Golf R Spec - Advice wanted?

[p3eps]

"Cruise is much cheaper as a dealer retrofit - worth asking about"

Interesting! I didn't know you could get it retrofitted by the dealer at a later stage! Is that true (it's only 200 pound as a factory option so how much is a dealer charge?)

Most dealers do it for the price of the stalk (£50ish I think) and an hours labour for fitting / VagCom coding it.  £120 - 150 depending where you go!

[mac7]

So, what's the consensus on black with black wheels? Over the top? Max power? Probably not the image an "old" man like me wants to project!

I'm not a fan of black wheels in general, but I think they look most acceptable on white, red or silver cars. I don't think they say 'Max Power' though.

Agree most R's will be Rising blue.

[SilverChariot]

dynaudio?

Good call, but not really an audiophile. Mainly listen to Radio 4!

Hardly had stereo on in Mk5 R32, but maybe need decent audio in Mk6 R to cover up dull 4-pot exhaust note.

[Booski]

LOL just get whatever you think looks cool - variety is the spice of life

I'm always the same when buying something. I used to be indecisive, but now I'm not so sure.

I'm much the same I've been irritating my wife for weeks choosing the colour for the R
.... Then I just chose the colour I saw in all the adverts/magazines.  

[keelaw]

personally i'm not a fan of black wheels in general.  i agree silver would work better with the blue.

how about phone prep?  either the VW one if you're a nokia fan or the fiscon if you're not

[JellyCat]

well I never, thought it was something that could only be fitted during production like the rear view camera.
If it's just a different stalk then VW are seriously ripping people off not including it on the GTI, more so for the £29k Golf R (but hey I guess it increases their margin).

What else can you get retrofitted? Bluetooth or sat nav?

[daviescotland]

cruise is available from the dealers as a £160 dealer fit option. Most will tell you this when your are ordering, well the good ones anyway lol.

[p3eps]

What else can you get retrofitted? Bluetooth or sat nav?

I will be retrofitting both of these myself when the car comes.  Sat Nav is a £1600 factory option, but you can get immaculate ones on ebay for under £600, and they take 20 mins to fit.  A dealer would charge you about £2000 to retrofit one.  Bluetooth is £390 factory option, but I'll be fitting the Fiscon Plus kit which I can buy for £300 - and will take about an hour to wire in the Mic and will fit the same time as the Sat Nav (plug and play).  No much of a saving on that one - but the Fiscon kit is better.

My dealer has already agreed to VagCom the car to tell it that it has both fitted when I get it - so I won't have any problems.

[SilverChariot]

Right. Think I've decided. Sticking with the blue body and black wheels... the GT3 RS look.



Though that's green instead of blue.

[FamilyDub]

Sticking with the blue body and black wheels... the GT3 RS look.

Nice. I spec'd up a Rising Blue with  19" black alloys - thought it looked mint. Nice on white paint, too.

Camera and Leather I wouldn't bother with, but ETTO