Our New Jetta's Mini Build Thread

[Silver dub]

New plates are finally on,

[anthony]

Your Jetta looks HOT...

[dylan8]

Looking good man. Wish i had euros!

[Silver dub]

Ok so a quick update,

The jetta is now spending a short stint at VW to have the gearbox pulled apart.

We started to notice 2nd gear was starting to grind whilst selecting the gear so its in to have the syncros replaced after the first gearbox oil change failed to fix the problem.

So our temporary driver is an 06 TDI golf



Looking forward to getting the car back as i recently picked up a bargain...... RCD500 MP3 which is a good update to the RCD300 as its a straight swap without having to modify the Canbus.

[anthony]

Hope you get the Jetta back soon......

[Silver dub]

So the latest update is that the we are picking up the jetta tomorrow morning, yay.

The car has now been at VW for 3 weeks and i'm NOT A VERY HAPPY MAN!

I will fill you all in on the whole scenario in the next few days but its at the point now that i have been talking to a Customer care representative to try and sort all of this out.

I have been at boiling point the last few weeks and i'm thinking its nearly time to name and shame.

Anyway lets just hope the problem is resolved when we pick the car up tommorow and to test it we will be making a day drip to phillip island to blow out the cobwebs.

[anthony]

Enjoy the drive tomorrow...hope the Jetta is okay.

[Silver dub]

Thanks Anthony, really looking forward to driving it again.

Its amazing after not having it for 3 weeks just how much you miss not driving your own car.

For example we have missed not having the sunroof open on a sunny day, the lowered suspension and bigger wheels for a sportier ride,
The bigger boot, headlights that are actually aimed correctly, unlike the loan car that had headlights aimed about 5 meters in front and down at the road.

So should be good!

[Silver dub]

So today i got up at about 7:30 and decided i better install the RCD500 head unit.

Very easy to install thanks to the RCD500 DIY removal on this forum, although i did learn as i was putting it back together that before you get ahead and start the next step make sure you finish the previous one.

Had to pull a few trim pieces back out after forgetting 2 screws.... all good now.

The car came back from the dealer covered in bird droppings and all kinds of stuff as i asked the dealer not to wash the car as i like to do it myself, so i spent a few hours cleaning it today and took some quick snaps.

[anthony]

Jettas look great in Graphite Blue,expecially when they are as clean as yours.
Very HOT car.

[dylan8]

glad to see you got it back! hope its all fixed.
still a pain it took so long though.
looks mint in the pictures, you do such an amazing job

[Silver dub]

Jettas look great in Graphite Blue,expecially when they are as clean as yours.
Very HOT car.

Thanks Anthony, will be alot cleaner in a few weeks after a thorough detail including full clay bar and polish etc

glad to see you got it back! hope its all fixed.
still a pain it took so long though.
looks mint in the pictures, you do such an amazing job

So far so good mate, not a even a hint of the problem still been their.

You need to bring your beast down so we can go take some photos.

Although the jetta will look like a monster truck next the bora!

[BLKJETTA]

Love how your jetta's looking, given me the motivation to do some upgrades, dunno if i can get it as sexy as yours but i'll give it a go, 18's is a perfect rim size for the jetta anything more is a waste i think, what size rubbers are you wearing on your 18's

[Silver dub]

Thanks mate, They are 225/40R18 i think

[BLKJETTA]

cool yeah 225 are what i have on 17's with a 45 profile, but im looking into 18 and maybe going a 235/40/18 but i dont know what effect it will have on the care in terms of performance and look, i dont want it looking like a monster truck but i dont really want to lower her more than how she sits stock standard so abit of confussion for me atm. so what's next on the drawing board for your jetta