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Yes I can confirm this - the R caliper/rotor set was about 50Kg in total including pads and brake lines while my stock GT/GTi set was only 30kg so more closer to 10kg extra per corner. Could not believe how heavy they are but then again its a lot of metal.Quote:
Originally Posted by brad
Hmm yeah well in that case they isn't much of an upgrade, I'll just leave what I have atmQuote:
Originally Posted by getjet
I mean BBS Super RS wheels, not Skoda vRS wheels lolQuote:
Originally Posted by brad
Added this Audi R8 oil cap to add some BLING to the engine bay.
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru.../11/caP1-1.jpg
Looks better than the standard plastic VW cap in my opinion and it was only about $50 from ebay.
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Looks great. :banana:
Decided it was time to upgrade the in-car entertainment and opted to go for an RNS-510.
There are apparently issues with battery drain if you get a unit with firmware over 2660 and your CANBUS has not been upgraded so considering my CANBUS is probably quite old I decided to get an older Version B unit with version 1120 firmware installed. Happy to report that I have no battery drain issues at all. Could look into upgrading the CANBUS and firmware but to date I have read nothing about the benefits to warrant the upgrade.
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru.../rns510A-1.jpg
Installation was very easy. Essentially plug and plug but if you want the unit to interact with the MFD you will need to code it. I hear its fairly simple if you have a VAGCOM but I just asked the dealer to do it at my last service. Once its coded it will display navigation directions on the MFD. If you don't care you don't need to code it - it will still work fine.
Have to say that this unit is FANTASTIC! Not only does it feature a really user friendly satellite navigation but you get an 800x480 16:9 touch screen display, Am/FM radio, CD/DVD player with MP3, AAC and WMA support and it has a handy 30GB hard-drive so you can store all your MP3's. I have pretty much my entire music collection saved to the hard-drive. Also features a very handy SD card slot on the front too.
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru.../rns510b-1.jpg
Best of all is that it can play your DVD videos too. Mine seems to be able to play any region I throw at it and even plays my burned DVD-R movies. I also have Video in motion enabled so it can play while driving. Not that I condone watching the screen while driving but its really useful for me when I have my daughter in the car - she can watch her cartoons while I drive in peace.
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru.../rns510C-1.jpg
Of course there are quite a few extra optional things you can connect to the RNS-510 which I will be tackling in the future such as a bluetooth phone connection and a reverse camera so stay tuned....
Nice upgrade. I noticed that when I upgraded from the standard unit to the RCD-310 the sound quality was so much better also.
awesome car! loving all the mods so farr! :)
Poyta, your car is in inspiration, all tasteful mods.
Looking good Poyta. Such a nicely modified TDI GT.
Santa has brought me something.
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