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Very interesting thanks for posting. Although the article says “….sparking fears they may soon arrive in Britain.” How? Are they going to run onto a ferry??
One over here in ireland, still on UK plates (It’s not mine):
http://cars.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/vw-jetta-syncro/5238414
Hi there.
All parts not affected by the higher transmission tunnel are the same as a regular five door golf, and of course the rear axle and anything around it!That’s great news. I’m actually selling my A4 tdi daily and downgrading to a 206 1.4 van so I can keep my syncro and tax it for occasional use!
Yeah it is very tough finding decent content. there are a few nice brochures and magazines containing syncro articles on ebay, might make a few little purchases to obtain some nice interesting content!
Yeah I have been trawling the net for the last week, Nearly have everything I need, just with these two cars, I am lacking when it comes to press photos, brochures etc.
Hi Thomas. The car is lowered on FK coilovers all around. They came with the car when I bought it.
Your car is running coilovers too so I assume it is on more or less the same set up as mine.Describe the camber on the back of your car, overly negative, or overly positive? I’ve noticed the back wheels on my car have quite negative camber, but I am unsure if this is due to the coilovers or if someone fitted shims to the back, I haven’t had a very close look truth be told!
The car had a significant list of jobs needed. Here is what I have done since the last update.
The car was not running right, this was traced to a split rubber carb mount and a few split vac pipes, fixing this solved the running issue.
the was a small water leak from the front flange on the head, a new O ring sorted this.
My new syncro handbrake cables arrived, I now have a functioning handbrake.
Standard MK2 headlights are terrible, so I fitted a HID kit that I had lying around from my Quattro.
There were a few areas of bodywork that had to be addressed. A rust hole on the p/s rear door shut was cut out and a patch was welded in, the back bottom corner of the p/s back arch had a rust hole, this was welded in too.
I fitted a colour coded GTi rear spoiler.
The coilovers were wound down another 20mm.
I fitted plastic arch mouldings.
I fitted chrome trim bumpers that I got with the car
I wet vacced the interior and carpet and refitted it.I also refurbed the wheels in BMW Sepang bronze with a polished lip.
I brought the car on its first ever drive on Sunday, a 220 mile round trip,apart from an occasional squealing alternator belt (Now tightened) it didn’t miss a beat.
I think I have brought the exterior as far as it can go without a full respray, the next update will probably be something interior related!
Hey Hank, love the style of the car, 14″ bottletops, small bumpers with red stripes, GTi boot spoiler, lowered. Simple and effective.
