Polo After Market page (body kits, light kits, etc) P.S try not to post rice items.

[graeme86]

Absolutely YES. 5 x 100

[William_Foster]

Usually the dealers here fit an "aftermarket" kit sold as the genuine accessory though VW (sourced from Cobra by VW Germany). They can just drill a hole in the bumper and they clip in and look neat. That's why they don't integrate with the car electronics.

The genuine sensors require a whole new bumper skin which has the sensor mounts molded into the back skin. Then the factory sensors clip in from the back and everything sits flush on the bumper skin.

If you have the factory sensors they can also be programmed to allow for having a towbar (so the sensors dont go off every time you reverse because they are picking up the towball signal).

The towbar fitment itself is expensive because it requires a module and special harness as well to integrate all the extra load from the extra tail lights etc into the vehicle electronics. The factory harness would also turn off the rear fog light in the car automatically once you plug it in.

That price even sounds excessive for VW Australia.

Graeme86; do you have any ideas where I could get the part number for the proper part your were mentioning? If I can try to get another quote from the dealer.

Thanks for the information; I knew there would be something available as Billecartz and others who got one of the first 100 had the option, so I can't see why you couldn't buy it as they would need spares for repair and replacement you would think.

[matty]

did you order the adr rear end hail? how much did you end up paying?

[graeme86]

Graeme86; do you have any ideas where I could get the part number for the proper part your were mentioning? If I can try to get another quote from the dealer.

Thanks for the information; I knew there would be something available as Billecartz and others who got one of the first 100 had the option, so I can't see why you couldn't buy it as they would need spares for repair and replacement you would think.

They list a few different bumpers, with and without towbar option and with and without sensors (and there are also different bumpers depending on licence plate size). You would have to confirm which one fits yours from your VIN/option codes fitted. I believe in the Polos case the bumper for the sensors just has a proper hole pre-drilled. So you might get away with drilling out your bumper carefully with a step drill - there would hopefully be a mark on the inner skin where the holes go. They have to be in the exact location for the mounts to glue on properly as they are shaped to the curve of the bumper skin.

It looks like the sensor mounts are actually glued to the back possibly as there are some mounting parts listed below for the sensor to mount into.

So these should be the parts (confirm with dealer).

4 x Sensors 3C0919275SGRU - require painting
(4 x O-ring seal 1T0919133C9B9 - may come with sensor anyway)
1 x bracket - left outer 6R0919491D
1 x bracket - left inner 6R0919491E
1 x bracket - right inner 6R0919492E
1 x bracket - right outer 6R0919492D

1 x control unit 6R0919475 - will integrate with vehicle electronics properly
1 x bracket for control unit 6R0971362B - also holds factory trailer module if fitted
1 x buzzer 8E0919279
2 x split rivets N0385051 to mount buzzer to bracket

1 x wiring harness for rear bumper park sensors 6R0971065

May also require these extra parts to mount module:
1 x base 867955499
4 x split rivet N0385051

Again, you will need to see whats inside your bumper at the moment - especially whether there are any markings in the proper spot.

I would just order one of the mounting brackets, say - left outer 6R0919491D - just to see what you actually are getting and go from there. If its just a flat adhesive bracket that doesn't clip into something on the inner skin then you would be good to go getting some holes drilled yourself into existing bumper. They have to be pretty exact as well so everything is tight - the sensors are actually slightly tapered where they go through the bumper skin (or at least the O-ring is) so the hole has to be drilled from inside.

Good luck.

(This is how I am trying to mount sensors in my R32 - that's why I have researched all this stuff before.)

[Hail22]

did you order the adr rear end hail? how much did you end up paying?

You mean the ABT rear diffuser? the kit is the exact same as the one from the ABT website with the Exhaust centering with Catback, Diffuser (depends on colour or choice you make) with instal priced at $1890 cash

The negetive side to this is that i have to wait til they bring a shipment in at March (saved a lot of dough) oh well, i at least have the choice to pull out if CCC get back to me with the pricing of the GTI rear bumper as the part i ordered is on back order

[Billecartz]

can anyone confirm which H&R springs i need i.e. <929kg or >930kg ?

