Recent content by vfr800

Would offset the towbar on my S3 nicely! :P

I bought a set of brembo disc and pads from ECP on one of their deal weekends, worked out much cheaper very very happy with the quality. Also bought a fitting kit and already have Pagid ceramic brake grease. Just look in the fitment details yellow section under the listed items for your car...

Only £920. What a bargain :/

I looked at the earth strap a few years ago and it turned to dust. Bought a much heavier duty one from Halfords and it's still going strong. I'd like to get hold of a few broken controllers to diagnose them. From the googling I've been doing when the controller fails it's either the stepper...

Thanks. That's good to know.

Right then ... I have another replacement diff which should be ready to pick up this weekend. At least I know how to change it now, shouldn't take too long at all as none of the bolts are rusted and I'm not redoing the tie arms/bushes this time around. However ... I scanned with VCDS and...

Yippee! Got it all done up and back together and off the axle stands. Boooo! The battery was almost flat. Hurrah! Battery charged over night. Took it for a test spin today. All seemed ok then I turned right at a t junction and get some grinding from the rear, turns out the replacement diff...

Thanks Tufty, et al, I haven't had much time to work on the car, I've put it all together without a paper gasket. If it leaks then I'll go buy some gasket paper and redo it. I have put the pump in with brand new rubber seals. The haldex controller got a brand new metal gasket too. Just got to...

Update ... Old rear diff is now removed. I started to move the pump and controller over to the replacement diff and noticed my old pump has a paper gasket on the mating surface, on the replacement diff there's only a fragment of the previous gasket left. I searched ETKA and etka.cc and can't...

5 minutes on my brother's forge and job done. Didn't realise burning them out would be so easy. :) Liam

Hi Thanks. Wish I knew about that kit before. Would have made this a cheaper process but the kit looks pretty rare. For some reason I thought it would be a good idea to work on the car this evening. Fortunately it only got down to -3 deg C. Got all the tie bars out and all the nuts and bolts...

Thanks Stuart B I have put some new sub frame bolts in order as they seem to be stretch bolts too. So far All the other bolts have cost £60, plus the poly bushes at £96. All the haldex seals and oils. Oh and the new bigger set of 1/2" spline bits for the tool box. Ahhhhhhh #moneypit or...

Hi Tufty, Thanks very much for your help and the links it's very useful and much appreciated! I have ordered a shed load of new bolts to put it all back together from my local VW dealer. I've had a look and I there's isn't too much corrosion on the three hex bolts so I shouldn't have any...

Hi Guys, I have finally got around to replacing the rear diff and haldex on the car, it broke last year and I have only just got around to attempting to replace it. I got a spare haldex/rear diff off ebay last year, lets hope its works. Now I have put the rear of the car on axle stands and...

There's no point in taking a picture. You can't see any of it.