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  3. Who knows Suspension?

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    if you're only getting springs, I strongly suggest you spring (pun intended) for the best.....Swift

     

     

    the fact that they use a light material of their own is great

    1)less material means less weight

    2) less material means thinner coils

    3) thinner coils means lots os spring travel until coil bind...(read: it stays linear for long compression distances and keeps the car feeling the same without any spikes in behavior)

     

    http://www.swiftsprings.com/

     

     

    good luck!

  4. Who knows Suspension?

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    Heim joints like that have a tendency to bind and make noise in general if they don't see regular use. There's really nothing you can do short of replacing them, but you could always take them off the car and use some lubricant or the similar and try and clean up the joints while working them loose. Lucky for you, you can just purchase the heim ends separately.

    +1

     

    a good silicone or lithium based grease (any auto parts place will have it, NAPA) will help

  6. wheel painting

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    Hey guys, I need a recommendation for wheel painting

     

    I wanted to powdercoat a set of OEM wheels to anthracite

     

    this is what the wheel looks like

     

     

    http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/3387/15b81cq5.jpg

     

     

    preferably somwhere fairly cheap for the refiinish/paint process

  8. Who knows Suspension?

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    Koni must make a coilover set for your car, no?

    How about AST? AST;s customer service is astronomically good and it's a monotube damper (read: frickin awesome)

    How about Ground Control? <-- Koni based systems

     

    I know for sure H&R and KW make coilovers for your car.....<----see www.tirerack.com

     

    yes linear springs are a must and make sure they're not shietty springs....... some spring will near coil bind (read: useless) if the coils are too thick.....I'd recommend getting coilover springs from a good company such as Hypercoil, Vogtland or Swift

     

    if you diecide to go for a KW kit, lemme know, they sent me a 100 dollar rebate i don t need at all since I'm planning on going for a Koni shock based coilover spring with Vogtland springs (TC Kline's Trumatch system)

  10. Code P1580

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    if you're doing the clutch, might as well do the timing chains, their guides and tensioner.......

     

    it s a tape deck, the radio from my MK3

     

    "Premium Audio with CD changer control" as it says on the face of it

  13. Code P1580

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    yea that tool is retarted. shit like this is the reason why i wont ever own a vw/audi. have to have a specific tool to get the dam spark plug wire off wtf?

    at least they provide the tool stock so you don t have to go to the dealer

     

     

    I had gotten a metal one on ebay for my old VR6

     

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/VW-VR6-Spark-Plug-Wires-Removal-Tool-_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem3f041ffddaQQitemZ270652145114QQptZMotorsQ5fAutomotiveQ5fTools

     

    very useful

     

    I know a few things about the vr6 :)....it s my favorite motor ever made (not the most powerful by a long shot but it s interesting with the V/inline arrangement and it sounds like chewbacca getting raped)

  16. Code P1580

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    Sounds like the throttle body went bad. That's throttle by wire right? Might just have to do a re-alignment on it, you can use vagcom for that.

    MK3 don t get that problem...only the MK4 seems to get TB alignment issues

     

    echo anson

     

    drive with MAF unplugged

     

     

    you can get a MAF from a non-VR6 motor from another MK3 (2.0L 4cyl)

     

     

    .....the housing are different but the actual maf elements are the same,

     

     

    DON T pull on the spark plug wires when you re gonna do the plugs....on your hood prop, there's gonna be a plastic tool attached to it (hopefully it s still there), that s you spark plug wire puller tool....you hook it onto the aprak plug side of the wire, twist to engage the end of the wire and pull with the tool...if you don t use the tool, you have a big change of breaking the wire

  19. ****A LOL Thread?****

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    http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/10/500x_what-my-car-needs-1.jpg

     

    http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/10/500x_what-my-car-needs-2.jpg

     

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