[HBird]

I was looking at them too but probably just going to go with the spoiler if it's the right price. Here's 2 pics I've saved of their spoiler. I personally love it. They just need to hurry up and release it. They said it would be released by the end of the summer along with the flares.

I agree with you on the suspension thing too. I drive into the DC every day for work, and as much as I'd love to lower mine, I just can't. I've already had to replace 3 tires on my car in a year and half, so I couldn't imagine the problems lowering the car would bring. They do look great though when they're low though.

Oh man that looks great! Looks like it came from the factory with it. And those fender flares too :heart:

Maybe one day, but it won't be anytime soon. As long as I can hold out from all the peer pressure :laugh:

Thanks man! Yea I guess the black mirror caps threw me off. Found his IG over the weekend after a very familiar pic popped up in the Search/Explore feed. Spooky how my phone always seems to know what I'm looking for :sly:

Ha! It's almost as if "they're" listening to us

 

[HBird]

Met with some local peeps yesterday morning for a drive through some twisty back roads (at least by North Texas standards :laugh. It still surprises me how capable these cars are from the factory and the car didn't skip a beat at all.

 

[vdubfan35]

Is that rabbit raised??

 

[HBird]

Is that rabbit raised??

Yes, yes it is lol. I didn't chat with him too much, but I know he put Alltrack suspension on it. Maybe he's on Vortex and got inspired by this?

 

[HBird]

A little update, but I decided to install my 034 downpipe I had from my S3 onto the GTI yesterday. The smaller heat shield was a PITA to remove, but otherwise it was pretty simple/straight forward and took me and friend 2 hours to do.

About three weeks ago I got a magnaflow muffler welded in at a local exhaust shop and the combo of that and the downpipe makes the car sound sooo good now. No drone whatsoever, but still has some volume when going WOT, and the DSG farts are spicey.

Not the prettiest, but it does the job

Also was at Senna Fest at COTA this weekend, so I had to grab a pic of the GTI there

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[MK7_2015]

A little update, but I decided to install my 034 downpipe I had from my S3 onto the GTI yesterday. The smaller heat shield was a PITA to remove, but otherwise it was pretty simple/straight forward and took me and friend 2 hours to do.

About three weeks ago I got a magnaflow muffler welded in at a local exhaust shop and the combo of that and the downpipe makes the car sound sooo good now. No drone whatsoever, but still has some volume when going WOT, and the DSG farts are spicey.


Not the prettiest, but it does the job

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Fills out the exhaust pockets nicely I'd say..build is coming alone...that red tho' :thumbup:..any sound clips?

 

[Badgers?]

Some S2T paddles showed up today! I first had these on my Mk7 R and they were one of my favorite interior mods, so I had to scoop them for the GTI. Also placed an order for 7.5 Euro tails and the Clubsport GTI shifter from e-acca, so to wait forever until they show up :thumbdown:. Also gave it an extra 5hp with a sticker from the guys at Nemesis Autosport. Best group of folks to get parts from, and I hope you're reading this Mops :heart:

Which finish are your B1s? Do they match the silver trim on the wheel? I want to get a set, but I'm having a hard time figuring out whether the silver anodized or the polished clear anodized are a better match.

 

[HBird]

Fills out the exhaust pockets nicely I'd say..build is coming alone...that red tho' :thumbup:..any sound clips?

This is all I have for now

Which finish are your B1s? Do they match the silver trim on the wheel? I want to get a set, but I'm having a hard time figuring out whether the silver anodized or the polished clear anodized are a better match.

These are the Polished Clear Anodized and they match up perfectly with the trim :thumbup:




Was scouting a new location and grabbed some shots. ic:

 

[HBird]

Passed the 10K mark this past week and got the complimentary service done along with a fresh alignment and an attempt to go after the door seal noises (didn't work). Went to a new spot and lucky for me I left my camera batteries at home :facepalm:. Next up, Stage 2.

 

[vdubfan35]

I have the door seal noises too, only over bumps and stuff. I tried the same thing that fixed my sunroof squeak but it doesn't work. Seems to go quiet after I wash it and clean the seal and stuff but it always comes back.

