Darkside 1.8T front mount

[-Jamie-]

Hello I've been looking into purchasing a front mount and came across the darkside kit that comes from charged dubs for the 1.8T and was wondering if anyone is using this kit? seems like a decent kit but can't find any good reviews on it! 

[barrym381]

dom will be along soon to answer this as he was running it on his mk4 before selling up 

[Dalo Harkin]

aren't they pretty pricey, everything I have seen from Darkside just seems to be overpriced.
go for the Wellycooler if I were you

[leigh_harty]

Probably no different to the turborevs one. Got my uprated one for £40 in very good shiny nick 

[-Jamie-]

Ah yeah I did look at the wellycooler but heard there's fitment issue behind the standard bumper with it being such a large inter cooler, only reason I looked at the darkside was it looked like an easy fitment.

Though this may be a stupid question but on the standard SMIC the pipe that comes from the turbo has 2 nipples on the metal pipe, one for the DV and one for something else though on the wellycooler setup i've looked at I can't find where people have put these nipples?

[Wazzzer]

Totally different to the wellycooler/turborevs and will fit easily behind the standard bumper.

[Chris.]

Fitment is a small fish in a big ocean when it comes to FMIC.  You need the coolers to flow and cool effectively.   There was a thread about the OCD cooler and im sure it had issues?

Get a 2.5" thick wellycooler and custom piping keeping bends to the minimum and be better IMHO

[Dalo Harkin]

Just re read this and there is no information on the turbo/ other mods.
You don't really want to fit an FMIC is you are running a K03, minimum would be at least a stage 1 K03s and all the supporting mods. 
 

[andy68]

Cooler is very similar to the THS one, someone on UKMKIV's had problems with the hard piping leaking at welds, not sure if it was ever resolved though.

[tonysgti]

I have a ths cooler for sale in classifieds  mate if intrested