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Title: What have you bought your VW for christmas?
Post by: jte on 23 December 2004, 12:33
I treated mine to these :smiley:

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v392/jetheridge/BBS.jpg)
Title: Re: What have you bought your VW for christmas?
Post by: Dinky on 23 December 2004, 12:39
Shes gettin feck all cos shes been a bad lass! :laugh:

Dinx :kiss:
Title: Re: What have you bought your VW for christmas?
Post by: Gambit on 23 December 2004, 13:03
are they the 16v anniversary BBS's? will look sweet on the mk3

all mine got was a set of proper VW mudflaps........though i might have a little surprise for it!

Title: Re: What have you bought your VW for christmas?
Post by: mrwotto on 23 December 2004, 13:11
I have treated mine to a new set of toyo proxies for the front ;)

And may give her a good old wash as well :grin:
Title: Re: What have you bought your VW for christmas?
Post by: jte on 23 December 2004, 13:16
are they the 16v anniversary BBS's? will look sweet on the mk3

They sure are and hope they do! :smiley:

Just won them on ebay from a guy breaking a mk3 anniversary. ?He's selling other stuff, including the interior and white dials. ?Well worth a look.

http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQgotopageZ1QQsassZoldeboiQQsorecordsperpageZ25QQsosortorderZ1QQsosortpropertyZ1
Title: Re: What have you bought your VW for christmas?
Post by: MK4_20VT on 23 December 2004, 13:20
I'v just had to buy a Master Cylinder, then a Rear Caliper as the new cylinder seemed to make it bleed brake fluid  :undecided: now I have just orded a Servo as the master cylinder leaked into mine & knackered it!!!!!    :angry:
Title: Re: What have you bought your VW for christmas?
Post by: Ads on 23 December 2004, 13:43
So far ive got:

2 Alpine 6x9s
2 Alpine 5"
Wolfburg Door Pins
New Twin Exhaust

And after xmas some new rims, either ATS Cups Or Ronal LS's
Title: Re: What have you bought your VW for christmas?
Post by: Fielder5757 on 23 December 2004, 14:56
Ok heres the list:

Custom 1 off Gear gater (courtecy of Joe)
A new OEM bonnit
New Numberplates
New Jetta Grill Spoiler
4 smoothed, re-shaped and bodycoloured Wheel items
Some painted interiour pieces
A lower front strut brace
A upper front strut brace
Removal of the 2nd silencer on the exhaust
A Lower rear strut brace

AND LAST OF ALL

A "New Car Smell" magic Tree air freshener :wink:
Title: Re: What have you bought your VW for christmas?
Post by: Gambit on 23 December 2004, 14:58
i just bought this for mine  :smiley:

(http://i11.ebayimg.com/03/i/03/09/4f/b3_1_b.JPG)

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4512179770
Title: Re: What have you bought your VW for christmas?
Post by: Overseer on 23 December 2004, 15:36
i was gonna go for those wheels... but they're too far away from me.. and he wasnt very helpful when i asked about having courier pick em up n stuff..
Title: Re: What have you bought your VW for christmas?
Post by: jte on 23 December 2004, 15:59
They are quite a long way from me, but i don't mind a bit of a road trip after christmas, i'll just have to take some turkey sandwiches for the journey :grin:

Yeah, everything he mentioned in the description sounded like he wasn't interested in posting them at all!

I've been on the look out for a set of these wheels for ages.? I did find out that you can use BBS RX2s from a MK4 GTI, but they came with 205/55/16 tyres rather than the 215/40/16s from the mk3 anniversary wheels, so to keep the speedo reading correctly you would have to replace all four tyres before fitting the wheels to a mk3.

The good news is that the mk4 ones are much more common and a bit cheaper.

I don't know if there were any other differences.
Title: Re: What have you bought your VW for christmas?
Post by: Overseer on 23 December 2004, 16:21
bad news is the mk4 ones are .5 inch narrower ;)


if u look down you;ll see a post of me where i missed the anniv gear knob the guy you got the wheels from..

and a set of mk3 anniv wheels within 80 miles of here.. owww
Title: Re: What have you bought your VW for christmas?
Post by: jte on 23 December 2004, 16:35
bad news is the mk4 ones are .5 inch narrower ;)

I didn't realise that.  Hence the different tyre spec i suppose. 

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and a set of mk3 anniv wheels within 80 miles of here.. owww

Owww indeed, i have tracked a couple of auctions on these wheels where it's just gone mad in the last minutes.  I think i got lucky with these ones.

Good luck with getting a set mate.  I think they would look especially great on a black car!
Title: Re: What have you bought your VW for christmas?
Post by: DubFan on 23 December 2004, 16:43
Mine got it's presents last week. New spark plugs, oil filter and air filter. Although next week I'll be putting in a working stereo so that I can tunes once more.
Title: Re: What have you bought your VW for christmas?
Post by: free on 24 December 2004, 01:35
got mine the same as it got me last year,,,,,,,,,,,fcuk all!!!!!, well its havin a tidy up n load off new bits in jan, a mini resuration :huh:, yes thats the word
Title: Re: What have you bought your VW for christmas?
Post by: Mirage- on 29 December 2004, 14:44
Mine got her MOT certificate and tax disc to start with then..


New windscreen (old one was speckled and couldn't see when sun hit it)

New plugs, leads, dizzy cap and rotor arm.

New thermostat

Front fog lights to fit tonight (big bumper)

Uprated headlight wiring loom tonight (can't see a thing on country lanes with single std lamps)

Mini-valet

New gearbox engine mount, front engine mount and replacement front engine mount bracket since I managed to clean snap mine in half :(

.... and a visit from home tune to get her running properly after being pretty much gutted and garaged for the last few months.

This weekend - oil/fuel filter and oil change and clean my air filter.

It never stops, I have a 8" widescreen lcd for the dash but it's slightly too big for where I want to put it... doh! out comes the dremel and some fibreglass filler.  :grin:

Title: Re: What have you bought your VW for christmas?
Post by: Mr Blue on 29 December 2004, 14:52
MK3 rear calipers, all round disks and pads, bearings.

ohh and finaly found time to fit this to the bad boy...

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v104/sat1s1ngh/Imaghhe005.jpg)

 :smiley: