2012 VW Passat CC - the unloved one
Discussion
C.A.R. said:
Black roof looks great.
Black / dark wheels do look a bit "Corsa Ltd Edition" v
Such a lovely wheel design which you now can't see due to the colour. They'll also look bigger and the car will look lower if they're a brighter colour.
The good thing is I can change the colour as and when I like... it costs me nothing as I have the facilities to strip and redo them through work, car is off the road for 2 days max....Black / dark wheels do look a bit "Corsa Ltd Edition" v
Such a lovely wheel design which you now can't see due to the colour. They'll also look bigger and the car will look lower if they're a brighter colour.
I like the darker colour wheels as I don't always get to clean the car every weekend and it hides the brake dust a little
Technically they are not black, they are a dark chrome but then i'm being pedantic
lolso today I had a couple of hours to change a couple of detail bits, those who have been paying attention will know I hate things not right....
I'd previously bought the new lower dash trim panel as the soft touch coating around the key slot had worn off
now I could have stripped and redone it but for the price of a brand new panel it wasn't worth the effort...
much much better....
as on other cars I don't like the yellow interior lights so again good old Trup's came up with the goods....
Number plate lights, boot light, glove box and interior dome lights all done
old nasty
old versus new
I'm just waiting on the reverse lights to arrive and all done, sadly the car wasn't specc'ed with puddle lights or footwell lights, so that'll be a project for another day.
and I had to buy yet another set of number plates as some daft sod decided to treat the car to a private plate, I won't say who...!!!
VW and age related so hopefully won't scream "knobhead" hahaha
I'd previously bought the new lower dash trim panel as the soft touch coating around the key slot had worn off
now I could have stripped and redone it but for the price of a brand new panel it wasn't worth the effort...
much much better....
as on other cars I don't like the yellow interior lights so again good old Trup's came up with the goods....
Number plate lights, boot light, glove box and interior dome lights all done
old nasty
old versus new
I'm just waiting on the reverse lights to arrive and all done, sadly the car wasn't specc'ed with puddle lights or footwell lights, so that'll be a project for another day.
and I had to buy yet another set of number plates as some daft sod decided to treat the car to a private plate, I won't say who...!!!
VW and age related so hopefully won't scream "knobhead" hahaha
Well with the Satnav maps being 6 years out of date i went on the hunt for a genuine SD update...
Good old Ebay came up good, found a very helpful guy who was incredibly helpful who sold me one of these
Installing the card results in this
Installing is about 2 hours, that'll be completed on the drive into work tomorrow....
Good old Ebay came up good, found a very helpful guy who was incredibly helpful who sold me one of these
Installing the card results in this
Installing is about 2 hours, that'll be completed on the drive into work tomorrow....
I just ordered one of these for my CC also, but I won't be home till nearer Christmas to use it
Can you report back what you get with it, does it include speed camera locations etc, postcode 5 or 6 digit etc, anything other than just new maps?
Cars looking great, fantastic daily car and ticks lot of boxes, expect to keep mine a while
Can you report back what you get with it, does it include speed camera locations etc, postcode 5 or 6 digit etc, anything other than just new maps?
Cars looking great, fantastic daily car and ticks lot of boxes, expect to keep mine a while
foxmeister said:
I just ordered one of these for my CC also, but I won't be home till nearer Christmas to use it
Can you report back what you get with it, does it include speed camera locations etc, postcode 5 or 6 digit etc, anything other than just new maps?
Cars looking great, fantastic daily car and ticks lot of boxes, expect to keep mine a while
Well the full postcode input is already possible on the RNS315 so that won't change. I'll advise on if anything else comes with the update.Can you report back what you get with it, does it include speed camera locations etc, postcode 5 or 6 digit etc, anything other than just new maps?
Cars looking great, fantastic daily car and ticks lot of boxes, expect to keep mine a while
I'm just happy to have updated maps so i'm not driving through fields or in the middle of a pond any more..!!!
vantara said:
Sorry to ask but I’ve just tried googling ‘trups’ as I want led interior lights for my Volvo. Do you have a link to their website as my google-fu is letting me down!
Many thanks
Andy
Hi Andy,Many thanks
Andy
here you go
https://emtuning.co.uk/
Well the ABS issue got sorted today, despite a false start with an incorrectly supplied ABS sensor.
There are 2 types, 1 for ESP equipped and 1 for non ESP....
Guess what type I got supplied first.....!!!
but once the correct one fitted all's good on that front, I don't have any codes stored now in any module...
I had also got a wheel bearing, just incase the sensor ring on the back was the cause, good job that wasn't the issue as some muppet in the cars past has rounded the spline drive bolt head so that wasn't coming undone today, i'll weld a socket to it in the week and replace the bolt, will probably stick the wheel bearing on as in there and it's done then....
