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

[SLAJ]

Fitted a R32 steering wheel to my golf yesterday

Niiiiiiiice!

[rizzla]

Just cleaned out all braking and suspension components and painted my calipers!!!

[RubAVeeDubDub]

Had a really bad day with Laura today.

Started out and was going great with a track day at Winton raceway. Loved how she performed even with 38 degree track weather. Great fun.

Then the day ended badly. Very badly.
Broken sump 200kms from home kind of badly.
Thank goodness for some awesome people who I went to the track day with. All zipped off to the nearest town to find me a trailer and some food.

We ended up hiring a car trailer and one of the guys towed my car back home. Long afternoon but at least she's safe.







All because of this fuccker:




And what did the useless road authority known as Vicroads do to warn drivers of a very dangerous stretch of road? Put out "Rough Surface ahead" signs 3m before the himalayian valley sitting in the middle of the road. No speed limits, no blocking off road, just a sign before the crest and boom, go over the hill at 110kms (speed limit) and you have 0 time to react.

I had two cars pull over to check thier cars well. Trucks were servicing and near jack kniffeing to clear the sunken road section.

Discraceful.

Anyone know the cost for a new 2.8L V6 Oil pal? And where to get one?
There is some online but all overseas suppliers which would cost heaps to import.

[rizzla]

Ouch that's a big ass nasty hole..... I've had a few scares on the bike with that kind of ****... Riding along at pace on the putty and no warning just a hole to china.
Hope Laura gets well soon ;D

[rizzla]

Hope she gets well soon mate!!

[SLAJ]

Finally upgraded to Custom Code ECU today, got a bigger grin on my face than the first time I saw boobs!!!

Thanks to Stu for the help, Tim for kindly allowing us to use his shop/tools and Gavin for being so patient with me, I appreciate it very much

[Lito]

Finally upgraded to Custom Code ECU today, got a bigger grin on my face than the first time I saw boobs!!!

Thanks to Stu for the help, Tim for kindly allowing us to use his shop/tools and Gavin for being so patient with me, I appreciate it very much

Congrats mate! Be careful though, it's a slippery slope from here

[leighaus]

Grats bro...

[RubAVeeDubDub]

Does anyone know if a fwd Golf/Bora's front struts can be used in a Bora 4mo safely? I need to raise the front and pull out the coilovers to clear my rwc.

Checked ETKA and the struts for all models have the same part numbers, apart from the revision numbers being different.

MKIV Golf R32/Bora 4mo Front strut part no: 1J0413031AE
MKIV FWD Golf/Bora front strut parter number: 1J0413031S

They look the same in the diagrams too. Should be alright?

Cheers!

[dylan8]

No not the same. Will bolt in and it fit fine, but fwd boras/golfs mount their sway bars to the control arms, where as 4mo connect to the strut

[RubAVeeDubDub]

No not the same. Will bolt in and it fit fine, but fwd boras/golfs mount their sway bars to the control arms, where as 4mo connect to the strut

Thanks for that man!

Damn. >.<

Where the hell am I going to find second hand front bora 4mo struts. (!)

If it was to clear a Vicroads defect, I could drive it with the swaybar disconnected, but they'll pull me up for that on a rwc - esp considering my car needs to be checked over by someone at Vicroads as it's a interstate vehicle.

Could I do a real dodgy and remove the swaybar all together I wonder?

[dylan8]

Maybe. They might not pickup on it, such a pita vs just getting some 4mo struts though

[RubAVeeDubDub]

Maybe. They might not pickup on it, such a pita vs just getting some 4mo struts though

While it would be a real pita. Removing the swaybar would be free.

Trying to find a set of 4mo struts is getting difficult. None of my local pick-a-part wreckers would ever buy a 4mo from the salvage auctions (they'd probably be expensive, likely to be a in a frontal crash and don't come up very often) so it leaves me with trying to find a VW dismanteller who love to charge through the nose. >.<

Maybe I can ask a welder mate of mine to weld on a bracket onto the fwd struts?

[dylan8]

pending what control arms are in it (there was plenty of variations over the mk4 years) you maybe able to do some custom end links and connect the sway to the control arms.
FWD guys do it when they run AWD sway bars, but all the FWD cars have the allowance for it in the control arms

[eri_12]

Took out the joms and replaced them with ap coilovers Way smoother ride!