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Thanks! It's just a little too far out for me, and I just have no interest in going out there for them..... otherwise it's an excellent price!

Thanks! I've seen them online and am looking more for a deal for some used ones for a deal versus brand new ones.... it's difficult for me to justify dropping $600 on older brand new wheels over a set of high quality lighter aftermarket ones at that price point (or even if I had to add extra...

Hi all, Kind of a long shot since the wheels are on the older side now, but does anyone have a set of OEM MK4 Long Beach wheels for sale? Even better if you have 5 so I can have a full sized spare. Not exactly looking for 100% perfect, brand new looking wheels, just good enough for daily use...

Wow, I can't believe this thread is still going almost 2 years later! Ha! I finally got my car back and running 100% a few months ago because of the work Brandon and his crew at SMS European in Huntington Beach performed, and it was a TON. If I was still living in LA and needed some work done...

Whoa, I just read some of the replies on this thread. Prairieview: I meant they are very experienced with gasoline cars. Yes, they're NOT experienced with diesels, but it's a diesel to diesel engine swap that should be for the most part straight forward if instructions are listened to. I...

It's a '73 Mini. Cooper S replica, with a 1380 engine. Unfortunately it doesn't run at the moment as I was in the middle of doing a head gasket job. -glenn

Hi all, Kind of a foolish question. I was in the process of doing an ALH to AHF (more or less an ALH) swap to my '01 Golf..... I ran into an issue where I personally cannot complete it anymore, and will have to have it done professionally. I have friends that run a garage, but they work...

Nero, thank you for letting me know they are removable, I plan on checking that area next. Ahhh Vince, I wasn't planning on touching the condenser, so thanks for the heads up! -glenn

Hi all, I just 98% disassembled the front-end to my '01 Golf in preparation to remove the block. I should have evacuated the A/C before doing this, but it is too late now, and have read of others (and been told) it's possible to move the lines/front aside, and just hang the compressor...

Hi all, I am in the middle of doing an engine swap in my '01 Golf due to a runaway turbo. The used engine I purchased did include a turbo, but the history is a complete mystery to me (it's supposedly an automatic AHF from Germany with under 70K miles on it - it has a 10mm IP, yet the coolant...

Hi all, I'm in the midst of swapping an AHF from an ALH due to a runaway turbo. The turbo that ranaway on me probably had around 200k miles on it (both engine and turbo were from a 2nd swap), and it happened after around 10K miles and 9 months. My original engine suffered a rare issue in the...

Hi all, I'm in the middle of an engine swap, an ALH to a supposed automatic AHF. I bought a used engine set said to be from Germany with low miles. Upon getting the engine home, and inspecting it more when I got it on a stand, I checked the injection pump, noticed the part number shows it as...

I will be doing an engine swap throughout August, and will hopefully not run into any trouble during the job as it will be my first time tackling it (along with a timing belt). The ALH that is currently in the car is dead due to a runaway issue - it won't turn over, I don't know if it's due to...

Definitely cleaning the intake, intercooler, and anywhere else oil could be hiding...... That's going to be fun. Clutch has only 10K or so miles on it, so that's still good to go. Unfortunately the engine I'm replacing was swapped in 9 months and 10K miles ago! Ugh. Thanks for reminding me...

Hi all, I'm planning to do a first time engine swap (this is the car's 3rd engine) on my '01 Golf with about 320K miles on it. It will for the most part be a straight swap, just have to move over the larger nozzles, transmission, and will be doing a belt job for the first time as well (luckily...

I'm kind of thinking twice now on my car....... Long story short, the turbo ranaway and it blew the engine last week (2nd engine swapped last October!!). I'm in the planning stages of swapping in another engine, which is kind of a hassle with the logistics (borrowing/renting a truck, getting...

I too don't disagree with everything said above, and am too young to have witnessed how bad smog used to be Los Angeles. It's interesting though when I first purchased my TDI that it didn't even require a smog check, then a few years later I have to. The car has been passing just fine, though...

https://www.motortrend.com/news/california-smog-testing-ecu-software-flash-modifications/ I'm wondering how this will effect cars with deleted EGRs and tunes....... Any thoughts? -glenn

Yup, there's an Audi dealership along with a few others. I've had a few close calls riding east with cars exiting from that dealership and the BMW one next door to it as they don't pay attention and want to get on to the freeway asap. There was also Keuylian motorsports 10+ years ago down the...

Ahh, thanks everyone! I actually decided to really slow down on this as rushing this would only lead to more problems..... I picked up a cheap Prius to get me around, towed the VW back to my place, and I will working on it (I previously was thinking of having the shop do the engine swap, but...