Thanks!!!!! Looks great! Black on white worked well
Thanks!!!!! Looks great! Black on white worked well
Having just done this, you have to remove the bumper grill first in order to remove that lower valence (the grill attaches to the bumper after the valence does, and tabs on the lower grill actually clip into the valence piece). It’s a PITA but you can remove them both without breaking any tabs if you’re careful. A small flathead or ideally a plastic trim removal tool are super helpful.Spent like 4 hours attempting to repair/fresh my front bumper/underbelly. Turns out removing the lower front valence (that’s attached to the bumper cover) is a total bitch. As usual, accomplished pretty much nothing.
Do you have a DIY thread on this?FINALLY got my amp and sub wired up and installed! Killer bass with the 10" Dayton/JBL combo. I will go back later and see if I can make the wires look .....better....but it's all zip tied and hidden under the floor for now.
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How often do you sit in the passenger seat/let someone else drive your car? I don’t mind letting friends or family drive but does feel rather weird..
I snapped some pics, but I should as most are just referencing other random posts.Do y
Do you have a DIY thread on this?
Pics?
how are the as4’s? I got a nice short drive in them and they felt better than every summer tire I’ve driven on, except the super sports and 4s
Wow...that looks great
Really good tires really do show a car’s weak spots easily. That’s for sure.no pics lol I’m weird, I’m obsessed with my car but have taken less than 10 pictures of it since I got it last April. I never have been one to take pics of my cars. I need to change that with this one, bc it looks too damn good not to. My gf’s brother is an media editing major and he’s into photography so I’m gonna get the bird shit off the car next weekend and take some pics with him in the daytime.
as for the AS4’s, they’re sublime. It’s funny - they’ve really brought out the squirreliness of the factory suspension. The Alltrack probably handles worse than any other factory golf, including the torsion beam rear suspension cars.
so what I’ve gained in tire, I’ve now “lost” in suspension lol, as when I put the RSB on on stock suspension + stock wheels/tires, the difference was so drastic and I really felt like it solved all the factory issues. Now, with the better tires, it almost makes the car ride worse, in the sense that the factory combo of soft sidewall, plastic all seasons + terribly under damped/sprung suspension worked together to create a numbing, isolating effect between the driver and the road. Now with communicative tires, you feel how inexcusably BAD the Alltrack stock suspension is hahahaha.
good thing I’ve got golf R springs + B6’s ready to go on come Tax return/bonus time
How was the NVH on the 034?Removed the 034 inserts. Will install the powerflex lower puck next week.
Really good tires really do show a car’s weak spots easily. That’s for sure.
I’m gonna guess it’s the alltrack’s weight. More than anything else. What’s cool is, I understand a ton of R stuff fits the alltrack.
I saw one at the rally x. She looked like a mean ass battle wagonYup. That’s the whole reason I got it man. I paid 25.5K for my car and by time I’m done, I’ll have spent about 40K all-in for my own, custom-built “R-Track” wagon that outperforms a 40K-new Golf R hatch. For an R owner to exceed the performance my car will have, would require an additional 5-10K of investment to get it where my car is. So ultimately I’m spending less for more car than Golf R buyers, it just takes a lot more effort. But that’s part of the whole journey.
Current build:
RSB, Stage 1, wheels/tires, paint protection and tint, and some grey mudflaps that go really well with the aluminum cladding, and Helix sub.
Near-future upgrades:
OEM VW Underseal, Golf R springs, B6’s, and OEM strut mounts with Eurosport camber inserts, APR open intake
distant future upgrades:
Golf R DP, IS20 w/ EQT custom tune (with AWD, I prefer the low/mid-range punch of the IS20 over the top end of the IS38. I have no use for power above 5.5/6K RPMs, that’s “lose your license” territory), TTRS clutch, wavetrac, APR intercooler. Probably all the turbo intake/exhaust mods too.
Possible cosmetic upgrade:
Possible 7.5 GTI GFG bumper, for the LED strakes. I like the 7.5 GTI bumper more than any other OEM 7.5 golf bumper, thoughhhh I do like the Alltrack’s plenty and switching to GTI would definitely require some work to retain the overall balance of the rest of the Alltrack’s aluminum and black plastic cladding. This is a big “maybe.” I probably won’t do it, it depends on how bored I get and how long I own the car lol.
regardless, as it currently sits I’d take my GFG Alltrack w/ grey mudflaps and flush bronze wheels over any VW, in sheer looks. I can’t wait to get some pics up lol it’s absolutely killer.