Andy's Valver

[Andy-H 0]

Well, the other week I fitted black A,B, & C pillars into the rado to fit in with everything else I was doing. I also wanted to colour the headlining black to suit so it all came out :smiley:

 

My ghetto fix on the roof lining was 2 tins of satin black cellulose paint I had in the shed :evil:

 

 

While the roof lining was out I decided that I was going to try and get the sunroof to work Oooops :sad:

 

Completely buggered it :angry:. I needed to get one sooner rather than later as the panel was just sat in the hole :shocked:

 

I had heard that the B3 or B4 passat estate moonroof was a near as dammit fit so I set about trying to find one of those as a rado one would be near impossible to find in good nick and the right colour :sad:

 

After failing miserably on many places to find one I heard of someone getting one out of a Mk2 seat ibiza....................so I bought one :smiley:

 

 

 

And it fits damn near perfect :cool:

 

 

 

 

Chuffed to bits with it :smiley:

 

Next weekend.................wheels

Edited March 20, 2011 by Andy-H

[v8rumbler 0]

All looking very good bud. Quite a successful weekend then!!!

 

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[Andy-H 0]

Yeah it was Mate thanks, the sunroof was only £25 so it was also a bargain compared to the Passat items!!

 

Just got to find some cheap lupo wiper arms now :-)

[v8rumbler 0]

Yeah it was Mate thanks, the sunroof was only £25 so it was also a bargain compared to the Passat items!!

 

Just got to find some cheap lupo wiper arms now :-)

 

What a bargain-

 

 

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[sexybourbon 0]

Looks stunning mate i actually like the cream wheels not sure about the badges tho but as i say each to there own

What did you use to clean the bay looks spankingly clean if such a word exists haha

[Pat_McCrotch 0]

Later Passat rear handles look good. Can you tell us what you had to cut to fit them?

[Andy-H 0]

Hi Mate, didn't have to cut much really, more a case of adding. I had to re-drill the doorwhere the screw locates, extend the striker plate and weld a small blob onto the mechanism so the handle would work with a tiny amount of movement. You have to get that bit right to make sure the door doesn't come open when you go over a small bump (I found this out the hard way !)

 

The other thing you have to do is cut a small groove in the extended strike plate so that it doesn't foul the window as it comes down as that can open the door for you too (again, I found this out the hard way).

 

I have taken them off again at the moment as there was an embarrasing moment with a flat battery :-(. I'm going to try and mate them up with some of those repair kits to see if I can use the standard catches.

 

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Looks stunning mate i actually like the cream wheels not sure about the badges tho but as i say each to there own

What did you use to clean the bay looks spankingly clean if such a word exists haha

 

Cheers mate, the cream badges have gone now and the wheels will be off next weekend as they have been relegated to my winters now. the engine was cleaned using Autoglym motorcycle cleaner, sprayed on and agitated with a brush. Left for 5 mins to do it's stuff and then pressure washed off. Some more autoglym stuff was used (can't remember what it was called) and left on overnight to leave the sheen on it.

[Andy-H 0]

Last of the cream parts are being replaced by this weekend with these

 

[Andy-H 0]

Wheels are on 8)

 

 

[Andy-H 0]

Spacers have now been fitted to the fronts to remove the tuck.

 

 

 

Dish

 

 

Poke

 

[Swompy 0]

Mmmmm very nice, likeing it alot :D

[Purple Tom 0]

Looks brilliant Andy, I liked it with the Brocks on but the Borbets suit it a lot more, I think they go with the dark theme of the car a lot better.

 

Did the motor work ok mate?

 

Tom

[Andy-H 0]

Looks brilliant Andy, I liked it with the Brocks on but the Borbets suit it a lot more, I think they go with the dark theme of the car a lot better.

 

Did the motor work ok mate?

 

Tom

Cheers Tom, yeah, I'm really pleased with it. Motor worked great Mate. Only problem was so did my original. There are 2 fuses that are linked to the sunroof I have found so I now have a spare :-D

[Purple Tom 0]

Oops...must have been that the old sunroof blew the fuses, maybe a bit stiff? I know who to ask if I need a motor though ;)

[sexybourbon 0]

Rados always look so much better all stealthy i like origionality but when modified the darker and meaner the better lol

[G60MAT 0]

Nice work Andy, looks loads better! ;)

[groundforce 0]

Hats off to ya Andy,love evrything you've done on your raddo,especially the Borbet A's.

[Andy-H 0]

Cheers fellas ;)

 

Well, whilst waiting for a very important part to arrive from Germany that will hopefully cure the fuelling issues I've been having I decided to put this part on today that I bought of Samthegram.

 

Before.....

 

 

After...

 

 

Whilst everything was out I had a look at the less than impressive wiringin there. I spent quite a while repairing/soldering bad connections and bare wires in there!!

 

I pick the fuel accumulator up in the morning and hopefully get this car back on the road :)

[Andy-H 0]

Right, a bit of an update ;)

 

Got given a spare front bumper so the old mind started going :D

 

I cut the numberplate recess out, got the soldering iron out and melted it into it's new place 8) I then started applying some filler ;)

 

 

Smoothed it over and sent it off for a bit of a colour match

 

While it was there I measured up and made mesen a little bracket at work ;)

 

 

Then I got the bumper back today 8)

 

 

Took the old one off.....

 

 

And popped the new one on

 

 

You can just see the little bracket under the bumper.

 

And then spoilt it by putting the numberplate back on :(

 

 

Only 2x cuts and a burnt finger too 8)

Edited May 27, 2011 by Andy-H

[Andy-H 0]

Had the motor detailed by a local guy today 8)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shame it wont stay this clean :(

[G60MAT 0]

Looks good mate, saw the pics on FB, you taking it to DC11 or Inters? ;)

[Andy-H 0]

Cheers Matt, not sure yet. Got a lot of work on at the minute so I'm gonna have to decide closer to the time (not that I've got long :( ). You going to the meet on Wednesday??

[G60MAT 0]

Cheers Matt, not sure yet. Got a lot of work on at the minute so I'm gonna have to decide closer to the time (not that I've got long :( ). You going to the meet on Wednesday??

 

Cool mate, nah can't make Wed, sadly I'm in Austria for a few days! :)