Golf R Observations and Questions

**SilvrFoxX** · 24-07-2013, 07:49 AM

Weak

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**Lucas_R** · 24-07-2013, 07:51 AM

Originally Posted by SilvrFoxX

Yeah the scratches are there bot this was half the price.

Scratches? Of SF's car? Doesn't sound like you.

BTW you have convinced me to get my roof done (been uuming ads arring over it for a while) in gloss black. Ive had two quotes for between $330-350. Is that similar to what you paid?

**AdamD** · 24-07-2013, 09:11 AM

Originally Posted by Lucas_R

Scratches? Of SF's car? Doesn't sound like you.

IIRC there was an incident with a garage door. Poor SF... I could hear the cries of pain from Adelaide.

Originally Posted by Lucas_R

BTW you have convinced me to get my roof done (been uuming ads arring over it for a while) in gloss black.

I reckon the gloss black is all class, and not at all rice. Could even be OEM. Ricing is adding 30-foot wings to the bootlid of your otherwise stock (Hello Kitty stickers excluded) Lancer.

**SilvrFoxX** · 24-07-2013, 10:37 AM

Yes the garage door closed on the roof, I had a detailer buff it but there are still light surface scratches in the clear coat which drive me insane, though the vinyl has imperfections my OCD is learning to cope with. Few more sessions at therapy and I should be good to go

I paid more than that so that price is good, just check on warranty of the product both application and material there is some cheap stuff out there.

See if you can have it done indoors in a clean environment any dust is magnified about a hundred fold.

Also ask them how they trim the sides if they do it by eye ask to see examples, mine was done by pin striping and then cut in took them 2 afternoons to complete. Primarily because it was a wet application and had to dry overnight

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**Lucas_R** · 26-07-2013, 02:46 PM

Lost one of the little plastic extensions off my rear drivers side guard/bumper a few weeks ago. These are the little black plastic guard extensions that come on the Golf R's with 19" wheels.

Damn thing cost $44 to replace. Better not lose another one!!

In case my description is not clear as to what I am talking about, see here: Fender Trim Golf R - VW GTI MKVI Forum / VW Golf R Forum / VW Golf MKVI Forum / VW GTI Forum - Golfmk6.com this is also where I got the part number from.

**m_f** · 26-07-2013, 06:45 PM

Originally Posted by Lucas_R

Lost one of the little plastic extensions off my rear drivers side guard/bumper a few weeks ago. These are the little black plastic guard extensions that come on the Golf R's with 19" wheels.

Damn thing cost $44 to replace. Better not lose another one!!

In case my description is not clear as to what I am talking about, see here: Fender Trim Golf R - VW GTI MKVI Forum / VW Golf R Forum / VW Golf MKVI Forum / VW GTI Forum - Golfmk6.com this is also where I got the part number from.

Mine was loose before my last service, and I pointed it out to them. They had to order a new one from Germany and fixed it out of goodwill!

**agird** · 04-08-2013, 11:06 PM

I have to say I'm getting a little excited, I've decided to replace the EOS next week with this:

Metallic Paint
Vienna Leather
19" Talladegas
Satellite Navigation
Rear View Camera
Sunroof
Window Tint
3M Ventureshield Stone Protection

**SilvrFoxX** · 05-08-2013, 06:43 AM

You should be excited....

My observation of the day , test a new commdore SSV and find out the R is a quicker and better drive. Though the interior of the new SV range is really nice

**jamesatfish** · 06-08-2013, 10:09 PM

I fitted a Gen 4 Competition Haldex controller to the R last night, and it has made a huge difference to the way the car accelerates. The brief lag I'd experienced previously seems to have gone (at least with the very limited testing I've done today) and the car definitely seems to handle with a little more rear-bias than before which is great.

I've put some more detailed notes over in the little build thread for my car (Golf R - APR Stage 3 Upgrade) but the short version is: if you're still running the stock Haldex controller, run out and buy the competition one immediately.

**parso_rex** · 08-08-2013, 11:12 AM

Cihan has fitted one of these to his R also with 2867 and its does seem to come on a lot harder than my own with the same setup so yes I'll be fitting one of these soon too once we sort the tunes out completely. I can probably post up the torque split graphs from the dyno too.