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Golf mk7 / Re: Start button
« Last post by rowlers on 08 August 2026, 20:48 »Good result!
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Racingline would be my choice tbh
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Golf mk8 / Re: 26 plate golf front arch liners are now carpet . Updated or cost cutting?
« Last post by Ewankinch on 08 August 2026, 16:19 »I agree most cars will be on pcp. I bought mine outright and intended on keeping it long term. I had my mk5 for 9 years and my mk7 for 8 and a half years. Vw replaced my mk5 wings and various other bits rubbed back and painted (not without a fight). They only offered a good will gesture to rub back and paint my mk7 front wing lips and rear arches where the rear bumper meets the rear arch. The quote was £1300 and I would have to pay half. I ended up paying £350 to a very good local bodyshop they rubbed back, treated and painted the four arches within a few months it was coming back through. Yes I know you can't kill rust you have to cut it out. Then I noticed the rear sills bubbling and a random part on the tailgate so traded it in for a 8.5. I've also used the bilt hamber s50 cavity wax inside the sills on my mk8 and used the Bilt hamber UC on all suspension components rear arms etc. Im adamant my car isn't going to rust. 
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Golf mk8 / Re: 26 plate golf front arch liners are now carpet . Updated or cost cutting?
« Last post by Mikeyd1 on 08 August 2026, 16:02 »Absolutely agree . Just never know what’s better . But at some point I will remove arch liners and dynax uc it for good measure . Still think it’s odd why Vw changed it
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Golf mk8 / Remap
« Last post by Hampshire rubber burner on 08 August 2026, 15:02 »2023 clubsport looking to remap engine and dsg
Any recommendations of tuners
Any recommendations of tuners
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Golf mk8 / Exhaust upgrade
« Last post by Hampshire rubber burner on 08 August 2026, 15:01 »I have 73nplate clubsport looking to change exhaust to make it less bland
What exhaust systems do you suggest?
Miltek cobra or anything else
What exhaust systems do you suggest?
Miltek cobra or anything else
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Golf mk7 / Start button
« Last post by Rudedog on 08 August 2026, 14:34 »Mine's been gradually getting worse - having to push it harder and harder - yesterday after filling up with fuel it took an embarrassingly long time to start, luckily it wasn't too busy.
Decided it was time to do something about it - I watched many videos on it but found one UK one that showed how to remove the trim without 'yanking' it out like some of the US ones - I hate dealing with trim parts as I'm afraid of damaging them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBnnbg1J6d4&list=FLKAKpCHCYu9xBykfS-Af9hg
Got the trim off around the DSG gear shifter which was the big one - decided to have one go at a fix and to clean the contacts before buying a new one if it didn't work.
Got the button out - lost one clip down inside the trim but thankfully retrieved it with a pencil magnet.
Took the button apart as per many videos and cleaned the contacts with electrical cleaner - reassembled and presto it's all good.
One light touch of the button and we are now in business!
Decided it was time to do something about it - I watched many videos on it but found one UK one that showed how to remove the trim without 'yanking' it out like some of the US ones - I hate dealing with trim parts as I'm afraid of damaging them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBnnbg1J6d4&list=FLKAKpCHCYu9xBykfS-Af9hg
Got the trim off around the DSG gear shifter which was the big one - decided to have one go at a fix and to clean the contacts before buying a new one if it didn't work.
Got the button out - lost one clip down inside the trim but thankfully retrieved it with a pencil magnet.
Took the button apart as per many videos and cleaned the contacts with electrical cleaner - reassembled and presto it's all good.
One light touch of the button and we are now in business!
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Golf mk7 / Re: Dreaded - Gearbox Malfunction - you can continue driving - Error in Dash
« Last post by Finglonga on 08 August 2026, 13:40 »
Long story short, it cost me £4500, for new clutch packs, and a host of other bits, but thankfully not the Mechatronics.
Cost me the same to get a complete new gearbox from VW fitted a few years ago.
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Golf mk8 / Part number of Edition 50 carpet mats.
« Last post by ianmb on 08 August 2026, 08:26 »Can someone with edition 50 please help, can you please have a look for the part number on the rear of the mats.
Spoke to the dealer but they do not have the part number.
My son has an Edition 50 on order and wants a spare set of mats.
Spoke to the dealer but they do not have the part number.
My son has an Edition 50 on order and wants a spare set of mats.
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Golf mk8 / Re: 26 plate golf front arch liners are now carpet . Updated or cost cutting?
« Last post by SRGTD on 07 August 2026, 23:09 »The carpet liners hold moisture. I wouldn't want them. I have the plastic ones on my 8.5 it's a 74 plate. My old mk5 wings rusted and so did my old mk7 ones. The 8.5 still has the sponges in the centre of the wings that cause rust. I removed mine and have sprayed Bilt Hamber UC on the inner wings and wing lips. I am going to remove all arch liners front and back after each winter to clean out and top up with Bilt Hamber UC.Exactly what I was thinking.
I soaked my carpet rears in fabsil when new and they repel water better.
With most cars being bought on PCP and handed back at the end of the (3 year) contract term, I dare say very few first owners will have any concerns of front wing corrosion. It’ll probably be the third (or later) owners that have to deal with the problem.
I may be wrong (it certainly won’t be the first time!
) but weren’t there also cases of the edge of the plastic front wheel arch liners causing front wing corrosion on the mk5 Golf and other VW’s from the same era? I seem to remember reading that flexing / small movements of the edge of the plastic liner where it fitted against the flange of the wheel arch used to rub against the reverse side of the wing, removing the factory applied zinc coating over time and allowing corrosion to set in. So it seems that both textile and plastic wheel arch liners might cause issues………