-=Golf/Jetta II DIY FAQ=-

[Burnitwithfire]

The DIY thread, bigger and better

Let me know if pics stop working in a thread, if a link is broken or sending you to the wrong place.

You're encouraged to post links to any DIY.

I am in no way held responsible for any damage caused by the use of these DIY's, USE AT OWN RISK! I also did not make all these DIY's. Have fun!

• Holistah's original DIY thread
• Official MK2 forum FAQ
• Old MK2 FAQ/DIY thread
• AA1Car Automotive Repair & Diagnostic Help (Lots of good info on general mechanic and diagnostic, not VW specific
• A2 Ressource Maintained by our very own VDub2625
• Most ghetto fix thread Because not all DIYs are good
• The Definitive Cheap A$$ Build Up LOTS of free/cheap tuning tricks
• How to use the Vortex SEARCH function, tips & tricks

Table of contents

• Interior
• Exterior & lighting
• Engine & engine bay
• Brakes, steering, suspension, wheels, tires & transmission
• Miscellaneous & online parts links

Interior

Dash & center console

• Blower motor resistor fix
• Dash emoval
• Corrado dash swap 1
• MK3 dash swap 1
• MK3 dash swap 2 Dead pics
• Mk3 center console mod 1
• MK3 center console mod 2
• Ford Taurus cupholder mod
• Cupholder Mod
• Center console stereo install
• Working blank/dummy switch
• Dash blank/dummy voltage meter
• Custom Ipod bezel mount
• Custom shifter frame
• MK4 shifter & boot

Doorcards, headliner & general upholstering

• Headliner reupholstering 1
• Headliner reupholstering 2 Dead pics
• Headliner reupholstering 3 Dead pics
• Headliner reupholstering 4
• Headliner clips
• Golf headliner in a Jetta
• Complete re-do of door cards Dead Pics
• Door cards reupholstering
• Rear parcel shelf and speaker tray carpeting Dead pics
• Custom made rear parcel shelf
• Door speaker mod
• Reinforcing door speaker grilles

Gauge cluster

• Gauge cluster removal
• Odometer fix
• Custom gauge faces
• Gauge cluster lighting
• Gauge cluster LED 1
• Gauge cluster LED 2
• Digifiz gauge cluster info 1
• Digifiz gauge cluster info 2
• Digifiz gauge cluster info 3
• Gasser tach conversion to diesel tach
• Changing the clock from 24h to 12h

Heating

• Heater core replacement 1
• Heater core replacement 2
• Heater core replacement 3
• Heater core replacement 4 Very funny read
• Heater box blend door foam fix

Interior lighting

• Heater controls LED 1
• Heater controls LED 2 Dead pics
• Heater controls LED 3 Best one yet
• Heater controls illuminated siders
• Headlight switch LED
• LED panel dome light

Seats

• Recaro bottom support fix 1
• Recaro bottom support fix 2
• Recaro bottom support fix 3
• Recaro side bolster replacement
• Recaro restoration
• Recaro disassembly/reassembly
• Self reclining Recaro fix 1
• Self reclining Recaro fix 2
• Leather seat re-dying 1
• Leather seat re-dying 2
• MK3 seat swap
• MK4 seat swap
• New Beetle seat swap
• Seat fabric repair
• Corrado rear seat install

Sunroof

• Electric sunroof mod 1 Dead pics
• Electric sunroof mod 2
• Electric sunroof mod 3
• Tilt and slide sunroof

Water leaks

• The water leak thread
• Vapor barrior replacement
• Vapor barrior FAQ

Other stuff

• Ignition switch replacement
• Removing the lock cylinder from the ignition housing
• Three point seatbelt swap
• Big spline steering wheel adapter removal
• Steering wheel turn signal tab fix
• OEM steering wheels that fit MK2's
• CE2 wiring harness info
• Opening stuck rear door
• Grip tape pedals
• Ignition lock rekey
• DIY remote locking system
• Ipod only audio (no head unit)
• Fiberglass sub box
• Noise reduction

[Burnitwithfire]

• Interior
• Exterior & lighting
• Engine & engine bay
• Brakes, steering, suspension, wheels, tires & transmission
• Miscellaneous & online parts links

