on the web and tags arrive in the mail.
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Natural selection?
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There really isn't any greater preponderance of basket-case vehicles here than there is in other places where I've lived or visited that have stringent inspection procedures.
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There really isn't any greater preponderance of basket-case vehicles here than there is in other places where I've lived or visited that have stringent inspection procedures.
I bet that's very true since most people do not work on their own cars. And basket case cars don't last long anyway haha
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Dear diary
Been keeping some what busy with cars the past few weeks. My girl has been driving a cabriolet for the past 3.5 years, we got it as a temporary car when her Mini Cooper puked its cvt transmission(never buy a mini). I only paid 1300 for the cabby and did basically minimum maintenance on it to keep it on the road, wheel bearings oil changes timing belt v belts vac lines o2 sensor. But the time has come that she financially recovered from her Mini Cooper and her cabriolet is just a worn out car with a very worn trans. I tried to talk her into a mk3 but she wanted a mk4 Jetta. But I told her a mk4 is fine but it has to be a manual because the automatics were crap especially in 04. Then my daddy saw an 03 1.8t down the road from his house so we went and checked it out. Had a good price and my parts guy looked at it for me because he knows alot about the mk4s and 20vs. So we bought it, my dad and I did the timin belt that weekend then I had a little battle with the thermostat the following week, crazy Andy helped a bit with that. And now we have a nice running 20v mk4 just needs ebrake cables now. So I have been teaching her how to drive with a standard trans. It has 155k on it and its obviously been driven but it is really in nice shape drives nice ad everything on it works, which is all that matters.
Her brand new 10 year old car!!!!!
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And a random progress shot from the timing belt job
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Grenade pin tensioner, stand clear!!!
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Took my rabbit to get inspected it failed for tires and wipers, then I lost my only key which delayed me taking it back after fixing both problems because I had to jimmy the door open and take the door handle to a lock smith who used the code off the door handle to make me new keys so now I can go vroom vroom again
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Finally found the source of my bad fuel mileage in my mk3!!! Was a bad coil I didn't notice tho because the missing hunk was on the back side
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Anyone wanna buy a nice mk4 jetta 1.8t std trans lol
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Haha yeah right I just realized its been 2 months and she still isn't driving it due to not liking stick.
Serenity now
Serenity now
Serenity now
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Haha yeah right I just realized its been 2 months and she still isn't driving it due to not liking stick.
Serenity now
Serenity now
Serenity now
I just went through that with my wife... She absolutely will not drive stick. There's tons of great affordable stick VWs around here - finding a working automatic that doesn't shift weird is quite a challenge though. We settled on an 04 1.8T with the 5-speed automatic. At least they are known to make it past 100,000 miles without blowing up like the 01M cars do.
How'd you find the timing belt job? I got quoted about $900 to do the timing belt + water pump + thermostat.
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Funny that your wives don't like to drive sticks. When the salesman tried to get my wife to buy an automatic she leaned across the desk and said " I prefer to drive my car not point it in the direction it wants to go." She ended up with a Toyota Matrix with a five speed and a sunroof.
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Yea my mom wants a new Audi and none with stick. The woman has never worn out a clutch either.
We are kind of afraid of a new vw(diesel prefered ). I told her to get an r8 :)
Same with my woman. I threatened her and said im gonna get you a manual, but nope.
Picked up a nice 04 passat tdi auto for her though. We did average 41 on a trip to ohio. 75 mph most of the way too. This may sound like a joke but get her a garden tractor to learn clutch on
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Haha yeah right I just realized its been 2 months and she still isn't driving it due to not liking stick.
Serenity now
Serenity now
Serenity now
I just went through that with my wife... She absolutely will not drive stick. There's tons of great affordable stick VWs around here - finding a working automatic that doesn't shift weird is quite a challenge though. We settled on an 04 1.8T with the 5-speed automatic. At least they are known to make it past 100,000 miles without blowing up like the 01M cars do.
How'd you find the timing belt job? I got quoted about $900 to do the timing belt + water pump + thermostat.
So u definitely were in the same predicament haha. I have heard not sobad of things about the tiptronic cars try do still go bad but I've heard u can sometimes swap some solenoids and be on your way. 1.8t timing belt isn't that bad there's a really good how to on vw vortex but be prepared to spend some time on it, everything is tight but very very doable u just gotta keep moving hoses and stuff around, also just leave the inner piece of the motor mount floating around next to the motor but make sure u pick it up over the new parts as u install them. Use lock tite when u reassemble some of the bolts are stretch bolts. The thermostats not too bad either u just pull back that big wad of vacuum crap that the dip stick is attached too and down in there with a 1/4" ratchet with a 5-6" wobble extension. Just be really careful when u tighten it back down its really easy to get it cocked and then the edge of the housing catches on the block and gets warped and leaks. I've only ever worked on mk1-2-3 and mostly just 1.6 diesels and I didn't think it was too awful of a job. It's mostly just removing a bunch of parts so that you can get to the engine and perform a simple tbelt change.