My daughter bought a USED Volkswagen EOS and now I have to FIX it! 

You sir are an outstanding Dad!! I'm really hoping your daughter appreciated all your hard work on her car!! Not sll heroes wear capes.

I commend your daughter's esoteric taste with the uncommon choice of a VR6 Eos. also, nice job working your way through all the fiddly trim bits - those type of jobs are the worst. FWIW, an orbital with a microfiber pad and some cutting compound/polish yields phenomenal results on cloudy headlights. just gotta throw some UV coating on them afterwards.

nice way to spend and afternoon. The love of a father knows no end. Respect to you sire

That was pretty fun to watch! The daughter sure is lucky to have you

Wow. A Vega, then a Vee Dub Eos. Man, she sure can pick 'em. Change oil in that V6 early and often, and I believe most of the VW folks on RU-vid recommend a good synthetic oil - as the turbo 4 and that V6 tend to be sludge producers. Thanks for all the VW one liners... Now with the top down and the new radio, she can cruse around town "fahrvengroovin".

Wet sand those headlamps they aren't too bad so 1200grit, 1500, then 2000 ....then clear coat them ideally use a 2k clear like spray max ... They will look better then brand new for years to come .

I had a 2012 eos and a loved it! Only had 40k miles when I got hit and totaled and wasn’t hit very hard at all!!! And when that roof stops working it’s going to cost more than the car itself! I had to replace pumps/gears in my roof it was $7,000 Thankfully it was under the 30 day warranty since I bought it used.

Recently got my daughter a green New Beetle. I learned what a triple square is🤣. We took the complete rear end off to mount her backup camera behind the bumper cover looking through the license plate. Your commentary is great.

I know a guy, he hand sands then buffs with the electric buffer with compound on it, headlight lenses till there like knew, another great vid brotha

How lucky your daughter is to have a smart man like you with her. Great job man👌👌 and by the way, congratulations on the car

Well, my experience with a VW was a 2002 beetle for my daughter. Let’s just say I would never recommend owning one. Hopefully you have a better experience.

Would have liked to have seen the backup camera in action as well as the window going up and down after the fix, the results are important!

Once you get into VW’s and Audis a few times they are all very similar and easy to work on. The issue is all the hidden clips and fasteners and not breaking them. But paying a mechanic will kill the average owner who can’t do the work because it’s time consuming.

I laughed several times during this video. Thank you!

You are a good man Sir. 🙂🇮🇪☘️ from Ireland.

The EOS tops are fascinating to watch as they do their opening and closing dance - but the mechanics of the tops are known to fail and the tops may leak.

Vr6 eos isn't very common. I've been working for VW for 11 years and I've only worked on one. Plenty of 2.0 eos's but no vr6. Definitely a neat little car. The battery situation sucks because they use 2 yellow top 6v batteries instead of 1 12v. So it is a costly replacement

Used Volkswagen bad idea. Aftermarket radios marginally awful. Trial and error disassemble priceless! lol 😂

I’d buy one just for the “Transformers Robots in Descize(sp)” trick

My 17 year old son just bought a 2008 one of these. Same «joys » you are now finding. Getting harder to find some bits too. Just done an apple car play upgrade. And his needs new seats.

Great effort, but the easiest thing to change on the car, you didn't change, the hood strut. Literally a 60 second replacement. Maybe next time. 😉

Awesome video. I’d love to see a video of it being detailed 👍🏻

I would have tried to run the rear-front wiring under a door kick panel, but not sure of access in an EOS

The $50 bulbs offer no more light output than the $6 bulbs.