Exterior & lighting

Bumpers

• Shaved bumper 1
• Shaved bumper 2
• Shaved bumper 3
• Euro small bumper installation
• Small bumper removal
• Big bumper removal
• Bumper reblackening 1 (Kiwi dye, paint, heatgun and back-to-black)
• Bumper reblackening 2 (Heatgun method, video included)
• Bumper reblackening 3 (Duplicolor trim paint)
• Bumper reblackening 4 (Krylon Fusion paint)
• Passat bumper spoiler

Door handles

• Door handle swap
• Door handle removal
• Porsche door handle swap
• Audi style door handles
• Door handle de-locking
• Door & Trunk lock rekey
• Sloppy door handle fix
• Door handle reblackening (Krylon Fusion paint)

Grilles

• Bagdeless grille 1
• Badgeless grille 2 Dead pics
• Badgeless grille 3
• VW emblem relocation on grille

Headlights, foglights & relay harnesses

• Daniel Stern Lighting (LOTS of info about automotive lighting, relaying, HIDs, E-codes...)
• MK2 foglights with MK3 housing
• Twist in city lights Dead pics
• Headlight relays
• Headlight conversion 1
• Headlight conversion 2
• Rallye headlight conversion on aero rad support
• OEM & aftermarket Rallye rad support comparison
• Headlight smoke
• Headlight tint
• ECS MK1 5x7 projectors on westy front end
• Fog/driving light installation (Page 13, 1/4th down)
• Westy headlights info thread
• BMW ellipsoid projector retrofit into a 7 round
• Foglight wiring
• Front and rear foglight wiring
• Foglights on with parking lights
• Crimps and butt connectors

Taillights & turnsignals

• Turn signal FAQ
• LED spoiler brake light
• Euro Jetta taillights (1/2 down the page)
• DIY clear turnsignals
• Taillights tinting 1
• Taillights tinting 2
• Taillights tinting 3
• Taillights tinting 4
• Taillights renewal
• LED mirror blinkers

Wipers

• Rear wiper mod
• Single/mono wiper 1 (Sketchy english but it's Max and we love Max)
• Single/mono wiper 2
• Single/mono wiper 3
• Scirocco single wiper
• MK3 programmable wiper relay

Other stuff

• Fender rolling
• Fender rolling
• Sunroof gasket replacement
• Renault Twingo ragtop
• Mirror delete plate
• Wide fenders Dead pics
• Jetta style tailgate
• Rare MK2 front ends
• Restoring faded paint
• Quick polishing guide
• Thule roof rack infos
• How to safely remove window tint
• Door & fender trim clips and grommets (More info at bottom of thread)
• Drip rail replacement with universal seal
• Lower windshield Frame/cowl panel replacement

[Burnitwithfire]

• Interior
• Exterior & lighting
• Engine & engine bay
• Brakes, steering, suspension, wheels, tires & transmission
• Miscellaneous & online parts links

Engine & engine bay

FAQs

• Engine oil FAQ (not VW specific)
• Engine oil additives FAQ (not VW specific)
• Fuel & engine FAQ (not VW specific)
• 8V FAQ
• 16V FAQ
• Forced induction FAQ
• Watercooled engine codes & specs

Alternator & belts

• 8V waterpump replacement and AC delete
• Audi A6 alternator on a 16v
• 16V alternator relocation
• Serpentine belt setup on a 16V
• V-belt splash guard info
• Replacing voltage regulator

Diesel

• Diesel: smoke color summary
• Diesel: governor mod
• Diesel: 1.6l headgasket upgrade
• Diesel: more power from your 1.6TD
• Diesel: Timing the injection pump
• Diesel: Better glow plug wiring
• Diesel: Rebuilding your injectors

Engine bay

• Windshield washer bottle relocation
• Lightweight battery install
• Hiding wires
• Simplified engine bay (not a DIY per say but it has a lot of good stuff)
• Engine bay detailing
• Engine bay shaving discussion
• Shaved bay picture thread

Engine management & chips

• OBD2 port mod
• 8v Megasquirt info
• Digi 2 to digi 1 info
• Motronic 16V chips
• VR6 Ford coilpack conversion

Engine mounts

• Hockey puck front motor mount 1
• Hockey puck front motor mount 2
• Transmission mount
• Rear engine mount
• Making your own poly mount inserts

