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 Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 2:45 pm Post subject: W8 hood to 1.8T passat? |
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surely you can. the bodies arent different widths that i know of. been lookin to buy a 1.8 and wanted to do something 'different' to it. any knowledge is appreciated!
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What year is your Passat? There is the B5 and the B5.5. W8 was a 5.5 and with the nose job came the notched hood over the lights. That is the only difference I can think of.
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bigblue
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| Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 9:43 am Post subject: |
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2005 1.8T. W8 hoods have a hump in them unlike regular passats.
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chazz79
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| Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 4:16 am Post subject: |
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So you want to put a b5.5 hood on a b5 car...thats the proper question. The proper answer is that the bumper and lights will have to be used for sure. Fenders might be a strong possibly.
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bigblue
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| Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 11:42 am Post subject: |
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thats fine since the bumper has a hole in it and the hood is crunched a bit. im a body/paint tech so its really not a problem for me to switch everything out.
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| Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 9:23 pm Post subject: |
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Yup my neighbor has a 99 sedan and none of the front clip is interchangeable. If you want to make your b5 passat into a b5.5 you'll to change everything from the doors forward.
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