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The VW Audi Skoda Seat Thread
- Thread starter RSRowe
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davo172
ClioSport Club Member
TCR'd 172
Any side pics of car lowered before and after?
Has it got DCC?
Is TCR backbox sane as GTI performance backbox?
Not sure on the spacers🤔
No DCC unfortunately. Nope, it's a different unit. Essentially a Clubsport S one, but with the tips spaced slightly further apart to suit the facelift diffuser. It's a little louder than the TCR though as mine doesn't have the OPF.
Not the best, but here's a before/after:
davo172
ClioSport Club Member
TCR'd 172
Sits nice that 👍 hows the ride in general now not to harsh and crash? Was looking at Eibach or H&R for mine bit I have DCC how that would affect it is car mapped?
It rides just as well now as before on the standard springs, I really can't feel any differences in terms of smoothness.
The H&R's and Racingline ones sit a little lower going off what I've read online. The Eibach's are just a subtle drop and still clear all the speed bumps in my area. Which coming from Megane's with coilovers on sitting too low is a nice thing
The DCC cars use the same springs, it's just the damper that's different.
No, engine is totally standard on mine mate. May get it mapped in the future.
Had the daily smoker remapped yesterday. Not totally sure on the figures quoted but it sure does shift now
massiveCoRbyn
ClioSport Club Member
Several
My friend had a Celtic Tuning map put on his 1.6TDI Golf - I was surprised by how quick it felt afterwards!
CrippsCorner
ClioSport Club Member
Astra VXR
Had the daily smoker remapped yesterday. Not totally sure on the figures quoted but it sure does shift now
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Impressive figures.
Wrong thread I know, but the word eco reminded me... do you think it's possible/worth getting a remap on one of those 1ltr turbo ecoboost engines?
This seems to be a common mod.
How does it feel? Quite tempted by one but I don’t really want to add a load of vibrations.
Matt Cup
ClioSport Club Member
Leon Cupra
It makes a difference in terms of acceleration as the wheels don’t hop around any more.
You can feel the vibrations mainly on start up and idle but wouldn’t say it’s mega intrusive, just come back from the lakes and car felt perfectly fine. I suppose yellow would have been more suitable but they didn’t have it in stock at awesome when I called down so went for the purple simply because I’m impatient.
RSRowe
ClioSport Club Member
Megane 250 Cup
Yay. New parts
Yay. The wrong parts
Had a leak on the drivers rear since I bought the car. But it’s only enough that it drops overnight.
Spotted the Arnott replacements on Euros on offer for £360 each, so thought to replace the pair.
Definitely regret not checking the boxes before I left. I thought something was amiss when the boxes were different sizes.
Philip.
ClioSport Club Member
VRS 245
I had the yellow one on the Cupra and hardly ever had vibrations, especially after a few hundred miles.
One of the best mods I did though.
RSRowe
ClioSport Club Member
Megane 250 Cup
In light of the discussions on the BMW thread about gearbox servicing, I thought it would be interesting seeing how much it would cost.
Spoke to the local VW specialist, who claimed that my car had a ZF8, though I’m almost definitely sure it’s the Aisin box.
Anyways…..
He gave me two prices. One was £1000 which was genuine Audi oil, the other was £800 for genuine ZF oil
I was expecting them to say around 3-400 quid.
f**king Tories
Spoke to the local VW specialist, who claimed that my car had a ZF8, though I’m almost definitely sure it’s the Aisin box.
Anyways…..
He gave me two prices. One was £1000 which was genuine Audi oil, the other was £800 for genuine ZF oil
I was expecting them to say around 3-400 quid.
f**king Tories
Krarl
ClioSport Club Member
If it's the old Toureg you're on about it will be an Aisin TR-60
Drop Darkside a message and see how much they charge
Drop Darkside a message and see how much they charge
Krarl
ClioSport Club Member
Ah right yeah it'll be a TR80 then. Same s**t
The newer ones come with a ZF box. If you're in doubt give it a scan with VCDS
The newer ones come with a ZF box. If you're in doubt give it a scan with VCDS
Poopensharten
ClioSport Club Member
Golf R
Lovely motors, what colour you going for?
Matt Cup
ClioSport Club Member
Leon Cupra
Either blue like my last 290 or grey or at a push silver. Don’t want black/white.
Would love a Cupra R but can’t justify the 10k premium.
massiveCoRbyn
ClioSport Club Member
Several
I have a question for all the VAG experts out there. How similar is the diagnostic equipment across all the group brands? For example, if you buy a VW diagnostic unit (I'm talking pro workshop type stuff), would it work on Audi's and Seats? What about the likes of Porsche and Bentley? Or is it all protected to stop people working on everything?
davo172
ClioSport Club Member
TCR'd 172
massiveCoRbyn
ClioSport Club Member
Several
How deep does it go? I know Ford have started multiple networks into their cars to stop people from accessing anything outside the stuff that has to be universal.
bashracing
ClioSport Club Member
OBD Eleven has the ability to access the SFD ( locked diagnostics ) in all new VAG products,
It's only there as technically you could be driving down the road and someone could hack your car and do silly things like turn off the power steering or fire the ABS etc, so it more a safety feature rather than trying to stop people diagnosing.
