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Got rear ended today [emoji24]. Prob gonna need a new rear bumper....
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Got rear ended today [emoji24]. Prob gonna need a new rear bumper....
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Does Vintage Auto , or anybody else in the area for that matter do walnut valve cleaning?Vintage Auto is a place where I deliver parts all the time, great shop and folks. The shop is super clean. They really know their stuff and do superb work, especially with older cars. Donald runs the show and is the Beetle expert. Dave Martin does air-cooled as well and is really well versed in all modern water-cooled cars too. You'd be in good hands there.
Give them a call, very good indy shop and an APR vendor too.Does Vintage Auto , or anybody else in the area for that matter do walnut valve cleaning?
May take a ride over, thanks!Give them a call, very good indy shop and an APR vendor too.
So I installed the VWR springs this past weekend, everything went well for the most, car feels great and rides great. BUT the driver side front strut has a creak, like metal on rubber. IT's driving me crazy. I'm thinking its either the strut nut isn't tight enough or the spring isn't seated correctly. Any ideas? Definitely would love the input or help!
So what exactly went wrong? I have done this job a few times before (not on a VW) and watched the DAP guys video. He uses an impact on that nut....of course mine is a little dewalt battery and he had air tools. I guess I'm just trying to figure out what broke.Nailed it. If you torqued it without spring compressors on or used an impact your odds of this happening are about 100x worse
Only way to fix it is to buy a new strut mount and bearing and redo that corner
So what exactly went wrong? I have done this job a few times before (not on a VW) and watched the DAP guys video. He uses an impact on that nut....of course mine is a little dewalt battery and he had air tools. I guess I'm just trying to figure out what broke.
Nailed it. If you torqued it without spring compressors on or used an impact your odds of this happening are about 100x worse
Well that's a bummer, bc my buddy who can help me live in raleigh and came down last weekend to help, of course didn't make any noise before he left. Should I trust a shop to repair that side? Or attempt to do it myself? I'm obviously late to the mk7 game, didn't realize DAP wasn't a good source to follow.I wrote this thread back in 2016 to help people avoid the dap induced damage.
https://www.golfmk7.com/forums/inde...pring-install-diy-tips-tools-and-pics.337350/