1988 scirocco project (shortened bumpers too) by JonnyPhenomenon

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4-25-2008

It Passed! 

WOOHOO!

went to napa and picked up the parts I needed around 3pm, had them installed in about an hour (30 minutes of that was spent trying to remove the old tie rod end with a pickle fork. TIP: use a BIGGER hammer.) got back to the inspection station at 4:30 and they didnt even look at the car, just came out and stuck a sticker on it. I was like "arent you at least gonna LOOK at the shiny new parts?

anyway, after I got the sticker I went back to the shop lower it and align it again. (third time in as many days) 

I didnt slam it yet, but I brought it down to 9cm from lip to fender on all 4 wheels. if I dont rub at this height I may bring it down a little bit more.. 

4-28-2008

got some new pics for you guys tonight. this is what I worked on this weekend.  

Enjoy! 

wow, nothing like bad flash photography to point out all the ugly dirt in my interior... 

anyway, for the uninitiated, the cluster I installed tonight has the "MFA" or "MFI" (multi function indicator). it uses the clock to display trip time, miles counter, average speed, MPG, engine oil temp and outside ambient temp. I took this off my GTI and adapted it to work in the rocco. it was really easy, just a matter of pulling a couple wires off the old harness and bringing them over to the new one. 

I mounted some buttons to an empty panel in the dash so I could select between bank one or two, cycle through the options, and reset the stats at will. easy peasy 

so I did some debugging on the MFA today. first of all, the wiring diagram in the bentley describes the two big plugs on the cluster in a funny way. instead of calling them each a "14 pin" connector, it calls them four 7 pin connectors, 7, 7b, 7a, 7c. now that would Be fine, but the plugs themselved are stamped A, B(White), C, and D, (black).

so to clarify,

bentley vs actual

t7 is actually the white plug, A side

t7a is the black plug on the side stamped C

t7b is actually t7b (one right! (white))

t7c is actually the black plug on the D side.

either way, I got it installed and it worked for the most part, but I had my reset and bank buttons in the wrong holes. once I got those switched over, I could stitch banks and reset them correctly, but now my MPG counter doesnt want to work.  I may have a bad vaccum sensor...

anyone got one of these kicking around?