What did you do to your MKIV today?

[Nero Morg]

It's been a busy day. Worked on the BEW wagon some more.
Replaced front bumper, right fender, both right doors, rear hatch, both tail lights, and lift pump with one that works. Also did the 5 brake light mod while I was in there. Also replaced the right outer tie rod, found the nylon lock nut was loose, and seized.

Told him he's on his own for the body work that needs done to the quarter panel, and the fender, but it's wayyyy better. He'll be back to do a cam/lifters on it later.

Before:

And the much better after:

 

[Rrusse11]

Praise be! A ressurection.

 

[pkhoury]

That was the tip of my 2.5" exhaust. My fabricator made it. But it's gone: That photo is a couple years old. I've replaced it with a 2" downpipe with no cat and a stock system cat back. Much quieter.

4-motion valence is gone, too. Now stock. new taillights, however.

On the note of taillights - got any idea where I can get some spare mk4 Golf Oceans? I picked some up from Aaron, but they were his last ones, and I was only able to salvage one from my wreck. No joke, I got the right side tail on ebay, and it was the ONLY one the seller had (they had to do a refund for the left side, as they were out of stock.

Another question -0 who makes your downpipe and catback? When you say stock - like factory muffler? Or aftermarket?

That is awesome. Two for the swap block... Would not mind doing another... Should start hunting gearboxes and bits...
cheers,
Douglas

I have most of the stuff for a 5 speed swap for a BEW. In fact, I have a 02J from both a BEW and an ALH. But I think on this car, I'll get the transmission out of limp mode and resell it. Someone in Texas has a Golf I'm eyeing, but I haven't heard back yet if someone else came to see it yet or not If it's still available, I want to grab that tomorrow. Same color as mine, but a 2000. I also still have the 2000 Beetle that needs a timing belt change (way too much slack in the tensioner, though I was able to drive it under its own power to my driveway).

 

[benmarks]

Re Ocean tail lights, is this it? If you Google the part number, I think that's an Ocean, right? At $172 (including shipping,) it wouldn't be the cheapest option, but I can vouch for this reseller in general.

1J6945095BA

light

The part may have signs of storage. However, this does not affect the functionality or assembly of the part.

www.oemvwshop.com

 

[03TDICommuter]

Douglas (and others), here is the URL for U-Haul sales:
https://trucksales.uhaul.com/Vehicles/Specs/TD?key=507

Nothing near me within 200 miles (I didn't look further than that).
Man, you're having bad luck! Awesome on the $600 beetle though. I need to find one of those for parts.

 

[IndigoBlueWagon]

Sorry, Paul, don't know where to find Ocean taillights anymore. I actually found these in my garage. Long story, but they were there. I like them a lot better than the stock lights.

The exhaust is not OE from VW, but is identical, from IAMSAF, and Italian company. We stock their exhausts. Great quality, and reasonably priced. And they still make them, which is getting to be a good thing for MKIVs these days.

 

[RexNICO]

Douglas (and others), here is the URL for U-Haul sales:
https://trucksales.uhaul.com/Vehicles/Specs/TD?key=507

Apparently, they only sell trucks and tow dollys; the other trailers are cut up/recycled at the end of their useful lives.

Sorry to hear about your Golf & the deer

My search shows they're wanting $1095 for the used 2 wheel dollies? Maybe my "deal-o-meter" is out of alignment, but that seems a little high for a used (most likely well used and abused) dolly.

 

[Rob Mayercik]

The exhaust is not OE from VW, but is identical, from IAMSAF, and Italian company. We stock their exhausts. Great quality, and reasonably priced. And they still make them, which is getting to be a good thing for MKIVs these days.

I just pulled the trigger on a full exhaust system from ID last Friday (with cat; also got a set of mounts just in case) - my repaired (read: with new flex joint welded in) original downpipe is apparently failing again. I figure that after 446K miles it's time to retire the OEM exhaust system.

I get an all-new exhaust at a good price, you make money off the sale, and we all keep the MKIV parts market going - everybody wins!

 

[IndigoBlueWagon]

I like these systems a lot. And the price point compared to just about anything else is excellent. Only problem is paying for shipping double size pallets from Italy.

 

[Nero Morg]

Finally got around to programming my CCM to do the remote window control, then played around with some new tail lights. Now I'm almost as cool as IBW

 

[Mozambiquer]

I traded mine for a Tacoma today.

 

[csstevej]

What year? …. Does it have the new frame?

