How to repair front end damage:

[bbrown]

I do a lot of night driving/early morning (if 3:30 counts as morning) driving and I live WAY out in the boonies. Yeah I find the lights to be a little lack luster, but once I relay them and add H4's the extra set of lights wouldn't matter all that much to me. Brian's case may be different.

[gull]

That's true, I'm sure you could get plenty of light on the road that way.

I have to say, I'm actually pretty impressed with the stock 4-headlight system. I mean, the voltage drop is pretty heinous, but it still puts more light on the road on high beam than any other car I've owned. Much appreciated on gravel roads after nightfall.

[Briano1234]

That's true, I'm sure you could get plenty of light on the road that way.

I have to say, I'm actually pretty impressed with the stock 4-headlight system. I mean, the voltage drop is pretty heinous, but it still puts more light on the road on high beam than any other car I've owned. Much appreciated on gravel roads after nightfall.

That is why relaying your headlights is such a good thing.

On a side note, I used to do rally's and such in the "boonies" of Illinois in my youth..... (67 MG Midget) I had 2 Cibie Headlight conversions, and 4 additional fog/driving lights (quick) mounted to the bumper....Pluse 2 more driving lights hidden beneath the front Grille. (I Like Light, and at night (daylight)). The Idiot that kept his brights on while riding my bumper... I slowed to 40, let him pass, then flipped on 3 Million Candles of light.... He damn near drove off the road... but I bet it is the last time he drove with his "highs" on.

I installed a set of Projector lamps on my 90, that had the "blue" light. At night with the highs on the difference in the light was totally unexpected. It was like listening to Stereo for the first time.

[gull]

I'm not a big fan of "blue" lights, personally. Mainly it's because I wear glasses with polycarbonate lenses, which have a bit of chromatic aberration. Any light source with a strong blue component looks blurry to me.

[Calimus]

Thanks for clearing that up for my Gull. I've been wondering why for the last 2 years, blue LED's and HID's have been giving me abosulte fits. I switched to polycarb lenses in my glasses 2 years ago. Mystery solved.

[Briano1234]

Well, starting at the Engine to get everything hanging correctly as her wreck toasted the tranny mount.

The rear mount was replaced.
The passenger side was replaced.
Drivers side replaced... Gotta new trick.
Front bumper stop was replaced, but the Bracket was toast gonna have to run to a wrecking yard to get a
new front bracket. I would notice this when I had the stop already on the bracket.... But I know how to remove them.
Fixed the broken horns....
Fixed the broken water gauge, and light switch bulb for a LED.

[Calimus]

Nice progress Brian. Been doing a bit of my own tonight. Should hopefully get the tranny out of the jetta tomorrow and find out what the hell happened with the lower timing chain. Also realised that I never ordered a new rear crank seal.