jimlloyd40
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Phoenix
- Car(s)
- 2018 SE DSG
Looks really nice.
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What did you do to your mk7 today?
- Thread starter GTA5
- Start date
Looks really nice.
Leetoranges
New member
- Location
- California
- Car(s)
- 2015 Golf TDI S
Upgraded my headlights to the osram headlights recently. Pretty nice Love it
jimlloyd40
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Phoenix
- Car(s)
- 2018 SE DSG
Upgraded my headlights to the osram headlights recently. Pretty nice Love it
Looking good. Welcome to the forum.
dragonskiss
Ready to race!
- Location
- SoCal
Upgraded to the 8" glass display found in the facelifted MK7.5s! Huge improvement over the standard 6.5" display!
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Mk7jorge_310
Ready to race!
- Location
- 90746
- Car(s)
- mk7 gti
Installed aerofabb rear diffuser. Love this thing!!
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projectTVMK7
Go Kart Champion
- Location
- Lompoke
- Car(s)
- 2017 Audi A3
Nice! I should've bought one when they were in stock lol
ThatMK7GTIguy
Go Kart Newbie
- Location
- 25705
- Car(s)
- 2019 Rabbit GTI
Windows tinted 15% and sunstrip. Also the TCR exhaust has developed nicely over the last few months.
What year is your GTI?
wrdvento
Passed Driver's Ed
- Location
- Gilbertsville, PA
- Car(s)
- 2019 GTI-4 Door
Installed Dynamic tails with the help of zero815 with the coding issues I had 
dragonskiss
Ready to race!
- Location
- SoCal
2017 Sport.
jimlloyd40
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Phoenix
- Car(s)
- 2018 SE DSG
I have the same problem on the same cylinder. Going to have to replace the seals
prowlinacage
New member
- Location
- Portland, OR
- Car(s)
- 2020 GTI SE
Came home from work Friday night and did my usual end-of-week two-bucket wash and dry and damn if it didn’t feel a little rough to the touch...turns out my co-worker did some spray painting outside on Thursday...covered the whole car in fine overspray. The car is brand new. I’ve had it for one month!
So...I spent my evening doing a full clay bar, polish, and wax. Again.
So...I spent my evening doing a full clay bar, polish, and wax. Again.
GTI Jake
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Charlotte, NC
Yesterday’s project, and today’s YouTube video. Fixed the windshield washer fluid issue on my ‘16 Gti
c31561
Go Kart Champion
- Location
- East Coast, USA
- Car(s)
- 2017 GTI Sport
Clutch Replacement, Days 3 & 4: Reassembly.
Not sure why, but reassembling things is always easier than taking it apart to begin with, at least for me. Getting the transmission back in its home was special treat that I really don't ever want to do again. I did find that using the engine support bar as a very slow lift allowed me to raise the transmission just high enough that I could slide under it and push it into final position. The rest of the job was just doing the reverse of what I did to get to the clutch. Pretty straigh forward, just took time as it is hot & humid and I was in no hurry. I had no parts left over, so I was pretty happy.
Lessons learned:
- Hindsight being 20/20, I will contact the indy shop near me for a job like this in the future. Great experience but my time could have been used to do plenty of other things around the house this long weekend.
- Bring a buddy to help
- Make sure you have plenty of time, especially if you don't do this level of work often
- Take a break often, especially in this heat
- Research the whole job before you start so that you don't have to waste time searching stores for parts / tools / other material. I had almost everything but a 1/4" drive 6mm hex that took a couple hours to find in a local store.
- Write down all of the torque specs ahead of time so that you don't spend a while looking through the service manual to find them
- Removing the axles made this job so much easier. Take it for an alignment check later
- Be careful removing the VAQ, don't pull on the axle flange if you can avoid it. I must have pulled a little to hard and it came out of the housing, and unleashed a flood of fluid everywhere. I tried to push it back in but it did not want to pop back in. Eventually I took it apart and found that there is a small snap ring on the shaft that must be compressed just right for the shaft to slide back into the assembly. A couple of pictures below for those interested what the interior looks like.
First impressions of the DKM dual disk clutch:
- As mentioned by many, this thing is stiff out of the box. Will take me a couple of days to get accustomed to the pressure required to push it in. I hope that there will be no accidents in the next couple of weeks on the interstate. Hopefully by the time I reach 500 miles, the clutch will break in and be easier to use.
- The engagement point is super low. I had to take out my clutch stop to ensure that I could push the pedal in enough to disengage the clutch. Research tells me that the engagement point moves up as it breaks in, so time will tell.
- Can't wait to really enjoy my stage 2 tune. My clutch had been slipping for a while, so I have been babying the car waiting for the right time to replace the clutch.
Not sure why, but reassembling things is always easier than taking it apart to begin with, at least for me. Getting the transmission back in its home was special treat that I really don't ever want to do again. I did find that using the engine support bar as a very slow lift allowed me to raise the transmission just high enough that I could slide under it and push it into final position. The rest of the job was just doing the reverse of what I did to get to the clutch. Pretty straigh forward, just took time as it is hot & humid and I was in no hurry. I had no parts left over, so I was pretty happy.
Lessons learned:
- Hindsight being 20/20, I will contact the indy shop near me for a job like this in the future. Great experience but my time could have been used to do plenty of other things around the house this long weekend.
- Bring a buddy to help
- Make sure you have plenty of time, especially if you don't do this level of work often
- Take a break often, especially in this heat
- Research the whole job before you start so that you don't have to waste time searching stores for parts / tools / other material. I had almost everything but a 1/4" drive 6mm hex that took a couple hours to find in a local store.
- Write down all of the torque specs ahead of time so that you don't spend a while looking through the service manual to find them
- Removing the axles made this job so much easier. Take it for an alignment check later
- Be careful removing the VAQ, don't pull on the axle flange if you can avoid it. I must have pulled a little to hard and it came out of the housing, and unleashed a flood of fluid everywhere. I tried to push it back in but it did not want to pop back in. Eventually I took it apart and found that there is a small snap ring on the shaft that must be compressed just right for the shaft to slide back into the assembly. A couple of pictures below for those interested what the interior looks like.
First impressions of the DKM dual disk clutch:
- As mentioned by many, this thing is stiff out of the box. Will take me a couple of days to get accustomed to the pressure required to push it in. I hope that there will be no accidents in the next couple of weeks on the interstate. Hopefully by the time I reach 500 miles, the clutch will break in and be easier to use.
- The engagement point is super low. I had to take out my clutch stop to ensure that I could push the pedal in enough to disengage the clutch. Research tells me that the engagement point moves up as it breaks in, so time will tell.
- Can't wait to really enjoy my stage 2 tune. My clutch had been slipping for a while, so I have been babying the car waiting for the right time to replace the clutch.
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