What did you do to your cabby today?

[mileycyrus]

nice, but.......what did you do to it today?

[my1stgolf]

nice, but.......what did you do to it today?

drove it to work

[mileycyrus]

[my1stgolf]

ha still counts, teardown and rebuild will begin this winter. New turbo, stand alone, rebuild head, clean up wiring and bay. probably rattle can it some other color.

[mileycyrus]

oh it does....i was just playing...lol


im doing my valve cover again...new VC gasket, ect....

[Stashm2]

Finnaly Painted winsheild Rust repair.. not great but its metal again... Got new used fenders off a 78 Diesel Rabbit fromt the Pick and Pull, lots of new this and thats... Hope to have it drivable again for winter. Maybe Install the new winsheild tonight.??... DOH!


Also in the mean time.. New tires and Wheels... AC Delete.. New Shocks.... Been in the barn more than I have driven it but ya know..

[mileycyrus]

renewed my valve cover.

[CajunSpike]

Cajun did you ever get the free Cabrio running?

Ashamed to say I did not. Could never solve the 'no spark' issue after trying everything I could think of. I took this photo because I sold the Cabrio for $400 and the new owner was going to pick it up that night. Was the last day all these cars would be together.
That was only the second VW I ever gave up on..the first being the 91 Jetta that I had in the garage before the Cabrio showed up.

Also the 92 green Cabriolet is now in the garage because its an 'extra car' at this point.

[lil_squeeker]

i drive by your house almost everyday on my way to work, always looking to catch you on the road. cabby looks good.

drove it to work with a screaming speedo cable

[danderso]

Installed led's in my cluster and center console gauges!

Sent from my HD7 using Board Express

[mileycyrus]

washed my wheels....lol..

[my1stgolf]

tryn to pick up a set of 4 white 13" Zandvoort wheels

[tinygiant]

tryn to pick up a set of 4 white 13" Zandvoort wheels

i grabbed mine on Craigslist 2 minutes from my house for $35 for all four!

spent a couple days stripping and sanding them before painting them gloss black

[CajunSpike]

tryn to pick up a set of 4 white 13" Zandvoort wheels

Somebody local offered me a set of these..exact same wheels..I sd no thanks cuz my cars use the 14" wheels.

[my1stgolf]

i found a set tryng to arrange shipping with the guy

[jenoper]

Cleaned my door latch and still not getting a click when pulling the door handle, either inside handle or outside handle. Door opens but sometimes you have to give it a shove. Does this mean it needs a sag adjustment?

[my1stgolf]

Cleaned my door latch and still not getting a click when pulling the door handle, either inside handle or outside handle. Door opens but sometimes you have to give it a shove. Does this mean it needs a sag adjustment?

id say you need a new latch, my door is saggy as hell but the latch works fine.

[Sean A]

Going to clean it inside and out, check belts, fluids and air pressure for 200 mile drive to h2o.

[my1stgolf]

Going to clean it inside and out, check belts, fluids and air pressure for 200 mile drive to h2o.

jealous no H2o for me this year

[Sean A]

jealous no H2o for me this year

That sucks

Belts =
Fluids =
Gave wheels quick 10 minute polish with polisher I got from Auto Zone. They don't look to great, just sanded them to 800 a week or two ago to get rid of the corrosion and it was a really impatient job tbh...but I like them regardless. Blur in pic = only took one >.>

Tomorrow = Good wash, vacuum, interior cleaning, it should be looking slick.

[KYDUBBER]

Did you mount those directly to the door with a baffle? Any clearance issues? 6.5" right?

Sorry for the delay in my reply. Had surgery to remove cancer from my bladder and kidney.

I fabed up a wood ring to screw the 6.5s directly to the door cards. Holds nice and just clears the window.

[Sean A]

Front tires were at 25 lbs o.O got them up to 32 and backs to 29. Washed the car and vacuumed the inside.

[mileycyrus]

put m roofrack back on with new hardware......much more secure now....

[Wild83Hare]

Today, I put the Tokico suspension from my totaled GTi on it. I think it makes it look better... it certainly makes it ride better.

Before:


After:

[Captain Cabby]

It's a little lower and pretty level,





Don't mind the drips, not from the Cab.



I'm not sold yet, I think it can still get down some more, but I'm going to ride it like this for a couple weeks.

[Sean A]

Started painting everything that's black with a satin black trim paint (gas cap today, bumpers, fender flares, 6 piece trim etc later). Duckbill goes on Wednesday. Still wanna space / lower / get rocker trim / repaint rocker panels and repaint chassis frame rail / replace ****ty 10 dollar grille eventually / replace tail lights and cracked side markers / replace throttle cable / buy orbital sander to resand and polish wheels / replace windshield wipers / replace rear view mirror /

Disregard this btw, just my checklist lol.

[Lishie]

I accidently left Vanessa's (my Cabrio) top down the other day and it POURED! Seriously, we got 5 inches of rain and I didn't realize the top was down until after it stopped! My car definitely has a personality and whenever she's mad at me, she gives me trouble. (She also self adjusts the volume of the radio when she likes/dislikes a song but I digress) Sure enough - when I drove her after bailing out all the water and drying her out, while sitting at the bus stop she started spewing antifreeze ALL OVER and overheated. I'm stuck at home waiting for UPS today so I can't go get the parts I need but figured I'd try and make it up to her somehow so I've been detailing the engine compartment and detailing the inside of the car all morning. I figure a little TLC can never hurt...

[VW1991Jetta]

She is for sale guys! Buy it up she needs another good home since I'm moving ;(

[tinygiant]

finally got the right belt for the waterpump/PS and crank no more squealing!

recieved a new CSV in the mail that i plan on swapping out in a day or so. I need to get my hands on new crush washers for the fuel line on the rear of the valve

[Sean A]

Had no time but I got the clips today for the duckbill, so I put that on. Bumpers and fenders get spray tomorrow if all is well. Probably do the grille, trunk decal and trim while i'm at it.

[Sean A]

Sprayed the fender flares today. Was really hoping to do the bumpers as well but it took nearly two hours just to get the damn things off (too lazy to take the wheels off, so the screws were a pain to get out.) It gets too damn dark too fast. I have this big ass garage behind me, if there were no tractors in it I would be going to town >.>

Used this:

Was happy to see this (not happy about 4x4 status):

Before / After:

Done:

[ToplessBunny85]

Drove almost 2600km in one week! To H2o and back. Not one issue! Well other than me lowering the car and breaking a fuel line, but that wasn't the cars fault.

[mk3jetta-man]

took apart the front suspension and put the new coilovers in and then spent some time adjusting them and rolling the fenders to stop the tire from rubbing and i still have some body work to do to stop it

[FL 2.0L]

ON MY SONS 1999 front disc brake job we bought new rotors and pads at advanced got home and the wearever mkd780 pads were way too thick to get it all back together
so I went back AND returned wearever pads and paid an extra 40 for the
Wagner ThermoQuiet® Brake Pads - Front Part No. MX704
THEY ALLOWED FOR IT ALL TO GO BACK TOGETHER WITH NO PROBLEMS.
i have heard others wonder what they were doing wrong so thought i'd share this headache we had
THE CALIPERS WERE DEFINITELY pushed in all the way the pads are just way too thick

Been there, done that. Exactly that.

Pulled the quote from awhile ago, BTW.

[slade1121k]

Just got done cleaning her all up and waiting for new paint job on the hood to dry, honestly I like it topless time for a drive tho.