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

[Coralon]

Finally got around to cleaning the throttle body and MAF today, also put a new intake on just half way to a CAI as I wasnt sure how many bends and other bits I needed. After putting it all back together and reconnecting the battery, let her idle her 5 mins but was smooth as then took it for a drive. Sounds great and more throttle response straight up, need to go for a long drive so the ECU can adjust the throttle body and learn about the intake, will also measure the MAF under throttle on the highway.

[Lito]

Well it did look great, then I ripped in half getting stuck at a carpark. So devo'd, at least the rest of the car came out unscathed.

[gringo_54_oval]

Hi Coralon quick question how long did it take to do the throttle body clean and is it an easy job???
Iv got tomorrow off so i was thinking of giving it a go
Cheers

[Coralon]

I took my time and spent the afternoon on it, probably 3 hours or so but you could do it quicker if you didnt stuff around. The hoses connecting to the throttle body are very fiddly but be patient and take your time, for the back one at the bottom of the TB you can actually take the TB off first and spin it around for easier access. Putting the hoses back on is easier before you reattach the TB.

Now onto what happened today... drove to work, opening the girl up on the highway netted 153.6 g/s on the MAF in third at 5500rpm so appears the clean did it a world of good as before it was topping out at about 130 g/s but the increase could also be due to the ram intake which feels and sounds great. Driving home things were vastly different...

Cruising through the afternoon traffic when suddenly and without warning the engine starts to shake, splutter and generally let me know it was very unhappy. Out comes the phone and the handy torque app, quick scan and yep... cylinder 3 misfire, this happened some 4 weeks ago but fixed itself in a matter of minutes so I nursed the car home, no change.

Waited till it was dark, turned the garage light out and started it up, no arcs or sparks so either a dead coil or fouled plug (I am leaning towards the coil) and after the light was back on discovered a broken vacuum line under the TB that I missed yesterday. Has a lot of wear so it was broken for some time which would explain the odd surges at idle I have noticed for a while now. Jumped onto ECS and ordered new plugs, coils, a temp sensor and clip as it needs doing as well as well as some vacuum hose, oil filter, magnetic drain plug and fliter socket... and thought why not, a new cabin air filter.

Could be away next week so will be a little while before I can finish the service but hopefully this fixes the issue.

[djorkboy]

I added some smoky goodness to my tail lamps this morning.

Thanks to jpflorez who had them on his black Bora but didn't like them. I agree smoked lights can look a bit much on a black car but I think they really work on my white one. They will look even better when I get a black VW badge.

They don't really look this dark but I was too lazy to move the car into the sun.

[kapowww]

I added some smoky goodness to my tail lamps this morning.

Thanks to jpflorez who had them on his black Bora but didn't like them. I agree smoked lights can look a bit much on a black car but I think they really work on my white one.

Yeah man they look a lot better on your car! All it needed was some contrast.

[dylan8]

smoked can look good on black cars (bias much... ). but those might have been a touch to much black for the bora.
looking good djorkboy.

[djorkboy]

What do you have on yours Dylan?

I reckon these would look good on a black Bora, not sure about the LED though. Why does everything have to be LED these days?

Black LED Tail lights 99-04 VolksWagon Bora Jetta R ABT | eBay

[Coralon]

I think these would look nice on black, I am eyeing them off to replace the euro style ones.

Volkswagen Jetta IV VR6 24v > Lighting > Taillights > ES#3462 Hella 2004 Jetta Style Taillight Set - 963669061.70061

[Cookie28]

I think these would look nice on black, I am eyeing them off to replace the euro style ones.

Volkswagen Jetta IV VR6 24v > Lighting > Taillights > ES#3462 Hella 2004 Jetta Style Taillight Set - 963669061.70061

I'm digging these and kind of want a set for my silver bora but I guess petrol money's a bit better atm for me

[goodfella]

I have the Clear Tails on my bora.... [Memo to self - post pic tonight]

[Yevvy]

anything but standard tails are poo!!

got goodies from ecs/dub addiction/ebay in a mail today!! what up!!

[dylan8]

old:


new:



Genuine R/S/R/S Hella chopped to suit dual rear fogs.
I know which i prefer...

[gringo_54_oval]

new:


Ummm can i have your wheels
Please.
pretty please

[Coralon]

Yeah the purists will say stock tails are best etc... they are stock on a jetta from the states
Will probably order some in a couple of weeks with a few more asthetic parts but need to get the engine running right first.