Hey sorry to hear about the break-in

At least they didn't get it though h:

Nice to see another B.C'er on the board :thumbup:

Welcome to Club :b5:

 

You must have been in surrey!!! I'm from White Rock originally but moved to golden 5 years ago.

 

are you the howie mandel from the boston pizza ads? or do you get that alot? get pics up

GO LEAFS GO

 

nice to see a fellow B5.5er/ BC'er on the boards!

 

 

2001 GLX Passat Reflex Silver 2.8L v6 B5.5

Suspension: KW variant 1s set to 2inch drop in front 1.8 inch rear
Lights: Hella OEM B5.5 BiXenons PNP with PIAA dual LED city lights.
Wheels: ABT A25 18x8.5 on Kumho Ecstas
Spacers: 20mm rear, 10mm front H&R (currently off the car)

Engine: Minor tweaking done through ecu programming
Oil: currently 10w-40 Redline gonna go to 5w-40 Redline or back to mobil 1 0w-40 euro forumula

Exterior:
Stainless steel stubby antenna
Chromed door handles from Epic designs
35% Tint all around
Custom "ASS" badging, v6 debadged

I.C.E: JVC AR5000 touch screen head unit
(matches interior lights perfectly)
Alpine 5.25 Type R components front
Alpine 6.5 Type S coaxials rear
Rockford Fosgate p6002 amp
Rockford Fosgate p3001 amp
Alpine Type R 10" woofer

pics:

 

ohhhhh now i cant wait to see this at the GTG!!!!!

what colour is your B5.5?!?!

-Mark-

 

howie mandel?

as in the obsessive compulsive comedian that does occassional cameos on jay leno's show and is responsible for the saturday morning cartoon titled "Bobby's World?"

 

hey... nobody knocks bobby's world.

Welcome to the club. My mom went to school with a howie mandel, he became some comedian. But i don't think you went to school with my mom so...

 

Looking good Howie. I look forward to seeing your baby in person at the next gtg. Man! Look at the lip those. h: -Alex

 

Update!

Bi-xenons are in...Hella OEM plug n play from Steve Z1
Also dropped in some PIAA LED city lights...$28 CDN at lordco after industry discount.

These lights are friggin sweet!

 

Let's see some pics of those lights man.

 

http://www3.telus.net/howie/install.htm

 

F__K those look bright!!

 

some problems with B5

Hi guys!

I recently purchased 99 1.8T with only 79.000 km, and now I have a list of "to do" things.
First, I need to know if I'm due for a timing belt replacement, can anyone help?
Also, the guys at Midas told me that my transmission has a leak (AT triptronic), apparently the rear seal is leaky. Any solutions :bowdown:

Which dealer/repair shop would be the best choice for me to service the car?
Note, I don't have any warranty on it :banghead: , and I intend to cahnge all this as a prevention.

The car's running great, by the way.

It's good to see so many people from YVR in the forum!

 

hey
a little early for timining belt

dont go to midas...

Westmount motors
or
JS Performance

 

Re: Yvr

Thanks Howie!

this is what I found out today:
guys at Midas (I'll never go there again!) told me that I have a steady rear seal leak? and that my transmission is leaking(whatever this means), so I went to AALL for a free diagnostics check up. Guess what, the check up is really free - they told me that my transm. is fine, however there is a leak from beneath the engine, they couldn't tell exactly where.

My concern is: is it possible that an engine like 1.8 t has a leak after only 79.500 km? And it is the real mileage, I checked with CARFAX and AIRCARE.
Besides, the car looks as new, this is why I bought it at first place.

Anyway, I gave up from dealership - it's way too expensive.
FYI, timing belt is 1.2 k and transmission oil change only $490!!!???

I'll call the shops that you've recommended and see what they have to say

Thanks again for your help!

Cheers

Dan

 

Howie...hi

what about Vancouver West Motors?
Ever heard of those guys...

D

 

no i havent...honestly

i havent heard anything but great stuff from JS performance.
Hes honest family man and he knows his shit! I believe he has Tourag certification too..

Otherwsie westmount motors they did my coilover install...

 

Thanks Howie!

BTW, I'm doing a transmission service tomorrow at JS...

 

PNW bump :thumbup: