The Passat Round 2

Well because I loved the platform so much and knew it so well I stuck with it, just face lifted, slightly newer and powered by diesel... I'll let the pictures do the talking,

Purchase day.



Old meets new.


4x4 Mode.


Comparisons.





A Kick Up The Ar5e


Getting Lower


New Wheel Trial.


All in all its ok but I currently hate it. Niggly annoying things which werent an issue with my B5. To add to the annoying little bits..... It may need a Turbo, It may need a Clutch, It needs an Injector so yeah minter

didn't know you'd got a new set of wheels!! looking good

whats it like with the map on now then????

Got them aaaages ago it seems, they need refurbing, going for plain silver centres but polished lips to tie in with the other shiny bits on the car.

Its ok with the map I suppose, not really that impressive though. 165bhp but the torque is plop at 282lbft. It may actually make a little more but I think the clutch is struggling as it is. I'm sure I'll grow to love it in time but to get it to a point I'd enjoy it more I need to spend a fair amount on it and get it looking at 200bhp, and thats just not going to happen (at the moment anyway)

so happy youve gone diesel looking good and i personally like the 2nd set of alloy you put on

looks very nice thoe i like it alot

Very nice wheels suite it well good choice

Cheers guys, I do like the look of it, and love the fact I spend half the amount on fuel. But so far to me it has no character and nothing that makes me feel glad to be in it like the other, maybe just the fact I put massive amounts of my time into the other and have owned it now for 3 years. As said in the other thread depending on a certain something happening it may all change but we'll see.

YoU drove past me today car looked very nice , good ride hight and nice width with those alloys

Is that a B5.5 you got?
Congrats on a new car dude!

b47t0n wrote:YoU drove past me today car looked very nice , good ride hight and nice width with those alloys

Sorry bud never saw this, or you in fact? Were you hiding? lol. Nah ride height isn't good enough yet, this weekend I plan to take the bump stops out of the front, I didnt realise I'd put them in and its just sat on them at the front (its bouncy as foooook ) and the rears need to come down a long long way but didnt bother adjusting them until I know I can sort the front height out.

Cheers Yankee. Its ok I suppose

Anyway a poop mod really but a useful one....



I never thought I'd put LED strips on my car but this i thought was pretty good

Jesus thats bright great little mod! Ideal for me who looses everything inside the boot of the Volvo haha.

Btw cheers for sorting out the brakes for the ST's !! appreciate it

That looks cool very good idea

Them l.e.ds do a good job , best boot light I've ever seen.

Erm I was getting ready to turn right up to the wensley estate you went past going straight on towards page hall/firth park past the speed camera

Ahhhh right, will have been on my way home from work.

Little more progress, got it sitting much better now.

Bump stops removed, Headlights restored, and a bit of a clean later and heres the current look with Dannys Jetta

Looking good mate. Still prefer the estate but its a personal hatred towards the fuel of Satan. Lol.

The passat is looking more you now lol looks better on those rims

dannys Jetta looks very shiney

They are both lookin mint looks better now it's alot lower

Me being me I ended up with more wheels.....



Still on the lookout for something else wheel wise though. At the moment the clutch has now become highest on the priority list, hopefully going with an uprated one which will be able to take up to 400lbft should the need ever arise...

those look sweet

i'm sorry but you really dont want to hear my thoughts on thous wheels, sooo not my taste but guess its the vag way lol

They look great good work i saw you on TV with Danny at Donnington it was good to watch on tv so i bet it was 100% better seeing the real thing.

RYAN wrote:They look great good work i saw you on TV with Danny at Donnington it was good to watch on tv so i bet it was 100% better seeing the real thing.

It was a great weekend Ryan. Still not seen us on TV yet lol.

Think this is looking ace mate!

Mint. we saw ourselves on the screen at the track but didnt know if it would be on the TV or in the adverts haha