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Model specific boards => Golf mk6 => Topic started by: Silverblade on 15 June 2012, 23:47
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Hi Just to say hello to a soon to be GTI - 35 owner, having lashed out on a deposit today, and getting delivery before the end of the month :smiley:
Ive also talked to Satnavsystems - compliments of this excellent forum, and they can supply a genuine VW 510 nav system - with DAB radio :wink: for a fraction of the price that VW quote. My local VW dealer uses them for swap outs and upgrades, so I am confident the guy is ok, and am delighted that I can enjoy DABS with the 510 unit, which looks awesome. But is anyone has had any experiences good or bad with these people then I would be grateful to hear.
Not exactly all the toys I was looking for, but drive away :wink: and only delivery miles - spec as follows:
White
Steel Grey 18 alloys
510 Radio (at the moment )
Parking sensors + assist (wife made a face)
Lux pack
Great forum :smiley:
Just now waiting to see if I will regret buying a white car !
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Hi Just to say hello to a soon to be GTI - 35 owner, having lashed out on a deposit today, and getting delivery before the end of the month :smiley:
Ive also talked to Satnavsystems - compliments of this excellent forum, and they can supply a genuine VW 510 nav system - with DAB radio :wink: for a fraction of the price that VW quote. My local VW dealer uses them for swap outs and upgrades, so I am confident the guy is ok, and am delighted that I can enjoy DABS with the 510 unit, which looks awesome. But is anyone has had any experiences good or bad with these people then I would be grateful to hear.
Not exactly all the toys I was looking for, but drive away :wink: and only delivery miles - spec as follows:
White
Steel Grey 18 alloys
510 Radio (at the moment )
Parking sensors + assist (wife made a face)
Lux pack
Great forum :smiley:
Just now waiting to see if I will regret buying a white car !
Welcome and great choice of car :cool: White looks fantastic (I had CW MK6) and is actually not too bad to keep clean especially if you have had black before :smiley:
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Welcome bud...
Na you won't regret it the CW looks the nuts, just make sure when you get it get protection on that paintwork and of course those wheels....
For the wheels I've used - Poorboys Sealant x 3 coats http://www.waxamomo.co.uk/index.php?app=ecom&ns=prodshow&ref=pbwhs
For the paint - either Collinite 476s http://www.waxamomo.co.uk/index.php?app=ecom&ns=prodshow&ref=c476s9
Or - Dodo SNH http://www.waxamomo.co.uk/index.php?app=ecom&ns=prodshow&ref=DodoJuiceSNHybrid
with - http://www.waxamomo.co.uk/index.php?app=ecom&ns=prodshow&ref=ddjlp
Both the lime prime as a base coat first then the SNH work really well together...
Oh yeah and Waxamomo offers a forum discount, look in the detailing section for codes ect... :wink:
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welcome ed35 looks great in white with the steel coloured wheels
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Welcome! Crack open the wax as soon as you get her and it'll look the mutz nutz. But then I am biased! How many doors?
You'll love the forum, there's loads of ideas for inexpensive mods right up to the expensive stuff. I've found the forum and the people really helpful.
I'll let someone else mention the key ring -: whoops!
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Sounds great, look forward to the pics.....oh clearly CW is superior to the rest :cool:
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I have a white GTI it they look great you wont regret the colour.
I didnt think you could get the RNS 510 sat nav with DAB, thought you could only get that on the RCD 510, sure i read that on here somewhere.
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Great choice!, Are you sure about DAB with the RNS510 . I thought it was only available with the RCD510 also :huh:
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Iirc when I got mine Darren did das something about a DAB one coming out at some point as that's what I really wanted.
Last time I configured a car on the vw site it still was not listed. It maybe now.
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i was never a fan of the DAB mainly as you lost the TIM function and TP never was as good
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You can get an extra module now that sits behind the unit and gives it full DAB using the OEM controls. Maybe it's that?
Nice car anyway OP and please report back on the DAB 510! I desperately need BBC 6 Music in my Golf, if nothing else just to annoy my wife who hates decent music...
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Wellcome to the mad world of VW , photo's do walking on here :grin: congrats on your ED35.
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Congrats on the new car.... I've an Ed30 which I can't bear to part with otherwise the Ed35 would be the obvious replacement!