 

[HBird]

I have the door seal noises too, only over bumps and stuff. I tried the same thing that fixed my sunroof squeak but it doesn't work. Seems to go quiet after I wash it and clean the seal and stuff but it always comes back.

Mine sounds like the door seals are rubbing when the chassis is flexing (i.e. turning into an inclined driveway). I found a Sonax GummiFlege recommendation on the Mk7 FB group so I'm gonna give that a shot. The sunroof...don't get me started. I've pretty much determined my next car will not have a sunroof no matter what.

 

[vdubfan35]

Mine sounds like the door seals are rubbing when the chassis is flexing (i.e. turning into an inclined driveway). I found a Sonax GummiFlege recommendation on the Mk7 FB group so I'm gonna give that a shot. The sunroof...don't get me started. I've pretty much determined my next car will not have a sunroof no matter what.

So that is the stuff I used for the doors and my sunroof. It works on the sunroof but not my doors. Unless I'm completely missing the part making the noise.

And don't get me started either. I have no idea why they switched the sunroof design from the simple mk6 pop out old school, tried and trusted design to what we have now. Knock on wood I don't get the leak others have got and I have fixed the squeaking (for now, fingers crossed) but I have the exact same feelings you have toward it. Frustration.

 

[HBird]

So that is the stuff I used for the doors and my sunroof. It works on the sunroof but not my doors. Unless I'm completely missing the part making the noise.

And don't get me started either. I have no idea why they switched the sunroof design from the simple mk6 pop out old school, tried and trusted design to what we have now. Knock on wood I don't get the leak others have got and I have fixed the squeaking (for now, fingers crossed) but I have the exact same feelings you have toward it. Frustration.

I'm just going to go to town on all the rubber seals I see haha, hopefully it makes it better to a degree. Hopefully the Mk8 GTI/R has the sunroof as a stand alone option.

 

[vdubfan35]

Let me know if that works for you. Maybe I missed the area on mine, somehow.

 

[nicholam77]

Car is looking great. Love all the high quality pics. :thumbup:

I just posted a sunroof squeak fix in my thread if you're interested. Lubricating the seals might help for awhile but I think there is another culprit. It's worked for me so far.

:beer:

 

[HBird]

It's time for a long overdue update.

After trying the gummi fledge stuff, I was still getting rattle noises. I think I've traced it to the rubber seals underneath the door frames themselves. When the windows are down, no noises at all. But the moment the windows up it squeals like a pig.

Finally flashed the car to Stage 2 a few weeks back, and wow I have to say the car absolutely rips now! I went with 034's Stage 2 91 Octane file since the 93 wasn't available. Today while working on some TCU tune diagnostic stuff for 034, I saw that the 93 octane file was finally up and flashed to it. Feels a lot smoother than 91, and power feels a tad better (probably placebo).

Also finally got my Loiacono Engineering lip spoiler in after pre-ordering it a while back. It's carbon fiber, painted gloss black and looks identical to the OEM TCR spoiler which is exactly what I wanted (OEM+).

Lastly I was changing out the center caps on my BBS wheels since they were delaminating and while I had the car up, my friend noticed some shipping pucks still in the suspension. I had the car for roughly a year at that point, and needless to say I was pretty frustrated. I took it into the dealer to see what they could do. They inspected the suspension and found no signs of damage, which is good I guess but still doesn't tell me the state about the internals of the dampers. I pressed for replacing the front suspension with new components, but the dealer immediately threatened to TD1 my car which is pretty laughable considering they covered an employee getting a new engine despite being tuned. So I'm still pondering if it's worth the time to get VWoA involved, or go on about my way. Pretty disappointing from the dealer from how they handled both situations (PDI and bringing it up to their attention).

Otherwise, the GTI has been a solid car even with the continuing rattles. As far as 202 goes, I'll probably get some TCR bits here and there and some engine/trans mounts. Other than those, I'm pretty happy with it.

