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Hi Guys.
I think you can class me as a lurker I do jump on and take a read everyone and again. Having the Tapatalk app integration is a great help towards that.
This is my VR Highline which I've actually sold now waiting for collection.
Was a reluctant sale but didn't have the space on the driveway.
This is the replacement - 3.2 DSG Audi
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1996 VW GOLF MK3 VR6 Highline - £2,495
For sale 1996 MK3 Golf VR6 Highline, 112,000 miles,
Purple Violet Metallic Exterior with Fully trimmed Blackberry Leather interior.MOT'ed until 19th November 2014
Location: Leicester, LE18
For more pictures visit: http://hwal.co.uk/thehighline
Highline Spec
- MK3 Golf VR6 Highline
- Full Blackberry Sports Leather Seats + Door Cards
- Heated Front Seats (No Bolster wear)
- American Walnut Wooden Gearknob
- Electic Sunroof
- Electric Windows
- Electric Adjustable Wing Mirrors
- Highline Kick strips
Body
- Pristine Body work no rust patches
- No Sill damage
- Shaved Boot hatch (working boot lock)
- De-locked Front door handles
- Votex Mudguards
Wheels/Suspension/Performance
- BBS split 16" Alloys polished lips Rears have been spaced 20mm
- Spax shocks with H&R Lowering Springs
- Powerflex Bushes all round
- Short ratio Re-built VR6 gearbox (shorter factory final drive)
Exhaust/Performance
- Miltek Cat Back Exhaust
- K&N Air Filter
Audio
- Uprated front mid and tweeters
- JL Audio Sub and Amp
- Pioneer Headunit
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Wire brush to clean up around under the adjuster as much as you can. Prefer gt85 over wd40 or some lock shock stuff there is a wd40 version or Halfords own brand.
Vice the shock up and use a big heavy hammer and keep whacking the adjuster.
If no budge you can heat up the adjusters and that will definitely get them moving. Just be careful not too heat too much as you don't want to damage the shock internals.
I kept touching the shock body whilst heating as soon as felt it was getting a bit too warm I stopped and commenced hammering.
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If that's worn away and unreadable you maybe best to guess the colour then go to a paint shop and check against there colour charts.
What colour is it?
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I'm doing the same conversion in mine at the moment pretty much at the same stage as you.
Will be bolting intake manifold up tonight and plumbing up all the coolant hoses hopefully too.
I'd be interested to know what the efficient placement of the MAF from the throttle body would be also - I had planned to keep OEM distance which would have thought be fine no?
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You should be able to just undo the two hoses going into the heater matrix and with dash removed
undo the 4 screws holding the heatermatrix in place in the complete fan unit and pull up and replace.
You shouldn't need to undo any other bolts in the engine bay apart from two to remove the dash.
Sounds like you trying to remove the whole heating/fan unit
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ooohhh hope so too, theres a lot of wires there I wouldn't want to sit trouble shooting to find which one is shorting/broken
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Cheers, not sure why they came out funny first time :-)
Yeah there stuff is supposed to be the best but I can't find a UK stockist.... you got any leads??
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Which bit of the loom is this mate?
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I've been looking into this, I've heard a few people use this stuff below from halfords. Let us know how you get along if you do mate.
As for pillars I've decided to cloth wrap them to be on safe side.
http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/f22/diy-headlining-fabric-replacement-pic-intensive-31256.html
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Misfire dodgy coilpack?
not really sure what it could be. how bad is it?
Have you considered another test station ;-)
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well i put one tank when I left home' date=' then another tank at Dover, one tank in Luxembourg before and one after the Ring then one tank in Dover for way home so 5 tanks for me too
so that's around £200 ish, although the 2 tanks in Luxembourg were very cheap !![/quote']
That's not bad was expecting more on fuel.... I'm planning on going with the cGTI lot in august, anyone record there times around the ring??
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Coilpack?? I knacked mine after a sprint against a BMW on the m4 the other week.
Was not firing 5 & 6.
I checked by unplugging the leads one by one to see any changes to engine running.
Swapped coilpack with my other VR and working a treat again.
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Very nice,
Managed to get any pics of the body work after you've flat and polished it all up?
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I used a damaged mk2 wing for metal and Evo-stik Hard & Fast Metal Epoxy Putty from halfords.
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288 standard brake discs (VAG - ~£54 on trade)
Mintex M1155 pads
Halfords race fluid - a must as normal stuff will boil and spongy pedal feeling after couple of hard sessions
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Suspension - Koni Coilovers + Eibach ARB kit
Wheels - 9x17's ET28
Tyres - 215/40/17'
Arch work - Mild pull work going on at the moment although with slight lip roll would have worked without an issue.
Issues - ************* To be completed *************
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eibach anti-roll bars' date=' top brand damping adjustable coilovers (hard setting), big brembo brakes with 15" wheels with top brand tyres i.e. eagle f1's.
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Upgrade rear bar only (induces more oversteer) I did front and reverted as didn't like handling.
Good set of coilys are def - I did first track day on hottuning ebay ones - beat the sh*t out of them
Get in touch with diluxe on CGti he sold his mk3 and has a set lying around.
Brembo brakes will help, but not really worth it if you not increasing power on car, get standard VAG discs (~£40 each on trade) and Mintex M1155's also run some racing fluid (I use Halfords one - took about 1 litre to bleed and fill system)
As for Tyres you really should be looking for some proper track tyres R888's or full slicks (look around online, bay, ed38) and pick up a used set if you can't afford spankers.
You will def get your use out of them, and will not let you down on the day when they super heat.
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Inside best to use direct fusebox link
get a amp meter connect one side to neg, then keep playing with other side to find a power source which clicks on when igition running
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Normancoal on clubgti is selling a load of vr bits.
Neuspeed pulley set
maybe 268 cams (not 100% what prof)
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Actually' date=' the VERY first thing I'd do to a VR is forget about the engine and fit a 3.68 FD
THE best mod you can do to a VR6 without question.
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I'll second that mate! Makes the world of difference!!
so that's around £200 ish, although the 2 tanks in Luxembourg were very cheap !!
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