You're gonna get 20k if you sell your MkIV...Minor interior upgrade: aluminum HVAC knobs from ebay. They are real aluminum with a machined-aluminum edge and a knurled aluminum grip surface. The face has a back-lit circle and black plastic trim. Overall, they’re nice quality.
I don’t plan on selling my MK4. That’s why I’ve been upgrading the interior. It makes the car feel nicer.
which matches the receipt for an ungodly amount of $$. The replacement was also a Jetta, but a waaay newer gasser.
Thanks. I went through the 'kill da auto wabbit' thread, and I think I am going to need some help. Well, I started going through it again...LOL fortunately I have some parts bits laying about...but some of the details are not all that clear. Some of them no doubt may increase in clarity as I dive into her. Hope to discover jus' exactly kept her from starting. I may have a card up my sleeve if that defeats me in the form of a good runner that suffers low oil pressure. The 'couldn't get it running' coupled with trusting their job on the timing components is not sitting well right about now...heh-heh-heh.
Are your headlights a projector retrofit? Also even though they seem aimed great out of the box did you take them to a wall and aim them the proper way for projectors?
They are from Midwest Creations. Look them up in the vendor section. Jeff has been around for years now and has sold quite a few.
I'm guessing they have a jig that they use to CLOCK the retrofit projectors to each other, but doubtful that they worry about vehicle height as that's going to be specific depending on the suspension setup. They may be fine to you, but projectors, if not aimed correctly, can be nasty to oncoming traffic, hence the sharp cutoff, and where the lower cutoff needs to be per DOT standards. Pretty easy to run to a local parking lot with a wall to get it right. You have done the right thing by doing HID's in a projector retrofit instead of just slapping them into a reflector housing, but getting them aimed properly is part of the deal as well, for other's benefit more so than the driver.
Now that's an upgrade!
For a total of $16 (I got some other stuff too), can't complain!
I did something similar to mine today. I missed the radio cupholders so I took the ones from my 02 parts car and put them in my 03. (I should probably clean the interior of the car soon I know)
Yup. In my retrofit I did for my Cummins, since I'm leveled, I compensated and dipped below the DOT recommended 2-2.5" by the height of my level.
Nice! Haha I'm thinking about going opposite of you now that I have a cupholder console in the center! I have a double din Android screen in that location, so if those cupholders are out I don't have access to the scree. Not a big deal, but I'm thinking about deleting it or maybe putting in some USB ports or something useful in that location
I did something similar to mine today. I missed the radio cupholders so I took the ones from my 02 parts car and put them in my 03. (I should probably clean the interior of the car soon I know)
I got the same knobs and they are so cool and make interior looks so much richer IMO. Also I see you are going for that GLI look with brush nickle pieces. I have some door handles and door pullers and those lock tabs for each door if you are interested in more brush nickle GLI pieces.Minor interior upgrade: aluminum HVAC knobs from ebay. They are real aluminum with a machined-aluminum edge and a knurled aluminum grip surface. The face has a back-lit circle and black plastic trim. Overall, they’re nice quality.
I did this once on my 2003, but haven't yet on my 2004. VW says it's lifetime oil, but some folks swap it out every 100k?
I'm not sure. I never used to change gear oil on my cars. Judging by how dirty this oil was, I assume it's good to change it.
I did the same thing about a year ago. Except I used 1 quart of synchromesh and one of redline mt-90. I remember reading somewhere that that is the secret formula apparently. I did notice a difference in shifting. However, shortly thereafter, my throwout bearing finally decided it was done at 360K. So I did a single mass swap and a tune at that point.
I used the same "magic formula." I had also used the same mix of Pennzoil Synchro and MT-90 in my '02 GTi years ago (which had a GL-5 in it for a couple months before I knew and shifted terrible). The 02J seems to like the mix. Shifts well in both winter and summer here, which is a -13* to 95* spread in my neck of the woods.
