So, after I totaled the 1SV I was looking for something to just cruise around in for the winter, with enough pep not to be boring, but slow enough to keep me out of trouble. What I ended up with is an 01.5 Passat 1.8t 5 speed.
It's got some problems here and there, but it gets me to works and school every day, and its damn comfortable compared to a Cav, haha.
First thing I picked up is a set of Eibach Pro-kit springs and Pro Dampers locally on craigslist. Hard to turn down for $80...
Stock front spring on the top, Pro-kit on the bottom
Stock rear spring on the bottom
Pro-kit rear just has a slightly smaller wire diameter at the ends
So, now it's lowered
Picked up a set of snow tires on steelies this weekend, I'm planning on painting the rims on the car pretty soon here, followed by doing something stupid with the steelies
Paying someone to install parts and bragging about it being fast, is like watching someone bang your wife and being proud to raise their kids.
Good luck.... those v6s and electrical systems in that era passat are nightmares
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JLAudioCavalier wrote:Good luck.... those v6s and electrical systems in that era passat are nightmares
Transporter7220 wrote:1.8t 5 speed.
But yeah, its definitely querky, haha. Nothing major, thought, its just switch backlighting and things like that.
It's a beater that will get me though the winter.
Paying someone to install parts and bragging about it being fast, is like watching someone bang your wife and being proud to raise their kids.
I disagree completely, the V6's are the better option but anything is better than the W8
It's nice to get 30mpg on the highway with the 1.8t though, and an APR tune will take it to 200hp, good enough for a daily.
Paying someone to install parts and bragging about it being fast, is like watching someone bang your wife and being proud to raise their kids.
Haha my bad. I saw a passat and instantly assumed v6. Either way, keep an eye on silly things like the brake pedal turning on wipers and @!#$ lol.
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nice!! im on passatworld and vwvortex all the time....
sold the sunfire and moved into the wifes old b5
I hope you won't have all the problems I had with my GTi VR6. I had to get rid of the car or get follow an electrician course. lol
So I've been having some photoshop fun, trolling my local car forum, since quite a few of them get all bent out of shape when people slam their cars. I want coilovers so bad now...
And the winter setup
Paying someone to install parts and bragging about it being fast, is like watching someone bang your wife and being proud to raise their kids.
Bwahahahahahaha
Paying someone to install parts and bragging about it being fast, is like watching someone bang your wife and being proud to raise their kids.
Wheels = win lol
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my shocks are in need of replacing and i plan on going coils... i wont be dumping the car tho. lower to get rid of the 4x4 wheel gap and raise it back up for winters
I'm so jelly right now.. I love the Passat. And a stick, no less? You did good, sir. Hopefully the Passat didn't suffer as badly as the Jetta with the piss poor electronics. I know the early Mk4s had bad bad problems..
Godspeed.. B5 what exactly?
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Thanks man, its a bit quirky electronics wise, but nothing that'll strand you anywhere. Its little things like if I leave the lights on and open the door, it won't beep to warn me, but if I close the door and open it again it will start beeping, haha.
Little things that amuse me more than they annoy me.
Paying someone to install parts and bragging about it being fast, is like watching someone bang your wife and being proud to raise their kids.
that's because your door latch is craping out
Yeah probably.
Good news is the car has a wideband from the factory, so I'm going to be ordering a timing belt kit pretty soon here, and after that I'll be doing some tuning.
Paying someone to install parts and bragging about it being fast, is like watching someone bang your wife and being proud to raise their kids.
Passat 1.8t auto/tip
has projectors w/ HID's now but basically the same still.
You know you love them.
Paying someone to install parts and bragging about it being fast, is like watching someone bang your wife and being proud to raise their kids.
I ordered a timing belt kit from GAP yesterday, it showed up today so I started pulling the front end of the car off...
Plan is to replace all the belts, water pump, timing belt tensioner, timing belt idler pulley, thermostat and flush the coolant.
I didn't get very far tonight, but I'm going hunting in the morning so I had to call it a night pretty early, I should be able to hit it full force tomorrow afternoon.
Paying someone to install parts and bragging about it being fast, is like watching someone bang your wife and being proud to raise their kids.
Good idea since it seems like a common thing for the timing belt to break. i looked on craigslist the other day for vw/audis and found a @!#$ load with broken timing belts.
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/3877823
Yeah it's quite common, and I'm about 1500 miles past due. I figured I should get it done with before I drive to Florida.
Paying someone to install parts and bragging about it being fast, is like watching someone bang your wife and being proud to raise their kids.
Were you at Wimpy's last week? Saw a lowered VW in the parking lot, but it was dark out...
