Be sure to check out their road trip!!! ~ kzbin.info/www/bejne/opSannmdrbV6h6c Also remember to save some $$$ by using the code "humble" online, or the Advance Auto Parts App!
@worldhello12342 жыл бұрын
Did you made this RICER presentable?
@HouseCallAutoRepair2 жыл бұрын
Calling us out, up here in Ma.!
@UltraGamma252 жыл бұрын
Where is your shop? I have a Volkswagen Jetta 2015 TDI SE It's hard to find places because it's a diesel car. I love it though.
@m3rkur1jus2 жыл бұрын
Dust covers on wheel bearings?🤔
@GearsandGasoline2 жыл бұрын
That new wheel bearing is definitely already shot, but I suppose that's expected with 9 degrees of camber. Don't do stance kids.
@HumbleMechanic2 жыл бұрын
😂
@jasono21392 жыл бұрын
...but how else are you supposed to show all the ladies you have terrible taste and more money than brain?! 🤷
@rjmari2 жыл бұрын
@@jasono2139 Just FYI, the video that Charles linked shows that the owner bought it like this as an experiment to try to understand the stance life people. It's very tongue-in-cheek and kind of entertaining. They also issue a disclaimer that they do not recommend anyone do this to their cars.
@jasono21392 жыл бұрын
@@rjmari yup, I didn't realize that at first until I watched the first part of their trip... so I think they'd have to agree with me. Them losing traction in turns at 25 mph at The Tail of the Dragon was stance car gold!! 🤣
@noahwagner02 жыл бұрын
did this car come from michigan?
2 жыл бұрын
6:41 "Sometimes you have to use your hand to locate the hole before inserting your "tool""
@michaelblacktree2 жыл бұрын
And if it makes crunchy noises, just back away.
@MrBacchus182 жыл бұрын
Might wanna give it a sniff to make sure everything checks out
@ashleyabrahams48272 жыл бұрын
Glad I saw this before i said it
@DjDubUk2 жыл бұрын
That's what she said :D
@cup_and_cone2 жыл бұрын
Need to be very careful working on non-virgin equipment, never know what contamination the monkey before you left.
@mingzhaochen5062 жыл бұрын
It’s almost enjoyable to watch Charles dive in to a Messed up car and fix all the problems.
@HumbleMechanic2 жыл бұрын
🙏 thank you
@jasono21392 жыл бұрын
Wait... He fixed all the problems?? I missed the part where he took the owner out behind the woodshed. 🤔
@mulletsquirrel2 жыл бұрын
Almost? This was awesome!
@George-zq2sk2 жыл бұрын
Charles ever thought about buying a 337, 20th, 05 GLI and doing a mild restoration on all the common issues? I'm sure a ton of people would love some Mk4 content!!
@HumbleMechanic2 жыл бұрын
I like those. But I have a mk4 r32. Which is Awesome. I will have some 1.8t videos soon. I bought a mk1 TT.
@isaacshively67052 жыл бұрын
Timing belt tensioner and water pumps are the two most common problems with the MK5 GLI... Buy a TDI and put a $1000 into parts and make some good power, or a 07K if you don't mind a slow car
@cup_and_cone2 жыл бұрын
Loved the 20th Anniversaries. It's a shame VW never stuck the 24v BDF engine into any of their MKIV special editions.
@prpapy072 жыл бұрын
@@cup_and_cone I had one. Jazz blue. Man I miss that thing. Made good friends just from owning it.
@cup_and_cone2 жыл бұрын
@@prpapy07 Jazz Blue was my favorite MKIV color. I'm originally from South FL, lived right down the road from Gunther VW in the early 00's. Went to all the meetups with both my MKIVs. Really miss those days, feels like a different culture and cars than today.
@clarencebenjaminlim2 жыл бұрын
No wonder Ben was saying , weirdly, the VW doesn't have many check engine lights. Now we know
@HumbleMechanic2 жыл бұрын
Hahah
@Lebaaaa2 жыл бұрын
This is after
@jizburg2 жыл бұрын
@@Lebaaaa no this is the fixup before the roadtrip.
