Reply With QuoteNice car & mods so far! Through my searching the cupra lip needs trimming to fit anyways its not a direct bolt on but looks ok when modded to fit properly.
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I'd like to hear your thoughts on the gruppe air intake. And is it a straight bolt on kit? Where did you source it from?
I'm liking what's been done so far, keep it up!!
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Nice car & mods so far! Through my searching the cupra lip needs trimming to fit anyways its not a direct bolt on but looks ok when modded to fit properly.
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Looks amazing Tommo! I definitely have to get myself in order and organize the next private MK4 R32 meet soon. I absolutely love the cleanliness of the GruppeM, looks like it was meant to be there.
A mate of mine should be able to give you a hand with fitting the Cupra R lip Tom. Get an APR flash done, it will remove the flat spot on the bottom end. Rode shotgun in an APR stage 1 tuned MKIV R32 last night, thoroughly impressed. Difference is night and day!
Last edited by robbie; 22-10-2013 at 01:59 PM.
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unfortunately i have to work this weekend and cant take it off.
Originally Posted by Tommo_
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good stuff mate! some nice mods you have going on here..how do you find the intake? in leaning more towards this one.
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your new toys look pretty good dude!
how was the short ****fer install? did it take long?
and with the intake, is there a hole underneath the cowling? where does it get its air from?
New Dubber
Thanks mate
It's a pretty decent intake. Very well made, tad overpriced IMO, but it looks so good! Makes a nice throaty noise. Not sure about noticeable power increases, but it definately helps as there is little restriction.
Yes the kit is straight bolt on and pretty simple to install.
I sourced mine from Jay at xposed, but wasn't the smoothest transaction and was very hard to get in contact with him.
Thanks
Short shifter install was relatively easy. But I do possess a sound mechanical knowledge
The bottom of the intake is open, the air comes from behind the passenger headlight but could be better directed for some cooler air from the grill below the headlight.
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yeah cool, DIY it is haha. how does the box feel now? is it harder to shift?Thanks
Short shifter install was relatively easy. But I do possess a sound mechanical knowledge
The bottom of the intake is open, the air comes from behind the passenger headlight but could be better directed for some cooler air from the grill below the headlight.
so is it still using the stock snorkel then? thats where all the stock intake stuff is right?
check out what this guy did to get air from his grill, looks pretty cool Bill's Web Space:2004 Volkswagen R32
i apologise for the pre-web2.0 link
New Dubber
Box feels good now. The gear changes are much more notchier. Feels much more solid.
I took the stock snorkel out. Its just getting the air from around the headlight and from where the snorkel was. Yep where all the stock intake stuff is. Ill have to show you next time I see ya!
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As promised I've got some pics of the resprayed front bumper and the freshly cut out and painted front grills!
After I got my car back from the panel beaters my alternator light was on..yay!!! Anyway I replaced the alternator with a new genuine VW one. Ouch that hurt my wallet...and they wanted the old one back or they were going to charge me another $230!! but on the upside, I fitted it myself so saved on labourThat was an interesting job. Had to move the front end of the car to the 'service position' to do this, as there is no room to work on anything in that engine bay! Safe to say, I've worked on some cars with much worse space constraints, so this wasn't too much of a problem.
I also had all the coils replaced by VW under the warranty recall and got them to change the spark plugs at the same time.
That's about it for now. Here's some photos.
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