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

[JackF]

Finished installing a Forge Big Knob tonight. Way more complicated than I expected, definitely not a bolt-on mod (for my car at least, a 1.6 with an 02K box, afaik it's a bolt-on for most other shift towers). Basically theres a plastic sleeve which sits over and entirely covers the metal shaft inside, which you push down on to put it in reverse.. I had to cut this plastic sleeve much shorter, reinforce/widen it with 15mm and 20mm ID PVC and lots of epoxy putty (used Knead-It so it should definitely be strong enough) and then epoxy the Forge adapter on top. The whole thing then gets screwed in place, and the knob screwed in on top. Nice to finally have it on tho, after lots of improvising and trips to Bunnings..
Pros: Looks great, feels great.
Cons: Price ($150 after shipping ), bloody pain to install, pulls the shift boot off a tiny bit every time you put it in 2nd or 4th.

[dubster99]

Yea i had the same problem when trying to fit an r32 gearknob to my 1.6. It would have fitted a gti/r32 as they are the same shaft but the 1.6 is different.

Finished installing a Forge Big Knob tonight. Way more complicated than I expected, definitely not a bolt-on mod (for my car at least, a 1.6 with an 02K box, afaik it's a bolt-on for most other shift towers). Basically theres a plastic sleeve which sits over and entirely covers the metal shaft inside, which you push down on to put it in reverse.. I had to cut this plastic sleeve much shorter, reinforce/widen it with 15mm and 20mm ID PVC and lots of epoxy putty (used Knead-It so it should definitely be strong enough) and then epoxy the Forge adapter on top. The whole thing then gets screwed in place, and the knob screwed in on top. Nice to finally have it on tho, after lots of improvising and trips to Bunnings..
Pros: Looks great, feels great.
Cons: Price ($150 after shipping ), bloody pain to install, pulls the shift boot off a tiny bit every time you put it in 2nd or 4th.

[Hairy_mic]

After receiving my lube from toolies I decided to get under the car today. Engine oil and filter changed, old oil pretty black, gonna be tackling automatic fluid on Friday


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[RubAVeeDubDub]

Had a successful weekend working on Laura's insides - managed to rip out her cheap and crappy alarm system without much problem! Woot! The person that installed it never connected it to the immobiliser so it was effectively to lock the doors. It was only connected to the drivers door so if you unlocked the passenger door with a key it would set the alarm off (explains why putting the key in the ignition never helped when I first set the alarm off).

The wiring in this car was quite atrocious though :/
Nothing was soldered, a spaghetti array of cables everywhere, domestic electricians wiring & joiners was used. I wasn't happy to see that someone's way to send 12v's of power down a wire was to shove some exposed cable behind the other wires on a harness and it was taped in place. If the tape had come loose that wire could've easily shortcircutted. Butcher work. This is the same wire it seems that was used to power a subwoofer as well >.>

Took off the panel under the cluster and this fell out:


Twist and tape -_-


****ty wiring removed. Collection includes burnt out rca's, crappy excuse for an alarm system, and domestic wiring. Goodbye. You won't be missed.

[Mk3_Vr6]

made a thread for the new r32 in the family

[dylan8]

swapped it for a mk5

[dubster99]

swapped it for a mk5
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Which did you swap? White jetta?

[kendog]

Holy chit Dylan! Surely you didn't get rid of your bora?!?!

[kendog]

Had a successful weekend working on Laura's insides - managed to rip out her cheap and crappy alarm system without much problem! Woot! The person that installed it never connected it to the immobiliser so it was effectively to lock the doors. It was only connected to the drivers door so if you unlocked the passenger door with a key it would set the alarm off (explains why putting the key in the ignition never helped when I first set the alarm off).

The wiring in this car was quite atrocious though :/
Nothing was soldered, a spaghetti array of cables everywhere, domestic electricians wiring & joiners was used. I wasn't happy to see that someone's way to send 12v's of power down a wire was to shove some exposed cable behind the other wires on a harness and it was taped in place. If the tape had come loose that wire could've easily shortcircutted. Butcher work. This is the same wire it seems that was used to power a subwoofer as well >.>

Took off the panel under the cluster and this fell out:


Twist and tape -_-


****ty wiring removed. Collection includes burnt out rca's, crappy excuse for an alarm system, and domestic wiring. Goodbye. You won't be missed.

That wiring is absolutely disgusting!! I'm surprised you didn't have random sparks coming out from under the dash whilst driving!!

[dylan8]

nar just for a day.
mate got raped hard by the police. Major defect on the jetta last night with only 1 hr to drive it home (not the normal 24hrs or 1 week), he needed a car for work today so gave him the bora.

[leighaus]

what was the major for and where?

[dylan8]

Industrial estate in Dandenong South
Major with roady + $361 fine, just height (which is funny cos the car has been raised like .5"+ in the past few days)

[eri_12]

Sorry to hear about the jetta...mk4 saves the day!!
My rear anni valance turned up today. 6 days from uk to here! Now to get it painted and put it on

[theOctopus]

Sorry to hear about the jetta...mk4 saves the day!!
My rear anni valance turned up today. 6 days from uk to here! Now to get it painted and put it on

Wow thats quick can you post a link to where you got it

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[kendog]

After many nights, I have FINALLY finished painting all of my interior plastics!! (After many, many hours of removing the skin from my hands, from removing the old rubbery paint!).





You'll notice that the fuse box flap and it's surrounding piece are different shades, as they're different paints, which I'll explain the pros/cons of later, but that flap will get a coat or 2 of the right colour in a few days.

..More/better shots later...