What have you done to your Mk6 today then?

[Snoopy]

What dash cams are people using and any photos of them installed?

[vertex]

What dash cams are people using and any photos of them installed?

I've currently got a blackvue 550gw. This has a full HD camera at the front and a smaller 720 at the back. Also has built in WiFi, so you can change the settings from your phone, view recordings and watch live.

Pics to follow

[mike.]

I am using a G1W ,review here.

Great quality for about £30 just be carefull if buying one as there a lot of fakes on Ebay..

[MartinrobGTi]

After fitting the rns510 unit, i noticed that after connecting my ipod to the connector inside the armrest that the music quality is far less as good as it was on the rcd310, why's that? Anyone know?? The sound quality on the cd player and hdd is awesome, but pretty awful on the mdi ipod. Anyone know why? And what i could do to fix it? All my songs on the ipod are proper itunes music so no cheap copies or bla bla! And the quality was fine in the old rcd310

[Booth11]

After fitting the rns510 unit, i noticed that after connecting my ipod to the connector inside the armrest that the music quality is far less as good as it was on the rcd310, why's that? Anyone know?? The sound quality on the cd player and hdd is awesome, but pretty awful on the mdi ipod. Anyone know why? And what i could do to fix it? All my songs on the ipod are proper itunes music so no cheap copies or bla bla! And the quality was fine in the old rcd310

Might be something else, but worth checking the aux input levels in the media set up menu.  Sometimes it is set at 'high' which can cause a lot of sound distortion, particularly on iPod files, much more so than CDs.

On the RNS if you go into Settings - Media - Set Up button - Media - Aux input level - choice of low, medium or high.  Medium is the better setting.   It does mean you might have to whack the volume up on some songs but you shouldn't get distortion.

[JC]

broke the 52 mpg barrier on the fill, drive fill Excel spread sheet 

[dubber36]

Had a tyre go pop on Friday night. Both front tyres were below 3mm, so a new pair have been ordered from my preferred tyre dealer.

I've fitted all 4 'summer' Passat wheels to it whilst I wait for the new front tyres. It's given be the opportunity to give all the wheel a proper inside and out clean and also discover how much better the ride is on 17" wheels.

[JC]

discover how much better the ride is on 17" wheels.

and thats just cleared 3 items off my ebay watch list. Thanks

[s90]

So I joined the club over Christmas, went from a Mk5 TDI to a 2011 Mk6 GTI, and boy what a difference! I've been absolutely in love with GTIs for years and can't believe I actually own one myself now I've been browsing the forum trying to pick up on advice others have had but thought I'd introduce myself here.

Looking at aesthetic changes I eventually want new alloys (looking at the BBS SR) and xenons but obviously a lot of money to drop in one go, especially after getting the car itself!

First thing I want to do is get some Halogen bulbs to replace the standard which I believe are H7. I was looking at the OSRAM Nightbreaker, thoughts or other recommendations? is it worth replacing the H15 also? thinking of doing this until I can drop the money on xenons.

I was also looking at getting the LED replacement kit for the interior lights, where's the best place to find these kits, ebay?

Finally, are there any other relatively cheap aesthetic mods that you guys/gals can recommend?

Thanks!

[seabrook132]

First thing I want to do is get some Halogen bulbs to replace the standard which I believe are H7. I was looking at the OSRAM Nightbreaker, thoughts or other recommendations? is it worth replacing the H15 also? thinking of doing this until I can drop the money on xenons.

Finally, are there any other relatively cheap aesthetic mods that you guys/gals can recommend?

Thanks!

Hi and welcome,

The standard headlight bulbs are pretty crap aren't they? I've just put some Philips Xtreme Vision Plus 130% H7 in my dipped beam and they are much better. I've had Osram Nightbreakers in previous cars as well and they'll be good too. As for H15 full beam, there really isn't a lot out there at all. I don't know why VW use this fitting!

One small cosmetic thing that's fairly popular is seat inserts. It's one of the only things I've done and looks really OEM
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VW-Golf-5-V-Golf-6-VI-MK5-MK6-GTI-seat-inserts-alloy-trim-cover-TDI-GTD-TSI-GT-R-/161020148984