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Golf mk8 / Re: Mk8.5 gti key battery no warning!
« Last post by Carlosfandango on 20 November 2025, 23:57 »
I keep my key in a faraday pouch, just over a year of owning my current 8.5 and it’s not required a new battery. As mentioned above, it’s the range signal thing ‘talking’ to the car that kills the key battery, the faraday pouch stops that happening, especially if your key is kept in range between drives. My previous mk8 needed a key battery twice in quick succession until I realised the key was being woken up by my hall table moving as I walked past it, this made the key talk to the car, which also made the coming home lights on the car activate, all of this stopped by using a faraday pouch.
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Golf mk8 / Re: Water leak on rear door.
« Last post by Carlosfandango on 20 November 2025, 23:45 »
I had this on my old mk8, mentioned it to the dealer when it went for service, showed a picture to the tech of the water on the plastic sill in the rear and he felt that the rear mat was damp, they agreed that water was   Present, when I picked the car up, they said they’d water tested the car for 24hrs and had found no ingress, I took the car home and in the next 15000 miles until I traded the car it never happened again?! I’m not sure if they messed with something or not when they had it, but it remained dry. 🤷‍♂️
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Golf mk7 / Re: What have you done to your MK 7 today ?
« Last post by Redreels on 20 November 2025, 21:33 »
Seems like good value, really lifts the interior and gives it a premium feel
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Cars and parts for sale / Re: Headlight ballast
« Last post by Redreels on 20 November 2025, 20:31 »
https://xenons4u.co.uk/1307329051-1j0941651-xenon-ballast.html?srsltid=AfmBOopdsmIXZHBu_1SddE0XW0Ac89lRJt7ZLAK8Ub2itfC5JayINqoR
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Golf mk8 / Water leak on rear door.
« Last post by ianmb on 20 November 2025, 17:19 »
Water seems to be getting in soaking the rubber door seal,and the plastic trim around the door.
Has anybody else had this ,I know there was a problem on mk7 with the speaker seal leaking.
Car is only a year old.
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Golf mk7 / Re: Adding road sign recognition to a 7.5
« Last post by flipflops on 20 November 2025, 15:19 »
WOW!!

I was hoping I had the kit and it just needed enabling, I'll just watch out for the signs  :grin:
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Golf mk7 / Re: Lighter wheels = Rougher ride?
« Last post by MinchCS on 20 November 2025, 15:16 »
Front dampers yes. Share same number.
Rear ED damper part number has now been superseded (twice) but I think they are the same parts too.
And you could order belvederes on normal GTi too.
The software might be different though.
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Golf mk7 / Re: Lighter wheels = Rougher ride?
« Last post by fredgroves on 20 November 2025, 14:22 »
Same DCC though on an ED40?

Exactly the same dynamic shock part numbers?
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Golf mk4 / Re: Xenon to standard headlights
« Last post by barrym381 on 20 November 2025, 14:18 »
Yes it should just be a case of taking the adapter loom off and plugging the old lights back in
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Golf mk7 / Re: Lighter wheels = Rougher ride?
« Last post by MinchCS on 20 November 2025, 13:36 »
Quote from: fredgroves on 20 November 2025, 12:30
You say OP that its 10% worse... would that be roughly the difference in the weight of the wheels+tyres you swapped out?

The dampers are "tuned" for a (range of) weights of wheel on the corner and the resulting forces.... and you've changed it quite a bit. Changing it a little you might not notice much (eg different tyres or swapping OEM 19's for 18's)

The 18' Belvederes on the ED 40 (with same DCC) are even lighter than the OP's set up though so well within DCC factory parameters.
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