From China with Love

[Mcrow]

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[bobkatkat]

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Where's my Cut?

[kujiwara]

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Something special came in from Russia today... Waited months for these bad boys, should I do white gauge with blue needles or stock blue gauge with red needles? Thanks for the logo inspiration Bob!

[JricardoVW]

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Sounds like you had the same type of accident with virtually the same damage back when I owned the car. Sucks! But definitely glad to hear you are ok.

[kujiwara]

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Had to replaced a ton of parts
Oem spindle assmebly
Bnib second last oem axle in North America parts are really getting hard to find, wish vw could learn from BMW and Benz to produce parts for older cars
Bnib oem control arms
Spc camber top mounts
Got some new winter wheels and looking to either repair or replace the bbs chr
All I can say is that it's not easy repairing this kind of damage on the side of the road and watch out for black ice!

[kujiwara]

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How does the strut and axle look? The inside of the wheel has some grinding that kinda looks like it hit the spindle or threads or something at one point and if the whole weight of the car was on the axle twisting it sideways you may have done something to the cage inside.

I'm okay guys!

Strut has a few scratches on the adjustment collars but nothing looks bent, it'll all depend on how it drives. The freshly rebuilt axle might just be replaced since when i was working on it today i got a handful of axle grease. And I'll probably need a new rear beam, which will be installed at the dealer here. The car is sitting in front of my house right now and hopefully no one bothers to report it and tow it away(left a very friendly note on the windscreen if that helps). After assessing the major damage(required to fix to drive to dealer) I ordered a pair new rotors, one new hat, spare lines(just in case), and hardware kit to sort the wilwood brakes out. Ordered some new winter wheels, and waiting for a quote to replace the two CHRs(they're probably repairable but is it worth the money and will it be as nearly as strong?). Visited the Clarkdale VW dealer to get a new brake dust shield, a pair of control arms, a ball joint, and all the hardware. And shoutout to Colin for hooking me up with an awesome deal on a spare spindle assembly saving me a lot of money at the dealer. So far I'm about $2500 in, I am repairing everything properly with only original parts and mostly new parts because well I mean look at the damage, but will save a few bucks if I can such as spare spindles($100 or so compared to $1200) and such.

Love the Clarkdale VW dealer highly recommended if you guys need anything VW while in Vancouver, very friendly and helpful service I go there for everything and arrives within the next day or two if it isn't in stock, some can say they love me because I spend lots there but isn't that what all the service is like? You can't expect services to be nice if you aren't paying for it, but if I can get much better service from them for the same price as others I'd go to them(just like Calgary Autoworks and Natty). Also I do think they sell parts a lot cheaper than let say Northland VW in Calgary(they can stick a chopstick up their butt).

[MechEngg]

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How does the strut and axle look? The inside of the wheel has some grinding that kinda looks like it hit the spindle or threads or something at one point and if the whole weight of the car was on the axle twisting it sideways you may have done something to the cage inside.

[GingerBeef]

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I love how pieces of your brake rotor are on the ground... Glad you're okay buddy!

[austinrausch03]

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Glad you're okay.

[kujiwara]

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Speed limit black ice...





So far spindle assembly, new brakes, new winter wheels are coming in. Still need to replace rear beam and repair these bbs wheels later on...

[kujiwara]

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Lol....I heard platidip is a thing

The only place plastidip belongs on my car is brake calipers haha

[Geobmx4life]

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Thanks guys! Semester went alright but was super hectic. Trying to make more time to make this car just a little more special in every way possible, maybe some Chrome spinners or flamethrowers lolol

Lol....I heard plastidip is a thing

[kujiwara]

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Thanks guys! Semester went alright but was super hectic. Trying to make more time to make this car just a little more special in every way possible, maybe some Chrome spinners or flamethrowers lolol

[Canadian Turbo]

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Such a project and I hope the semester went well too!!

[Geobmx4life]

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Damn that's looking good...,Pretty obvious alot of heart and soul went into that since the last time I saw it!