What have you done to your mk4 (golf/bora) today?

[eri_12]

put in sunglasses holder thingy...

[kaneda]

Anyone know a good place to buy some drive shafts I think mine are on the way out

[Stan]

kaneda - got some from an ebay seller, solid instead of tubular (so thinner) but cost about $300 landed for both sides vs a couple of grand from the stealers.
2 year warrantee, send them a message and they will make sure you get the right ones, found them very good to deal with (I have no affiliation with them whatsoever...), landed in Aus within a week
I have yet to fit them.

J R CV JOINTS-DRIVESHAFTS items - Get great deals on items on eBay Stores!

[JustCruisn]

Anyone know a good place to buy some drive shafts I think mine are on the way out

What are the symptoms of dying drive shafts ?

[Lito]

Anyone know a good place to buy some drive shafts I think mine are on the way out

I'd ask Jmac, he got me a reconditioned oem passenger side one for $185, you just need to return your cores. If you do go after market raxles have a solid rep.

[kendog]

I've been putting in a good few hours over the past few days.. Starter motor removal clean and recondition, new FMIC intercooler install incl bumper trimming, brand new OEM Votex front valance... going for paint and touch ups next week..

So many photos during the processes, I'll do some writeups when I get the chance, or maybe I'll even get around to starting my build thread one day with all these photos..

[kendog]

FMIC, mostly in, before adjustments:


Starter Motor, Mid-Way:

[kendog]

What have you done to your mk4 (golf/bora) today?

Today, with it all working and back together (minus emblem grill that I'm deciding colour on, and lower grills that don't fit back in by a few mm.. ) :


Genuine Votex grill only just out of the box and plastic wrap, still in primer and in pristine cond if anyone wants to make an offer..

Also, there seemed to be a LOT of oil that came out of the old Intercooler... Is this too much? Or is it just build up from over 10 years? Judging from the colour, it's been there quite a while..

[Stan]

you've been busy kenbot!

[BL33SU]

muffler deleted the Bora 4motion.. tooo loud!

[blake_]

Always wanted to do this, how bad is the noise?

muffler deleted the Bora 4motion.. tooo loud!

Got my TA Technix Coilovers installed with new strut mount/bushings and bearings. Ride is excellent now. Extremely pleased with it considering the price of the coilovers. Gives an awesome ride without being excessively stiff, yet sits flat through the corners (although I havent pushed it too hard yet).

[pinchies]

Trying to read my lambda model number today...

I present to you: iPhone on a stick!



And for future reference,

VW 2003 Bora APK 2.0L O2 Oxygen Lambda sensor pre-cat is 06A906262Q

[dubster99]

[QUOTE=kenbot;998326]FMIC, mostly in, before adjustments:


Where did you get the interooler from kenbot? Im going to be running litos phase 3 ecu and ft so i dont know what size id be looking at getting :/

[kendog]

Dubster, I did quite a bit of research on what's available for MK4 Golf, and the best 2 options by far seem to be the THS Intercooler, and another kit by OCD (Darkside's sister company) I'll find you the links tomorrow.

I just happened to get lucky with a kit from a guy on gumtree, who had an unused kit as he'd written off his golf before he installed it. The smallish apexi Intercooler I got would definitely be too small for your FT setup. You need one of the options above IMHO.

[kendog]

Here's the 2 intercooler kits I liked best from my research. I liked these because:

• they both have same side intercooler piping (twin pass cooling), which the air passes through twice, once through the top then through the bottom, or vice versa.
• this is also utilising the existing piping at the back (from the turbo), but deleting the pancake pipe, saving unneccessary extra work re piping from the turbo and getting extra bits welded to try to match up to the DV and N75 etc at the tip. You can just totally leave those connections stock and untouched!!
• have seemingly shorter piping runs/total length, which is meant to be much better, cooler, runs less near the engine and the top of the engine bay, and less connections for less chances of leaks..
• they look like the piping would hide behind the bumper way better than 'single pass' kits like mine where the piping bends stick out at the left and right grilles, no matter what you do, you can't get the drivers side pipe away from the tow hook mount!!
• The extra piping of 'single pass' or ebay piping kits also ends up in the road of accessing things like the starter motor, etc, etc, as piping wasn't originally meant to be on that side of the car, and past all those extra components, etc..

Firstly, the THS kit, at PSI tuning, which I like better because the air goes through the hotter 'top' part of the intercooler first (which is also behind the bumper, blocking air), then through the cooler bottom part of the intercooler, which is also totally open to fast flowing fresh air. Here's the link to it at PSI Tuning:
THS Intercooler Kit - Golf Mk4 1.8T > Engine > Golf Mk4 1998-2004 > VW Golf > VAG Specialists > PSI Tuning - VW Specialists
Home Page:
Golf intercooler | Twin pass FMIC | THS Performance
Install Info/Instructions:
http://thsperformance.co.uk/images/p...structions.pdf




Secondly, there's another good twin pass kit from OCD/Darkside. The air goes through the bottom then the top on this one, but piping is slightly shorter, and seems to be able to be tucked away very neatly:
Only Charged Dubs - 1.8T Mk4 Golf Platform Front Mount Intercooler and Pipe Kit
Install Info/Pics:
MK4 GTI-T intercooler options ? - Technical Help - Edition 38 Forums



Also, a great intercooler seems to be the Seat Sport, and beefier rebuilds of it. I was told by OCD/Darkside that it doesn't fit behind the bumper of the MK4 Golf.. But if you could get it to fit, maybe the slightly thinner OEM one, it would by far be the best! It is also a twin pass cooler, piping would be similar to the above 2, and most importantly, it is massive and is known to work exceptionally well!!

Seat Sport upgraded by Darkside:
Darkside Developments - Darkside SeatSport Ibiza Cupra Intercooler for Seat Ibiza / VW Polo & Skoda Fabia

Also, there are SO MANY single pass coolers out there which are much cheaper (just find your own piping/ebay piping kit), like these 2:
Just Japs:
Just Jap Auto Imports

or Darkside has 3 sizes..
Darkside Developments - Universal Front Mount Intercoolers (FMIC) with 57mm (2.25") Inlet / Outlet

Hope this helps..