r/Mk2

Completely stuck with my MK2. All new strut mounts, tie rods/ends, lower control arms, ball joints, end links and a new drivers side axle. Got the car aligned, and the alignment guy said the rear beam is bent, which makes sense. This causes the passenger side rear to toe out a bunch.

Car seems to “click” when it goes forward, just one time. Sounds like it’s coming from the front. Same thing going backwards. Car also shoves to left side when accelerating (not hard) and breaking. Did not do this before replacement of parts/alignment. Car also violently shakes at 65-70mph. Feels like it’s coming from the front, but who knows.

I am going to make sure I got the right size axles in the thing. I have a feeling the rear beam being bent + alignment really screwed the car and brought to light the issue.

Anyone got any other opinions? Obviously time to replace the rear beam, however I am dreading that and have an event to go to next week. :(

A few snaps my friend took of my MK2 on the way to Shedfest on Saturday.

This beautiful stainless steel system arrived a couple weeks ago to replace my ugly 'temporary' exhaust I had on originally but I never had a proper downpipe connector pipe for it.

Some vague drawings and rough measurements later and I now have a proper flexi pipe to mate it to the downpipe. Flange just needs welding up but after that we should be ready to make sweet 16v noises!

1992 Jetta Ecodiesel that has recently been flashing the low oil pressure light when driving, not at idle. It did this a year or so back and I replaced the sensor near the oil filter but has started again recently and somewhat randomly. I’ll have a few minutes to an hour of it not blinking then a a few days of it on frequently. Is there a chance the oil pump on these cars goes bad or most likely sludge in the pickup tube? I’d love to address this problem in a couple weeks but the buzzer is ridiculous, can the buzzer be disabled?

The install was a bit more hassle than anticipated, but the chip is in! I've noticed an improvement in throttle response and acceleration; not life-changing by any stretch, but noticeable nonetheless.

The only issue I'm having post install is a bit of spark knock on acceleration. I'll dig into that over the next few days.

All I know is I'm glad (for about the hundredth time) that I have a Bentley manual. For anyone that owns a Mk2 Golf/Jetta, it's literally priceless.

More to come. Stay *tuned*

Hey guys thought some of you may be interested in our little video showing some of the awesome cars at Shedfest last weekend.
Did any of you go?

So years ago when I wasn't thinking, I used Nightshades spray tint for my front turn signals. There has never been (that I know of) proper smoked lenses available that fit U.S. small bumper Jettas. Smoked side markers & tail lights were readily available back in the day, but not the front signals.

Anyway, what I did all those years ago looks great, but my signals aren't visible during the day because the lenses are too dark.

So before I get a ticket or someone hits me because they can't tell I'm turning, I need to find the original orange lenses.

I've looked everywhere that I can think of. Anyone have a pair laying around or know where I can get them?

copius amounts of penetrating oil did nothing, I need to cut it off and re bend/flare. Are brake flares standard? are flare nuts standard?