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Greetings from Finland!
Lets start from the beginning...
The thing which started all. My good old passat, it had everything that the factory offered! Electric seats, climatronic, solar sunroof, navigation, fullsize FIS, 4Motion, Tiptronic, etc..
But reason, why i sold it was the mileage, it had "only" 350k km`s on it. So it was time to change...
When i sold my old passat, i started to look for a new whip. Offcourse it had to be a
Volkswagen, 4Motion and some "not so usual" engine.
I bought this V5 4Motion Bora, or as u yanks know it: Jetta Wagon.
This thing had a little accident, did some snow drifting, and you guess the rest...
So after the insurance company didn`t want to repair it, because the body bent from A pillar so badly, it was time to find a new car.
I liked the Bora very much, but gas mileage was total crap, and when the gas prices in Finland are so damn high, it was back to diesel...
Then i found this "beauty" 2001 Passat 3BG, or B5.5 in U.S. Under the bonnet is 2.5l V6 Turbo diesel, it is programmed from factory by ABT. It gives 186bhp and 390nm torq, behind it is 5spd TipTronic and the best of all, 4Motion.
It has pretty good accessories, like leather seats, sunroof, oem Bi-xenons, navigation, climatronic and so on.
Nothing big happened during winter, which by the way sucks! **** it...
Just usual service, like motor oils and tranny oils
I started looking some wheels for the summer, and i found these Touareg`s OEM atheos rims for a very low price, they were in good condition so i bought them right away!
This meant that i needed to byu PCD adapters, because atheosses pcd is 5x130.
Got set of them very for very cheap price, from Germany. Still waiting the spring, so i tinted front windows with 50% 3M foil. This is illegal in Finland btw
Installed Newsouthperformance gauge and gaugepod to steering column.
Also got tyres to the wheels, 225/35-19.
Some test fitting pic
And finally the coilover`s arrived from Germany, brand is Vogtland and i had the same set on my previous passat, it`s very comfy yet still stiff.
And when the front end was torn a part, i replaced all the control arms.
Then some dumbasses showd up to play around...
Wheels and the suspension under the car, needs some adjustment...
There is more to come, after the spring turns to summer and the shit stops flying on the roads...
Thanks for reading allway to the bottom, hope you liked it!
Feedback is welcomed from the car!
For the last, i apologize my very bad english, hope you understand even the half of it
-Hannu
Lets start from the beginning...
The thing which started all. My good old passat, it had everything that the factory offered! Electric seats, climatronic, solar sunroof, navigation, fullsize FIS, 4Motion, Tiptronic, etc..
But reason, why i sold it was the mileage, it had "only" 350k km`s on it. So it was time to change...
When i sold my old passat, i started to look for a new whip. Offcourse it had to be a
Volkswagen, 4Motion and some "not so usual" engine.
I bought this V5 4Motion Bora, or as u yanks know it: Jetta Wagon.
This thing had a little accident, did some snow drifting, and you guess the rest...
So after the insurance company didn`t want to repair it, because the body bent from A pillar so badly, it was time to find a new car.
I liked the Bora very much, but gas mileage was total crap, and when the gas prices in Finland are so damn high, it was back to diesel...
Then i found this "beauty" 2001 Passat 3BG, or B5.5 in U.S. Under the bonnet is 2.5l V6 Turbo diesel, it is programmed from factory by ABT. It gives 186bhp and 390nm torq, behind it is 5spd TipTronic and the best of all, 4Motion.
It has pretty good accessories, like leather seats, sunroof, oem Bi-xenons, navigation, climatronic and so on.
Nothing big happened during winter, which by the way sucks! **** it...
Just usual service, like motor oils and tranny oils
I started looking some wheels for the summer, and i found these Touareg`s OEM atheos rims for a very low price, they were in good condition so i bought them right away!
This meant that i needed to byu PCD adapters, because atheosses pcd is 5x130.
Got set of them very for very cheap price, from Germany. Still waiting the spring, so i tinted front windows with 50% 3M foil. This is illegal in Finland btw
Installed Newsouthperformance gauge and gaugepod to steering column.
Also got tyres to the wheels, 225/35-19.
Some test fitting pic
And finally the coilover`s arrived from Germany, brand is Vogtland and i had the same set on my previous passat, it`s very comfy yet still stiff.
And when the front end was torn a part, i replaced all the control arms.
Then some dumbasses showd up to play around...
Wheels and the suspension under the car, needs some adjustment...
There is more to come, after the spring turns to summer and the shit stops flying on the roads...
Thanks for reading allway to the bottom, hope you liked it!
Feedback is welcomed from the car!
For the last, i apologize my very bad english, hope you understand even the half of it
-Hannu
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