Chicagoland Chat Thread

[jay745]

Hey all, curbed my Englishman (back right) wheel in a parking garage with some distracted driving pulling up my spothero app. So looking for a replacement Englishman. Only need one, so if anyone is selling less than 4, please shoot me a PM.

West Chicago burbs.

Thanks,
James

I know an excellent wheel repair technician that could probably repair it. My entire club uses him, talk to Evan at Wellis Wheel in St Charles. If you reach out tell him Jay sent you.

 

[SuperDuper]

I know an excellent wheel repair technician that could probably repair it. My entire club uses him, talk to Evan at Wellis Wheel in St Charles. If you reach out tell him Jay sent you.

Can also vouch for these guys. They came out to where I was working at the time and fixed my OEM Austin wheel right there in the parking lot. They even gave me a couple of options for the repair. I ended up going with the cheaper option which involved them touching up the wheel with a little paint rather than re-machining the wheel. You couldn't even tell that it was damaged after they were done. The only difference was on the one spoke they touched up - it no longer had the tiny machine lines on it. 10/10.

 

[mithiral67]

Awesome, thanks guys!!!

I know the weather sucks, but are there any regular vw meets in Chicagoland?

 

[jay745]

Awesome, thanks guys!!!

I know the weather sucks, but are there any regular vw meets in Chicagoland?

Every Thursday in Lombard.

 

[mithiral67]

What time? Same place or move?

 

[SuperDuper]

Anyone on here have just a resonator delete?

 

[littlejoe1]

Every Thursday in Lombard.

Whereabouts in Lombard? I work off Finley and Butterfield, would be interested in swinging by sometime.

 

[earthquake_glue]

Lost control of my MK7 in the snow the night when we got a bunch of it. Smacked into a curb so it’s getting looked at today.

No creaking or rubbing so I think tie rods are okay, but there’s a noticeable hum that can be heard over the engine RPMs. No idea what that could be.

 

[earthquake_glue]

Every Thursday in Lombard.

Yeah I gotta make it out to these sometime. Sounds like a ton of fun.

 

[SuperDuper]

What kind of exhaust set ups is everyone running?

 

[earthquake_glue]

I’m going to install a Borla cat back in the next few months.

 

[earthquake_glue]

Anyone removing the fender liners periodically to clean debris out? Thinking about doing it annually to keep rust at bay. Had the car almost 2 years now and it may be a good idea.

 

[fretburnr]

What's the going recommendation for a valve cleaning/walnut blast? I'm happy to do it myself (as with most things) but between work and school I've got zero time right now.

 

[jay745]

Anyone removing the fender liners periodically to clean debris out? Thinking about doing it annually to keep rust at bay. Had the car almost 2 years now and it may be a good idea.

Absolutely, I'm always amazed at how much gets stuck up there. Even more so if you have a sun roof.

What's the going recommendation for a valve cleaning/walnut blast? I'm happy to do it myself (as with most things) but between work and school I've got zero time right now.

Pm me if you'd like, I could do it

 

[miikez.]

Hey guys,

Been out of the scene for a little bit, but was wondering if anyone knows of a good shop in the Chicagoland area to replace a fuel injector. I'm having misfires on cylinder two and have already replaced spark plugs and coils, so I feel like it has to be the injector. Appreciate the help!