did you take it to the same mechanic that said the wheel bearing were fine on the polo!? if so you might wanna check the are done up correctly. the rears are a doddle to do.

Yes Jon!

Coilovers and new top mounts are going on this week, FK Highsports all round which should be fun! Not going too low, probably only around 40mm as I don't want to scrape over every bump... My village is full of bumps.The chap fitting them may be able to find the cause of the noise that it's currently making.

Looking for a better fitting backbox as well as a pair of 205/45/16s for the front.

did you take it to the same mechanic that said the wheel bearing were fine on the polo!? if so you might wanna check the are done up correctly. the rears are a doddle to do.

Yes Jon!

Coilovers and new top mounts are going on this week, FK Highsports all round which should be fun! Not going too low, probably only around 40mm as I don't want to scrape over every bump... My village is full of bumps.The chap fitting them may be able to find the cause of the noise that it's currently making.

Looking for a better fitting backbox as well as a pair of 205/45/16s for the front.

Looking good mate, looking forward to seeing it on the coilovers! Although 40mm just isn't enough..

Not gunna lie, the speed bumps round your way were not fun haha!

Gave her a wash yesterday (first wash since I bought her back in August last year!) she didn't come up too bad:

Halfway through a coilover nightmare! Coilovers I bought have seized lock rings, in touch with FK in Germany so that should hopefully be sorted soon.

Bought a replacement metering head on eBay which was supposedly set up on a rolling road so i'll chuck that on ASAP - fuel economy isn't great currently. I need to have a thermostat fitted too as it's running cool which isn't great for economy either. (or keeping warm!)

I have a lovely small stainless backbox that I got from a Scirocco, brother said he will adapt/weld it on for me:

Also got a VW centre section for 99p on eBay (bid by accident!) and again, brother will assist and cut the silencer out for me.

Sweet car - have you seriously not washed it for that long. My sharan gets cleaned every week.

I'm a sucker for not cleaning cars. In all seriousness though, the polishing part woke up a cycling injury (AC joint in the shoulder) from last year and it's a bit sore today so that's my excuse.

Car is now lowered... Opted for a Weitec 40/40 shock/spring Kit that I came across on eBay, the good thing about this is that Weitec are, in my opinion, very good! And the rears are height adjustable so can go down to around -80mm I think - which means that if I want to go lower at the front (more than likely!) then I will just need to get front springs and the rears can just be adjusted. New top mounts went on too.

I'm yet to go for a spirited drive but she handles a lot better already!

Got a new exhaust system to go on, a homebrew affair from eBay but it looks to be a straight through system to a Milltek stianless 'suitcase' silencer with a stainless rear box.

She's as good as sold!

already?! What are you getting next?

Buying a Passat estate B5.5 130pd, Jon! Perfect for lugging bikes around, was advertised at work and couldn't resist. Nice lot of extras on her too.

Buying a Passat estate B5.5 130pd, Jon! Perfect for lugging bikes around, was advertised at work and couldn't resist. Nice lot of extras on her too.

You realise you now need to grow a tash and buy some tartan for your rear bench. Should have just bought a trailer for the raddo, or better still, sell the bikes and spend the money on petrol to put in the raddo!!!

Had the Passat just over a week and loving it already!

HIDs and a few LEDs here and there are the only mods so far, as well as sub/amp.