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5-4-2011
These are going to get painted Candy White next week.....
5/13/11
Get the car back today, I need to spend about a 1 hour to remove and install new lower door molding. Here are pic's of the new/old winter wheels with Hankook tires.
After a close up interview, both door and lower molding need a little more attention from the paint shop. Going back in on Monday morning. Minor crap and a couple of bubbles in the doors, now the molding look like they painted without sanding them down. I could of done that for $40 bucks.
Far away shots so your not disappointed like myself.
5/21/11
Winterized at the beginning of summer….I hate it.
7/26/11
Haven't posted in a while. Currently chill'n in Cali, getting ready to move to Germany.
New plans: Talking to Matt at VMR again. looking at V710 in gunmetal or gloss white (Not Sure).
still looking for Black sport seats, hopefully be able to source them out in Europe.
9/1/11
One month from now, I'll be living up in Germany. Been searching for my next set of wheels. Thought about VMR 710 gunmetal (19")/ LM reps in 20". or blow a one month check on some
10/18/11
This is how I received my car from the shipping port in Kaiserslautern VPC. Shipped by "American Auto Logistics,LP"
VW dealership out here wants $2.8k to replace the bumper with paint and repaint the left front fender. (Small crack where the bumper attachment spot broke).
12/2/11
So the White Passat got hit, 4 inch dent on the right rear fender.
Still waiting on the shipping company to fix my front bumper.
12/5/11
OEM Votex roof bars are in the mail. Time to start looking for a thule cargo box
1/9/12
Shipping company denies that they did any damage but offered me $500........ They said previous scratches on the bottom weakened the bumper...
USAA has jumped in and will take action against them. I have to fork out the deductible for now. Hopefully have the Passat in the shop next week. Front end will be painted differently.
1/31/12
Well the wife shut down my plans, probably a good thing? But I did color match my inner sensor's and remounted the license plate.
Look for some V710 this Spring.
2/5/12
Just purchased a Euro inner left tail light for $30 off of Ebay.DE. Time for a Euro switch and trigger wire.
3/9/12
Here is a quick shot of a freshly wash car. Can't see it in the pic but the paint is filthy. Winter is almost over and in dire need of full detail. So far VMR V710 in gunmetal seem to be the right fit. Still looking for some Sport seats with integrated rear child booster seat.
5/23/12
Just pick up this sweet a55 Thule Roof box for $100...
5/25/12
So I'm not going to ship my GTI over to Germany any more. Now allowing me to start building the Passat back up.
First investment is looking like VMR 705 in GM. Hopefully be on order by Monday.
6/29/12
My Barracuda bike carrier's finally showed up today.
10/13/12
Well, living in Germany has definitely thrown a wrench in my gears. I maybe washed the Passat a total of 10 time this year? Compared to weekly back in the states.
I opted to buy a Cannondale Jekyll 4 mountain bike in leu of some new 19" wheels.
Baby #2 is due in March.
Finally got some free time to fix the crack in my roof box.
2/19/13
So after 75,XXX it's time to change out the brakes. Going with R1 rotors and EBC green stuff pads on all four corners.
KID NUMBER 2 WILL BE HERE TODAY!
With 50k on the ksports, they are slowly declining. I'm feeling slightly more harsher ride. They creek when dirty so I really have to wash the car bi-monthly. Would I choose to buy them again 50/50. I did how ever love the fact that I was able to lower the car without compromising spring tension. Since I'm dumping all my money into my GTI, I'll more than likely rebuilding my K-sport for a faction of the cost of new coilovers.
5/2/13
Front right strut is dead, just blew out this morning....55k
10/12/2013
Cheap Ebay HID kits installed. $55 shipped. Running Valero headlights so I had to modify the locking clip and the fogs plug had to be flipped in order to work properly.