DYLAN8 01 Bora

[dylan8]

So parts arrived. Finally got it all together
Drop plates,
New bearings
Tt spindles
Tt brakes
New disks and pads all round
4mo rear calipers
4mo carriers with spacer
New dust shields out back.


Bye bye yellow


Almost forgot these were still hidden away


Hopefully slap it all in over the weekend as I scored a new job this arvo starting first thing Monday and I'd already started pulling stuff apart

[SebastienPeek]

How'd you go with the install Dyl?

[dylan8]

Few issues.
Like removing the inner piece of the rear wheel bearings off the stub, and the wind back caliper tool I got was rubbish.
my mate jye came to the rescue after after a visit to his in the polo.
Had issues passing the hand brake cable thorough into one of the calipers, but bit of bending the brakes sorted that.

Everything back together, brakes bleed (well so I thought) with the help of stu on the pedal, turns out when there is excessive fluid loss on a abs car (or atleast the mk4s) it needs a kick start from a vagcom.
Brakes felt good til I started the car and pedal went straight to the floor.

Everything went together as planned though.
So drop plates and tie rod flip are ticked off the list too.
All the old brakes and pads were all ok, other then the rear passenger side which was toast. Issue was the piston had wound out too far and caused the disk to rub on the caliper carrier. Not bad with 255k km on the clock...

Abt back on, alignment straight away once brakes are working as there is some solid toe in up front from the new spindles and tie rod flip

[dylan8]

Only decent pics I grabbed



Got reminded about this

[SebastienPeek]

Very nice indeed! Interesting fact about the brake bleeding though, I'll have to keep that in mind for when I do the Golf's brakes, she's in dire need of front rotors and pads.

But sounds like everything went to plan besides the brake bleed. Glad to hear the drop plates and tie rod flip are done!

[dylan8]

Bleeding was a huge pita due to getting a bit of air at the top of the system.
Bled all corners multiple times, did master a couple. Pedal would be ok with car off, as soon as it started it would go soggy.
Ended up getting Aaron to trigger the abs via vcds. And with the help of Jarreds power bleeder managed to move the air trapped around the abs pump and move it out one of the lines.
Iv done two heat cycles on the new pads and discs, pedal still feels abit soft but it comes to a stop no worries and doesn't make horrid grinding sounds now, did a home alignment just to make it driveable. But a proper alignment and new tyres up front should be nice.

Only other issue was a grinding noise first drive... just a bent dust shield up front.

Was going to take some more pics but brakes are barely visible behind the abt v1.

Thanks to jarred and Aaron for the lend of tools, and woody, jye and Matty d for the assistance

Next on the list is fixing the air ride leaks. 2 of 4 corners leak, and there is a leak in the management side of things

[dylan8]

Tucking 17" rim in the rear now, goes lower but beached on tyres.

Rear is meant to be like 2.5deg now, so guessing front is about 1.5-2

[fuzion]

You never can help yourself can you haha.

Always interested to see the changes and wheels, its disappointing to see so many new mk6's and so little mk3/mk4's around these days as so much more potential in comparison i think

[dylan8]

We need yours back to lead the way. No one in aus is really spending big dollars on them these days

[dylan8]

Alignment done. Had the camber dialed back from 3deg to 2.25deg in the front at ride height, control arms level. Rear is much better too (can't recall what figure)
Think my strut tops are on the way out or not happy about being worn in on a new angle as there is a bit of popping on uneven surfaces, might take the opportunity to get some camber tops

[dylan8]

Out and about on the weekend.
Few new sets of wheels currently being built and worked on so keen to get them on.
Couple of new parts in the post.

[dylan8]

Couple of snaps from Easter weekend while helping my aunty with her car

[dylan8]

Added the second of 4 grills I wish to collect for the bora.
Hopefully this will dial back the amount of chrome up front until I get the next.

Also added coming home/auto headlights
Pretty happy with it so far, will see how it goes

[RolfGolf]

Looking good Dylan!

Also added coming home/auto headlights
Pretty happy with it so far, will see how it goes

Check this thread out for silencing the annoying buzzer sound when the coming/leaving home lights are activated:

[Mk4 Golf] VW golf 5 auto headlight switch into golf 4 ( plug and play) - Page 24 - Audio, Electrics and Lighting - uk-mkivs

The mod is mentioned down the bottom of the page and continues on page 25.

[dylan8]

Looking good Dylan!



Check this thread out for silencing the annoying buzzer sound when the coming/leaving home lights are activated:

[Mk4 Golf] VW golf 5 auto headlight switch into golf 4 ( plug and play) - Page 24 - Audio, Electrics and Lighting - uk-mkivs

The mod is mentioned down the bottom of the page and continues on page 25.

Cheers.
Hmmm I don't get any noise. Did have a look though that thread. Think mine is a newer design as I didn't have to do any tweaking etc when installing