massbad69

Def, not too far to walk :dance:

Get it done

Me too, cheers

Cheers and easily changed if I want

Changed the rear lights to the tinted ones which look decent but if I don't like them in the long run I can swap them over. Gave the area around the lights a good clean down and wax for protection when the lights were out. Rubbish pics as I never took the car out in the heavy heavy rain.

The new beam is just not a patch on the existing one, so even though it might turn out alright it is just no where near to the same standard so I'm not changing it. I had stripped or should I say cut off the discs, calipers and carriers but it's grim. Even though I won't have the chance to get the existing beam powder coated I will have all its working parts replaced.

The spare beam is not in good enough condition so I'm binning it. Just going to get the bushes and bias valve done on the car the next time it's in the garage. Waste of a few quid :bonk:

Stub axle bolts, gear cable repair and handbrake clips

Cheers hopefully I will do it correctly, I don't need it done but every winter I try and do one area of whatever car I have as a toy. The guy has the front subframe as well so thinking about buying that too

Oh no what have I done :bonk:

So picking the rear axle in the morning and the bonnet bra, headlight adjusters and tinted rear lights arrived today.

Just managed to buy a rear axle only 5 miles away, so pick it up on Sat hopefully. Will slowly refurb it for swapping next year at MOT time. All the brakes on the car are new apart from the brake pipes and bias valve, so I can build the beam up without the discs etc and they can go on in the garage. I've ordered stub axle bolts now as well, need to get new stub axles at some point. I'm just winging it as usual and hopefully I can do a proper job of it and the end result will be a fully powdercoated beam with all new parts on it. If I'm missing any parts hopefully someone will tell me. Time will tell.

So I've now ordered the following from VW - rear axle bushes with bolts and nuts strut to axle bolts and nuts rear ARB bushes axle to underside bolts May as well change them all when the rear bias valve and new brake pipes are going on next year.

Mine is loose as well I never bought mine through this forum, so they all must be the same.

Thanks for that. I usually quite happily buy Febi etc but just wanted to check. Cheers

Hi Just a quick one regarding the rear axle bushes. I was going to get Febi bushes but checked with VW for the cost of theirs. Are the Febi bushes decent enough as they are around £20 the pair whereas VW want £110 for a pair. I'm not going down the Poly route. Thanks

I just hit the spring from them a couple of months back ?

Here's all the part numbers for the bias valve fixings http://partscatalog.info/volkswagen/en/?i=cat_vag_models&brand=vw&number=1542&set=1548&ein=1994&f=76&hauptgr=1234567890&hg=6&grf=008600084&bf=115&hgug=612&ug=12&parent_id=381377

A few things ordered for whatever reason. Bonnet bra and clear sticky vinyl to protect where the bra can rub. Handbrake clips, headlight adjusting clips, gear cable repair thingy and underside brake pipe clips all for just in case. Dark tinted rear lights, top half anyway to see if it looks good with the black and grey theme. Thinking about the wee jobs I can get done at next MOT time in Spring - Got the valve and fixings for the rear bias valve replacement Got new front brake shields for fitting Renewing all the brake pipes when system is empty Thinking about rear axle bushes ? New exhaust going on in a couple of weeks and I was considering a black tailpipe but the company does not do them ?

And there's more https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/182180179010

I'm an out as as a small nation we cannot cope with the amount of net migration. Even though I do think I will be worse off financially by being out, I worry about the mounting pressure on hospitals, schools etc just with our ageing and already inflated population, never mind the continued rise in numbers. I currently wait over a week for a docs appointment, where does it end.

My cars are always just slightly away from standard but with subtle changes, hopefully improving the condition and look of the car. I nearly always keep the original item or part as well to go with the car for the future, i.e the wheels and interior on my VR.

Great work really impressive :thumbleft:

F****** dirty b******* Hope you get it back I damaged :thumbleft:

I'm keeping it the noo :smug: Nice mk7 btw :clap: