Giving a 405 Sport Wagon another chance

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New struts,Eibach springs and Savo spec camber plates.

They fit great,now I just need that 306 GTI-6 draivetrain.

1-28-2015

Wagon officially has stereo now :-) doors have 6.5" Rockford Fosgate speakers and there was no modifications needed to fit them in. Tweeters are also Rockford Fosgates and I ran all new wireing as well. I'll use small amp and small single subwoofer nothing too crazy.

Few pictures.

2-13-2015

Finally I got good news today about my engine. This is what he wrote.

Yes been sortin out even more paperwork for that yesterday but asked for dates this morning, also I found out, it sailed to new york then gets railed to LAX, I thought it got sailed all the way to LAX.

3-14-2015

This is getting ridiculous now. I haven't messaged Colin in three weeks now because I was hoping that it would be here by now so I got I hold of him today and got another excuse grrrrr I'm tired of this. Only thing that I received from him is timing belt and water pump kit.

4-2-2015

Update!

3-26-15 was four months since payment was mad and still no engine. I can not describe how I feel :-( I have my own customers waiting on me to get work done for them so I have no choice but to get it out of my garage and get other important things done.

He did call me finally few days ago only because shipping company is about to charge him storage fees and the problem is with US customs. He also called me few minutes ago telling me that shipping company needs my info so that broker in N.Y can call me and finish customs paper work. 

Hopefully by end of the day I can get this sorted out.

4-13-2015

I filled out POA paper work and send it out next day air to broker in N.Y,hopefully that's the last darn thing so it can finally be shipped out.

5-30-2015

Latest news is that my engine is in N.Y and entire container is getting X-rayed. Finally it made it to US :-)

5-31-2015

I haven't seen it before but I'm sure it will be useful. From my experience reading on forums then applying it to my own vehicles doesn't work out quite right lol.

I'm keeping 6 speed box to compare drivability to 5 speed box then decide if I'm going too keep it or not.

6-28-2015

Replaced rear shocks,rear brake hoses and side marker lights last night.

7-4-2015

Well I had to pay $1300 extra to have that engine released from customs and I found out that it will be shipped to L.A and to my house. I'm extremely frustrated but what is done it's done :-( I wish I was listening to my self at first,by now It would have 350WHP EVO engine in it.

7-18-2015

Finally it's in my possession and I'm super excited about it. It does have some transport damage and I have already contacted shipping company. Trip was great and I got to hang out with Marc and André again.

Now fun part begins :-) disassembling,cleaning,powder coating,cutting,welding,modifying and god knows what else...

8-6-2015

I send out parts to my powder coater last week (I'll see him at DSM-EVO-GTR shOOt out) cleaned up transmission and engine so far. I placed order with Colin on seals,gaskets,spark plugs and few other parts but as usual he did not ship it out and to tell you the truth I just feel like strangling this guy more and more everyday day. 

And to top it all off he never send out paper work to claim department so once again he's holding me back :-(

9-10-2015

Once again Colin has failed me again and I decided to end this relationship. I'm tired of lies,incorrect information and not having parts at my door step. I've got seals,gaskets,O2 sensor and other items coming from Jürgen in Germany and I'm still trying to track down replacment parts for damaged ones that happened while engine was in shipping process.

9-11-2015

Today I installed reverse shift cable for 6 speed gearbox,new 6 speed shift knob and made shift knob rod shorter.

10-16-2015

Finally powder coated parts showed up earlier this week. I'm still waiting on seals and gaskets which should be here any day.

I also received replacment parts that got damaged in shipping. I did pay it out of my own pocket as Colin has ignored any of my emailes. What a *itch....

Before and after photos. I did take a lot of photos and videos prior dissembling so every clip and bolt went right back where it came from. Every wire and hose got routed in same location as factory did so it will look OEM for sure when it's done.