Newbie here... I need your opinions!

[yabot]

Yabot!

Drop me a message. My close friend is soon to be selling his GTi and is yet to advertise it. I reckon you might be interested, its a good one!

Thanks

I couldnt figure out how to message.... but as long as its 3door, dark coloured, preferably manual and under around 45k miles or so yes then i am interested thanks pal .

[yabot]

Swap it in for the GTI mate. I have installed the HID LED DRL xenons on my GTD and I also have a carbon chiptuning remap plus a GTI backbox with the twin tailpipes. Can't fault the remap - it's amazing and the car pulls like heck but I honestly wish I'd have gone for a GTI or R instead now. Now that I can afford it, I'm considering swapping my gtd in for an R, or keep saving for an F30 M3, but I'm a bit of a boyracer.

The xenons took me forever to install properly.
You have either the OEM route which will cost you 4 figures and too much labour, or aftermarket reps which will cost you about £450. The coding is a pain in the ass cos every car is different somehow, and you also need to rewire your harness to get the LED's working as DRL's (cos they are wired as sidelights) which then you also need more coding for. Thankfully got mine all up and running but it still kicks out errors every now and then which is really annoying

If I would do it all over again, I would've just bought a GTI ed35 or one with xenons spec'd in and do a K04 turbo stage 3 for 300+bhp. I've pretty much maxed out my GTD - I could do a turbo swap from darksidedevelopment and get it to 350bhp but then it'll just throw soot everywhere everytime I accelerate

Ah see that's what I'm fearing, that I'll always regret it! Either way though I'll have to take the Aftermarket route with the xenons as I won't be able to afford it on the car equipped. Just will have to pay off someone to do it properly for me I guess, as I'm still a noob 

Out of interest how you finding the carbon remap? Any issues? What's it like in 3rd 4th etc? And is the power delivery more instant now?

Cheers pal.

Yep..i regret going diesel no matter how fantastic the GTD is. Problem was I thought I'd be relocating for my job so I bought a commuter, turns out I ended up 10 mins down the A1 lol.

The install for the xenons is really easy - took me 30 mins taking off the front bumper and switching out the headlamps. The hardest part is detaching the stock harness cos theyre stuck on pretty well. The worst part comes after with the coding. I could send you the codes I used when you get em if you like

The remap is really good: Revo remap is really aggressive and I thought that in the long run it probably would be damaging to the internals cos you get all the power in one massive lump then nothing further up. For Carbon's, its very smooth, very drivable and very easy to adapt to. Acceleration is best in 2nd and 3rd gear and you have so much torque that if you drive it aggressively you'll get wheel-spin even in 3rd gear. I dyno'd mine and I got 220bhp and 450 NM torque (ish), 0-60 takes 6.1 seconds on average, and you do get a slight bit of lag lower down the rev range but it kicks in really fast and holds the power until just before the redline, almost like a petrol. I've had car enthusiast friends who own evo 8, C63 amg and e92 m3 take my car for a spin and they couldn't believe how smooth the map was

But even then, I still wish I went for a GTI

Sounds basically the same as the predicament i got myself into... thought i'd be doing alot more miles.

See i would probably settle for just around 200bhp because im scared i'll damage the car... how did your insurance take it btw?

Would much appreciate the coding, however i have no idea how to use the VAGCOM software (i believe its called) or where to get it etc... literally.... like no clue dude.

cheers.

[JayGTD]

Swap it in for the GTI mate. I have installed the HID LED DRL xenons on my GTD and I also have a carbon chiptuning remap plus a GTI backbox with the twin tailpipes. Can't fault the remap - it's amazing and the car pulls like heck but I honestly wish I'd have gone for a GTI or R instead now. Now that I can afford it, I'm considering swapping my gtd in for an R, or keep saving for an F30 M3, but I'm a bit of a boyracer.

The xenons took me forever to install properly.
You have either the OEM route which will cost you 4 figures and too much labour, or aftermarket reps which will cost you about £450. The coding is a pain in the ass cos every car is different somehow, and you also need to rewire your harness to get the LED's working as DRL's (cos they are wired as sidelights) which then you also need more coding for. Thankfully got mine all up and running but it still kicks out errors every now and then which is really annoying

If I would do it all over again, I would've just bought a GTI ed35 or one with xenons spec'd in and do a K04 turbo stage 3 for 300+bhp. I've pretty much maxed out my GTD - I could do a turbo swap from darksidedevelopment and get it to 350bhp but then it'll just throw soot everywhere everytime I accelerate

Ah see that's what I'm fearing, that I'll always regret it! Either way though I'll have to take the Aftermarket route with the xenons as I won't be able to afford it on the car equipped. Just will have to pay off someone to do it properly for me I guess, as I'm still a noob 

Out of interest how you finding the carbon remap? Any issues? What's it like in 3rd 4th etc? And is the power delivery more instant now?

Cheers pal.

Yep..i regret going diesel no matter how fantastic the GTD is. Problem was I thought I'd be relocating for my job so I bought a commuter, turns out I ended up 10 mins down the A1 lol.