@MagnetbergOfficial2 жыл бұрын
Pro Tipp for replacing the rear wheel bearing: 1. Heat up the bearing with a hairdryer to 90°C/194F 2. Use cooling spray and a PVC pipe to cool down the axle pin to-40°C/-40F 3.Slide on bearing easy
@okkrom2 жыл бұрын
From a guy from the salty north, that car looks like a treat to work on (rust and seized wise). It gets much worse than that. Much, much worse...
@HumbleMechanic2 жыл бұрын
Y’all can keep it. Hahah I moved from Chicago for many reasons. This is one
@jasono21392 жыл бұрын
I laughed when I watch the videos showing "How to replace a front wheel hub on a B7 Passat" Step 11: Gently tap the wheel hub off... 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Yeah, right! (two hours worth of hammering and prying... and the rusty wheel hub was finally off!!!)
@matthewjohnson60472 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure this car is from mass looks like nick spinnys old one
@stephendeben15902 жыл бұрын
@@matthewjohnson6047 it has to have been garaged for it’s first ten-ish years if it’s a New England car.
@matthewjohnson60472 жыл бұрын
@@stephendeben1590 when nick had it he took care of it but yes it is a new England car. I talk to him tonight he confirmed this is his old car
@gravylover552 жыл бұрын
What I've learned with these cars is when adding rear camber, you have to account for the angle of the caliper too. You shim that as well. And also everybody forgets to shim for the added toe when adding camber
@aygwm2 жыл бұрын
Yeah but how would you have your caliper moving independently of your axle?
@charless61362 жыл бұрын
@@aygwm the caliper mounts to the rear beam, separate from the hub. you can see it at 18:15
@matthewpham2 жыл бұрын
The drop plate should have the "camber" for the caliper carrier integrated in to it.
@BWSTT2 жыл бұрын
Brave man taking it on the road with the bearings like that!
@DevineDigital2 жыл бұрын
Holy hell that thing is rough! I thought my old GTI was rough, but I guess at 15+ years old now its not all that bad. I really like that smoke machine though. I need to get one
@gekicherbeeren2 жыл бұрын
I hope watching this won't tell the youtube algorithm to start suggesting stanced car videos.
@HumbleMechanic2 жыл бұрын
Hahahha oh lord me too.
@123ascars82 жыл бұрын
Yeaaaa haha 😅
@sletourneau32 жыл бұрын
I will never understand why people do this to their poor cars. 🤦♀️
@somewhat72 жыл бұрын
Hope the guy that sold it got to see this, he can be all: "dang, that's why my fuel gauge wasn't working!" LOL
@HumbleMechanic2 жыл бұрын
Lol
@Incomudro19632 жыл бұрын
Some people spend a lot of money making their cars less functional.
@boots78592 жыл бұрын
LOL, but they think its makes them look so cooool....
@lars-lennartkoller41482 жыл бұрын
Every single time I'm fascinated how clean and well organized this shop is. I do the mechanic work only for a hobby at home. Seems it time to overhaul my garage. Love this channel. Everything so well explained. Keep up the work, Charles! Just wanted to let you know, that you have fans over here in germany.
@BenLinn2 жыл бұрын
this is so cool, seeing someone work on my car!!! finally!!! more mk4 jettas please!!!!! :)
@JoelCaseyJonesMusic11 ай бұрын
GLI AE for the win 🤙🏽
@BrainsofFrank2 жыл бұрын
I just watched the start of the bens road trip. It’s not going well for them lol. It’s good to see what was fixed before the roadtrip
@HumbleMechanic2 жыл бұрын
Yea those boys are bonkers.
@BeloshapkaAutoBuilds2 жыл бұрын
I love the “it’s probably gonna be okay… maybe..” I say those words all the time lol
@andrewcz88712 жыл бұрын
Mother of God. Watching that undercarriage tour made me feel physically ill. The topper was the wheel bearings. This is nothing less than mechanical abuse.
@klubstompers Жыл бұрын
Yea, seeing those pinch welds was rough. You just know the rockers and floor pan are getting eaten away by rust.
@zachal-natoor94552 жыл бұрын
“Why’s it gotta be broken” I feel that so much Charles. Every time.
@mikesvirtualgarage99172 жыл бұрын
Ooof, glad you were working on this for a legit reason. As always stellar content. Love the collabs with other youtubers!
