the vw boring

or be paid to put it back on lol

I think russ' idea is the best so far

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needs a wash and lows heh

[note the bird sh*t in the last pic on the door]
lol

i had the 115 for 3 years it was a great car with no problems until it hit 185k and the turbo went but thats all that went wrong!!!it was remapped not long after i got it and was 138 bhp,,150 is a fair bit quicker even as standard,, bigger turbo full front intercooler,the cam lobes wear out they say its from the injectors going to leak diesel over the cam which cleans the oil off causing premature cam wear,,,im just waiting for that day..............:-(

Heh, mapped mine to 135, any higher and I noticed the EGT was getting dangerous, need a better intercooler to get any higher. Heard a fair few horrors about the 150 which is a shame

yeah a few thimgs do go wrong but i bought it knowing about them so its just the waiting game i suppose..... i recon the 150 front mount would be pretty good on the 115, the only thing i have had a problem with its the standard vw connections,, nothing a self tapping screw hasnt sorted though!!!

Have you had any issues with your clutch? is it still the stock item?

the clutch was slipping when i bought it at 52k so i replaced it with a standard sachs one and dual mass,it turned out to be the bleeder on top of the box it had some movenent in it causing the clutch to slip!!!it now has 85k on the clock and the clutch is fine so far . its been remapped the whole time i have had it aswell so not too bad.

That's good to know, hopefully mine will take a bit more grunt when i sort a better cooler

Just ordered a few little styling tweeks

next up, decent wheels

Sith wrote:

Yeah i considered the 130 too but the 115 came up at a decent price and there's f/a difference between the two apart from about £1k in cost.

really? In the passat there is, dad had a 105, a 115 and a 130 and th 130 is clearly quicker. I want a deisel commuter but with the extra cost of insurance im not so sure id see a saving. Under £400 for a year insurance is super good for me.

The difference i found was negligible, especially considering hte extra costs. And i'm up to 130+ standard now anyways

on the off side, car seems to be more economic now (averaged 64.2 into work, normally avg 61.x), will see at the end of the week.

i dont know if the clutches are the same but may be worth putting the 150 clutch in?385quid mine was from euro car parts,,, i found the handeling was best with 18s on i tried 17s and i have 19s now and they are shit!!!

Hef, yeah i'm going to look into that, might leave it till it starts slipping first. I reckon you should get a bigger fmic and sell me yours

Wants some 18's not for handling but for rolling radius economy here we come lol.

So, on the way to work this morning the car decided the front is quite good looking enough and threw the front splitter off, 4motion one on order now

It was already coming off on the side a bit anyway. Whats the 4mo one look like?

sith, im not sure id find a 2.0 turbo deisel the same price to insure as my 300. Im looking forward to seeing the progress!

4motion one is slightly deeper and has vents in each side.

you may find that it doesnt start to slip...my old 115 had 185k on original clutch and flywheel!!!
and the fmic.....naaa ill keep mine ta:-) there are pretty expensive and im thinking of selling the car on now too.

how much?

immo3 sports clocks awaiting delivery now

splitter to go on this weekend with new ARB bushes and hopefully gauges will be here by then too

bit better to look at than the dull standard ones

Chav...