 

[vdubfan35]

The rattles and squeaks from the doors are actually the door cards. I found a thread where somebody seems to have a fix for it. I haven't personally done it myself but it's on the list. I'm with you though about the rattles. I'll never own another vag car with a sunroof. I've done so many things to keep the rattles and squeaks down but still hear them some days.

https://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?9361615-How-to-quiet-creaky-squeaky-door-cards#/topics/9361615

And I ordered a TCR steering wheel from eBay and it's on it's way. I'm looking at TCR steer belts as well. What all you looking at doing? Car looks great by the way.

And any more pics of the spoiler?

 

[HBird]

The rattles and squeaks from the doors are actually the door cards. I found a thread where somebody seems to have a fix for it. I haven't personally done it myself but it's on the list. I'm with you though about the rattles. I'll never own another vag car with a sunroof. I've done so many things to keep the rattles and squeaks down but still hear them some days.

https://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?9361615-How-to-quiet-creaky-squeaky-door-cards#/topics/9361615

And I ordered a TCR steering wheel from eBay and it's on it's way. I'm looking at TCR steer belts as well. What all you looking at doing? Car looks great by the way.

And any more pics of the spoiler?

I'll have to look through that thread! If it does come from the door cards, I'll probably take them apart and do folding mirrors at the same time.

Do you have link for the TCR steering wheel? I would like to do an all alcantara wheel to match the shifter I have. I'm looking for the rear valence and front lip for the most part. For the side skirts I'm going to look for some 7.5 Golf R ones since they're the same as the GTI ones, just gloss black.

And I'll grab some more! Had to get a picture after I washed the car since it was the first in-depth wash last week in like 2 months. And of course it snowed here in Dallas this weekend :facepalm:

 

[vdubfan35]

Yeah apparently it's the whole door card that squeaks.

And the TCR wheel isn't alcantara if that's the look you're going for. The clubsport one is, and they have that on ecs. I'd get the part number off there and see how much it is one e-acca first. It's probably cheaper than ecs.

 

[HBird]

Another month, another update...and this one is pretty interesting.

TL;DR - DSG got replaced 2 weeks after a TCU tune.

So I flashed my car to 034 Stage 2 ECU around mid-December. At the time there was not a TCU tune from 034 for my TCU boxcode. So I ran the car for roughly a month with no TCU tune while waiting on 034 to develop one (ended up needing an extraction cable from 034 to pull the specific info), but finally flashed the 034 TCU tune mid-January. Two and a half weeks later, I encountered a strange error when driving the car. If I was giving it more than say 15% throttle, instead of shifting from 1st to 2nd, the car would act like it was getting thrown into neutral and would rev high like it was in neutral. A message in the dash MFD would appear saying "push brake to select gear". I put on my hazards and let the car coast a bit and the transmission would re-engage. I thought it was a random glitch and ignored it. But then it started doing it every single time I drove the car, to the point where I stalled in intersections and had to reverse out because the light had turned red.

I flashed the car to stock TCU tune, and the fault still occurred. Flashed the car to stock ECU tune, still occurred. Performed a DSG adaptation, still occurred. At this point my only hope was to take it to the dealer since 034 had no experience with this fault as they had never heard of it. Took it into the dealer and the next day, the service advisor & tech diagnosed it as slipping clutch packs (car has 13,4XX miles on it). VW instructed the dealer to install a brand new DSG under warranty (phew). I was pretty relieved to hear about the warranty part, because all said and done it was close to probably $9,000 to replace it.

I've had a Mk6 GTI in the past and experienced a slipping clutch, but never experienced one in a DSG. It's possible that clutches could've been failing, but without a failure analysis which I'm sure I'll never see, I'll never know. A part of me also thinks that it could've been the 034 TCU tune that could've caused the failure or maybe was the tipping point? I never launched the car when it was tuned, and the only aggressive driving I did was relegated to highway and on-ramp pulls. Needless to say, I'm no longer confident in using 034 for software (hardware is great and among the best IMO). So my downpipe will be coming off and will be up for sale, and I'll be switch to a Neuspeed Power Module or JB1 for the foreseeable future. I still don't feel entirely confident driving the car, but I guess we'll see how she goes down the road.