2002 Bora V6 4motion

[rambo_005]

I traded my 2000 Bora V5 Oettinger for this at the end of December 2008, heaps of photos but hope there is something of interest here

2002 Volkswagen Bora V6 4motion in Metallic Black, done 63,000km

• 2.8L 24V VR6 engine producing 204 PS/150 kW @ 6200 rpm, 270 Nm @ 3200 rpm
• Six speed manual gearbox
• 4motion (Haldex) four wheel drive with ESP
• 0-100 km/h in 7.4 seconds
• Claimed top speed 235 km/h

Factory Options:

Interior:
Full black leather Recaro interior - heated, electric memory front seats
'Bora sport' dash cluster with full height FIS display
Cruise control
Rain sensing auto wiper control
Auto dimming rear view mirror
Climatronic air conditioning
Tilt/slide sunroof
Rear window blind
Front centre armrest
Sat Nav preparation

Exterior:
Auto adjusting xenon headlights
16" OEM 'Bugatti' alloy wheels
Aero windscreen wipers
Headlight washers
Heated, electric folding wing mirrors
Chrome striped rub strips and front grille

Aftermarket Modifications:
Bilstein sport shocks on all corners
H&R sport lowering springs
OEM Gamma radio/cassette and in-dash 6 CD stacker from NZ new Mk4 Golf R32
Free flow rear muffler with stainless steel outlets
OEM Golf R32 floor mats
OEM Passat W8 interior dome light
VAG-TACHO mods - distance to empty, welcome message and illuminated needles enabled
OEM Golf R32 18" OZ Aristo rims
Bridgestone Adrenalin Potenza RE001 225/40R18 tyres
Reprogrammed CCM using VDS-pro to rollup/rolldown windows from the keyfob
White CCFL boot lighting
Stubby roof antenna (found under driver's seat!)
OEM Euro spec bootlid (wider plate recess)
Personalised NZ Euro plate - 'V6 VW'
42% window tints - rear and sides
OEM Brushed aluminium dash trims and door handles
OEM Golf R32 pedals and foot rest (dead pedal)
OEM Golf R32 leather gearknob and boot
OEM Golf R32 handbrake cover
OEM sunglasses holder
OEM DWA siren installed and activated (VDS-Pro)
CCM Alarm enabled (VDS-Pro)
ECS Tuning XAS cold air intake
PhatNoise PhatBox 20GB digital media player
OEM VW in-dash single CD player with stacker/PhatBox switchability
OEM VW first aid kit
OEM 'Comfort Blinker' module
OEM Jetta GLI red/smoked tail lights
OEM Golf R32 leather steering wheel

Some crappy photos from when I first got it:

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As the car is a Japanese import the stereo headunit was half in Japanese so no good to me, replaced it with the setup from a Mk4 R32:

Old:


New:

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Some photos of it from the trip to, and at the New Zealand VW Nationals 2009:

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Installation of the '3LB' wires in my Bora, enabling the top of the little screen in my dash cluster to repeat what the screen on the headunit is displaying.

Cluster out


3LB loom made out of parts of spare Mk3 interior loom


Cover of green dash cluster plug


Insides of green cluster plug, wires were put in pins 30, 31 and 32


Stereo came out, wires put in pins 8, 9 and 10 of green section of the mini ISO plug - photo shows it all back in


It worked!!!

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In case no one knows what the cluster looked like before:

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VAG Tacho cable modifications, after editing some of the hex addresses I now have illuminated needles, distance to empty and the Welcome message enabled.

Needles and distance to empty:



Welcome message appears when you turn the ignition on:



Showing the R32 floormats and gearknob/boot (along with the mess on the mats!):

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Then these arrived

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Some quick 'after lowering' photos... poor lighting and crap camera but photos none the less!

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Passat W8 interior light install. I made up a wiring adaptor harness so that I can reinstate the original light easily in the future - if I want to.

I bought the light along with the correct plug for it and the rest was made from bits of old Mk3 loom. Fitting wise it is a straight swap, the only tricky bit is making the wiring adaptor and running a wire down to the dash for the illumination feed.

Old Mk4 light:


Passat W8 light:

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Some photos I took to show what the W8 light has done to my interior:



How bright the LEDs are up close:

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The latest update will be next week when I fit 18" OZ Aristo rims, the standard ones from a Mk4 R32

Will hopefully look a little bit like this:

[Mrk_Mickey]

Hey mate, welcome aboard. Loving the wheel plans for the bora, it looks great like that! If only yours was grey heh.

Enjoy the forums

[Treza360]

Looking very nice mate. Some very nice mods there. Must say I'm very jealous of the FIS.
Good stuff.
Cheers,
Trent

[Fury]

Very nice!

Love the seats, I want a pair!

[anthony]

A great looking Bora,looks identical to the Australian ones.
Do you see many Boras in NZ...
Were they sold there new,or do you only have imports from Japan...