Photos of my Mk2 16v Golf GTI - Now updated with Edition 30 photos

[AlanH]

Staying with the Edition 30, I collected mine on Friday, and noticed that the passenger-side wiper, when "parked", sits quite high on the windscreen. I was sure that on my previous GTi, both wipers parked below the level of the rear bonnet lip. Yet looking at illyun's pictures, the same seems to be the case . Anyone else noticed this?

[Nathan]

Yes mine does this and I have always thought It was a shame as it would look a lot tider if it was tucked away to! I hope it is a fault and it can get fixed!

[Rhyso]

cannot you not just take off the wiper and move it down? are the wiper arms on splines?  i know on the MKIV they are.

though looking at the pic it looks as if it would catch the A-pillar.

[Teutonic_Tamer]

Serious question, though.  Does the Ed30 not have tyre pressure monitoring, 'cause you have standard rubber snap-in tyre valves, rather than metal clamp-in valves with integrated pressure sensors  

Interesting here Sean. Seems all GTi's and Ed30's now come with run of mill plastic valves unless you complain and get them changed. Mine went down as a manufacturing fault.

Anyway, i was lead to believe that the tyre pressure system runs via the abs sensors and detects variations in the rolling circumference of a wheel. Hence the valves don't matter do they?

I'm not on about the actual screw-on valve caps.  It is actually the valve "stems" - on my GTI, and RS4, the stems are metal, and are bolted into the rim, and have an electrical pressure sensor and transmitter actually inside the tyre.  On Illys pics of his Ed30, he seems to have the old skool rubber valves, which don't have any kind of pressure sensor.

I am aware that the Golf TPMS uses the ABS wheel speed sensors, and measures differencies in rotational speeds, but this is nowhere near as accurate, nor as quick as the systems which also use actual pressure sensors.  The earlier ones must use a combination of both systems.  Looks like more cost-cutting!

[Teutonic_Tamer]

Staying with the Edition 30, I collected mine on Friday, and noticed that the passenger-side wiper, when "parked", sits quite high on the windscreen. I was sure that on my previous GTi, both wipers parked below the level of the rear bonnet lip. Yet looking at illyun's pictures, the same seems to be the case . Anyone else noticed this?

If you have the rain sensor, leave the wiper switch in the first (intermittent) position, and the ignition on - then the wipers actually park in a raised position - sort of "ready for action"    .  They also use a "variable" park mechanism, whereby they actually park in a different position each time, presumably to prevent wear to the actual screen!

Try moving the wiper switch to off, and then turning on, then off your ignition again, and watch the wipers "twitch".

If, after trying that a few times, and you are still not happy with the high park, then, as Rhyso states, simply move the arm slightly and reposition it a little lower.  Just make sure that you still keep the "overlap" between the two swept areas, at the top of the screen, near the internal mirror, and the rain sensor!

[Teutonic_Tamer]

cannot you not just take off the wiper and move it down? are the wiper arms on splines?  i know on the MKIV they are.

though looking at the pic it looks as if it would catch the A-pillar.

Plonker  - that would be if he moved the drivers side too much, not the passenger side, which is what seems to be the problem!!   

[Rhyso]

Staying with the Edition 30, I collected mine on Friday, and noticed that the passenger-side wiper, when "parked", sits quite high on the windscreen. I was sure that on my previous GTi, both wipers parked below the level of the rear bonnet lip. Yet looking at illyun's pictures, the same seems to be the case . Anyone else noticed this?

he was on about the passenger side 

look at pic again    if he moved the passenger side one it looks like it would catch the bottom of the a-pillar (passenger side) on the way up!

[wantmygti]

Serious question, though.  Does the Ed30 not have tyre pressure monitoring, 'cause you have standard rubber snap-in tyre valves, rather than metal clamp-in valves with integrated pressure sensors  

Interesting here Sean. Seems all GTi's and Ed30's now come with run of mill plastic valves unless you complain and get them changed. Mine went down as a manufacturing fault.

Anyway, i was lead to believe that the tyre pressure system runs via the abs sensors and detects variations in the rolling circumference of a wheel. Hence the valves don't matter do they?

I'm not on about the actual screw-on valve caps.  It is actually the valve "stems" - on my GTI, and RS4, the stems are metal, and are bolted into the rim, and have an electrical pressure sensor and transmitter actually inside the tyre.  On Illys pics of his Ed30, he seems to have the old skool rubber valves, which don't have any kind of pressure sensor.

I am aware that the Golf TPMS uses the ABS wheel speed sensors, and measures differencies in rotational speeds, but this is nowhere near as accurate, nor as quick as the systems which also use actual pressure sensors.  The earlier ones must use a combination of both systems.  Looks like more cost-cutting!

I too should of been clearer, the valve stems are now plastic...

[Teutonic_Tamer]

Staying with the Edition 30, I collected mine on Friday, and noticed that the passenger-side wiper, when "parked", sits quite high on the windscreen. I was sure that on my previous GTi, both wipers parked below the level of the rear bonnet lip. Yet looking at illyun's pictures, the same seems to be the case . Anyone else noticed this?

he was on about the passenger side 

look at pic again    if he moved the passenger side one it looks like it would catch the bottom of the a-pillar (passenger side) on the way up!

Righty, I think we had crossed wires! 

I though you meant it would catch the A-pillar on full sweep, hence my comment about the passenger side - doh.  :embarassed:

Now I understand what you are saying - however, even if the passenger side blade was even lower, it still wouldn't actually catch the A-pillar, 'cause the black rubber trims are actually a "U" shape, with a recess for the rain water to drain.

Looking again at Illys, the passenger blade is still parked in the "black" area of the glass, so it wouldn't actually impair vision anyway! 

[Rhyso]

lol - no worries; normal problem with threads. You start talking about one thing and several other topics get thrown into the mix!