Mind if I ask you about this:
[Ive also talked to Satnavsystems - compliments of this excellent forum, and they can supply a genuine VW 510 nav system - with DAB radio :wink: for a fraction of the price that VW quote.[/quote]
I'd be really grateful to know what sort of money they've quoted you if you don't mind sharing? PM me if you prefer...
Thanks,
Tony
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Thanks for all the replies :smiley:
In regard to the 510 unit Satnavsystems origionally quoted me about £1499 for the unit, lesss £200 p/x on my 510 radio unit However if you travel to them then its £120 less. I then found a thread on this forum which they offered a 510 unit - with 40gig memory for £1100,(VW quote a 30gig unit ) they immediately honoured this price which was great , then still offered another £120 discount for travelling up to them - however at this price no p/x on the old radio - I can live with that that at that price !
They can also add a unit for about £399 that provides DAB radio on the 510 Nav unit - from my point of view this ticked all the boxes, and whilst I know that I can get cheaper 'Ebay' units, I have the knowledge that these are VW supplied and brand new, as my VW dealer uses this guy for upgrades. The upshot is that for about £1400 I get the latest 510 nav unit with DABS radio, and with full VW support for 3 years, professionally fitted and warrantied. Also VW cant supply a DABS 510 Nav unit - which is what I wanted in the 1st place. My car spec shows a 510 radio fitment, so if I like the golf and want to upgrade to a new GTI in a year or so when they are released, then hopefully I can just pop the radio back in and port my Nav system to the new car :grin:
Thaks also for the polishing tips, I intend to pick up on a dry day :smiley: and clay then wax the car before it gets too much grime on it - hopefully this will give it a clean start :cool:
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Most here retro fit RNS510, prices are from around £450 to £600.
Jim
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Let us know how you find the dab add on unit. If you could ask what model it is too as a reference that would be good info for others.
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Thanks for all the replies :smiley:
In regard to the 510 unit Satnavsystems origionally quoted me about £1499 for the unit, lesss £200 p/x on my 510 radio unit However if you travel to them then its £120 less. I then found a thread on this forum which they offered a 510 unit - with 40gig memory for £1100,(VW quote a 30gig unit ) they immediately honoured this price which was great , then still offered another £120 discount for travelling up to them - however at this price no p/x on the old radio - I can live with that that at that price !
They can also add a unit for about £399 that provides DAB radio on the 510 Nav unit - from my point of view this ticked all the boxes, and whilst I know that I can get cheaper 'Ebay' units, I have the knowledge that these are VW supplied and brand new, as my VW dealer uses this guy for upgrades. The upshot is that for about £1400 I get the latest 510 nav unit with DABS radio, and with full VW support for 3 years, professionally fitted and warrantied. Also VW cant supply a DABS 510 Nav unit - which is what I wanted in the 1st place. My car spec shows a 510 radio fitment, so if I like the golf and want to upgrade to a new GTI in a year or so when they are released, then hopefully I can just pop the radio back in and port my Nav system to the new car :grin:
Thaks also for the polishing tips, I intend to pick up on a dry day :smiley: and clay then wax the car before it gets too much grime on it - hopefully this will give it a clean start :cool:
That sounds horrifically expensive, I would rather have a Tom Tom one in the window and a holiday :undecided:
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^+1. Just bought a new TomTom and off to France in 3 weeks for summer holidays can't wait to do all that driving in my ED35. :smiley:
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Thanks for the feedback, if anyone can suggest a supplier thats cheaper then please let me know. I havent bought the unit yet, and was sharing the info with others in case anyone can let me know of a alternative supplier !
If I do go down this route then i'll find out the details on the add on DAB unit and post ofc, I have to say that I was quite amazed that VW havent put DAB on their supposed 'top of the range' nav system.
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Connects2 AutoDAB is the one I referred to back there somewhere ^^^^
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http://www.connects2.co.uk/pdfdocs/articles/AutoDAB-Flyer.pdf
Here is a video of it working http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlrPrk6gMDA
Looks interesting
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Thanks for that I had a look on the site and it seems quite interesting, I'm still haggling with my supplier over price etc. But once i've hopefully got the unit installed i'll report back.
Car being picked on Wednesday - it was meant to be by the end of the month - but I got impatient :grin: