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Model specific boards => Golf mk5 => Topic started by: SteveS on 07 December 2008, 21:13
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Should i bother? No i haven't got a remap YET, waiting for weather to clear up a bit :)
Wondering, Can i fit it myself? It seems simple enough, but then the guide goes into some "cap" and a4 info... which i assume i don't pay attention to as mine isn't an a4.. lol..
I also saw on vvortex that it was no better than oem...
Really just want ppls opinions as im in two minds of bothering....
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What year is your car? Have you got a 'g' revision OEM diverter valve? Many argue that the problems associated with the stock DV have been solved by the 'g' version. I dont recall seeing any hardcore proof that this is the case though.
In all honesty, the forge is a much better product - the quality is second to none, and there will be no worries that it will fail. You are obviously worried that your stock valve will fail - as you are contemplating the forge. Buying the forge will therefore eliminate those worries.
Few peeps on here have fitted it themselves, im sure they will be more than willing to help you! :smiley:
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i got it in july 07. how do i find out what rev it is?
would be handy if i could fit it myself, save the garage charge!
the OEM one can always be put back on (i.e to sell it stock) cant it?
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After my remap my B version DV tore. I have had the G version in 4 months now and everything is fine. Personally speaking I don't think the forge is necessary. It cost me £30 and £30 for an independent to fit it. It is called the cut off valve at the dealers.
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I think the K04 DV is more reliable than the K03 which is located in the hot zone bolted directly to the turbo, where as the K04's is located remotely at the front of the engine. The valve is made of plastic which doesn't lend itself to heat so the cooler the better :smiley:
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so i should just stick with standard?
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I would until you have a problem, my ED30 did about 8000miles on the std DV remapped, and the S3 has done 5000 on the std DV mapped with no problems. Its up to you at the end of the day :smiley:
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Steve, getting mine remapped next week with a DV being put on at the same time. Way I see if, if Im going to spend some money getting it mapped then might aswell fork out a bit more and get it put on to avoid the situation in the first place.
To my knowledge sooner or later it will go pop.
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If it aint broke, dont try and fix it :wink:
Not worth it steve unless you modify ,which you havent yet.
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fine, ill have the 140 odd for something else... hummm
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fine, ill have the 140 odd for something else... hummm
Whiteline anti-lift kit :wink:
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whats that then
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whats that then
This
http://www.whiteline.com.au/docs/bulletins/163-%20mk5%20anti%20lift.pdf
I've heard nothing but rave reports about them and I'm having mine fitted tomorrow :smiley:
£116 plus vat
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interesting... let me know how they goes!
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I had mine fitted by JKM 3 weeks ago. I can't comment on how they improve the handling as I had Bilstein PSS9/B16 coilovers and Eibach Anti-Roll bars front and rear fitted at the same time. Also, the AntiLiftKit comes with uprated bushes for the rear wishbone. The only thing I would say is that the car handles superbly now and to me its like the difference between a standard Mk4 GTI and the Mk5 GTI. The only thing I didn't like was that the car steering felt heavy after the suspension mods - more like an R32 - and the car lost a bit of its nimbleness and character. However, I went back to JKM to have Powerflex bushes fitted to the front wishbone - to match the ones fitted at the rear with the Anti Lift Kit - and when I drove the car, the car felt a lot lighter and more original again... it regained its character. Oh, I also had the PSS9 coilovers set back from 4 to 1 (there is a ring that adjusts the ride hardness/softness with 1 being the softest and 10 the hardest setting). I am not sure whether it was adding the powerflex bushes to the front of the wishbone that did the trick or adjusting the suspension, but I strongly suspect it was adding the powerflex bushes as I have read on another forum that adding the WALK ({Whiteline Anti Lift Kit) makes the car steering feel heavier. The WALK comes with Powerflex type bushes for the rear of the wishbone suspension but not the front and it has been recommended by certain quarters that you uprate the front too as the original OEM bushes are not the same as the rear. Of course, the transformation of the car back to its original nimbleness might have been completely unrelated to the above and it may have been something simple like adjustments to the suspension set-up that I don't know about.