What are you up to?

[zildjian]

Hey just for the record there are NO sour grapes from our cloudy island, I don't resent the fact you live a pampered existence in the sunshine




much

[saDgit]

Power's off. Can't hear you.

[zildjian]

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[Toshbins]

Been starting the airbag fit. The kit as it arrived is beautifully made, but all the brackets and wiring are made for LHD.


Started by fitting the compressor. I couldn't just reverse the position from the LHD because the electrics on RHD cars is right in the wrong place. Found a space for it behind the light switch, and the pre-sized wiring still fitted perfectly.


Even the little doo-dah for cable tying the wiring to the bulkhead included the kit.


Switch and gauge panel next.

[Toshbins]

Switch panel mounted - it fits on the side of the dash - would be drivers side on LHD but ends up on the passenger side in England. Needed to extend the wire to hook up with the compressor where I have fitted it.


The original panel had the passenger airbag switch on it, so I've relocated that to the glovebox.


Now to the rear axle....

[rubberrat]

Excellent quality kit that. Nice work Graham

[Toshbins]

Have re-read the instructions for fitting the airbags to the rear axle and it means taking off the u-bolts. The torque settings are those ones with an extra half-turn after torquing up, so I checked in the VW workshop manual - and sure enough, the bolts are use once only. Of course the VW dealer doesn't have them in stock... GRRRR.

[zildjian]

One's still here, the other one's sulking under the bed

[keeflester]

Showed my rig to a prospective buyer today. He may be joining up later to show his wife all the pictures of it on the build thread. His name is Frank and he's a nice guy.

[zildjian]

Enjoying the sunshine this afternoon and wondering if I should try the horse clippers on myself this afternoon