28977-1 / 4048419030672

or

28977-2 / 4048419031396

929kg is for petrol cars and 930kg is for diesel cars.

[MAD]

They list a few different bumpers, with and without towbar option and with and without sensors (and there are also different bumpers depending on licence plate size). You would have to confirm which one fits yours from your VIN/option codes fitted. I believe in the Polos case the bumper for the sensors just has a proper hole pre-drilled. So you might get away with drilling out your bumper carefully with a step drill - there would hopefully be a mark on the inner skin where the holes go. They have to be in the exact location for the mounts to glue on properly as they are shaped to the curve of the bumper skin.

It looks like the sensor mounts are actually glued to the back possibly as there are some mounting parts listed below for the sensor to mount into.

So these should be the parts (confirm with dealer).

4 x Sensors 3C0919275SGRU - require painting
(4 x O-ring seal 1T0919133C9B9 - may come with sensor anyway)
1 x bracket - left outer 6R0919491D
1 x bracket - left inner 6R0919491E
1 x bracket - right inner 6R0919492E
1 x bracket - right outer 6R0919492D

1 x control unit 6R0919475 - will integrate with vehicle electronics properly
1 x bracket for control unit 6R0971362B - also holds factory trailer module if fitted
1 x buzzer 8E0919279
2 x split rivets N0385051 to mount buzzer to bracket

1 x wiring harness for rear bumper park sensors 6R0971065

May also require these extra parts to mount module:
1 x base 867955499
4 x split rivet N0385051

Again, you will need to see whats inside your bumper at the moment - especially whether there are any markings in the proper spot.

I would just order one of the mounting brackets, say - left outer 6R0919491D - just to see what you actually are getting and go from there. If its just a flat adhesive bracket that doesn't clip into something on the inner skin then you would be good to go getting some holes drilled yourself into existing bumper. They have to be pretty exact as well so everything is tight - the sensors are actually slightly tapered where they go through the bumper skin (or at least the O-ring is) so the hole has to be drilled from inside.

Good luck.

(This is how I am trying to mount sensors in my R32 - that's why I have researched all this stuff before.)

Gday Graeme

On Our tdi there are markings for where the genuine sensors should mount to the back of the bumper, they are moulded centre marks only (no clip in moulding just markings) when they put our so called genuine kit in they didnt even use these markings I have a photo showing where ours are mounted and the marking below it to the side would like to share this to clarify but dont know how to post photos (any tips?),

The marking is definately where the guys with the factory fitted sensors have theres mounted, the position is identical to the photos ive seen of the factory mounted kit, (externallay only)

If anyone gets a quote for this true kit please post it here so noone else gets ripped with the other so called genuine vw cobra kit (ours vw genuine? cobra cost $761 dealer fitted = major rip off, personally think its only worth about $150 max fitted)

Ps: if anyone has pics of the factory fitted version from behind the bumper could please post them to clarify so we can see how they actually mount them and what they look like.

Regards

Mad

[MAD]

929kg is for petrol cars and 930kg is for diesel cars.

I believe it also depends on whether you have a DSG or Manual and which petrol motor you have, (different weights) although the diesel most definatly would require the heavy dutys being a heavier motor,

Billecartz, If you dont mind me asking which springs did you remove and what did you replace them with? and why? what did you find to be the difference? (hight, compliance, ride, handleing etc)

Regards

Mad

[William_Foster]

Graeme, thanks so much for doing the research and writing that up for us all.

I will go and see the dealer tomorrow hopefully and see what the story is.

[William_Foster]

I don't know if this is new on here, but I haven't seen it before; not sure how you could get the kit from Romania but it looks pretty good.

VW Polo 6R RS Body Kit