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Golf mk8 / Re: Car detailing advice/experiences please
« Last post by seanaodh on 17 July 2025, 12:26 »
Quote from: Dogman12 on 17 July 2025, 11:15

lol, it's oyster silver, not crystal ice blue  :grin:

I actually own a CIBM car and flicking through the pics thought it was ice blue too! Looks great. And to be fair if the coating is any good, then it seems to have been a good value service. Detailing gets expensive quick.
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Golf mk8 / Re: Tyres
« Last post by seanaodh on 17 July 2025, 12:21 »
It's much of a muchness between all the premium tyres in my experience.

I've run P Zeros, SC7 and PS4 on my MK7. I believe the P Zeros were the 4 since the 5 is pretty new.

P Zeros lasted a very long time and I've heard that from others too, they seem to have great longetivity. Some also love their profile as they seem to provide a slight bit more rim protection than others.

PS4 and SC7 I thought were both good in terms of grip and relatively similar in terms of longevity but a little less than P Zeros.

You can't go too far wrong with any of those. Most recently, Conti has been winning the tyre tests I've seen onine and so if I was buying now I'd go for either SC7 or P Zeros, but if PS4s happened to be cheaper, I'd happily go for them too. The PS4s have been around for a long time at this stage, so maybe the others are a bit better than them at this stage. Not sure how the PS5s compare.
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Golf mk8 / Tyres
« Last post by neiln20 on 17 July 2025, 12:05 »
1 slow puncture, 2 low treads and a trip to Europe means i could change all 4 tyres. If it was 1 or 2 then I would stick with what I have currently on the car - Bridgestone Potenza SOO5. Whilst at Goodwood on the weekend it looked like virtually every car was wearing some form of Michelins. They are all within £60ish of each other so putting price aside hopefully the vote will give me some idea to what members are running / going to go for....
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Golf mk8 / Re: Car detailing advice/experiences please
« Last post by SRGTD on 17 July 2025, 11:39 »
Quote from: Dogman12 on 17 July 2025, 11:15
Quote from: SRGTD on 14 July 2025, 21:50
Quote from: MarkHowells on 14 July 2025, 20:14
Had my car detailed today with what was called the:

Bronze Plus: Ceramic package with a 2 year protection coating applied and the treatment consisted of:-
Full Exterior Safe wash
Full Decontamination (iron fallout)
Clay Bar to Bodywork
Plush towel dried
Single stage machine gloss enhancement
All bodywork wiped and prepped for coating
2 year protection Ceramic coating applied (Infinity Wax Synergy 2).

I am very pleased with the results.

You should be pleased - it looks great Mark; super glossy and shiny. I love the GTI in Crystal Ice Blue :cool:.

I’ll be interested to hear what the long term durability of Infinity Wax Synergy 2 is like and how it’s holding up after 12-18 months (and longer).

lol, it's oyster silver, not crystal ice blue  :grin:

Whatever the colour, it still looks great - IMHO much nicer than many of the darker, gloomy colours in VW’s colour palette.
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Golf mk8 / Re: Car detailing advice/experiences please
« Last post by Dogman12 on 17 July 2025, 11:15 »
Quote from: SRGTD on 14 July 2025, 21:50
Quote from: MarkHowells on 14 July 2025, 20:14
Had my car detailed today with what was called the:

Bronze Plus: Ceramic package with a 2 year protection coating applied and the treatment consisted of:-
Full Exterior Safe wash
Full Decontamination (iron fallout)
Clay Bar to Bodywork
Plush towel dried
Single stage machine gloss enhancement
All bodywork wiped and prepped for coating
2 year protection Ceramic coating applied (Infinity Wax Synergy 2).

I am very pleased with the results.

You should be pleased - it looks great Mark; super glossy and shiny. I love the GTI in Crystal Ice Blue :cool:.

I’ll be interested to hear what the long term durability of Infinity Wax Synergy 2 is like and how it’s holding up after 12-18 months (and longer).

lol, it's oyster silver, not crystal ice blue  :grin:
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Cars and parts for sale / Re: Wanted: VW Safety kit, warning triangle etc
« Last post by The_Doc on 17 July 2025, 10:59 »
Also, for anyone else finding this, the triangle from the sold separately safety kit doesn’t fit in the holder for the triangle on the boot lid, it’s a different and longer box.
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Cars and parts for sale / Re: Wanted: VW Safety kit, warning triangle etc
« Last post by dfm on 17 July 2025, 09:44 »
Quote from: karlos on 17 July 2025, 00:26
I'd save some money and buy a couple of vests and a triangle from Amazon. The cheapest triangle they sell in a red case fits perfectly in the space in the boot lid. That's all you need as breathalysers and first aid kits are no longer mandatory in France.

Good tip. I've just ordered vest, triangle and UK sticker for about a tenner 🙂
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Golf mk7 / Re: Sound system upgrade recommendations
« Last post by mark135blue on 17 July 2025, 08:01 »
Any pictures of the hertz sub
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General discussion / Re: MK 7.5 ACC not working due to rodent damage
« Last post by Adam T7 on 17 July 2025, 07:33 »
Not sure about rodent damage (though my mates Porsche had about £3K worth of damage when mice chewed into the main loom), someone once posted a picture of spiders living inside the sensor on the grille that sent the ACC daft.
£270 is a bit steep for a diagnostic but at least the fix was cheap.
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Cars and parts for sale / Re: Wanted: VW Safety kit, warning triangle etc
« Last post by karlos on 17 July 2025, 00:26 »
I'd save some money and buy a couple of vests and a triangle from Amazon. The cheapest triangle they sell in a red case fits perfectly in the space in the boot lid. That's all you need as breathalysers and first aid kits are no longer mandatory in France.
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