merc's 94' vr6

[merc]

I'm wanting to do the gearbox oil in my car, just wondering if anyone has used Redline Shockproof Gear Oil in theres? I get a slight grind going into 3rd from 2nd at high rpm and am hoping putting the redline stuff in will fix it.... If anyone can recommend this or something else to use let me know

[merc]

Not much to update on this, just been driving it round. Taken a few long trips out east and I've loved every minute of it. Finally getting round to installing my dvd headunit tomorrow and I'll finally get some decent pics of it. I have a question though, I'm thinking about buying these: VW MK3 Golf Euro Front Bumper Fog Light Grille Kit | eBay just wondering if there is a difference between the aus front bar and the euro one? will those fit my front bar? Please let me know as I want to order them during the week

[Mk3 AAA]

Can't say 100% but they really should be the same, it's going to be a bit of a trick wiring them though, you may need a Euro fog switch to replace the current headlight switch, or rig up a secondary switch. They look pretty cool though, keep us up to speed what you decide.

[merc]

I've been doing some research and it seems our front bars are the same, so I'll order those during the week along with some other things. As for the wiring I have two ideas about this. One is to find a factory switch that has the foglight option, as the wiring is all there and the plugs are at the front as well (doing nothing just chilling lol) so that would prob be the best bet. The other option is to wire it up to the rear foglight switch, as I'll never use them anyway. Or I guess option three could be to just wire up a separate switch inside the cabin but I'm unsure if I wana start adding switches and so on to the clean look inside... Wonder how hard a factory foglight switch is to track down, It's the one that pulls out twice when the headlights are on, once for rear foglights, second for fronts... Anyone got one spare? lol

[merc]

Well the headunit install dint go as planned, turns out that someone got mega lazy in the past and there is like 3 stereo looms onto of each other behind the headunit atm... Ill sort it out during the week. Anyways went down to portsea this arvo with some mates and took a couple of pics

[ryana89]

That last picture nails it! Perfect!
Nice number plate.

[merc]

hahah custom plate! not really, just don't like advertising my plates on the internet

[merc]

Well I bit the bullet and got some forever black. 3 coats in and its looking 1000x better than the faded black that was there before.. Done the door trims, higher part of the side skirts, front and rear bumper strips and rear lower lip... Still gotta get to the rear spoiler, front lip, door handles and the lower part of the side skirts... Prob go 4 or 5 coats and see what it's like but as is so far I'm stoked!

[HaydEn]

Well I bit the bullet and got some forever black. 3 coats in and its looking 1000x better than the faded black that was there before.. Done the door trims, higher part of the side skirts, front and rear bumper strips and rear lower lip... Still gotta get to the rear spoiler, front lip, door handles and the lower part of the side skirts... Prob go 4 or 5 coats and see what it's like but as is so far I'm stoked!

You may or may not have trouble with tour lower side skirts. The forever I used didn't stain/dye them. So I ended up spray painting them.

[merc]

The lower part? I havn't tried that part yet but the upper part worked fine. There are a couple of streak bits in some parts but over all I'm happy with how it's turned out.
As you can see I havn't touched the front lip as its fubared anyway, prob order a new one soon enough...


And as you can see here I din't do the lower part of the side skirts but I'll prob give em a go tomorrow..

[HaydEn]

The black moldings on white looks great. Let us know how you went with the lower side skirts.

[merc]

Well had the roady done on it today, no where near as bad as I thought it may have been... Just need new rear tires and to fix the oil leak from the oil filter canister... It kinda works out well as I was planning on getting some tires next week and I was going to do a service the week after. So this kinda kills 3 birds with one stone, so to speak. Will get some tires on tuesday and do the service prob on wendsday. I suspect the leak is from the o-ring that goes between the canister and the block, so a new ring with the filter and shell be right
I do have a question about oil's though, I've been reading through the service history I have for the car and it seems the last service they did on it they used 0-50w oil (eeek) so to thin on cold and to thick on hot, prob explains why its leaking. I was thinking about going 15-40w in magnatech or something equiv, just wondering what ever one else uses?

[Ben J]

I ran 0W-40. The thinner on start up (cold) the better as far as I'm aware. Read a great article on it but cba to find it.

Looks great after the forever black. It makes so so much difference. I found mine streaked a little in some places too, probably just because it wasnt prepared well enough or becuase of something previously put on there. But still all in all it does a good job. Doesn't ware off either. Some of my trim was some of the lightest grey trim I had probably ever seen.

[merc]

Hmm interesting, I was reading the service manual and it suggests 20-40w for our climate, but I think thats a bit thick on cold for me... The 0w on cold that's in there atm is terrible, can srsly hear it as the engine warms up all the rattling noises go away, tis awful. So thats why I'm thinking of going a 15-40 and seeing if that stops these cold noises...

[dubsquad]

VR looks sweet man!!! I've always used magnatec in mine and never had any issues in cold or hot weather. I also got a brand new coilover sleeve kit that I never got around to use - Pm me if you're interested.

Cheers
Leigh