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Suspension & Steering / Re: where to get abs parts ?
crashing 1 or 2 beautiful cars would be a bigger pain, woudn't it ? i had situations.
in addition the golf tends  to slowly turn, if the wheels are blocking.

the professionals call abs, aircon and everyting to expensive for such a cheap car.
so i end up doing it my self or letting it be. it is a left hand drive.
i have not seen a single right hand drive in real life, ever.

none of you have tried this mk3 abs thing ?
after getting some info about where to get this abs unit and stuff, i can still let it be, right ?
maybe someone more sophisticated than me could try it with his car or something, so it would not be a waste.

ok, i let it be, my.. ..at least for a while. i'm to lazy anyway. thank you :-)
and now, lats take on the aircon, or i would not drive much in summer ;-)
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Mk2 Golf Chat / plastic-parts for 3d-printing
for people who would not mind having 3d-printed spareparts in their cars,
i have made a list of links to freely available 3d-models, which i deem useful.

those i've even made myself:

fronstspeakergrid screwcap (sticking by magnet)
liner nut
headlight adjustment ancor (wrong threading, the screw will tend to stick, but it did for me)

the source code comes with them, but since i know the matter,
feel free to ask if you need some adaptions.

parts out of the thingiverse:

front emblem
indicator cover
heater slider
heater speed knob
heater gear
sunvisor clip
window crank frame
internal door opener frame
external door handle frame
lock knob
seat knob (mk3)
seat slider
brake calipher tool (mk3)
engine lifter keeper
degreewheel for crankshaft

to be continued..
(regarding some stl files about clips and holders i do not find the corresponding thingiverse page anymore)

edit: dead links removed, knowledge library thread added
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Suspension & Steering / where to get abs parts ?
to feel safer, i would like to put anti lock breaking in,
but i do not know where i can get the parts
(and what to do exactly).

doing sone research, i know that
the mk2 abs control unit is not powerful enough
for significantly shortening the braking distance.
therefore it should be mk3/seat toledo abs
or even newer.

there are some wheel hubs and sensors on amazon,
but i have not found e.g a control unit.

then i need to know, how to put everything in.

searching for abs does hit almost anything.
which threads about it have there been before ?
186
Other Problems / Re: Heater box foam replacement
following a german guide with nice pictures, i did this too.
initially to replace a leaking heater matrix.

mainly, i used gaffa tape (as recommended above)
and glued foarm with hot glue, where seals are necessary.
in addition i have put some oil on metal and vaseline on plastic parts.
187
New Members Say Hi! / Re: having 4 mk2 cars, searching fanclub in sw-germany
@scs hey :-)

@AndyBa thank you for searching :-)

the german forum contains a lot of info in my language,
but judeging from old meets, they are located rather north.

regarding communication i would try it here. it is so nice,
that so many english people care so much about a foreign car
and you do not force people trough google captcha and stuff.

my question was about wondering,
if somebody knows about some likeminded people in my area.
in case this does rather belong into your regional meets section,
i have put up a thread , there.
just trying to be orderly ;-)
188
General Chat / is there a nettiquette ?
i searched the forum for "netiquette", but found nothing.
are there such particular guidelines
in addition to the general therms ?

is it for instance ok to go all lowercase ?
189
Regional Meets / anything in southwestern-germany ?
just yet i noticed, that you have a seperate section for local stuff.

while introducing me, i have already asked such a question.

answers regading that could go maybe here, or how should it be done ?
191
New Members Say Hi! / having 4 mk2 cars, searching fanclub in sw-germany
hello folks,

we have as much as 4 mk2 cars in the family.

my father bought his first one brand new in the 80s.
it was our family car.

my first car was also a golf 2.
later i tried a golf 3, but it just was not the same.
i do not even deem it a real sucessor to the golf 2.

for me it is heartbreaking to see so many mk2 cars
beeing dismantled or rusting apart.

after gathering some experience  about maintaining the cars,
i searched the web for a fanclub, and i found this one.

it might be good for sharing,
but does anybody know about a more local group, too ?
this would be nice. i live in south-western germany.

thank you and greetings from there :-)