Golf R -v- Golf GTI

[AdamD]

You should consider adding the Unibrace X and Under bracing to the car. I can't vouch for the x brace, but the underbrace alone did stiffen up my car quite a bit. I would imagine the xbrace would do more.

Fab_R has one on his R as well, and rates it. Damn they look good! The extra bracing would be great, but that look is a real bonus!

[adzy]

I checkout the quality of others over several dealerships, and the water marks/spotting was evident on all of them.

Serious! Damn thats pretty crap, my bro has a 182 and it has been great... most envolving drive to, heaps of fun.

[triode12]

Fab_R has one on his R as well, and rates it. Damn they look good! The extra bracing would be great, but that look is a real bonus!

They are indeed very well made and finished. The quality is first rate - they are worth the $$.
I didn't think that a MkVI owner would see much improvement with the Underbrace as I felt the MkVI to have greater lateral stiffness (when I tested them) over the MkV - which I thought was one of the improvements I could actually feel over the MkV. But I suppose I am wrong.

[AdamD]

I didn't think that a MkVI owner would see much improvement with the Underbrace as I felt the MkVI to have greater lateral stiffness (when I tested them) over the MkV - which I thought was one of the improvements I could actually feel over the MkV.

I don't have any issues day-to-day with the stiffness in the chassis, but of course there's no denying it's not race car solid. I do recall reading somewhere that VW had put some effort into increasing tortional rigidity in the platform for the MkVI refresh, but can't recall where I saw that, so it's just heresay.

[adzy]

Fab_R has one on his R as well, and rates it. Damn they look good! The extra bracing would be great, but that look is a real bonus!

Jesus! That should do the job alright

[triode12]

Jesus! That should do the job alright

Get both.

UNIbrace.com

However, the XB needs to have two holes drilled into the chassis - just behind the rear seats.
While the UB uses existing bolts and holes.

[adzy]

Get both.

UNIbrace.com

However, the XB needs to have two holes drilled into the chassis - just behind the rear seats.
While the UB uses existing bolts and holes.

Just by looking at the design it seems as though the underbody would suffice as the flex I notice most seems to be more central than rear of the car, better wait for my other packages to arrive first

[adzy]

....... more so loss of luggage space when seats are down though.

[WhiteJames]

Which has a stiffer chassis? Golf GTI or Golf R? Both the same imo. Golf R has a shallower boot, that may have some bearing on torsional rigidity. Ray's MKV R32 and my old MKV GTI, both with H&R sway bars f & r, exhibited the flex in the rear to about the same degree. Likely to be the same case with the Mark 6 GTI and R. Apparently the floor-plan on the Mark 6 has been strengthened, which includes rear end collision impact stiffness, so I'm told. The Mark 6 Golf GTI has a larger rear sway bar (24mm) over the MKV Golf GTI (22mm), which should in practice cause more noise when on a lateral slope. In addition to being a hatchback with some loss of rigidity over a sedan version with a boot there is nothing to compartmentalise the noises in the boot of a hatchback as in the case of the sedan. Interesting to see how much stiffer & wider the Mark 7 Golf/Audi A3 will be. The plastics in the Mark 6 make more noise than the plastics in the MKV imo.
Cheers
WJ

[Corey_R]

Get both.

UNIbrace.com

However, the XB needs to have two holes drilled into the chassis - just behind the rear seats.
While the UB uses existing bolts and holes.

Fab_R has the UNIbrace UB on his car...