NW WA Meet / BS Thread

That thing suuuuuuuucked. The only work I ever did on it was changing the headlight bulbs and it took me 2 hours because the housings slide out on rails you cant get them back on after you remove the light. Fuck that car.

 

The one I ordered is high clearance, swing arm with tire carrier and rotopax mount as well. Not gonna be cheap

 

I’m gonna give you shit.

Why spend all the money on buying it then cheap out on the basic protection?

But if you do cheap out and rattle can it, let me know I’ll help you out neighbor.

 

It’s called service position. Look it up.

Germans make great stuff, over complicated and engineered, absolutely frustrating to work on

 

Because it's just paint that's eventually going to get scraped off by a rock or a tree in the future and the cost of power coating is about 1/4th of the cost of the actual bumper. My front bumper is only powdercoated because Mule only had the powdercoated ones in stock and it was a wash since I didn't have to pay for shipping or wait for the lead times.

I'll let ya know if I end up rattle canning it. I might look into a paint gun since I have a big air compressor laying around though.

 

Sam is married, he hasn't seen "service position" in a loooong time.

 

lol my friend had a mkiv jetta too and hers had just about every single warning light pop up on it before she dumped it.

 

I got a service position for ya

 

two months

 

Check engine lights are just a Volkswagen product's way of telling you everything is okay.

 

Had a TDI bought back from me by Volkswagen. Can confirm lights on meant everything was A okay

 

The harbor freight guns (the purple HPLV one) actually sprays decently. For something like a bumper its a great choice

Only had one code on it so far for a failed crank position sensor.

I will say VAG-COM is the stupidest thing ever though. Like hey everyone else is going OBDI....lets make our own system that will only be used on our cars!

 

I need a hammer drill. Should I rent or buy one from someplace like harbor freight?

 

What material are you drilling? Hole size?

 

Primer, 3 coats or rustoleum bed liner held up great on my rear bumper. At least as good as my powder coated front. Plus if u scrape it u can fix it.

 

Harbor freight

 

For what use?

 

last minute request, but anyone good with SQL? lol
@Capt. Obvious ?

 

Just putting 1/4" holes in brick for anchors but might run 3/8" bolts into solid concrete flooring if I'm able to at the same time.

 

For the brick, you can use any hammer drill. Even cordless like this Ryobi

But the concrete floor would go faster with a powerful corded model.

I have rented at Aurora Rents before. Should be $30 4 hours or $40 day.