04 VW JETTA TDI (Diesel) - Just Zaino'd!

Scottwax said:
Your car has a real healthy glow to it! :)



Just a word of caution, treat your seats and carpets with a product like Scotchguard® and still take care not to spill anything. I find the interior materials VW uses stain rather easily and don't clean up very well.
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that's what happens when the germans build a car in Mexico.... :sosad
 
Nice job on the car!

Just wanted to add a quick suggestion...

The XM antenna can be mounted on the rear deck (the carpeted area between your back seats and rear window) without any loss of reception.

This offers 2 advantages:

1 - Not mounted on your paint and no wires on the outside of your car.

2 - Thiefs don't see that little black antenna on the outside of the car so they don't know that there is sattelite radio equipment inside the car.

Just my 2 cents.

Again, nice job on the car.

I have a VW Passat with black and tan cloth interior.... heed the warnings, it is tough to keep clean, but man does it look sharp when it is clean!



Dave
 
vanburen said:
Nice job on the car!

Just wanted to add a quick suggestion...

The XM antenna can be mounted on the rear deck (the carpeted area between your back seats and rear window) without any loss of reception.



Dave
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that is only true if you do not have reflective tint on your windows..if you do, you'll never get a sharp signal...
 
NT2SHBBY said:
that's what happens when the germans build a car in Mexico.... :sosad
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:nixweiss I really don't think the factory chooses the interior materials. VW makes some great driver's cars but I find the quality of their interior surfaces to be lacking.
 
NT2SHBBY said:
that is only true if you do not have reflective tint on your windows..if you do, you'll never get a sharp signal...
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I only suggested that to him because if you look at his pics, there is definitely no reflective tint in his rear window.



Dave
 
vanburen said:
Nice job on the car!

Just wanted to add a quick suggestion...

The XM antenna can be mounted on the rear deck (the carpeted area between your back seats and rear window) without any loss of reception.

This offers 2 advantages:

1 - Not mounted on your paint and no wires on the outside of your car.

2 - Thiefs don't see that little black antenna on the outside of the car so they don't know that there is sattelite radio equipment inside the car.

Just my 2 cents.

Again, nice job on the car.

I have a VW Passat with black and tan cloth interior.... heed the warnings, it is tough to keep clean, but man does it look sharp when it is clean!



Dave
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Dave,



Some excellent points there. The magmount antenna on the trunk lip is a nuisance, anyway -- every time I open the trunk I end up fiddling with the wiring. I'm an electronics tech -- shoulda known better I guess, but I just went for the easiest install. The rear window isn't tinted. It shall be moved!



Steve
 
tom p. said:
Fantastic...even for a diesel!



Good job.
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First of all... sorry my poor english and also sorry me for this upcoming offtopic...



What you mean with "even for a diesel"?



Here in europe petrol is really expensive, a direct consequence is that most new cars are diesels, about 70/80% of total selling. And you should see the specs of some of them, things are not like 10 years ago...
 
thecarguy said:
great job - were you able to remove ALL swirls before Zaino? - If not, did Zaino hide remaining swirls?
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Fortunately, there were very few swirls -- the paint finish was already very clean (the previous owner must have really taken good care of the car). Nevertheless, I used a PC and some Meguires paint cleaner as a first step, then followed that up with the Zaino claybar. I ordered some Z-8 the other day, that oughta be fun!



Steve
 
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