@phillipwarner55042 жыл бұрын
Watching this to get motivated to finish a oil filter housing on my 06 GLI makes me happier with my purchase needs a bit of rust attention but runs good just was leaking oil pretty good from the housing
@dannyr33462 жыл бұрын
That Jetta was done correctly. It’ll road trip just fine. I’ve done NY to Florida on bags plenty of times
@deefstew7 ай бұрын
These videos are great man. You've given me the confidence to do work to my own vw. I have a 12' jsw and did the egr, dpf and intake flap delete with all the proper tunes over the summer. Something I never thought I could do on my own but now that I have I want to do more 😂
@Lovely_planet2 жыл бұрын
God I live for Charles sayin "Air out and get dirt nasty low"
@tschmidtty2 жыл бұрын
5:36 I love that that's a typical car guy reaction 😂😂
@mcseforsale2 жыл бұрын
From my old BMX days, anywhere 2 different metals are touching, coat that area with some copper based antisieze. We always saw aluminum spoke nipples time-welded to steel spokes. Is this true in cars, such as where the aluminum adapters fit over the rotors?
@RestoDesignsnando2 жыл бұрын
Sometimes you have to use your hand to locate the hole before inserting your "tool" lol 🤣
@HumbleMechanic2 жыл бұрын
😏
@tommorides80862 жыл бұрын
Ahhh as promised by yourself the video i have been waiting patiently for. Thanks Charles all the best. 🤙
@n9wox2 жыл бұрын
I've never understood this type of suspension hackery. German engineers shaking their heads in disgust.
@VanHeezey2 жыл бұрын
I have all these same suspension mods on my MK4, minus the camber. I drive it long distances regularly. It rides and handles great, not as squishy as a stock MK4, but certainly nothing to complain about. In contrast to the GLI in the video though, I took care of all the mechanical problems BEFORE I lowered it 😂
@user-rb1yf4he9q2 жыл бұрын
The difference between “ look at me!” Car and performance car.
@chewitt6082 жыл бұрын
@@VanHeezey Debatable
@whorutothink2 жыл бұрын
@@VanHeezey 'handles' great? Yeah, I would LOVE to take a factory stock MK4 out on the track and run some competing laps for times to see how great it 'handles'. These cars are very sensitive to suspension geometry changes, particularly changes to ride height where the steering angles get all fucked up...
@VanHeezey2 жыл бұрын
@@chewitt608 you can debate it all you want, at the end of the day it’s an economy car. I’m not doing laps in it, I’m literally driving it around town and to surrounding states. Does it drive as nice as my e92? Absolutely not. Does it do the job without any drama? Yes. That’s what I built it for. To look the way I wanted and to be a comfortable car to be in.
@cameronp29512 жыл бұрын
A former co-worker's son came in one day to have work done on the car for inspection. It was a Focus ST and lowered on air. So the day his son brings the car, it fit on the lift just fine(just to note, the shop I worked at had in ground lifts). Co worker couldn't do inspection because of no registration. So next day co worker brings it in, and it wont fit on the lift. We're all scratching our heads because we couldn't figure it out, so we used a 2x4 to get the car over. After finishing the car. I saw the interior and the remote(for the air bags) and told said co worker to press the up arrow. Lo and behold car starts lifting up. Moral of the story, if you are working on a slammed vehicle on air, make sure you lift the air bags to higher than the lift pads and also air leaks out overnight I think, unless the POS had a leak. Anyway love the vid Charles as always. Also any plans for another meetup? I'd love to drive my R129 500sl(if allowed) to some car meet!
@andrewhillman96322 жыл бұрын
I had new MK4 Jetta……good times, a few mods and a lot of fun
@luisg16532 жыл бұрын
Charles working on a 1.8T seems so strange
@HumbleMechanic2 жыл бұрын
Lol it’s probably the engine I’ve worked on the most at the dealer. Also we are doing a “big turbo” 1.8 TT soon
@luisg16532 жыл бұрын
@@HumbleMechanic its the engine I've worked on most in the last 7 years haha. The reward is great when these motors are running happy though.
