GTI specifications

[Scruffy]

Hey guys, I have been looking around at 9N3 GTI's and I am curious to know if VW changed anything on the cars over the years? I have seen a few that are listed as MY08 upgrade or something similar, just wondering if the newer ones came with any better spec over the older ones?

Cheers guys.

[Whubbsie]

off the top of my head no really difference nothing that makes the newer ones better than an older one.

- no keyhole on hatch only opens with remote or from inside the car.
- wheel offset changes older were +42 or something and the new are +38 (not a hundred percent on the numbers but around that)

thats all I know of.

[philthy]

Not much substantial that I know of:

The CD player on 2005 models may not be able to play mp3s.
The offset for the wheels changed slightly at one point
Change to the exhaust - central muffler deleted on later cars
New ones don't have a key hole on the boot handle

Cheers,

-Phil

[DarkCloudNebulae]

I may be wrong, but didn't a crown wheel in the differential change count by one tooth and size of bolts also? (thus making picking a LSD difficult?!) Dunno if this affected the diff ratio as well?