Hi! New Sydney Golfer, fixing what I just bought...

[kendog]

Hi All!,

As the title says: Hi! New Sydney Golfer, fixing what I just bought...

2000 VW Golf MK4, 'Blue Anthracite' (Dark Grey).
In the central to east part of Sydney, looking for parts/wrecking.

Currently trying to fix: bought a new remote from VW Barloworld, but it won't match/connect/sync to my car... Anyone know if it should sync to 'all mk4 golfs?

Happy to be a member, get & give all the help I can!

---------- Post added 28-11-2011 at 01:49 PM ---------- Previous post was 25-11-2011 at 03:47 PM ----------

Finally got sorted with a flickr account and some instructions to get the images up correctly, thanks goes to djorkboy





These are just the shots by the previous owner I got from carsales when I bought it.. Can't wait to get some bigger rims on it...

[Stan]

Great colour mate!

I had the exact same 14s on mine, I only went up to 16 inch GTI rims

For the remote to work you need to have it recognised by your car and its immobiliser:

VWVortex.com - New Key Programming

VWVortex.com - DIY guide to switchblade key remote replacement

search around here and on vortex if this isnt what you need

[kendog]

Thanks!
Yeah, I've been doing a shed-load of research on the remotes & programming them, accross all the forums, but can't seem to find the answers I'm looking for (past the basics).

Basically I've tried many variations of the '2 keys' method to program the remotes, but with no success. So the next step is programming it with a Vag-Com. I dropped in to VW Village, but he seems to feel that it might have a comfort module that doesn't accept remotes/keyless entry, seeing as it came with the votex add-on keyless entry option (no remotes & disconnected now). He said he can try if I drop it off one day, but he'll charge no matter what the outcome is, and is basically hinting me to not try it.

I'm in contact with a guy with a vag-com in Sydney, and we might have a go with that with the correct instructions, which I've come across from Ross-Tech & the likes, just might research a bit more tonight before I take up his time too.

Some research I've come accross sugests that any MK4 golf can have OEM flip key remotes programmed to them, regardless of wether or not they came with remotes in the first place, ie: even if they only came with 2 'standard' keys.

PS: I was reading through your build the other day, awesome, inspirational stuff!!