The install for the xenons is really easy - took me 30 mins taking off the front bumper and switching out the headlamps. The hardest part is detaching the stock harness cos theyre stuck on pretty well. The worst part comes after with the coding. I could send you the codes I used when you get em if you like

The remap is really good: Revo remap is really aggressive and I thought that in the long run it probably would be damaging to the internals cos you get all the power in one massive lump then nothing further up. For Carbon's, its very smooth, very drivable and very easy to adapt to. Acceleration is best in 2nd and 3rd gear and you have so much torque that if you drive it aggressively you'll get wheel-spin even in 3rd gear. I dyno'd mine and I got 220bhp and 450 NM torque (ish), 0-60 takes 6.1 seconds on average, and you do get a slight bit of lag lower down the rev range but it kicks in really fast and holds the power until just before the redline, almost like a petrol. I've had car enthusiast friends who own evo 8, C63 amg and e92 m3 take my car for a spin and they couldn't believe how smooth the map was

But even then, I still wish I went for a GTI

Sounds basically the same as the predicament i got myself into... thought i'd be doing alot more miles.

See i would probably settle for just around 200bhp because im scared i'll damage the car... how did your insurance take it btw?

Would much appreciate the coding, however i have no idea how to use the VAGCOM software (i believe its called) or where to get it etc... literally.... like no clue dude.

cheers.

Aye haha. My insurance basically went up to £300 a year and I'm only 22! They weren't too bothered about any of the mods unless I was changing the looks of it to make it more likely to be stolen, which is why I haven't got new wheels. They took the remap better than the springs haha

Sure, I'll post em up when you need em. Someone on here sent me a cable for free cos they bought a cheap one off amazon and wasn't working for them, but thankfully it worked for me. A real VCDS Vagcom cable off Rosstech would cost you quite a pretty penny! All you do is plug it into your OBD2 port in your car and then a USB in your laptop, fire up the software, then follow the instructions

[yabot]

Aye haha. My insurance basically went up to £300 a year and I'm only 22! They weren't too bothered about any of the mods unless I was changing the looks of it to make it more likely to be stolen, which is why I haven't got new wheels. They took the remap better than the springs haha

Sure, I'll post em up when you need em. Someone on here sent me a cable for free cos they bought a cheap one off amazon and wasn't working for them, but thankfully it worked for me. A real VCDS Vagcom cable off Rosstech would cost you quite a pretty penny! All you do is plug it into your OBD2 port in your car and then a USB in your laptop, fire up the software, then follow the instructions
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UP TO? Im same age but mines like £900 a year... who you with!? Guess me crashing my first car into a national railway bridge doesnt help 

Ah i see, sounds like i'll need to invest a day in it though! Better find a cable...

[JayGTD]

UP TO? Im same age but mines like £900 a year... who you with!? Guess me crashing my first car into a national railway bridge doesnt help 

Ah i see, sounds like i'll need to invest a day in it though! Better find a cable...

Yep! Well, £346 or something like that. I'm with Elephant, perfect driving history and live in a low risk area. My first car I paid over £3000 though, a megane 250 RS. The golf is my 4th car so I guess its reduced a lot of the risk. Damn man..feel sorry for you! Howd you manage that?

http://store.ross-tech.com/shop/cat/VCDS.html

Here you go mate, heres the official one

[yabot]

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Yep! Well, £346 or something like that. I'm with Elephant, perfect driving history and live in a low risk area. My first car I paid over £3000 though, a megane 250 RS. The golf is my 4th car so I guess its reduced a lot of the risk. Damn man..feel sorry for you! Howd you manage that?

http://store.ross-tech.com/shop/cat/VCDS.html

Here you go mate, heres the official one
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Was perhaps driving a little fast in my suzuki swift....
Well sh!t the bed, they aren't half expensive... will have to order one off ebay or amazon, hah!

[JayGTD]

Was perhaps driving a little fast in my suzuki swift....
Well sh!t the bed, they aren't half expensive... will have to order one off ebay or amazon, hah!

Oh aye, cheap as chips! Get a fake one off Amazon for £40 and see if you have any luck. As far as I know, they're on-off. For me it worked for all the things I needed it for for the xenons but now it doesn't work at all anymore..if it was me I would've gotten a real one though. you get all the support and updates and stuff, and less risk of the cable frying your usb port

[yabot]

Was perhaps driving a little fast in my suzuki swift....
Well sh!t the bed, they aren't half expensive... will have to order one off ebay or amazon, hah!

Oh aye, cheap as chips! Get a fake one off Amazon for £40 and see if you have any luck. As far as I know, they're on-off. For me it worked for all the things I needed it for for the xenons but now it doesn't work at all anymore..if it was me I would've gotten a real one though. you get all the support and updates and stuff, and less risk of the cable frying your usb port

I think i might just look for someone on here that has one and would be willing to do it for me.... and then offer them maybe a tank of fuel or something....

[JayGTD]

Was perhaps driving a little fast in my suzuki swift....
Well sh!t the bed, they aren't half expensive... will have to order one off ebay or amazon, hah!

Oh aye, cheap as chips! Get a fake one off Amazon for £40 and see if you have any luck. As far as I know, they're on-off. For me it worked for all the things I needed it for for the xenons but now it doesn't work at all anymore..if it was me I would've gotten a real one though. you get all the support and updates and stuff, and less risk of the cable frying your usb port

I think i might just look for someone on here that has one and would be willing to do it for me.... and then offer them maybe a tank of fuel or something....

If my cable worked I would've done that for you! Sorry man good luck

[yabot]

So im going to see this on Sat...

http://video.citnow.com/vtQdvk_7-c1

£14990. 36k Miles.
RNS 510 and Optical parking sensors.

Hoping for a straight swap as mine is the same just a GTD with less mileage!

I may very well be driving away in a GTI....