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    Juddering pulling away

    Hi all , any advice on this problem . Mk7 golf 1.4 tsi r line 15 plate . 20000 miles on clock intermittent juddering on pulling away in 1st gear . Also clutch pedal is heavy to press . Doing my nut in now Thanks
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    Annoying interior rattles/ vibrations

    Mk7,5 R Anyone else have annoying rattles/ vibrations coming from front door / vent areas. I've stripped the door card off from the drivers front door in search of but am having difficulty locating the culprit . Another one seems to be coming from passenger side window vent as it quietens when...
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    Bumper swap

    Can anyone confirm if the R front bumper will fit my gtd ? I hate the "fins" as I call them around the fogs and I'm considering the front bumper from the golf R. Thanks
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    What are you drinking?

    Jamesons Irish whiskey most real ales
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    which watch do you wear?

    I don't , I check my phone ?
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    Rubbing noise after vwr install

    I've realised that an annoying noise after my install is the plastic gators covering the front strut inserts , when you think about it its obvious , now that the car sits lower these gators are now too long and are compressed too much causing them to rub on themselves . Must get a solution as...
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    Creaking Front Answers

    My GTD is now coming up to 3 years old and has always suffered with creaking front suspension on and off and has been to the dealer a couple of times for this annoying fault . After fitting vwr springs I seemed to have a few weeks silence but now the same old creaking is back . After extensive...
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    De-wiper anyone?

    Any one installed a de-wiper kit , I like the idea of a nice smooth , clean rear screen ? To me the rear wiper is just something in the way.
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    Adjustments after VWR instsall

    Hi all , after installing vwr springs how did your alignment go , was there any adjustments needed ? Also after installing mine Im noticing driving at night on dark roads the dipped beam isn't projecting as far ? Any thoughts or comments welcome Thanks
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    CRD3+ performance figures

    Hi all , just wondering how many of you have this box and have been on the dyno to test it . Claimed fugures are supposed to be 240bhp/500nm . Mine came out a 222/ 427 yesterday , a tad disappointing I say . The run was with the box on setting 2+1 I informed dtuk of my concerns and they said...
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    Emergency Braking

    Hi all , my car has started to brake on its own when i get near to oncoming traffic or similar and there is no danger , at the same time it beeps at me and the emergency display light up red on the dash , scary stuff and im getting very wary now , can i turn this off ?
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    The Lowered look

    I'd like to see VW and other manufacturers make their cars with a lot less gap between wheel arches and tyres . By extending the bodywork lower around the tyre more we could all drive sportier looking cars and have factory ride quality . No need to go changing springs unless its for track purposes.
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    gtd grille removal

    Hi all , anyone know how to remove the upper part of the front grill on the gtd , the part with the big vw badge on ? Ive removed all visible bolts but something has got it in the middle (badge area) thanks
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    Squeaky front suspension take 3

    So my nearside front squeak was fixed , then it came to the offside , that was fixed , now its come back again . :confused::(:mad: So off to the stealer again i suppose
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    VWR parts

    Evening all , anyone know about this , I'm looking at getting some vwr springs fitted to my gtd. I e-mailed my local dealer , willenhall coachcraft for a quote for the labour . Reply was they wouldn't quote because the parts are non vw and would therefore invalidate the warrant ??? I thought...
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    tyre pressures

    Evening all , what's the correct tyre pressures on the gtd . Seems a bit confusing to me reading the sticker on the inside of the fuel filler flap . From what I see its 44 rear , 39 front , but that's with 5 people . Any thoughts ??
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    2nd leg sorted

    Just letting you all know that the noise on the offside front leg had been sorted , same problem as i had on the near side a few weeks ago . Thanks to all a Willenhall Coachcraft. And they fitted my chrome key thingeys while I was there too . Happi bunny .
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    winter wheels and insurance

    Good evening all , just been thinking about winter alloys and summer alloys . Insurance companies ask about mods such as alloy changes , how do you get on if you have a different set to standard for winter? Meant to post this in general section by the way.
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    idle speed

    Hi , does anyone know why sometimes my gtd will idle at 1000rpm and other times at around the 800 rpm mark . and no its nothing to do with the temp because I can drive for an hour and idle at 1000 ?
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    And now the other one

    Exactly a week tomorrow since my noisy near side front strut was fixed at my local dealer. And guess what ?? The off side one has just developed exactly the same fault , same noise . I'm not best pleased at all . Back onto the dealer tomorrow then :-(
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