@FAQBrooks2 жыл бұрын
Great video! After watching part one of their trip I was curious about the bag system that was on the Jetta and what was causing the horrible camber even at a lowered height that shouldn’t cause so much negative camber. I’m glad that you covered the suspension modifications because I had never messed with any “stance” modifications. I’d never seen most of those mods before
@hdk072 жыл бұрын
Just finished the G&G stance car episode. Your video is like the BTS of their video. 👌👌👌
@Aleks_Mechanics2 жыл бұрын
Notification squad, Have a nice weekend guys!🔥🔥🔥
@only88mph2 жыл бұрын
I think it would be funny if you did a series on inspecting so called clean stance cars. This was great content!
@lukemarvenko28452 жыл бұрын
I love these types of videos
@marcelolazarini9972 жыл бұрын
“Negative cambered by like a million degrees” 😂😂😂
@user-rb1yf4he9q2 жыл бұрын
I will never understand the appeal of setting a car so low that alignment is screwed up, handling is screwed up and the wear on parts is accelerated.
@andrewcz88712 жыл бұрын
I can understand raising and lowering to a point, but the stancing is too far.
@K03sport2 жыл бұрын
...it's another form of "peacocking" 🦚🦚🦚
@jimamizzi12 жыл бұрын
Me to
@jasono21392 жыл бұрын
...like people who buy 30" rims to put UNDER their garbage Bel Air. 🤦... So dumb.
@johnathanblanco4582 жыл бұрын
You know you can adjust the alignment right? Also if you do regular maintenance it’s not an issue, tons and tons of people slam cars this low, I just think the owner didn’t understand how to take car of their shit, but to each their own
@mfelipetc2 жыл бұрын
"sometimes you gotta use your hands to find the hole before you put your tool in there" 😅
@WhiteTiger9162 жыл бұрын
Really enjoyed this video, I own a mk4 jetta/bora and I absolutely love the car although I've left it in a little bit of a bad state. Seeing you work on one really does motivate me to get back to mine. Great content as always my guy.
@ericsills52902 жыл бұрын
If that's a forge brand diverted valve it actually recirculates like 90% of the air and uses 10% to give you the sound. Keeping the ecm happy by recirculating most of the pressure.
@HumbleMechanic2 жыл бұрын
It may have been. But it was also leaking.
@JoelCaseyJonesMusic11 ай бұрын
When they are in good function, they work great. Like any other mechanical device: it has required maintenance. Love the mk4 content brother!!!
@nathanchalmers2244 Жыл бұрын
The "giant pile of garbage" comment had me dying lmaooo
@patkelly79992 жыл бұрын
I actually feel sorry for the poor, Jetta/ Bora, but good work all the same Charles👌👍🙂
@svvervinmedia2 жыл бұрын
"Like many things in this car - it's saaad" LOL
@George-zq2sk2 жыл бұрын
I am happy the car was so rough that it gave Charles a chance to troubleshoot and solve some issues. However that has to be one of the roughest 05 GLIs I've seen in forever.
@Vertipr02 жыл бұрын
Good video, more MKIV content please!
@HumbleMechanic2 жыл бұрын
Coming soon. Mk1 TT as well
@mchristr2 жыл бұрын
Even when I was young and foolish it was clear that slamming a car was ridiculous. The best stance is always that which makes the car perform the best, given its environment.
@MrTurboFour2 жыл бұрын
Oh the low life! My GF used to have a bagged MK4 GTI 24V VR6. She won a few awards at H20i. We used to drive from Ottawa to Ocean City. One year we were driving through PA when we noticed her rear tires were down to the wire. We managed to make it to Ocean City and had a hard time to find someone to swap the tires since they are stretched.
@k9yk11 ай бұрын
"You've gotta use your hand to find the hole before you put your tool in there" ... Pro Tip!
@Kamukix2 жыл бұрын
This video/car truly hurts my soul 😥. Also, isn't that a Forge Motorsports splitter valve not a BOV? Or at least a knockoff version perhaps... It's really really therapeutic to watch this poor GLi get some love though.
@Chris-yy7qc2 жыл бұрын
Im a friend of modified cars, but at the same time Im very happy that unsafe rubbish mods like this are illegal in my country...
@boots78592 жыл бұрын
Thats why lawyers populate so well in the US. Have a real accident, and a lot of these home-mods are going to come back to haunt people. Insurance will cover a good portion by default, however the negligence is going to see a portion directly pushed back by the Ins. company where it belongs, on these wanna-be's.