It's only there as technically you could be driving down the road and someone could hack your car and do silly things like turn off the power steering or fire the ABS etc, so it more a safety feature rather than trying to stop people diagnosing.
I know a lot of you have owned and worked on MK4 Golfs, anyone know anything about steering racks?
Mine has blown the passenger side seal it just pisses all it's fluid on the floor until it's empty, instead of trying to fix it i'm just going to change it, problem is VAG forums are useless and full of contradictory info about what part for what year, a local breakers has two different racks for a MK4 so I don't know which one to buy, I thought they were all the same other than the R32.
My car is an 52 plate MK4 GT TDI PD130, which rack should I get as a straight swap with existing tie rods and track rod ends?
I'd also like to upgrade to a quicker rack off a MK1 Audi TT but that's a minefield of contradictory info, some say it's a straight swap, others say you need different tie rods, track rod ends, hubs, drive shafts, all kinds of sh*t, but as I understand it that's just the full TT subframe conversion, i've also read a different turning ratio can cause the ESP to kick mid corner so it needs to be rest with a computer, f*ck knows tbh i'm sick of reading Golf and VAG forums, anybody know anything about quick rack conversions?
Mine has blown the passenger side seal it just pisses all it's fluid on the floor until it's empty, instead of trying to fix it i'm just going to change it, problem is VAG forums are useless and full of contradictory info about what part for what year, a local breakers has two different racks for a MK4 so I don't know which one to buy, I thought they were all the same other than the R32.
My car is an 52 plate MK4 GT TDI PD130, which rack should I get as a straight swap with existing tie rods and track rod ends?
I'd also like to upgrade to a quicker rack off a MK1 Audi TT but that's a minefield of contradictory info, some say it's a straight swap, others say you need different tie rods, track rod ends, hubs, drive shafts, all kinds of sh*t, but as I understand it that's just the full TT subframe conversion, i've also read a different turning ratio can cause the ESP to kick mid corner so it needs to be rest with a computer, f*ck knows tbh i'm sick of reading Golf and VAG forums, anybody know anything about quick rack conversions?
Grateful I’m allowed to post in here as other sections now appear to be locked to members.
Golf mk7.5 R estate. Opinions from owners, what to look out for etc?
Current reasoning - it’s a daily for my wife for the most part. Ideally we’d have a Golf daily hatchback and then something more interesting for me (340i x drive) but other circumstances with the housing market has stopped that for now.
- Audi S3 sportback too small a boot.
- S4 avant not as big a boot and pushes the budget of £30k (I’d like adaptive cruise so that means 2018+).
- Cupra 280 estate - awful stretchy interior
Limited to other options as my wife wants a golf…
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Golf mk7.5 R estate. Opinions from owners, what to look out for etc?
Current reasoning - it’s a daily for my wife for the most part. Ideally we’d have a Golf daily hatchback and then something more interesting for me (340i x drive) but other circumstances with the housing market has stopped that for now.
- Audi S3 sportback too small a boot.
- S4 avant not as big a boot and pushes the budget of £30k (I’d like adaptive cruise so that means 2018+).
- Cupra 280 estate - awful stretchy interior
Limited to other options as my wife wants a golf…
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Poopensharten
ClioSport Club Member
Golf R
The Golf R boot is massive, they go really well as standard and actually return decent fuel economy - the only thing that seems to haunt them is a failed thermostat housing iirc. Although not a show stopper - worth checking its been done or negotiate it.
IMO the Leon Cupra estate is far better looking, although shares the same problem as above.
Yes it is, I have the Alltrack which has been superb. And I could mod that to make an extremely fast car... all buy a shiny new one
Noted on the thermostat housing, will enquire.
Poopensharten
ClioSport Club Member
Golf R
Yes it is, I have the Alltrack which has been superb. And I could mod that to make an extremely fast car... all buy a shiny new one
Noted on the thermostat housing, will enquire.
Also, the haldex pump on the back axle needs properly serviced, Audi/Volkswagen only change the oil, it needs the gauze filter taken out and properly cleaned, DSG oil intervals are 40k also, these are not massively expensive jobs to have done.
Yes I’ve worked another service on both into a deal. Good shout, thank you.
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Poopensharten
ClioSport Club Member
Golf R
Trying to find the right one. Have two of four currently on the market that have everything I want (7.5 estate in blue with a sunroof, keyless and reversing camera). Drove the first on Monday and loved it, but they're cocking me around on trade in value (because they don't want it). Second I'll be seeing on Saturday.
