New daily - 1.9TDI Avant

[Monkeymagic]

Looks very nice a very practical pretty looking car. Come a long way from where it started.

[audinut]

how were the front seats re done ? they look very good

[1781cc]

Took them to furniture clinic in Leighton Buzzard, good guys, good price, highly recommended!

[audinut]

ah yea was gonna order some of there stuff , go on how much was it for them to do them ?

[1781cc]

£390 all in for both fronts, long term investment... Seats came up amazing, it's not a quick process and the colour match leather, I did my black ones on my b3 myself but cream is a nightmare...

[1781cc]

Picked up a late model B4 cabriolet airbag steering wheel from fleabay... didn't realise its about an inch smaller than stock, looks and feels much better!





Car gets lowered if all goes well next week!

[marathontom]

Looks great! What are your big plans for it?

[1781cc]

Full Quattro conversion, pd170, roof rails and pukka paint, then done!

Just gotta get my B3 working properly before I do tho!

[andy10v]

Full Quattro conversion, pd170, roof rails and pukka paint, then done!
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That is going to be awesome!

[Ivan_ZG]

Since you have put B3 panel on hatchback lid, how do you open trunk? I don't see handle...

[1781cc]

What you have to do is remove the old handle, unscrew the plastic cover by removing the allen key bolts, then slide the pin out - this will take the plastic handle cover off, but the metal handle is still underneath, you need to cut along the crease and then you will still be left with enough of a handle underneath to open the boot, but still have the panel over the top.

Looks really cool when its all done though :-)

A word of caution, be very careful taking the full mechanism out as its easy to break, I had to source a replacement mechanism because I was too heavy handed

[Ivan_ZG]

Cool, i didn't know that it's possible to have that B3 panel together with hande. Although I would rather make it like on B3 if you know what I mean....

[1781cc]

In the end, the result is the same as it looking like a B3 panel, I highly recommend it as a mod, over an RS2 panel any day.

Incidentally, B4 avant red rear indicators also fit on a B3 in place of the orange indicators, which is what I ended going back to, restoring the B4 rear panel, then putting the B3 90 panel back on my B3 80 with B4 red rear lights.

Confused yet? ha ha

[Ivan_ZG]

Yes, but I would like to completely remove handle and avoid of breaking it....I can't decide what to put
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[Gimmi]

Hello! sweet car you got here, and some awesome plans! What year is this car? And what year are this steering wheel from? Tryed to put an RS2 steering wheel in my, but then i gotta change the coluum and all the handles to facelift...