@IcanDriveIt2 жыл бұрын
Either you like modified cars or you don’t. Some people probably don’t like the mods you approve of. Government should stay out of it. Especially when their roads and bridges are trash and their best solution for ice corrodes my property.
@SonOfTamriel2 жыл бұрын
Been using a cheap aluminum diverter valve on my 1.8t. RKX 1.8t/2.7t machined diverter. They've been fantastic and easily modified depending on boost levels as they came with extra springs/washers. Highly recommend over the stock plastic ones.
@redslate2 жыл бұрын
"Sometimes, you have to use your hand to find the *hole* before you put your *tool* in there."
@pieterv69842 жыл бұрын
Great colab with GG again
@MrJonah302 жыл бұрын
Dude that for a short video was excellent
@TheBlazerSociety2 жыл бұрын
Great job as always and awesome yall got to collab on this one
@zinq32212 жыл бұрын
hey, probably been mentioned but a quick scroll through I didn't notice any other comments, just as a heads up 9:08 that's a forged 007 diverter valve/ splitter valve, not a BOV. the DV is standard on these cars and typically safe to run this is just an upgraded version
@FunkatronicDingus2 жыл бұрын
The #1 way to fix a stanced car is to trash it or restore it to stock. These rides are ridiculous, but at least make some better sense if they're bagged.
@ALMX5DP2 жыл бұрын
Yup air is a good way to have your cake and eat it too.
@vw50562 жыл бұрын
Stance is hot though.
@Tigersmundo2 жыл бұрын
*I don't know how I got here but very intriguing got sucked in.*
@bryannunez41812 жыл бұрын
2:00 there's actually an R2-D2 control arm. LOL
@FreeRkelly73742 жыл бұрын
crazy to see this in my recommendeds lol good friend of mine built the car
@MrCthur2 жыл бұрын
I wasn't sure which to watch first...but I think I chose wisely. It's a good Saturday morning.
@jonathanjovannapc2 жыл бұрын
the 20th gti with a gli front end i own also had a bad wheel bearing but it was a miracle that a wheel didnt just fall off, when I bought it I always heard a super loud whine from the rear, after a week I lifted the rear end and first spun the driver side wheel, no play nor noise other then the brake pads touching the rotor time to time, the passenger side however, all I hear was a ticking sound and it kept spinning for too long and so much play, I took the wheel off and the wheel bearing was so bad I was able to remove almost the entire bearing with my hands alone after taking the nut and brakes off and there wasnt a cap covering it and when it did come off the bearing just fell apart in my hand , most of the old parts on it just gave up and for some reason it just leaked a bunch of water, and I replaced the wheel bearings, stub axles and hardware on both sides since I wanted to replace it all anyway
@JZX_2022 жыл бұрын
6:41 Wise words master.
@takeomack2782 Жыл бұрын
Bro buddy! My favorite VW’s were all MKIV’s except the B5.5 Passat W8 I own!!!🎉
@TheSuperBassfly2 жыл бұрын
Hey Charles, I was wondering what the name of that tool you were using at 10:20 to block off the intake for smoke tests. I want to buy one for work.
@ruben.brandsma2 жыл бұрын
6:41 "Sometimes you gotta use your hand to find the hole before you put your "tool" in there"
@HumbleMechanic2 жыл бұрын
Do you not do that? ;)
@ruben.brandsma2 жыл бұрын
@@HumbleMechanic When you said that i had to rewind the video a bit to hear it again to make sure i heard what i heard 😆
@darrellhall5940 Жыл бұрын
I have been bringing an MK4 1.8t jetta back from the grave, and you are one of the only people i would let finger eff it. I am very interested in learning if you would like a test vehicle. Thank you for everything that you have made . ❤️#haudivolks
@Max_ellis747 ай бұрын
I’d put a lot of aftermarket parts if I was going to bag it like that you can literally see how much stress the suspension has when it’s fully aired out
@antoineah30452 жыл бұрын
3:56 notice the crack in the frame just next that frame rail
@jae98432 жыл бұрын
lol @16:12. I was sure that was going to be a segue into an ad for some app.
