What have you done to your MK 7 today ?

[Gnasher]

Passed MOT with no advisories and had a new battery fitted. It was getting worse so I booked it in for Today - just my luck it properly died yesterday lol.

[Eccie]

Passed MOT with no advisories and had a new battery fitted. It was getting worse so I booked it in for Today - just my luck it properly died yesterday lol.

Which battery did you go for Gnasher? How much? And did you fit it or the dealer?

Thanks

[Watts]

Not sure whether this has worked but we can only try!!

Great looking wheels, are they 18s?

[watchdog]

Not sure whether this has worked but we can only try!!

Great looking wheels, are they 18s?

Yes 18'' and really pleased with them and thanks to Exonian who gave me good advice on the best wheels to suit the car.

[Moro]

Passed MOT with no advisories and had a new battery fitted. It was getting worse so I booked it in for Today - just my luck it properly died yesterday lol.

Which battery did you go for Gnasher? How much? And did you fit it or the dealer?

Thanks

As an owner of an even older GTi I am also interested in a new battery.

[Jim_mk7.5]

Not sure whether this has worked but we can only try!!

They look great! You got the same tyres on, 225/40's?

[Gnasher]

Passed MOT with no advisories and had a new battery fitted. It was getting worse so I booked it in for Today - just my luck it properly died yesterday lol.

Which battery did you go for Gnasher? How much? And did you fit it or the dealer?

Thanks

As an owner of an even older GTi I am also interested in a new battery.

I'd need to check for the exact one but went with a Yuasa one in the end from TPS (who have apparently gone trade only now). Was £90-95 plus VAT whereas the OEM VW one was £170 plus VAT.

Looking at their website it's the AGM096 one.

Link - https://tps.trade/yuasa-ybx9096

[watchdog]

Not sure whether this has worked but we can only try!!

They look great! You got the same tyres on, 225/40's?

Yes 225/40

[Exonian]

thanks to Exonian who gave me good advice on the best wheels to suit the car.

They look fantastic Alan, best 18” design I’ve seen on a mk7 easily. They look way better than 18” Pretorias and suit the car perfectly.
Good to see the Polo caps fit well too, i was going to suggest trying those but was beaten to it as I didn’t get online for a while. Handy to have proper confirmation from Borbet though.
Do your OEM bolt caps fit in the bolt holes ok? The holes looks quite big.

[watchdog]

thanks to Exonian who gave me good advice on the best wheels to suit the car.

They look fantastic Alan, best 18” design I’ve seen on a mk7 easily. They look way better than 18” Pretorias and suit the car perfectly.
Good to see the Polo caps fit well too, i was going to suggest trying those but was beaten to it as I didn’t get online for a while. Handy to have proper confirmation from Borbet though.
Do your OEM bolt caps fit in the bolt holes ok? The holes looks quite big.

Really pleased with the wheels Andy and all the bolt caps fit fine except for the McGard locking wheel bolt albeit I think I can make this fit with a bit of doctoring. A Black wheel bolt would have sufficed but McGard don't make one to suit the bolt length I needed.