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Offline Snooze

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Ere John, gotta new motor?
« on: 31 May 2015, 18:38 »
So took the new wheels out for Sunday afternoon spin today. Great drive and very comfy. Don't think I'll ever take it out of sport mode tho! Only negatives are the delay on the electric throttle is even more pronounced than on my mk6. The soundaktor is very irritating, can it be disabled? And lastly the wheels just don't fill the arches properly for my liking. It's almost like the wheels are the wrong offset? I think some spacers would sort this, but at the same time not sure whether they are such a gd idea?

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Re: Ere John, gotta new motor?
« Reply #1 on: 31 May 2015, 18:44 »
That looks stunning Snooze  :cool:

Carbon grey is a gorgeous colour, and lthe best with the red stripe on the GTI imo.  If it had been an option on the R, I would have been seriously tempted.

Edit:  Not sure what problems you're having but I saw the pic.  it's the IMG code you need to post to get them to embed.

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Re: Ere John, gotta new motor?
« Reply #2 on: 31 May 2015, 19:03 »
Looking good Snooze!

The wheels are ridiculously too far into the arches on a MK7, quite a few on here running spacers. I had aftermarket wheels on mine which filled the arches better but have just switched back to standard and am not liking what I see!
10-12mm front and 15-20 rear recommended.


The soundaktor is noisiest on sport but can be switched down or off via VCDS or a dealer.

And lastly - the first thing I did with my mk7 was fit a pedal box (DTUK) as the throttle delay is horrendous. Best money I spent on the car.
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Re: Ere John, gotta new motor?
« Reply #3 on: 31 May 2015, 19:05 »
Great choice of colour and door count Snooze  :cool:
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Re: Ere John, gotta new motor?
« Reply #4 on: 31 May 2015, 19:08 »
I too have a DTUK pedal box on my DSG. Brilliant piece of kit no more problems with throttle response. Also turned soundaktor off. Much better in my opinion.
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Re: Ere John, gotta new motor?
« Reply #5 on: 31 May 2015, 19:13 »
Carbon Grey and Tornado Red are my primary colours of choice followed by Reflex Silver. I wish the R was available in Carbon Grey. But my all time favourite is Carmen Red (metallic) and is only available on the cheapo Golfs. If I ever buy another Golf, I will demand this colour.
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Re: Ere John, gotta new motor?
« Reply #6 on: 31 May 2015, 19:14 »
That looks stunning Snooze  :cool:

Carbon grey is a gorgeous colour, and lthe best with the red stripe on the GTI imo.  If it had been an option on the R, I would have been seriously tempted.

Edit:  Not sure what problems you're having but I saw the pic.  it's the IMG code you need to post to get them to embed.

Cheers Booth. Very happy with the colour. Glad I didn't get white. I have a neighbour with an R and I'm very jealous. It even looks good despite being in red!

Yeah don't know why I'm having trouble with the pics. Been a while since I posted one!
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Re: Ere John, gotta new motor?
« Reply #7 on: 31 May 2015, 19:30 »
Cheers Booth. Very happy with the colour. Glad I didn't get white. I have a neighbour with an R and I'm very jealous. It even looks good despite being in red!

Yeah don't know why I'm having trouble with the pics. Been a while since I posted one!

Steady on, you'll upset our resident red R owner  :grin:
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Re: Ere John, gotta new motor?
« Reply #8 on: 31 May 2015, 19:30 »
Looking good Snooze!

The wheels are ridiculously too far into the arches on a MK7, quite a few on here running spacers. I had aftermarket wheels on mine which filled the arches better but have just switched back to standard and am not liking what I see!
10-12mm front and 15-20 rear recommended.


The soundaktor is noisiest on sport but can be switched down or off via VCDS or a dealer.

And lastly - the first thing I did with my mk7 was fit a pedal box (DTUK) as the throttle delay is horrendous. Best money I spent on the car.

Cheers Ex.

Glad I'm not the only one who thinks spacers are needed! I'll do a post search. If I got say 10mm spacers would I need longer bokts? You'll have to let me know what spacers u end up getting.

Trip to the stealers it is!

Ah yes I've seen mention of pedal boxes before. How much did that set you back?
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Re: Ere John, gotta new motor?
« Reply #9 on: 31 May 2015, 19:31 »
There you go Snooze  :smiley:  copy and paste the links from here into your original post if you want.



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