@dan_lazaro2 жыл бұрын
It actually looks pretty cool tbh lol. I think I just dissed stance cars when I was younger because everyone did so. But now that I have a mind of my own, I think it looks okay. I just would hate driving it but it's okay when parked.
@toddn.31232 жыл бұрын
What is that heat gun with the shield you use for the wiring? That looks genius! Link?
@HumbleMechanic2 жыл бұрын
amzn.to/33BPpX0 its this.
@toddn.31232 жыл бұрын
@@HumbleMechanic Thank you! Love the channel!
@franktatham55382 жыл бұрын
Wheel bearing repair, what is known as adapt and overcome if you don’t have the tools
@r.weaver37692 жыл бұрын
What's more fun than driving a stance car? Being a really slow rodeo clown, bathing in Jalapeño juice, stapling your bottom lip to a...
@spiKey0svetlana8 ай бұрын
It punched a HOLE in the cv joint but it's probably gonna be ok 🤣🤣
@wishbone20t2 жыл бұрын
I have 315,000 miles on my original rear brakes on my 2015 TDI Passat and there's still some meat on the pads. Just changed to my fourth set up front.
@risingstar13092 жыл бұрын
I picked up a stance boy a4 on siezed racelands. Front max drop, rear max raised (WTF?). Took them thangs out, threw in vogtlands, fixed up lots of other things I should have noticed before buying. Also lots of undercarriage damage.
@BenLinn2 жыл бұрын
SO GLAD TO SEE A MK4 ON HERE!!! haha i have a 1999.5 jetta tdi, the paint is much nicer on this car though
@djambrosia2 жыл бұрын
Takes me back to my friends slammed bug. People would come up at the petrol station and say "hey, your bugs suspension is broken". We would laugh, get back in and drive off leaving a smoke trail of burning oil behind us. I guess some things never change.
@peanutbuttaflava72252 жыл бұрын
It’s one thing to throw away millions of dollars of R&D, it’s another to ruin nearly every single aspect of a vehicle while ignoring what damage your “mods” are doing to everything around it because you think people think it looks cool. On behalf of everyone using a highway thank you for setting this minecraft vapejuice tiktok influencer in a better direction before his giant snowball of mistakes loses a wheel and kills someone. You’re a good man HumbleMechanic👍🏼
@alextavares31582 жыл бұрын
Please pull that wrap off for him too 😂
@foureyes54982 жыл бұрын
Amazing how you can tell the vehicles story just by looking underneath Charles
@andydurbs2 жыл бұрын
Two videos in two days…lovely 🙂
@Tyler-Passat2 жыл бұрын
Love stance cars, especially static ones. Shame the owner didn’t take care of it.
@camerongoldman1952 жыл бұрын
Saw this car for sale a month or two ago in a mk4 Jetta Facebook group
@gvi3419842 жыл бұрын
When will the Toro project car start? This video is amazing since it deals with real world VWs stance issues
@jameshaulenbeek59312 жыл бұрын
At least you're giving him a fighting chance!
@TheHutts2 жыл бұрын
So I don't need to fix my parking brake cables, I need air ride.
@HumbleMechanic2 жыл бұрын
Exactly
@LukeEdward2 жыл бұрын
Can you explain why, when putting on the axle bearing, you would not use something like a tiny slathering of anti-seize to assist in installation?
@HumbleMechanic2 жыл бұрын
You don’t want the inner part to move on the stub axle. You only want the bearing to spin
@silviaguy28 Жыл бұрын
Does he have the blow off valve mounted before the turbo in the uncompressed air pipe just after the filter or am I not seeing where it's mounted correctly?
@fooquestionmark2 жыл бұрын
tbf that thing is sick
@theoldschoolgamer61992 жыл бұрын
This video makes me wanna own a Jetta again
@jamesk35652 жыл бұрын
@16:06 that is 100% accurate. Im doing that now watching this while scanning a car🤣🤣🤣🤣
@HumbleMechanic2 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@kumakaroshi1172 жыл бұрын
So much work behind the scenes
@vw50562 жыл бұрын
14:00 love it. On American garbage of similar vintage you'd be dropping the entire tank.
@dil69692 жыл бұрын
It's always painful when a car like this comes in the shop, you look up the repair order and you see "FREE MULTIPOINT INSPECTION." Oh yay, there goes 30 min of my life I will never get back.