Battery Cover

[GrahamFR]

Afternoon Everybody,

New to the forum, BW45 though, we shall see how true that is.

Just a quick question regarding the battery cover, I know from my leon experiences that FR's got cloth covers and Cupra R's got plastic ones, but does the mk7 GTI have a cloth cover or plastic.

Reason I ask is i will be part ex'ing my leon and i'll be keeping my plastic cover/box and transferring it, unless they already come with one.

[Jimble]

It's cloth mate:

http://www.golfmk7.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24

Welcome

[GrahamFR]

thanks Jimble, looks like the leon is going back naked

[GrahamFR]

Just in case anyone is wondering, tried swapping the cloth for my plastic cover and it's the wrong size, doesn't fit, and by God is the battery heavy lol

[Geomets]

Do not forget that the battery has now some new wiring of the regenerative braking thing (blame bluemotion technology). So it won't fit. Gone are the days of the first-cycle production mk5s which had plastic AND cloth. After that first bunch, cost-cutting became evident. Multi-link rear suspension was expensive eventually...

[monkeyhanger]

Not sure why having a plastic cover really mattered to anyone, but the cloth one will provide a little more insulation for the battery anyway, and it doesn't need to be in a waterproof polypropylene casing when it has the bonnet to put a roof over it's head. The battery is working harder than it ever has before, what with even more tech to drain it, stop-start tech, brake regeneration priorities determining when it will and won't be getting a dose of charging etc - no wonder they've been getting bigger.

[GrahamFR]

Just aesthetics really, the cloth just looks out of place, but I'll tell myself I am weight saving