Recent content by Fongpei

Im sad to say I've lost one of the best engines ever to a timing belt. Its time I finally put my 2004 5sp Jetta up for sale. Was thinking of doing an engine swap, but my partner is not about to have me in the garage upgrading the intercooler, getting a few turbo, etc. The car sits on h&r...

Any chance you still have the shocks?

Any chance you still have the shocks/springs?

I used California Covers in Downtown Oakland for a Recaro seat and they did the mouse fur for the head liner. It did cost a pretty penny though. IIRC about $400 for the liner as its was for my Jetta wagon. I've had good results with 3m adhesive spray through a tube into the liner itself then...

Anyone have a set of decent shocks/springs for sale. Don’t want too low of a ride. I have FK springs and they’re too stiff and low for my taste.

Caveat emptor. I blew my KP39 on my wagon a while back and didn't have enough money to buy the VNT17 from my usual sources, so I head to eBay for a "deal". Turns out the turbo I bought didn't come with a actuator, but came in a brand new box from Garrett and all seemed fine. FF to now and I...

Thanks for all the followup guys. Of course I found a tuner that had the turbo but no actuator. It was a great deal and couldnt pass it up. I've been putting off buying the actuator because of the different things i've heard about whether it makes sense to use the "smart" actuator. From what...

I blew my turbo and bought a VNT17 as the replacement. The turbo did not come with an actuator, so questions is what are the options out there. 1. Buy the Smart Actuator for the VNT17 (Abt $200) 2. Rig the old actuator with new hardware to be compatible with the VNT17 linkage. 3. Buy a "non...

Check out my post Just in case you were curious as to my post.

I bought a VNT17 that did not have an actuator. So, if anyone has a Smart Actuator for sale, lmk. Its for a 2004 Jetta BEW engine.

Do you still have this for sale? I bought a VNT17 w/o actuator for my BEW. LMK

Thanks for the advice. I spoke to a machine shop and they said the helicoil should work well. I found a kit that has the 14m x 1.5 insert so gonna try that first, although I’m also thinking that a new rack is not that expensive given the amount of time I’m spending on this. If it comes out...

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Forgot what led me to use an impact on this but might have tightened before loosening. Retap the threads?

Forgot what led me to use an impact on this but might have tightened before loosening. Retap the threads?