What have you done to your mk4 (golf/bora) today?

[dylan8]

Gave the bora a wash, so unloved. paint looks horrid, hopefully going to be schmick for DOVW tho

[Lito]

What are they...? do I dare say they look a bit like rotas...
8.5et30 is nice. I ran that front and 8.5et25 rear on my flat5s was a nice daily spec

yeah they do kinda look like rota grids, they are made by Australia | Koya Wheels not everyone's taste im sure but i dig 'em. thanks for the advice re: offset, might keep an eye out for a pair of 5-10mm spacers

[kendog]

Nice. I've been wondering what the Rota style wheels would look like on a mk4 golf.. should be interesting, can't wait to see what they look like!

[Stan]

tow bar installation, the bar is a pain, not exactly right, the wiring is a plug and play dream though. Haman reese oem, bought from the forum here.
It hides very well, not even really visible with the draw bar unbolted

[JustCruisn]

Good to hear it is installed stan. What was the pain bit, did you need to cut or drill ?

[JustCruisn]

$900 is for the crown wheel and pingion. Part only.
Previous job was close to $1000 labour. It was box out, crown wheel pulled, rivets removed new bolts, reassamble. $400 parts.
What appears to have been missed is damage to the pingion, and news today:1st gear. Driving around for a week has then caused the failure.
So it will now get the new crown wheel and pingion $900, new 1st gear $485.
Labour will be free as mechanic said he took the gamble to not strip the box any further than the diff to fix the obvious rivet problem. That gamble did not pay a dividend and the box needs to come out again.

So I'm up for another $1500 this week on top of the $1400 last week. And maybe a wheel bearing if that is the cause of the other "noise".

So the bill is getting very close to my original nightmare case of a $3K reco box + labour.

[kendog]

Shhheeeeeeeeeiiiiiiiiittttttt! I'm holding a lighter in the air for you mate!

[kendog]

Actually, how can just one cog: 1st, be $500?? Really? And the crown wheel be $900?? Really? He's making a decent cut on those...

[JustCruisn]

Actually, how can just one cog: 1st, be $500?? Really? And the crown wheel be $900?? Really? He's making a decent cut on those...

Nah not likely. some parts are only available locally as OEM = VW Aust.
The crown wheel an pingion was $900 locally, part number 02A 409 143L. I found it listed around $650 on US sites. So given how Aussies get ripped its about the right price
I could probably save a few bucks here and there but I'd have to wait for the yanks to get over the their storm etc and be without a car for another week etc. Hopefully I can pick up the car on Friday arvo.

[kendog]

Yeah, fair enough.

Most days you can fight it & win,
other days you just have to take it on the chin..