Exhaust

• Picking an exhaust
• Exhaust repair
• Dual outlet exhaust manifold swap (8v)
• MK3 exhaust manifold on 8v
• Downpipe clamp trick
• O2 sensor how-to Dead pics

Swaps

• VR6 swap guide
• VR6 swap using MK2 cluster (coilpack VR only)
• VR6 timing chains
• ABA bottom end swap
• ABA swap info 1
• ABA swap info 2
• 1.8T Swap FAQ
• 1.8T swap info 1
• 1.8T swap info 2
• 1.8T swap info 3
• 16VG60 info
• 16V intake manifolds

Valvetrain & porting

• 16V camshaft installation
• Intake manifold port and polish
• Standard Abrasive's guide to P&P
• Standard Abrasive's guide to engine block prep
• Homemade valvespring compressor 1 Dead pics
• Homemade valvespring compressor 2
• 8v head cut-out

Other stuff

• Starter Repair/Replacement
• Open element/cone air filter
• Rusty battery tray replacement Dead pics
• How to use Seafoam
• Horn replacement
• Passat B3 fan shroud swap Dead pics
• Compression ratio calculator
• Pulley and belt calculator
• CE2 wiring FAQ
• Walbro fuel pump
• Intank fuel pump replacement 1
• ISV disassembly
• Custom catch-can
• OEM oil cooler delete
• Milky residue on the oil cap

[Burnitwithfire]

• Interior
• Exterior & lighting
• Engine & engine bay
• Brakes, steering, suspension, wheels, tires & transmission
• Miscellaneous & online parts links

Brakes, steering, suspension, wheels, tires & transmission

FAQs

• Steering FAQ (not VW specific)
• Suspension FAQ (not VW specific)
• Brake FAQ (not VW specific)
• Wheel & tire FAQ (not VW specific)
• Suspension forum FAQ 1
• Suspension forum FAQ 2
• Air suspension FAQ

Brakes & bearings

• Front wheel bearing tips
• Front wheel bearing replacement
• Front discs & pads replacement
• OEM front brake upgrades
• Big front brake swap
• Rear disc brakes swap
• Rear disc brakes maintenance
• Rotor screw removal
• Brake proportioning valve adjustment
• Hard brake line lenghts
• Hard brake line repairs
• Caliper rebuild Dead pics
• Homemade pressure bleeder 1
• Homemade pressure bleeder 2

Front & rear shocks/struts/springs

• Front & rear shocks replacement
• Front and rear shocks replacement without air tools
• Fixing clunky shocks
• Ground Control camber plates
• Hot to tell if you have rebuildable front struts
• Rear shock circlip fix
• The stance thread (Not a DIY but very informative on different suspension setups)

Steering

• Manual steering rack replacement
• Quaife quick ratio steering rack
• Tie rod replacement
• Ball joint replacement
• Power steering rack looping (manual steering using a looped power steering rack)
• VR6 power steering pump replacement (It's for a Passat B3 but it should be good for a swapped MK2)

Struts & swaybars

• Homemade rear strut brace
• Homemade rear strut bar
• VR6 sway bar installation (1/4 down the page)

Tires & wheels

• Falken ZE-912 VS Sumitomo HTR-200
• Tire weight VS good grip
• Wheel refinishing
• Multi-piece wheel refinishing 1
• Multi-piece wheel refinishing 2
• Wheel offset calculator
• Bolt pattern reference (covers most makes)
• Tire size calculator
• Hub centric adapters
• 4x100 to 5x100 hub drilling

Transmission

• Hard to find transmisson part
• Transmission FAQ (not VW specific)
• Anything related to the 020 transmission (gear oil change, teardown & rebuild, 5th gear swap and much more) Maintained by Broke
• Reduce/eliminate gear grind
• Automatic to manual tranny swap
• Shifter bushing replacement 1
• Shifter bushing replacement 3
• Shifter bushing replacement 4
• USRT Smart Shift kit install
• Missing linkz VS USRT
• O2J cable shifter conversion 1
• O2J cable shifter conversion 2
• Starter bushing replacement
• Clutch replacement
• Hydraulic clutch bleeding
• Short shifter
• 020 and 02A speedo cable hybrid

