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Model specific boards => Golf mk7 => Topic started by: Sootchucker on 16 September 2013, 13:41
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Thought this might be of interest to some as I needed to remove all 4 wheels today to properly seal them on their inner faces..
I was asked over on another forum where the best place was to jack up the car and support on axle stands, and to be honest had no real idea. Well when picking up the car on Saturday, I enquired and was lead into the work shops and met their master technician. He very kindly put a MK7 up on their ramp and showed me.
Obviously the jacking points are pretty self explanatory, i.e. the strengthened plates in the inner sills with the thick plate - one at end end of the sill (both sides).
The axle stand points are slightly different from the MK5/6/Scirocco platform due to the re-designed front sub-member and lower arms, but this is where the tech strongly advised me to position the axle stands, and where I did today and can confirm it worked perfectly with no damage what so ever. Details as pretty self evident from the photos below:
Front
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7418/9772104874_9ea75174cf_b.jpg) (http://"http://www.flickr.com/photos/58190042@N03/9772104874/")
DSC_0960 (http://"http://www.flickr.com/photos/58190042@N03/9772104874/") by Sootchucker (http://"http://www.flickr.com/people/58190042@N03/"), on Flickr
Rear
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7338/9771914012_ded38e43a5_b.jpg) (http://"http://www.flickr.com/photos/58190042@N03/9771914012/")
DSC_0963 (http://"http://www.flickr.com/photos/58190042@N03/9771914012/") by Sootchucker (http://"http://www.flickr.com/people/58190042@N03/"), on Flickr
In the above photo of the rear you can see the cross member that I was advised to use. I placed a block of wood on this between the axle stand head and the car underside, to prevent damaging the underseal (sorry, I forgot to take a photo of this bit) -again, as advised by the tech.
Also, whilst I had the wheels off for polishing and sealing, I noticed that after just a couple of weeks life (my car was actually built end of August), that the calipers had the all too familiar signs of aluminum dulling and corrosion. The blurb on the GTD in the brochure said the calipers were painted, but as I suspected, this was just for the GTI, not the GTD, whose calipers are left in the standard aluminum finish.
Luckily I had some VW Red Caliper paint, that I purchased some time ago for the Scirocco and never got round to doing, so with the wheels off, I painted the calipers Red (2 coats over 5 hours).
Now let me make this clear, I am in no way trying to make the GTD look like a GTI.
I did consider gloss black, but to be honest with the very open spokes of the 18" Negaro wheels, the calipers are very much on show, so thought Red against the white would work at treat. I totally understand if this isn't everyone's cup of tea, but it really annoyed me on the Rocco, that whilst the wheels were in mint condition after nearly 3 years, the calipers looked very grotty, and it was quite clear that brake dust had eaten it's way into the surface finish, making them almost impossible to clean like new, so wanted to prevent this on the new car.
Procedure was:
Cleaned the calipers with brake cleaner spray, wiped them then dried with my hot air dryer / blower. Then masked up as much as I could, and on the rears removed the anti rattle clips (the long ones running top to bottom).
Then it was just a case of various size paint brushes. I just made sure that the sliding faces where the pads sit wasn't painted (as they are not on the GTI), to allow the pads to freely slide. Other than that just did one caliper, then onto the next, and by the time I'd finished the last one, the first one was dry and ready for a second coat.
You need to have some patience as it's quite tedious but hugely rewarding when finished against a clean car. Not sure Red would suit all colours, but on a white car I think they look awesome.
The only real problem I had was the bloody British weather. I ended up setting up our 3m x 3m Gazebo to put the car under to prevent me getting soaked.
Anyway, enough rambling - photos.
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5499/9771913822_f65561a83f_b.jpg) (http://"http://www.flickr.com/photos/58190042@N03/9771913822/")
DSC_0964 (http://"http://www.flickr.com/photos/58190042@N03/9771913822/") by Sootchucker (http://"http://www.flickr.com/people/58190042@N03/"), on Flickr
(http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2867/9772088495_33f73fa606_b.jpg) (http://"http://www.flickr.com/photos/58190042@N03/9772088495/")
DSC_0965 (http://"http://www.flickr.com/photos/58190042@N03/9772088495/") by Sootchucker (http://"http://www.flickr.com/people/58190042@N03/"), on Flickr
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Fantastic job and a nice write up :smiley: :smiley:
I've never understood people's paranoia about other people trying to make their car look like something its not. Yes M badges on BMW's that are clearly not M cars look ridiculous but other than that everything is fair game. It's your car at the end of the day and you can do what you want.
The red really sets off the wheels nicely.
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That looks really good - a nice shade of red. It contrasts well with the rest of the car.
