Poyta's GT

**poyta** · 08-11-2012, 12:41 PM

Originally Posted by brad

Keep in mind that the 345mm R brakes are a 7kg premium over the 312mm GTI units (per assembly) 7kg extra unsprung weight is a lot!

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.

**mk5_tdi** · 08-11-2012, 02:59 PM

Originally Posted by getjet

From what i understand, the only difference (ignoring the carriers) between the stock GTI and TDI front brakes is an increased rotor size (288mm Vs. 312mm). Assuming you have no issues with your brakes at the moment, you shouldn't have any issue with horizontal clearance with GTI fronts. Vertical clearance from an increased rotor size is another matter though...

Having said that, I dont think there would be a massive difference in braking ability by simply changing rotor size alone. I guess if your brakes are rooted there's no harm in upgrading though.

Hmm yeah well in that case they isn't much of an upgrade, I'll just leave what I have atm

Originally Posted by brad

If you asked around at BriSkoda, I think you'll find R brakes fit with stock vRS 18" rims.

They even fit under 17" Zeniths without spacers

345mm Cupra/r32/s3 Front Brake Upgrade - Skoda Octavia II (2004 - 2013) - BRISKODA.net - The Skoda Forum and Community

Keep in mind that the 345mm R brakes are a 7kg premium over the 312mm GTI units (per assembly) 7kg extra unsprung weight is a lot!

I mean BBS Super RS wheels, not Skoda vRS wheels lol

**poyta** · 13-11-2012, 09:04 AM

Added this Audi R8 oil cap to add some BLING to the engine bay.

Looks better than the standard plastic VW cap in my opinion and it was only about $50 from ebay.

**Deadpool** · 13-11-2012, 09:16 AM

Looks great.

**poyta** · 13-11-2012, 02:33 PM

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.

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.

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.

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....