$500 for a plastic belly pan is . It's that much even on e-acca or cars245?
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the oem plastic belly pan that exposes pan is $12 from china. $60 from oem cars245 and $110 on ecs. That does really nothing other than air and splashes.
there is some OEM+ hd skid plate option from the alltrack. its metal i think. could be HD plastic tho.
https://www.fcpeuro.com/products/vw-ski ... udi-vw-kit
$420 at fcp
Yeah, that's the one I was talking about. Didn't realize it cost so many dollhairs.dubshow wrote: ↑Thu Aug 15, 2019 3:15 pmthe oem plastic belly pan that exposes pan is $12 from china. $60 from oem cars245 and $110 on ecs. That does really nothing other than air and splashes.
there is some OEM+ hd skid plate option from the alltrack. its metal i think. could be HD plastic tho.
https://www.fcpeuro.com/products/vw-ski ... udi-vw-kit
$420 at fcp
ordered it all from cars245. waiting on a shipping quote then a 20 day wait.Gberg2119 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 15, 2019 3:45 pmYeah, that's the one I was talking about. Didn't realize it cost so many dollhairs.dubshow wrote: ↑Thu Aug 15, 2019 3:15 pm
the oem plastic belly pan that exposes pan is $12 from china. $60 from oem cars245 and $110 on ecs. That does really nothing other than air and splashes.
there is some OEM+ hd skid plate option from the alltrack. its metal i think. could be HD plastic tho.
https://www.fcpeuro.com/products/vw-ski ... udi-vw-kit
$420 at fcp
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My point is that a stock car shouldn't be designed to have the oil pan so vulnerable that it requires a skid plate. That's ridiculous.
Off-road vehicles (wheeling (ZR2), Rally (Subaru), etc) make sense to have additional protection IMO.
Off-road vehicles (wheeling (ZR2), Rally (Subaru), etc) make sense to have additional protection IMO.
Desertbreh wrote: ↑Tue Oct 10, 2017 6:40 pm My guess would be that Chris took some time off because he has read the dialogue on this page 1,345 times and decided to spend some of his free time doing something besides beating a horse to death.
Exposed oil pan is probably due to the bean counters.
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$775 to be exact.
19 years old, no accidents, owners manual booklet stacked full of every maintenance item, zero broken items in the interior, recent timing belt and water pump.
Never done the high mileage thing, but the car feels like it only has 80k on it aside from strut mounts.
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I am still semi maintaining a car with 410k miles, the issue is, anything could break at this point. The car is essentially spent. But i get the appeal. 3 digit motoring can save a bit of money. A Jetta like that with 80k miles can’t be much more than $20003rdgenfan wrote: ↑Mon Aug 19, 2019 10:43 am
$775 to be exact.
19 years old, no accidents, owners manual booklet stacked full of every maintenance item, zero broken items in the interior, recent timing belt and water pump.
Never done the high mileage thing, but the car feels like it only has 80k on it aside from strut mounts.
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Oh you aren't wrong; and I looked at a few but in the end I didn't want to spend that much money at the moment; this was sort of a stopgap until I found something that jumped out at me which screamed "BUY ME NOW"max225 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 19, 2019 10:52 amI am still semi maintaining a car with 410k miles, the issue is, anything could break at this point. The car is essentially spent. But i get the appeal. 3 digit motoring can save a bit of money. A Jetta like that with 80k miles can’t be much more than $20003rdgenfan wrote: ↑Mon Aug 19, 2019 10:43 am
$775 to be exact.
19 years old, no accidents, owners manual booklet stacked full of every maintenance item, zero broken items in the interior, recent timing belt and water pump.
Never done the high mileage thing, but the car feels like it only has 80k on it aside from strut mounts.
If it blows up, it blows up. I know what I'm getting myself into, fear not.
I still have my Rabbit that needs a turbo rebuilt, but no idea where to get that done
the wife's 2013 headliner officially failed over night in the back.
my moms mk5 jetta is due for liner #2 as well. one replaced circa 2008/9 by :diller:
Prolly going to a local upholstery shop. Hoping around $400. Dealer said $580 for part and $520 labor to install.
I REALLY hope they figured out a better fucking glue than for the In some defense both women have terrible habits of leaving windows down over night and its humid AF
my moms mk5 jetta is due for liner #2 as well. one replaced circa 2008/9 by :diller:
Prolly going to a local upholstery shop. Hoping around $400. Dealer said $580 for part and $520 labor to install.
I REALLY hope they figured out a better fucking glue than for the In some defense both women have terrible habits of leaving windows down over night and its humid AF
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Are you in a Humid environment ? I noticed... the headliners in Florida fail all the time. It's essentially a non issue in cali.dubshow wrote: ↑Mon Aug 19, 2019 3:47 pm the wife's 2013 headliner officially failed over night in the back.
my moms mk5 jetta is due for liner #2 as well. one replaced circa 2008/9 by :diller:
Prolly going to a local upholstery shop. Hoping around $400. Dealer said $580 for part and $520 labor to install.
I REALLY hope they figured out a better fucking glue than for the In some defense both women have terrible habits of leaving windows down over night and its humid AF
Yeah 90% of FL has the same climate zone as us. It's an armpit.max225 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 19, 2019 6:19 pmAre you in a Humid environment ? I noticed... the headliners in Florida fail all the time. It's essentially a non issue in cali.dubshow wrote: ↑Mon Aug 19, 2019 3:47 pm the wife's 2013 headliner officially failed over night in the back.
my moms mk5 jetta is due for liner #2 as well. one replaced circa 2008/9 by :diller:
Prolly going to a local upholstery shop. Hoping around $400. Dealer said $580 for part and $520 labor to install.
I REALLY hope they figured out a better fucking glue than for the In some defense both women have terrible habits of leaving windows down over night and its humid AF