TA hatch swap on my WS6 formy
11-01-2014, 11:52 PM
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now add the T/A rear bumper, even without the side skirts it flows well.
hope you swapped the lift shocks over to the T/A ones, I'm sure you noticed how much heavier the T/A hatch is while installing.
personally I think ALL birds should have the T/A hatch when compared to the base hatch, also known as the swimming pool after it rains.
if you can't tell i've done this same swap myself.
Also, just an fyi for anyone looking to do this, the early 4th gens and later 4th gen has 2 minor changes (so for ease of swap try to keep to ones from the same year), the latch is shifted over (solved by swapping the hook bracket and plastic interior panel from your old base hatch as the mounting bolts for the bracket are in the same place) and the wire harness plug was changed at some point (which can be solved by cutting the wire harness end off your old hatch and splicing it on to the new one). I put a 93 hatch on my 99 and these where the issues that came up.
hope you swapped the lift shocks over to the T/A ones, I'm sure you noticed how much heavier the T/A hatch is while installing.
personally I think ALL birds should have the T/A hatch when compared to the base hatch, also known as the swimming pool after it rains.
if you can't tell i've done this same swap myself.
Also, just an fyi for anyone looking to do this, the early 4th gens and later 4th gen has 2 minor changes (so for ease of swap try to keep to ones from the same year), the latch is shifted over (solved by swapping the hook bracket and plastic interior panel from your old base hatch as the mounting bolts for the bracket are in the same place) and the wire harness plug was changed at some point (which can be solved by cutting the wire harness end off your old hatch and splicing it on to the new one). I put a 93 hatch on my 99 and these where the issues that came up.
Last edited by Daniel Richards; 11-02-2014 at 12:00 AM.
