2012 VW Passat CC - the unloved one

2012 VW Passat CC - the unloved one

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89forever

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554 posts

72 months

Sunday 23rd September 2018
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I felt I was putting way too many miles for work on my S5 and she is too nice to just do starship miles, so she has been retired to a dry day holiday car for fun (means I can do more long term project stuff on her as not needing to get her driving for work the next day... man maths smile )
So I went on the hunt for a nice daily...…. I found her
She is a 2012, with 113k on the clock.

This was the day she came home, bruised, battered and whilst mechanically ok, cosmetically was awful... and already a plan was being hatched on what her futures entails FSH, with very recent main dealer cambelt.


wheels had seen more kerb action than a King's Road prostitute, so they needed a complete refurb. I went with a subtle silver smoke

Tyres replaced and which of course then meant new centre caps and nut covers, sadly the locking nut is not a genuine VW, so a genuine set of locking nuts have been ordered so all caps can be fitted.

The car both inside and outside needed a deep clean, the interior was disgusting. Seats out and cleaned and leather fed, carpets hoovered, washed and dried.

The brushed aluminium trim has a couple of scratches, so am on the hunt for replacements.
The panel around the light switch has peeled

annoyingly you cannot buy just that piece but you need the whole under dash trim piece. Ordered one from my local VW dealer and that arrived Friday, weather is too bad to fit but will be done as soon as possible....

But the biggest task is the paint work, the bad areas are the front bonnet

front and rear bumpers have had really bad paint work in the past

and the boot lid is heavily scratched

So, I have a great local painter, she is booked in next Friday to have bumpers removed, bonnet removed and fully stripped bad and fully repainted and blown in past the doors.
I've also asked him to paint the roof between the rails a high gloss black as I like that look on other CC's I've seen.

Then I can put my new number plates on....

Sat with the computer plugged in a changed a few codings to more personalise. SatNav PTT, alarm beep on locking, needle sweep on start up, autolocking and convenience windows open/close on the key fob.
Only thing I cannot find on this chassis is how to disable the having to press the brake pedal to turn the handbrake off, I know it's possible as I can change the codings on my Audi's so the handrake works without having to press the brake pedal. Any clues from those more knowledgeable?

Also treated her to a decent key ring


Not bad for the first week...

Edited by 89forever on Sunday 23 September 15:17

mholt1995

567 posts

80 months

Sunday 23rd September 2018
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Do like these! What engine is it?

89forever

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554 posts

72 months

Sunday 23rd September 2018
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it's a 170 bhp.... it's ok for the daily hack....

does need a remap on it though

Edited by 89forever on Monday 1st October 13:44

89forever

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554 posts

72 months

Monday 1st October 2018
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Well as of last Friday the CC went into the bodyshop….. brief is to restore her to her former glory.

Bonnet is being stripped to bare metal and getting rid of the previous bad paint, same goes for the front and rear bumper.... there is a small dent on the passenger front wing which will be addressed.
The boot lid has a number of small dings and deep scratches so that is being repainted fully. The "Passat CC" and "Bluemotion" badges are being removed.
the roof between the swage lines is being painted a gloss black.

Parts are slowly arriving, I purchased a set of 30/35mm lowering springs as she sits too high

and as the Magnetic Dampers work perfectly I didn't see the point of going to coilovers.
I may yet fit spacers to move the wheels out slightly but will see what it looks like on just the springs.
As on my S5 I've purchased an interior set of LED's from Trups, included are a set of reverse LED's and number plate LED's

On the drive to the bodyshop on Friday a number of headlights bulbs died their final death, so for peace of mind they'll all be being changed.

I'll be popping in to the bodyshop on Wednesday to get an update and hopefully some stripped down images....

Edited by 89forever on Monday 1st October 14:27

89forever

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554 posts

72 months

Wednesday 3rd October 2018
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Visited the paintshop today and things are progressing well.


she's most definitely stripped down


roofs in prep for going black, as is the grill


bonnet is back to bare metal


front and rear bumpers stripped


and the dents repaired on the boot lid

89forever

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554 posts

72 months

Thursday 4th October 2018
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Popped in again today.

