Mk V Gti (New Owner, many questions)

[wantmygti]

Easiest and cheapest way to colour code the sides is to buy a pair of Mk5 R32 sides from VW (about £55) which come already primed.

It may be the light Robin, but those mirrors look chromed?? What about the carbon fibre bits?? Or is it the light??

[RedRobin]

It may be the light Robin, but those mirrors look chromed?? What about the carbon fibre bits?? Or is it the light??

....It's rock 'n roll and all done with smoke and mirrors . They are carbonfibre replacement skins. One of the attractions of carbonfibre is that it looks different in different lighting conditions.

[Teutonic_Tamer]

3. Im thinking of having my car Bluefined, I've read reports from an Ed 30 owner and it sounded quite good, is there anyone with a standard Gti who's had it done?

I would personally avoid anything from SuperChips, and use one of the more dedicated and specialist VAG chip tuners.  There are many threads on this forum which state why to avoid Bluefin! 

[RedRobin]

I can't speak from any experience of anything by Superchips but my tuner, whom I have great trust in all things car related, considered Superchips before deciding on being a Revo tuner and he once told me why he much preferred the Revo way of using the ECU. Not a performance issue but more the way it works. There are some here who are quite happy with their Superchips remap though.

[Teutonic_Tamer]

I can't speak from any experience of anything by Superchips but my tuner, whom I have great trust in all things car related, considered Superchips before deciding on being a Revo tuner and he once told me why he much preferred the Revo way of using the ECU. Not a performance issue but more the way it works.

Interesting comments, RR.

Incidentally, one of my local tuners (who is also a multiple award winning Bosch Master Technician of the Year  ) is an agent for both Superchips, and Revo.  He mainly uses Superchips for the older cars, with less complex ECUs, and sticks to only Revo on the newer stuff (Mk4 Golf onwards, as a rough cut-off).  When I discussed with him about remapping my GTI, he basically told me he would refuse the Superchips - on two grounds, a/ because they were no where near as well developed as the Revo, and b/ the "factory" support he got from Superchips was considerably worse than what he got from Revo.

So basically, you have a highly regarded professional independent engine tuner, with access to both products, but who would only recommend one! 

There are some here who are quite happy with their Superchips remap though.

Oh - absolutely.

But I have never personally questioned, nor doubted other peoples "happiness" with their Superchips remaps.  However, to use a very simple analogy; some people are very happy with Tesco Value baked beans, but IMHO, Heinz or HP make the best baked beans.

At the end of the day, if people want to believe all the tosh from the advertising department of Superchips, and don't do any comparable research, and then get it fitted and are happy, then that is their perrogative.  I'm sure when their turbo blows, however, they may not be quite so enthusiastic on the product they were previously happy with!

A similar scenario is with household electrical goods.  Many, many people still use Dixons Stores Group (Currys, PC World, etc) dispite then being probably the worst retailer in Britain.  You could get the same products at the same price, with a better warranty and customer service from John Lewis - I just don't get that! 

[Russ.C]

So we can assume from that you don't recommend the Superchips product then TT!?    I must admit I still shop in currys, but its Heinz beans all the way.....   

[Teutonic_Tamer]

So we can assume from that you don't recommend the Superchips product then TT!?    I must admit I still shop in currys, but its Heinz beans all the way.....   

Ahh, now we know who farted!