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

[grtuned]

I've just recently installed some after market speakers in my rear doors. What I did to keep the original set up of the car was cut out speaker internals and cut out the inside of speaker housing. Then purchased some 5 inch Mdf speaker housings from repco. I trimmed the inside diameter of the Mdf to fit a 6 inch speaker. Then glued the Mdf to the speaker housing. Once it was set I installed the speaker which I also used sikaflex to hold in place as screws were to difficult to install due to space. Soldered wires from original connector to speakers. Fits like original using rivets. Kept it all like stock only sounds much better since installed the DSP. Next is front. Ill post up pics when front get done hopefully in the next couple of weeks.

[JT47]

Had it for a week now but I purchased my dream car last week! So happy!

[dylan8]

^^ Pauls old car...? NICE!

[Mk3_Vr6]

the one off carsales for $18,000? Nice buy!

[JackF]

Finally did a decent job of thickening the wheel. Wrapped it in 6mm closed-cell high density foam, Sikaflexed it on and then wrapped it in tape so it dries in the right shape. I'm thinking I might just trim the edges around the spokes, then re-wrap it really tightly in fiberglass tape or duct tape to smooth it all out and compress the foam as much as possible, so it will be easier to wrap in leather.

[kendog]

Only thing I don't like about my car.. Not AWD or RWD!

Nice buy on the R32!! Blue is best!!

[robbie]

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Had it for a week now but I purchased my dream car last week! So happy!

Congratulations mate! She was a beauty at a very keen price.

[JT47]

cheers everyone and yes blue is defiantly the best in my opinion.
it took me a while to get one but i'm glad I held off and got this one, I don't think ill ever sell it.

[Morry]

my FK Coilovers arrived for the MK4 today.
How have people found these, and how low do they actually go, having them installed on Monday

[UKDavo]

my FK Coilovers arrived for the MK4 today.
How have people found these, and how low do they actually go, having them installed on Monday

Jealous! I really want a set. How much did they cost you landed?

[dylan8]

I dont have them, but from reviews they will go plenty low

[stotto]

I installed my coilovers in my driveway in a day. If you are mechanically minded they are not hard to install. If not $200-$300 at a shop including a alignment.

[RubAVeeDubDub]

**** me, I've had an absolute ****house afternoon.

Looks like I'm up for a head gasket :'( :'(

I replaced the coolant hoses, ran some water in the reservoir to flush out the system, and two of the cylinders have water steaming out of them. The spark plug and coil pack have evidence of water on them.

Maybe the night the coolant blew out, the head (and/or head gasket) packed up.

I have done some funky work with custom coolant hoses and t-pieces (see here). The bulk of the changes are the lengths of all the hoses.
I did delete the oddly sized (thinner at one end than the other) hose from the inlet manifold to the t-piece near the heater core and replaced the t-piece with a stainless steel one that has equal sized ends (unlike the different sized headed plastic t-piece). Could that change have completely ****ed up my engine?

Either way, I'm up an expensive **** creek without a paddle.

Anyone have any volkswagen engine builder recommendations and an approximate cost?

I've barely had this car for a few weeks :'( :'( This sucks balls. Now need to tow this car to a pro and there's still so much work to do to get it registerred in Victoria (including clearing the defect)

[SLAJ]

my FK Coilovers arrived for the MK4 today.
How have people found these, and how low do they actually go, having them installed on Monday

I think they are awesome man, the ride gets a bit bumpy and annoying sometimes but other than that its all good, much better than i expected at that price.
The front pretty much goes as low as you want, the back doesn't go as low as I wished but still sits pretty nicely when wound all the way down.

[Morry]

I think they are awesome man, the ride gets a bit bumpy and annoying sometimes but other than that its all good, much better than i expected at that price.
The front pretty much goes as low as you want, the back doesn't go as low as I wished but still sits pretty nicely when wound all the way down.

Thanks for that mate, looking forward to having them fitted. Should i preset the coils before putting them in so the Suspension shop doesn't have to muck around with it as much for labour costs? If so would you have some measurements or a guess at where your front & rear are wound down too?