Other Stuff

• Rear control arm bolt fix
• Subframe bolt fix 1
• Subframe bolt fix 2
• Installing rear beam alignment shims
• CV boot and axle replacement

[Burnitwithfire]

Table of contents

• Interior
• Exterior & lighting
• Engine & engine bay
• Brakes, steering, suspension, wheels, tires & transmission
• Miscellaneous & online parts links

Miscellaneous stuff

• Vagcat (online ETKA) (requires FREE registration, very good source for part numbers, includes schematics just like ETKA)
• Dealer parts & price locator (requires FREE registration)
• Calculators and converters (More calculators and converters you can handle!!!)
• Speeding facts and myths
• MK4 style switchblade key
• Photography tips
• Alarm system installation
• Jacking points
• OEM parts that are a cheap upgrade
• MK3 & MK4 parts that are an upgrade
• Junkyard tuning 1
• Junkyard tuning 2
• The VW dictionary
• Chinese MK2: parts list, numbers and prices
• Rare MK2 parts thread
• MK2 part number thread

Online parts links

• The list
• The updated list
• Misc clips, fasteners and grommets

[mk2 CRU]

does anyone have how to replace the clutch?!?! MK2 in need of help!
thanks

[vrrrrr]

take the clutch off ... sorry jk

[dubdubberson]

Quote, originally posted by mk2 CRU »

does anyone have how to replace the clutch?!?! MK2 in need of help! thanks

it's easy once you know the torque specs. send me an im if you need a step by step

[vrrrrr]

[Burnitwithfire]

Reserved, sorry for the multi-posts but the forum has a word limit for every post which prevents me from doing it in one single post


Modified by Black Smokin' Diesel at 1:17 PM 1-18-2009

[fullmetalrabbit]

Nicely done....should sticky this.

[yerigga]

nice, u must have a lot of time into making this thread. this well help alotta people find those dDIYs they cant find.
thanks i'm sure it will come in handy for me

[Burnitwithfire]

Quote, originally posted by yerigga »

nice, u must have a lot of time into making this thread. this well help alotta people find those dDIYs they cant find. thanks i'm sure it will come in handy for me

Well Holistah did most of the work back then. It did take a few hours to get everything sorted out and cleaned. I'll keep this updated as often as possible.

[ratdub]

thank you for posting a revised diy thread

[brandonrosensteel]

Amazing! Thanks so much in advance.
Now that this information is available, I'm sure my Jetta will break more often.

[travbrack]

Perfect. The FAQ needs to link to this for sure

[mk2jettarunner]

YAY!

[Nintendo]

Good job

[fullmetalrabbit]

Is there a way to get in touch with the original posters and fix up the dead pics? Just a thought.

[morimori]

Quote, originally posted by Nintendo »

Good job

[ineedvdub]

so much stuff, so little time.

[Greengt1]

somebody needs this...

[Daskoupe]

anything for bring bumpers and moldings back>\?

[chrislane31]

Forever Black

[90dub]

i cant find the pedal cluster replacement diy for mk2 vr

[2slogetta]

This needs to be removed-How To? its Horrid
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=1890859

[justinhannoldVW]

"silvjorr">....A Drill and Ziptie's!!!! Oh yea and some

[sprinttofinish]

Not looking to buy anything, But wanted to know if there is a website to help people on there repair problems http://www.autorepairinmesa.com

[cyanide54]

I need a DIY guide for a 16v rebuild lol

[Burnitwithfire]

I need a DIY guide for a 16v rebuild lol

The Bentley covers that pretty damn well

[Parasite]

This thread on Drip Rail Replacement (Rain Gutter Seal Strip) should be added, it's very helpful:

http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthrea...rubber+whitney

[Saithies]

Rear shock circlip delete fixes the problem with noisy shocks and the shock sticking out through the parcel shelf.


http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthrea...-shelf-proplem

[ROCCOJUGLE]

Bump!
Amazing!

[VWDoc91]

The "Gasser tach conversion to diesel tach" link is outdated. The new link to that is http://www.vwdiesel.net/forum/index.php?topic=3741.0

I found out the VWDiesel.net changed the forum programming much like the VWVortex did.

Just helping out.

[ShotgunFacelift]

Also:

Hockey Puck Motor Mount - http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthrea...ck-Motor-Mount