Forum: How To

I recently curbed one of my rims on a broken curb in hollywood. My rims have a raised little lip on the edge, I figure I can machine down past the chew marks on the rim. Does anyone know of a company that will do this for moderately cheap. I have access to a machine shop, but I wonder how one...

ok, i recently purchased my home at the end of last year and ive been taking care of little things around the pad. (fixtures, fan, garbage disposal) and other little stuff. now the dishwasher that came with it still looks pretty new and seems to work fine except when it come to draining. now...

Hey everyone, So I went from a honda civic to a GLI, and gas is killing me, does anyone know at what point i should shift in order to get the best MPG possible? THANKS!

help please.

Here is a thread I posted on Vortex to help others there since it is a common question out there, so I pass on the info to you guys out here. Mind you this is basically for aftermarket NON-OEM parts. Here is a thread that hopefully many can find easily and will try to answer the questions of...

Can Anyone point me in the right direction or tell me how to take the black and chrome VW pieces apart. There are 7 Arrow shaped clips around the edge holding it together as well as two clips in the center. i cannont figure out a way to take these apart without the clips breaking any advise would...

I can't figure out how to change my sunroof motor! Any help is much appreciated!

Hey guys. I need to take off the VW on the back of my MKIV jetta. any help or suggestions would be nice. thanks a lot :)

I am going to be mounting up a 5 point harness soon and i want to know what angle the shoulder straps should be and a few choices i have as far as ounting them goes.

1. buy the kit from snowperformance.net the kit in the pic on the site is the old one. the new kit needs to be installed into the side of a container (drilled into). 2. drill a hole (13/16 drill bit) about an inch higher than the opening for the fluid to flow out. 3. use some fine sand paper to...

How do you hook up a subwoffer preamp outputs on a receiver that does not provide it? BTW it's a JVC KW-AVX710

is it possible to rebuild my wietec coils? do i have to send them in or is there a rebuild kit i can buy to do it myself?

anyone have any idea about taking off the drivers side door panel? im trying to replace my window switchs because all the material is almost off and it looks white, but all i can find is 1 screw. is there anymore screws? or does the rest pop off? any info would help greatly

so i decided to see what this is all about. the whole install took me about an hour total. http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=4394898 I have EIP street series SS. After a few miles of driving, the shifts are crispier and I feel more confident that I am all the way in gear. It feels...

So I'm new to BBQing and I just got a nice tip from my Uncle. When doing skewers, add a strip of foil to the grill to keel the sticks from burning . . .

how do you melt or remove the glue to remove the taillight cover? mkiv vws

hey whats up guys i have a 68 vw beetle and i was wandering how do you take out all of the windows

we got a 20th anni gti and are trying to replace the rear brakes... we got these instructions... but it just aint workin... Quick rear brake how to? 1) Jack up the car and safely support it. 2) Remove rear wheel 3) Remove rear caliper from carrier (14mm socket on ratchet and 15mm wrench)...

sup guys i recently bought an audi and im loving it, i've noticed stock it comes with 1 rear for light on the left, i've looked on the right light and it has a place for another rear fog light, so i bought a light and put it in and it doesn't work...anybody know how i can make it so i have 2 rear...

I just got my mk4 r32 a week ago and am asking if anybody can explain how to do the flapper mod for cheap or free? I dont really care about the ecs tuning wiring kit. thanks Also for sale a 2002 VW jetta 1.8T some mods and new HID lights still in the box asking 7500 obo

I am buy Fogs but dont know how to wire em up. I know i obviously need the fogs, wiring equip and a euro switch and i've almost got all of it so now i need help on what to do with the wires and where they go.

I just got my 'hole-less' R32 grill. VWVortex users said they've been waiting for almost a year, my wait time, 2 months. Not bad huh? :) Starting look: there are 2 screws (phillips heads on the inside of these grills) once the screws are off, they will pull out, inside first than outside....

It's been almost three months since I had ordered this bumper...and finally I found time to install it. we have many write ups of how to do the DIY on this forum, but nothing really was detailed. most of them are actually bits and pieces of the whole conversion...this afternoon I installed the m5...

Difficulty- 1 out of 5 Time- Depends how long you take Tools needed- clay bar detailer spray or water A clean car ( dry or wet) (optional) Hose & Bucket for washing your car (optional) wax or polish to finish the job

I had some extra time today so I decided to do some quick polish work on my aluminum fenders. They are pretty beat up, but they still had some bling left in them. What you will need: 1. Mothers Power Ball/Flitz 2. 3M Blue Painters Tape 3. Your choice of metal polish . . . I used mothers...

If anyone has a tomtom and would like to learn of all the many mods you can do let me know...

I know there are tons of threads on this, but they are all so long and filled with commentary on Passports and Bells and every other radar detector under the sun, they're just hard to read through for the good stuff: how to install the freaking thing!!!! So: anyone with commentary on...

Well, i just came into possition of a 86 300zx, problem is that it wont start after pumping the gas a few times, an basicly fiddleing with it, then it will start and then drop off. any ideas as to a problem?? im thinking something like the fuel filter, or something retarded like that. im going...