Boot, bonnet and grill had just come from the oven

Grill all black and shiny, straight from the gun


Roof is next.....

Luke.

10,944 posts

249 months

Thursday 4th October 2018
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Will look amazing I'm sure, but in all honesty why bother on your daily hack?

alec.e

2,149 posts

123 months

Thursday 4th October 2018
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Man maths definitely in full swing here, of course there will be no saving money whatsoever, ect by running two cars.

But, I think you just enjoy the project, am I right biggrin

Good job for far!

89forever

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554 posts

72 months

Thursday 4th October 2018
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Luke. said:
Will look amazing I'm sure, but in all honesty why bother on your daily hack?
without sounding brash, because I can..... and I can't stand driving a ste looking car. My man math is the money spent of fuel, tyres, depreciation on the S5 if I continued to use it for business, pays for the Passat, plus I can keep the S5 low miles and enjoy her as I want.....


89forever

Original Poster:

554 posts

72 months

Thursday 4th October 2018
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alec.e said:
Man maths definitely in full swing here, of course there will be no saving money whatsoever, ect by running two cars.

But, I think you just enjoy the project, am I right biggrin

Good job for far!
correct, man math at full effect...….!!!

and I do love a good project, why not spend it on what I enjoy..... although what i'll have spent on buying the car, doing the paintwork and all the bits n bobs needed I could've got the supercharger kit for the S5, plus the carbon brakes hahaha

Berkshire bred

985 posts

74 months

Thursday 4th October 2018
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I like that you're willing to put that much effort in to a, dare I say, ordinary car. Shows that you really take pride in your motors. If it isn't to personal how much is the paintwork and associated labour going to set you back?

89forever

Original Poster:

554 posts

72 months

Thursday 4th October 2018
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Berkshire bred said:
I like that you're willing to put that much effort in to a, dare I say, ordinary car. Shows that you really take pride in your motors. If it isn't to personal how much is the paintwork and associated labour going to set you back?
It is exactly that, a simple run of the mill executive saloon that I can drive the doors off, meet clients and enjoy sorting the details out.
Whilst I won't go into specifics the cost for the paint won't give me any change from £4k.

Better to use the CC to meet clients than the Bentley lol

jontysafe

2,351 posts

177 months

Thursday 4th October 2018
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blimey 😳

horses for courses innit

MrGTI6

3,157 posts

129 months

Thursday 4th October 2018
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89forever said:
Whilst I won't go into specifics the cost for the paint won't give me any change from £4k.
Glad I was sitting down when I read that!

Paracetamol

4,225 posts

243 months

Friday 5th October 2018
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What is an S5?

Butter Face

30,191 posts

159 months

Friday 5th October 2018
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Paracetamol said:
What is an S5?
Hint: it’s an Audi

Cambs_Stuart

2,833 posts

83 months

Friday 5th October 2018
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Really interested to see how you get on with the springs. I've got a CC and after a couple of years in an impreza with not very expensive coilovers I'm quite enjoying the wallow-y ride. I must be getting old, I never thought I'd spend more time in "Comfort" than "Sport".

89forever

Original Poster:

554 posts

72 months

Friday 5th October 2018
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Cambs_Stuart said:
Really interested to see how you get on with the springs. I've got a CC and after a couple of years in an impreza with not very expensive coilovers I'm quite enjoying the wallow-y ride. I must be getting old, I never thought I'd spend more time in "Comfort" than "Sport".
Comfort was way too wallowy for me, Sport is just right.

I shall report on the springs once fitted and bedded in.

Paracetamol

4,225 posts

243 months

Friday 5th October 2018
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Butter Face said:
Hint: it’s an Audi
I thought it was a Bentley model code. Why would anyone spend so much on second car to protect / covet a regular Audi? I would get it if it were something super rare but an S5?

Cambs_Stuart

2,833 posts

83 months

Friday 5th October 2018
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89forever said:
Comfort was way too wallowy for me, Sport is just right.

I shall report on the springs once fitted and bedded in.
It's not a good setting for any corners, but for crawling along the A14 in a 40/50 limit it's quite relaxing.