 

[Mozambiquer]

What year? …. Does it have the new frame?

1999 with the 2.7 liter. 4x4; extended cab and all that jazz!
I'll post photos later.

 

[KrashDH]

1999 with the 2.7 liter. 4x4; extended cab and all that jazz!
I'll post photos later.

Exactly the truck I had. Did you get the E locker option?

 

[Mozambiquer]

Exactly the truck I had. Did you get the E locker option?

No, sadly it's not the e-locker.

 

[KrashDH]

No, sadly it's not the e-locker.

Manual hubs?

 

[Mozambiquer]

Manual hubs?

No, auto hubs.

 

[Mozambiquer]

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[Johhny04]

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• Mozambiquer
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So when are you going to dump an ALH or BHW in it? Nice looking truck.

 

[jmodge]

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• Feb 8, 2022

Good guys wear white

 

[norbert77]

Which brakes did you go with for your car? I’m in need of new ones and don’t know what to get

The cheapest coated rotors I could find on RockAuto, anything but the economy ones

 

[Mozambiquer]

So when are you going to dump an ALH or BHW in it? Nice looking truck.

It's a low mile truck and runs good, so I'll probably flip it as it is. Some day, I'll do a TDI swap into a 4x4. Currently working on one in my early westy rabbit pickup.

 

[pkhoury]

Sorry to hear about your Golf & the deer

My search shows they're wanting $1095 for the used 2 wheel dollies? Maybe my "deal-o-meter" is out of alignment, but that seems a little high for a used (most likely well used and abused) dolly.

They do, but the dealer told me that you can "negotiate" and the lowest U-Haul will go is $995. The dealer told me they make the same commission regardless of what they sell it for.

And the price didn't seem that bad to me. Used tow dollys seem to be in the $1000-1600 range here in south Central Texas. Plus I feel like the U-Haul models are both overbuilt and simple to use.

 

[Rrusse11]

@pkhoury ,
Sounds reasonable to me, 'course it depends on how many vehicles yer gonna' move. Sounds like you
've made a good start on a fleet. Lotsa' sheds there?

 

[pkhoury]

@pkhoury ,
Sounds reasonable to me, 'course it depends on how many vehicles yer gonna' move. Sounds like you
've made a good start on a fleet. Lotsa' sheds there?

Sadly, no. Everything's exposed, though the Ute project was in one of my pole barns, and my chickens would take turn laying eggs in either of the front seat footwells. At this point, the goal is to fix and flip the Beetles, and rebuild the Golf.

 

[Rrusse11]

Well the Amish round here make greenhouses out of half hoops of gal pipe and cover them in plastic. Use some tarp/tent
material to keep the UV off the paint. Wind and dust is probably more likely than rain your neck of the woods.
Worthwhile getting 'em, and you, out of the sun. Or, depending on budget, do some steel buildings. The Aussies do
shearing sheds and the like with metal.

 

[benmarks]

I won't be able to install this for another month or so, but I finally ordered a Webasto coolant heater. I had been putting this off for the longest time, but then I discovered that the ThermoTop C model had been discontinued. While one of the other models may have worked, the harness and accessories and MK4 documentation I had collected was all for the ThermoTop C, so I decided to play it safe and find one before all inventory was gone:

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• benmarks
• Feb 9, 2022

 

[PakProtector]

Replaced the glow plug harness in the '04. The OE one came out in bits. I got warned at the last timing service that I should do it. Finally got offa my tucchus.
cheers,
Douglas

 

[JDSwan87]

Replaced the glow plug harness in the '04. The OE one came out in bits. I got warned at the last timing service that I should do it. Finally got offa my tucchus.
cheers,
Douglas

Did you take it aaaallllll the way back to the firewall or just cut/splice? The BEW harness comes with like 5ft of wire IIRC.

 

[Rrusse11]

So I got myself, or rather got my guru to order, a new VW battery. After 5-6yrs it was showing its age this winter.
Took the two of us about 10 minutes max to get it in. Well the hood's open, I had a set of glow plugs, nice heated shop,,,,,
Dwayne was amenable, so I set about pulling the harness off.

Uh Oh, I'm getting pieces,,,,,,,,. Geeez, the last time I did a glow plug the barness came right off. 'Course that was about
6yrs and 70k ago. So I stopped, managed to at least get the clips on the end of the wires connected, and ordered the
harness, shoulda' just ordered the full kit to begin with.