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Offline Ryan90GTI

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Re: What have you done to your MK 7 today ?
« Reply #9780 on: 20 December 2019, 23:37 »
Gotta love the energy Watts brings to anything TR related 😂

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Re: What have you done to your MK 7 today ?
« Reply #9781 on: 21 December 2019, 13:43 »
Gotta love the energy Watts brings to anything TR related 😂

The red is just such a happy, smiley colour :smiley:
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Re: What have you done to your MK 7 today ?
« Reply #9782 on: 21 December 2019, 13:51 »
It looks great in TR, especially when cleaned & detailed to such a high standard.
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Offline Tornado8

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Re: What have you done to your MK 7 today ?
« Reply #9783 on: 23 December 2019, 19:27 »
Have fitted the Superpro  wishbone kit to my Mk7 GTI. I'm very pleased with it, the steering feels silky smooth and the steering response is much sharper :smiley:
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Re: What have you done to your MK 7 today ?
« Reply #9784 on: 24 December 2019, 08:54 »
Tornado8, which kit did you go for, the standard or castor increase? You mention many positives but any negatives, such as increase NVH?

Toying with the idea of this kit or just changing the LCA bushes to the Clubsport S ones. It’s no wonder these changes make a difference when you see the standard bushings, the front LCA bush has voids either side which much introduce sloppiness into the steering and general feel of the steering.
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Offline Paul70

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Re: What have you done to your MK 7 today ?
« Reply #9785 on: 24 December 2019, 09:05 »
Cleaned my Alcantara steering wheel as it was looking a bit worse for wear.
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Offline Ryan90GTI

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Re: What have you done to your MK 7 today ?
« Reply #9786 on: 24 December 2019, 14:50 »
Cleaned my Alcantara steering wheel as it was looking a bit worse for wear.

How did you clean it? It's something I'm looking at doing soon.

Offline Tornado8

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Re: What have you done to your MK 7 today ?
« Reply #9787 on: 24 December 2019, 16:37 »
Tornado8, which kit did you go for, the standard or castor increase? You mention many positives but any negatives, such as increase NVH?

Toying with the idea of this kit or just changing the LCA bushes to the Clubsport S ones. It’s no wonder these changes make a difference when you see the standard bushings, the front LCA bush has voids either side which much introduce sloppiness into the steering and general feel of the steering.

Went with the standard geometry, as I already have uprated roll bars. As far as NVH, a very small of vibration at start, then nothing of note no noise or harshness. The turn in is also better. All in all I think it's a nice little mod. If you go ahead let me know what you think :smiley:

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Re: What have you done to your MK 7 today ?
« Reply #9788 on: 24 December 2019, 23:06 »
Cleaned my Alcantara steering wheel as it was looking a bit worse for wear.

How did you clean it? It's something I'm looking at doing soon.


Used some autoglym interior cleaner, a damp cloth and a soft nail brush to lightly agitate it. Happy with the result
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Re: What have you done to your MK 7 today ?
« Reply #9789 on: 26 December 2019, 16:12 »
Received my OBDeleven so after a bit of faff actually got it working on my iPhone instead of Samsung Tablet.

Really straight forward to use once I realised didn’t need to go to settings to connect the two via Bluetooth.

Just coded video in motion as a tester. Worked a treat. Will deactivate the headlight washers next as only have the standard version at present.