Golf R Observations and Questions

[REXman]

You need bluetooth for phone functions.

If its for music, just plug it in, and the MDI button should become press-able.

Down the bottom of the iphone screen whilst in music player, there should be the little music speaker symbol, press that and pic the other option if you cant hear the music.

that works sometimes if mine has buckled.

[Corey_R]

As REXman has stated, all exhausts change their tonal characteristics as the metal beds in. The flap has nothing to do with making your car sound deeper. When you go WOT and your car all of a sudden gets much louder, THAT is what the flap does.

If your flap was open from the moment you turned on your car, you would know it. It would idle much louder - we're not talking about needing a Sound Pressure Level metre here to measure 60dB vs 62dB. We're talking, your neighbors coming across the street to go, man, what did you do to your car, it didn't sound like that before, type louder.

(I've got the Stage 2+ which replaces the downpipe and cat, but not the "cat back". When it's turned on from cold, the flap opens and it's very loud. It remains loud for about 55 seconds until the car lowers its idle revs to "normal" levels of about 800 and the flap closes.)

how do i get the MDI to work with my iPhone? the cable when i put it in my iphone doesnt work

I assume you weren't talking about making calls with your iPhone via the MDI in which case bluetooth is not needed. You do need to ensure you have the iPhone MDI cable plugged in though and not the USB MDI cable. You can't simply plug your white iPhone to USB cable into the black USB to MDI cable.

Hey Corey, what is the offset for the 19" Talladegas?

I don't know to be honest. Offsets for Golf's are typically around the 48 to 50 - but the width of the wheel also effects this. I don't recall a link to any reliable source which states what the standard offsets are for the Talladegas.

[DreamensioN]

Hey guys - a couple more random questions as I eagerly anticipate the arrival of my R.

1. Are the full/high beams also Xenon? Or are they halogen?

2. Those of you without the Dynaudio upgrade - how do you find the sound? Is it pretty good for what you get, or is it a bit lacking? I'm no audiophile and I don't want any earth shattering sound, but just something that sounds pretty good at normal volume levels. I opted not to get the Dynaudio upgrade because I figured if I really needed to, I could put in aftermarket speakers + amp. But I am past that stage in my life...so I'll be happy for just nice quality sound with a warm round bass from standard speakers.

[Glennb]

As REXman has stated, all exhausts change their tonal characteristics as the metal beds in. The flap has nothing to do with making your car sound deeper. When you go WOT and your car all of a sudden gets much louder, THAT is what the flap does.

If your flap was open from the moment you turned on your car, you would know it. It would idle much louder - we're not talking about needing a Sound Pressure Level metre here to measure 60dB vs 62dB. We're talking, your neighbors coming across the street to go, man, what did you do to your car, it didn't sound like that before, type louder.

Corey, this is what is happening on mine. A cold start used to have the flap closed (confirmed by putting hand near each exhaust to feel the air moving and i posted many pages ago about only having one dirty exhaust for the first 1k kms), but now it has it open from a cold startup (and yes you can definetly hear difference).

After my morning commute (in D, no hooning), it was still open when i got to the office. Now that i think about it, it must close again at some point as it's not always that loud.

[DDTW]

Hey guys - a couple more random questions as I eagerly anticipate the arrival of my R.

1. Are the full/high beams also Xenon? Or are they halogen?

2. Those of you without the Dynaudio upgrade - how do you find the sound? Is it pretty good for what you get, or is it a bit lacking? I'm no audiophile and I don't want any earth shattering sound, but just something that sounds pretty good at normal volume levels. I opted not to get the Dynaudio upgrade because I figured if I really needed to, I could put in aftermarket speakers + amp. But I am past that stage in my life...so I'll be happy for just nice quality sound with a warm round bass from standard speakers.

They are Bi-Xenons, so you get Xenons for high beam.

Stock speakers sound good when playing thru SD Card or CD. Crap for radio =(

[stephen8512]

I have an iPhone4 and I want to use it to listen to the songs I have on it....not to make calls

do I need a separate ipod cable thingo that connects it to it? i.e iphone specific cable for the MDI device or something?

[HPSOV]

i.e iphone specific cable for the MDI device or something?

Yes, if you're just using the USB socket to plug your iphone in it wont work. You need the proper iPhone cable from the dealer.

[HPSOV]

Corey, this is what is happening on mine. A cold start used to have the flap closed (confirmed by putting hand near each exhaust to feel the air moving and i posted many pages ago about only having one dirty exhaust for the first 1k kms), but now it has it open from a cold startup (and yes you can definetly hear difference).

Cold start my car is loud and gets comments from friends. Warm start it sounds quiet and normal.

[Prodigy]

So has anyone worked out how we can activate these? very cool and no other car I can think of has this level of light kink!

Would love to get them working - if we actually have the light running in there in Aus versions!

+1

Just had a mess around with some settings but had no luck getting them to work.

[Pepe]

+1

Just had a mess around with some settings but had no luck getting them to work.

Yeah, I had a fiddle with VCDS last night on this too and I'm convinced it's not just a coding thing. I found a thread somewhere on another forum that talked about installing a Euro light switch and changing a bit of wiring as well, so it wouldn't surprise me if that eBay kit is essentially those bits you need. There's no clear setting in VCDS that will do it.