Bloody hate cowboy mechanics....!!!
There are 2 types, 1 for ESP equipped and 1 for non ESP....
Guess what type I got supplied first.....!!!
but once the correct one fitted all's good on that front, I don't have any codes stored now in any module...
I had also got a wheel bearing, just incase the sensor ring on the back was the cause, good job that wasn't the issue as some muppet in the cars past has rounded the spline drive bolt head so that wasn't coming undone today, i'll weld a socket to it in the week and replace the bolt, will probably stick the wheel bearing on as in there and it's done then....
Bloody hate cowboy mechanics....!!!
Cambs_Stuart said:
Apologies if I missed it, but how did you get on with the lowering springs?
You hadn't missed as I hadn't fitted them until today...Since the last update there has been trouble free driving, although at the back of my mind there has been a very slight knock from the front end.
Saturday afternoon was a free day so I thought i'd pull the front suspension to bits to see what fell off.
In short, top mounts, drop links and the dampers had clearly seen better days being the ones the car left the factory with according to the date stamp....
As the poor thing has the electronic magnetic dampers they of course had to be eye wateringly expensive compared to non electronic ones....
Only Monroe make them (they were OE supplier too)… Dampers arrived today and all buttoned up... whilst in there the PI lowering springs have been fitted front and rear... once back down on the ground she certainly sits better than when on stock springs...
Pics tomorrow as it was too dark
Lord Marylebone said:
Only just read this thread now. Interesting read.
The only thing I want to say is, £4K in paintwork? Really?
I would have charged:
Roof £350
Bonnet £300
Front bumper £180
Wings £160 each
Rear bumper £170
I’m not sure what else you had done? Did they do the full car for colour match?
To be fair I have no idea on the quality of your work, and i'm sure it is exemplary...!!! The only thing I want to say is, £4K in paintwork? Really?
I would have charged:
Roof £350
Bonnet £300
Front bumper £180
Wings £160 each
Rear bumper £170
I’m not sure what else you had done? Did they do the full car for colour match?
There's always someone who can do something cheaper, better etc....
however the level of work my guy did, the car was fully stripped so there was no masking lines.... all panels removed etc comes at a price. His quality of work is something i'll happily pay for again and again and again....
I had no issues with what he charged me.
89forever said:
To be fair I have no idea on the quality of your work, and i'm sure it is exemplary...!!!
There's always someone who can do something cheaper, better etc....
however the level of work my guy did, the car was fully stripped so there was no masking lines.... all panels removed etc comes at a price. His quality of work is something i'll happily pay for again and again and again....
I had no issues with what he charged me.
Well, you are right to always question the quality of work, especially with bodyshops.There's always someone who can do something cheaper, better etc....
however the level of work my guy did, the car was fully stripped so there was no masking lines.... all panels removed etc comes at a price. His quality of work is something i'll happily pay for again and again and again....
I had no issues with what he charged me.
We paint Ferrari’s, Porsche’s etc, and the last 964 we painted won first place at Silverstone Porsche Concours.
We are the local specialist repairers for Jaguar, Land Rover, Lexus, VW, Nissan, Audi etc We do all their forecourt and showroom work every month.
We are based in the North, so if you are in the south you will pay slightly more.
89forever said:
You hadn't missed as I hadn't fitted them until today...
Since the last update there has been trouble free driving, although at the back of my mind there has been a very slight knock from the front end.
Saturday afternoon was a free day so I thought i'd pull the front suspension to bits to see what fell off.
In short, top mounts, drop links and the dampers had clearly seen better days being the ones the car left the factory with according to the date stamp....
As the poor thing has the electronic magnetic dampers they of course had to be eye wateringly expensive compared to non electronic ones....
Only Monroe make them (they were OE supplier too)… Dampers arrived today and all buttoned up... whilst in there the PI lowering springs have been fitted front and rear... once back down on the ground she certainly sits better than when on stock springs...
Pics tomorrow as it was too dark
Where did you source the new dampers, direct from Monroe? I think mine may be on the way out......Since the last update there has been trouble free driving, although at the back of my mind there has been a very slight knock from the front end.
Saturday afternoon was a free day so I thought i'd pull the front suspension to bits to see what fell off.
In short, top mounts, drop links and the dampers had clearly seen better days being the ones the car left the factory with according to the date stamp....
As the poor thing has the electronic magnetic dampers they of course had to be eye wateringly expensive compared to non electronic ones....
Only Monroe make them (they were OE supplier too)… Dampers arrived today and all buttoned up... whilst in there the PI lowering springs have been fitted front and rear... once back down on the ground she certainly sits better than when on stock springs...
Pics tomorrow as it was too dark
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