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Looking good! I'm glad someone has done this already as I was thinking about doing mine (when it arrives). I was thinking black gloss in keeping with the car/wheels but now I am undecided! :rolleyes:
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Crackin job on the calipers mate, you could argue that GTD's in Europe have red calipers if anyone want to argue.
Did you have the car standing on 4 axle stands or did you do it one corner at a time or some other way? I've never done it before and always sealed the wheels on the car so it's a bit awkward and fancy doing it your way.
:smiley:
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Very nice job, but you could have lined the center caps up properly. When the valves are at the 6 o clock position, the VW should be the right way up. It's the little details :wink:
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Very nice job, but you could have lined the center caps up properly. When the valves are at the 6 o clock position, the VW should be the right way up. It's the little details :wink:
He’ll be losing sleep over that now. * now tidying everything on my desk so that it is all parallel with the desk edges*
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Oh my god, I've heard everything now :grin: :grin: :grin:
Jimble, as I only have 2 axle stands I dis one side of the car at a time mate.
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Oh boy...that's lovely!!! Im having them painted as soon as I collect in Nov. I have been quoted 50 a corner. Looks great. Lets see some from further away if possible :wink:
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Im having them painted as soon as I collect in Nov. I have been quoted 50 a corner.
You're not seriously paying £200 to have your calipers painted are you?
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Im having them painted as soon as I collect in Nov. I have been quoted 50 a corner.
You're not seriously paying £200 to have your calipers painted are you?
If it's the option of £200 or buy a £6 tin of paint and DIY :huh: :shocked:
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Im having them painted as soon as I collect in Nov. I have been quoted 50 a corner.
You're not seriously paying £200 to have your calipers painted are you?
Lol...ehhhh...was thinking about it. I love my cars but not hands on at all. My mates is always tinkering with his car. Stripping the engine down, changing this that and the next thing. He told me he would do it. But in just worried me makes an absolute hash of it and I'm left with a duff job and red paint all over the wheel arches or something. I am reluctant to pay someone 200 to do it. I was hoping like Ireland we could get the sport and sound package so I wouldn't have to have them painted
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Oh boy...that's lovely!!! Im having them painted as soon as I collect in Nov. I have been quoted 50 a corner. Looks great. Lets see some from further away if possible :wink:
Hi virginVWman, I only have this one at the moment I'm afraid from giving the car a quick snow foam earlier today. This truly was a no contact wash and just shows the slipperiness of the C2V3 sealant. Just sprayed the Auto Finesse Snow foam onto the car. Left it for abut 10 minutes, then power washed off. No shampoo buckets required at all. Proof of the pudding was when I dried the car with my waffle drying towel, it came off perfectly clean indicating there was no dirt left on the car (and boy was it dirty in just 3 days of this horrid weather).
(http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2883/9785671283_80dbe76dbb_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/58190042@N03/9785671283/)
AGE_0687 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/58190042@N03/9785671283/) by Sootchucker (http://www.flickr.com/people/58190042@N03/), on Flickr
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That is STUNNING!!!!!!!!!! You must be loving all the attention your getting. Seeing pics like these makes the wait feel so much longer but it sure as hell will be worth it. Sterling effort on the clean also
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Oh boy...that's lovely!!! Im having them painted as soon as I collect in Nov. I have been quoted 50 a corner. Looks great. Lets see some from further away if possible :wink:
Hi virginVWman, I only have this one at the moment I'm afraid from giving the car a quick snow foam earlier today. This truly was a no contact wash and just shows the slipperiness of the C2V3 sealant. Just sprayed the Auto Finesse Snow foam onto the car. Left it for abut 10 minutes, then power washed off. No shampoo buckets required at all. Proof of the pudding was when I dried the car with my waffle drying towel, it came off perfectly clean indicating there was no dirt left on the car (and boy was it dirty in just 3 days of this horrid weather).
(http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2883/9785671283_80dbe76dbb_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/58190042@N03/9785671283/)
AGE_0687 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/58190042@N03/9785671283/) by Sootchucker (http://www.flickr.com/people/58190042@N03/), on Flickr
54 miles and another wash?
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Nah, 250 now, had a good run in it today :grin:
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Nah, 250 now, had a good run in it today :grin:
And what did it do on the economy front? Mine has improved a lot today (possibly only between DPF regens). Still tighter than the 170 Scirocco in 5th/6th acceleration for me.
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@Norbreck21a, looking at your pictures of under the car it looks like it has the plugs where you can fit the lifting pads, do you know if you can still fit them to the front like the mk6? You needed to remove a piece of the under tray to fit the front ones.
Cheers. ;)
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Jimble, didn't see the quadrant pieces in the front of the underbody splash shield like there was on a MK5, but to be honest I wasn't really looking :smiley: