Just bought a 337, my first VW

[PNDubber]

Hey everyone, I picked up a 337 the other day after a long search for the right car, and I think this turned out to be the perfect choice. Its also my first Volkswagen, even though I've loved them for years. It has 120,000 miles and I purchased it from the original owner, which was a major plus. He had it parked outside, so the outside is decent, it has a reasonable sized dent in the driver fender and a couple scratches, but the interior is immaculate. I was so surprised when I first looked at it because it looks literally brand new except the whole in the drivers floor mat from his heel. The engine bay as well is amazing, I really have no idea how he kept it so clean.
Time for pictures (they're kinda crappy, but I've just been so excited)


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the headlights were kind of foggy, I used the turtle wax cleaner stuff and it sorta worked...

with the "defogged" headlights


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the rear bumper has a few nicks out of it as well


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the bay looks awesome. even the heat shield in the back looked brand new

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like I said, the interior is beautiful. He must of had seat covers on or something...


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and he left motion sickness bags in the seatbacks haha

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he also left this in one of the compartments, pretty cool I think


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the pen was in the glove box

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He gave me a huge pack of maintenance receipts, the original brochure, and the owners manual.


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One question for you all, on the roof I found a small area of oxidization or corrosion, and I remember reading that there is a 12 year corrosion warranty on the body. Does this apply here? And has anyone claimed it or had any experience with the dealer on this? Any input would help.


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It looks awesome now, and as soon as I drove it once I fell in love. But there's still a lot I have planned. Items I'm looking to get:
RS driver fender
floor mats/liners as well as a cargo liner for the trunk (I reallyyy want to keep the interior just as nice)
glass lens covers
black grille
stubby/shark fin antenna
clear side markers
the BBS center cap mod (I like the look of the exposed lugs and bbs cap)
polo aero / mkv rear wiper
oem roof rack+rails

In the future:
front bumper and lip (they're pretty chipped up)
rear bumper
cat back
coils
wheels

Let me know what you think! Any tips would be appreciated - especially regarding the warranty - and if you have any of the parts I'm looking for shoot me a pm and we can work out a deal.
Thanks

[Justin_Eshelman]

Keep in mind the timing belt needs changed every 60-75k. So youre almost due for a new one.

*edit sorry looked at the pics wrong*

[87vr6]

Looks nice. Do the timing belt, fix those couple small issues and start modding!!

[biggus127]

Nice find, new DV, drop in K&N air filter, and theres a bunch of little stuff you can do. But get the timing belt situation checked out, you'll have a fun car that should last.

[PNDubber]

Keep in mind the timing belt needs changed every 60-75k. So youre almost due for a new one.

Unfortunatly that little rust spot isnt cover. The rust has to start from inside and work its way out. That area thats rusting was caused by the paint coming off ad THEN rusting

Sorry forgot to mention he did timing belt and water pump. Also the clutch at 50k
Too bad about the warranty, but any ideas on how to repair the spot?

[Justin_Eshelman]

Sorry forgot to mention he did timing belt and water pump. Also the clutch at 50k
Too bad about the warranty, but any ideas on how to repair the spot?

Sorry I looked at the pics wrong. I'd say that the corrosion on that *might* be fixable by the dealer. Only way to know is to go up and ask them.

[87vr6]

Sorry forgot to mention he did timing belt and water pump

When?

[PNDubber]

When?

Good question, I believe it was around 90k but i'd have to check the reciepts

[87vr6]

I would. Because if it was done when everyone on earth knows its supposed to be (60-70k) and not when VW recommends (80k+), then at 120k it's about time to be thinking about it again...

[HAROMASTER]

One question for you all, on the roof I found a small area of oxidization or corrosion, and I remember reading that there is a 12 year corrosion warranty on the body. Does this apply here? And has anyone claimed it or had any experience with the dealer on this? Any input would help."

only applies to rust perforation, dealer wont help with that .

nice pick up enjoy it!

[PNDubber]

I would. Because if it was done when everyone on earth knows its supposed to be (60-70k) and not when VW recommends (80k+), then at 120k it's about time to be thinking about it again...

I checked the records and timing belt/ tensioner / water pump was al done at 106k, and clutch was done at 76k so I'm set for a while

[Justin_Eshelman]

I checked the records and timing belt/ tensioner / water pump was al done at 106k, and clutch was done at 76k so I'm set for a while

Good deal!

[PNDubber]

Bought a new set of fenders so I can replace my dented up one. I've never taken the fenders off before, I can't imagine it being to hard but does anyone have any tips, anything I should be careful of?

[Justin_Eshelman]

Mark exactly where the fender was lined up on the bolts. The bigest pain is getting the door not to hit the fender and the gaps to look the same.

[PNDubber]

Got glass lenses in, and temporarily plastdipped my front grille. I like how it matches the lower grilles but I'm not a huge fan of the plastidip so its time to find get a real black grille.


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[Robski92]

Diggin the glass lenses.

[PNDubber]

Diggin the glass lenses.

thanks
They look 1000x better than before

[PNDubber]

Got a rear polo aero wiper from a fellow vortexer. The stock wiper bothered me so much... only problem with the new one is there's no cap, so if anybody has a rear polo wiper cap... let me know
And yes I know you can buy it from ecs, but I'm really not trying to pay 12 dollars in shiping for a part that costs 4.50.

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[ECS Tuning]

Congrats!

[Radvr6T]

Awesome , love how you got the pen and brochures with it!

Its looks great in its oem stock form, especially under the hood

[PNDubber]

Awesome , love how you got the pen and brochures with it!

Its looks great in its oem stock form, especially under the hood

Thanks! Yea I know I lucked out, I was surprised how nice it was under there.