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Model specific boards => Golf mk4 => Topic started by: AD1.8T on 09 January 2013, 12:23
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Have any of you got one of these ? If so is it only me thats a bit let down by the overall quality of it ? I brought a black 1 to go with my anni bits expecting the fabric to be reasonabley the same its completely bloody different ! Not impressed at all really considering the price they are
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have 1 as well, not the gr8est off fits either but does the job i suppose
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Its mainly abit of a winge as it cost £56 and its not how i thought/expected it to be
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Good job you posted this as I was looking into getting one of these as like you I wanted it to go with the Anni bits. Think i'll leave it.
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From the normal driving distance it 'not bad' but up close its obvious ! I maybe being abit picky but near enough £60 youd expect it to be as good as oem material il get some more pictures when my gauge arrives tomorrow.... Il proberly retrim it if it still bugs me in a few weeks!
From the normal driving distance it 'not bad' but up close its obvious ! I maybe being abit picky but near enough £60 youd expect it to be as good as oem material il get some more pictures when my gauge arrives tomorrow.... Il proberly retrim it if it still bugs me in a few weeks!
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boost gauge in headlight switch place and relocate switch....free and looks the part
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From the normal driving distance it 'not bad' but up close its obvious ! I maybe being abit picky but near enough £60 youd expect it to be as good as oem material il get some more pictures when my gauge arrives tomorrow.... Il proberly retrim it if it still bugs me in a few weeks!
From the normal driving distance it 'not bad' but up close its obvious ! I maybe being abit picky but near enough £60 youd expect it to be as good as oem material il get some more pictures when my gauge arrives tomorrow.... Il proberly retrim it if it still bugs me in a few weeks!
yeah same, ill try n get some pics up for a comparison, dont think there are any other pillar pods available, or are there ?
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boost gauge in headlight switch place and relocate switch....free and looks the part
been thinking bout this as well, but more of a distraction taking your eyes further off the road lol
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boost gauge in headlight switch place and relocate switch....free and looks the part
been thinking bout this as well, but more of a distraction taking your eyes further off the road lol
No more a distraction then it in the centre console or in the air vent holder they sell anyway....
In the pillar looks a bit too fast and furious for me these days....must be getting old :grin:
(http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s105/AshmondJ/6C4FF2DB-2E88-4B83-A05B-464F46360F79-963-0000009BF057955A.jpg)
Best free mod!
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boost gauge in headlight switch place and relocate switch....free and looks the part
been thinking bout this as well, but more of a distraction taking your eyes further off the road lol
No more a distraction then it in the centre console or in the air vent holder they sell anyway....
In the pillar looks a bit too fast and furious for me these days....must be getting old :grin:
(http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s105/AshmondJ/6C4FF2DB-2E88-4B83-A05B-464F46360F79-963-0000009BF057955A.jpg)
Best free mod!
nice, what does the big red button do lol
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Adjustable map switch
(Tbh, its always on) :grin:
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Thats one thing ive been thinking of doing. But wasnt sure what guage fita best. how did yours fit? make?model?any links?
also what did you do with switch. was thinking of maybe building a small insert for the door pocket and running the wires down the inside of the door and into the pocket were the switch would sit but wasnt sure.
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Its actually very subtle to be honest (other than the material) it looks factory fitted ! You probley loose about 2cm of vision in the very corner other than that you hardly notice it ! It is one of them products that cost pennies to make though theres no way it cost more than £5 to make so thats a pretty good profit on it !
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I have a 42DD pod, not got round to fitting it yet, but I reckon it looks fine
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Is it a black one or cream ? I think the cream would be less obvious again it could just be me being abit of a fanny about it !! Il get pictures up tomorrow
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Ash fancey doing mine like yours for some ££ ill get every think and you do it for me??
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Ash fancey doing mine like yours for some ££ ill get every think and you do it for me??
Mate its so easy, just take the light switch out, fit boost gauge. Mine isnt a perfect fit so I wrapped a bit of black carpet left over from when we did my mates floor inside it to get it nice and snug. Take off the underside dash plastic, get a circle drill bit, cut and fit. Job done!
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i have one of these lying around, and a pod never go round to fitting it
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i have one of these lying around, and a pod never go round to fitting it
You have a £60 piece of plastic laying around and you havnt fitted it ....
Boost gauge still hasnt arrived somehow !! But heres the cleast pic i could get of it during the day theres to much glare for my ish!t to handle !
(http://i846.photobucket.com/albums/ab25/yellowmgzr/972269F8-ABC9-4443-B37F-AD3E10D309C5-879-000001496664A4CC.jpg)
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i have one of these lying around, and a pod never go round to fitting it
You have a £60 piece of plastic laying around and you havnt fitted it ....
Boost gauge still hasnt arrived somehow !! But heres the cleast pic i could get of it during the day theres to much glare for my ish!t to handle !
(http://i846.photobucket.com/albums/ab25/yellowmgzr/972269F8-ABC9-4443-B37F-AD3E10D309C5-879-000001496664A4CC.jpg)
pretty much
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So the boost gauge finally arrived today so naturally i fitted it in the pouring rain .....
Im still learning about turbo engines so bare with me !!
On idle its at -10
With foot to the floor its at 8psi which is correct as far as ive been reading
If say doing 65/70 and i let off the throttle and just coast it drops back down to -10ish
And driving SENSIBLEY so not going above 2.5k it doesnt go above 0 ?!
Does all that seem as it should ?
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Think it blends in quite nicely :cool:
(http://i846.photobucket.com/albums/ab25/yellowmgzr/31269D6C-C991-48FD-8481-6B67532EAB70-245-0000001BFB53A799.jpg)
And 1 from eye level ....
(http://i846.photobucket.com/albums/ab25/yellowmgzr/E0122C98-4BE2-4D07-B80F-081E3108A449-245-0000001BDB4E3ACD.jpg)
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I'm assuming the -10 reading is psi not in hg?
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I dont know what hg is but the gauge is psi ...
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in hg - inches of mercury, usually what boost gauges read below 0 but not all
-10psi is around -20in hg which is about right but maybe just a tiny bit low. I'd have a good look round all the pipes to make sure everything is secure. Also was that reading on a warm engine?
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Funky :), i want 1 lol, wrd you get your gauge m8
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-9 was first start then crept up to -10 then when fully up to temp it went to -11 if theres a minor leak i would put money on it that its the IC to Pancake coupler as i struggle to get it on all them months ago !
The gauge is from egay mate put in digital boost gauge it should pop up 1s from hk the others from here which is abit more costly but i didnt want to wait 20 odd days so i paid the extra £3
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unless you make an effort to make the revs climb (ie plant your foot or go up a hill) you won't see much boost on the gauge under normal driving
-11psi is about right mate. It will be lower when you first start it due to the auto choke messing with the revs
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Nice alls as it should be then :grin: it is a touch on the bright side at night though and i cant really wire it in to the dimmer as the whole things being powered not just a led :undecided:
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does it change colours :grin:
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There should be a wire to connect up so the display dims when the lights come on...
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Theyve got red and green aswell i think not sure ...
And na its literally pos neg and a wire that connects the gauge to the boost sensor
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My gauge comes on with the ignition but still has another wire to dim the backlight down when I put the lights on