EOS the greek goddess of love made in portugal for VW 2.0 turbine dual clutch tranny in my 2009 the 2007 supposedly gets water in the trunk fixed in the later models im told

All i see is more things that will go wrong and alot of money to fix it 💯

I’d thoroughly recommend putting a rubber/foam mat down and lying on that , I’ve done what you are doing the other week and my goodness I ached the following day 😂😂 thoroughly enjoyed watching this and I like the play on words 👍 you sound familiar to another chap on RU-vid AvE go and listen to him 😆

fun to watch

I have a black 2008 Eos VR6. Bought it from a junkyard for $1200. Probably have over $5k into the car from fixing it up. Loves driving it but it always needed something. I replaced the mechatronic unit (valve body) in the DSG transmission and all was well for 10k miles and then it started to shift hard again. Last year a small coolant hose blew and like an idiot I drove it home dumping water into it but it didnt help because it ran out as quickly as I'd put it in. So the head gasket is blown and it probably needs a new head. The timing chain guides are very worn and all of thst should be replaced too but that requires removal of the transmission on these engines. So I can't see doing all that work and not finding a replacement transmission for it. The car just isnt worth fixing. So I bought a 2010 Eos with the 2.0 TSI engine from a friend of mine. Did the timing chains on that right after my friend bought it. If this girl didn't pay too much for this one she may be able to flip it for a little profit as they only made the VR6 Eos for 2 years. They're a lot of fun to drive but expensive to maintain. Best of luck with it.

Convert to LEDs you'll be glad you did.

All that work for a dam radio I would have just kept the stock radio I can turn my head when backing up and CD and radio music is good enough for me.

I got a VW for my daughter, too, a beautiful Beetle TDI manual. My best advice is DO NOT FIX IT. Remember, when you replace components, VW also makes the new ones. It is a money pit!

Didn't know they put the V6 in these. I know they put the 2.0T in these. V6 was only offered from 2007-2008, 2009-2015 were all 2.0T's. Neat little car, kind of like a Volvo C70, also kind of like the Eos. PS, new subscriber.

The thing whit the headlights is what we in germany calling „botched up“.

I hate asking because i got enough projects but what do you want for the vega

I thought i saw a second one in the drive. Parts car?

In vw cars radio is connected to the alarm

Someone replace the wires on that headlight to put cheap bulbs in! Those aren’t the correct bulbs at all! The bulbs in those are supposed to be the projection bulbs But they’re expensive! Although I found them on Amazon for as lox as $25 for both! But theyre the correct ones! Clear white not yellow like the ones you have

Hi from England

Rear tag says it all. CAR STOP. Volkswagen so better have deep pockets and patience.

50 bucks for halogen light bulbs......you can get led's that are twice as bright for that price......I'm done with halogen

Obviously you like talking to yourself for our entertainment and learning

A VR6 IN A EOS?

What could ever go wrong with that retractable hardtop with build-in moonroof?

woahhh 3.2 vr6 eos....i dont think you know what you have here lol, very hand to find. Vr6s are super stout motors. That drivetrain is super rare for an eos!

Great video. Please if you can work more on EU cars :D

Those same bulbs are $25 at Walmart

Got 3 girls myself, I think RU-vid brought me here

You sir are hilarious 🤣 it’s like you were in my ADHD brain

Wait till the windshield wipers quit working and it costs between $2-2500 to Fix because you have to have it programmed at the dealership, I would have tried to point her in the direction of a higher end Camry or Corolla. Everything on the VW will drain your wallet.

wifi camera?

did you at least fill the spare with air, everyone forgets to do that

If it is German then it has to be a Decepticon...

Haha just like it was my mechanical expertise at work

Omg its a vr6. That thing will sing with an exhaust.

Opel/Buick/Holden Cascada is a much nicer car and value for money from Eos, I now figured ...

num sei, achei daora esse veio, gostei do video

You could watch a you tub video that would show you how to tear it apart...

Its a convertible! Tell her to turn her head.

Do anybody think about their feelings before trying to tell somebody? How to spend their money?

You know, that hat, in the back, "white part", is pretty gross. And, if I'm telling you that, its bad.

A Honda Civic or Toyota Corolla would have been far superior choices over this junk. I lost all confidence and faith in European cars after the early to mid 90s. They are over engineered and unreliable these days.

Wow. Just wow. You, sir, are a horrible father, first a Vega, then a VW? If I find out your kid is under 18, I'm calling CPS to get her out of that horrible environment.

You have to send down the headlights.And then you have to buffet out and then you have to hit it with some clerk hole. Those headlights are junk.