does anyone on the boards think this is doable and if you think so any idea on how much it would cost.. i bougth the auto cause my dealer had sold all the o4 manuals on the lot and they gave me a REALLY GOOD DEAL cause they know I wanted a manual

 

Yes, it's doable, but will take some work. You'll need a lot of parts (tranny, new center console top piece, clutch slave cylinder, new brake/clutch pedals, shift linkage, flywheel, clutch, pressure plate)

There's probably more, and it's probably more trouble and money that it's worth. If you were able to get all the parts cheap off a wrecked RA, it'd probably run around $3k-$4k + labor.

 

When I bought my wifes 98 VW cabrio we first looked at an auto. and when we were checking out the potential problems with the car we heared that the AT on this car was knowen to go out. I called a Tranny specialist who confirmed this and he told me that he has done the AT-MT swap on the VW's a few times and it would cost about $3000. We ended up just finding another car with a stick in the end so that we wouldn't have to worry about it. But yes its possable but it doesn't make much sence financialy. I would rather spend $3K on Hp.

 

Hmmmm.... only 3k

 

I'm believe it was in the $3k range. It was a couple years ago so I could be wronge. I never did it because I found another car that was a manual and I bought it.

 

ull get moeny back if u sell ur auto tranny. some idiot prolly wants one. ur better off selling ur car tho and buying a manual for similar value. especially if u havent done alot of custom stuff to urs. my .02

 

no matter what kind of "deal" you got, unless it's like 6000-10000 off the car, it's always better to get a manual from the factory

also now you have basically void your entire warranty by swapping out the tranny

-joe

 

would have bought manual if they had one waited 2 weeks b4 Ipicked up the auto while they seached for one bought car in nov.so it was year end sales ...but any wayt called dealer to pose the same question to them kinda funny service guuy was shocked lol