What did you do to your mk7 today?

[swcrow]

A little install today

 

[PerceivedShift]

Eco hitched removed, stealth hitch to replace. First food.

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[ZERO815]

While you have the bumper cover off check your vents for leaks.

 

[ZERO815]

My mom‘s VW up! had the check engine light on. This didn’t look factory:

Had to extend the wires because they were hacked up in several spots.

And then I found this ashole

A rat got stuck in the engine bay, and eventually passed away.

 

[Diggs24]

Went Up! to heaven.

 

[ChrisMk77]

Went Up! to heaven.

Its like Easter egg hunting roaming around the forum to find Diggs dad joke of the day.

 

[PerceivedShift]

Didnt get very far today, stealth hitch is installed at least:

 

[Daks]

My mom‘s VW up! had the check engine light on. This didn’t look factory:
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Had to extend the wires because they were hacked up in several spots.

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And then I found this ashole
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A rat got stuck in the engine bay, and eventually passed away.

Fucking gross.

 

[viewsonic]

Fucking gross.

 

[19birel]

Conducted a science experiment with a stock MK8 R, test went as expected I love my DTR.

Best part was we pulled up next to eachother at the next light, chatting with the owner of the 8R, when a 7.5 Golf TSI pulled up behind us- middle aged woman hanging out the window pounding her fist. I could faintly hear her say, "Hell yeah!! I tried to keep up but you guys were too fast!" Had the whole Golf lineup goofing off on the open road, what could be better!

 

[Pineapple]

Installed euro spec dark cherry LED tail lights last week

The good: Install was breezy, in the sense that it only took ~20 mins but it was also 30 degrees and really windy.

The bad: I'll need to go back under the trim and set up the shopDAP harness to get the orange turn signals functional, then code it in.

The ugly: looks like a bike hit my passenger door and left a bump/scrape

Edit: inb4 needs tint

 

[Nineeightyone]

Installed euro spec dark cherry LED tail lights last week

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The good: Install was breezy, in the sense that it only took ~20 mins but it was also 30 degrees and really windy.

The bad: I'll need to go back under the trim and set up the shopDAP harness to get the orange turn signals functional, then code it in.

The ugly: looks like a bike hit my passenger door and left a bump/scrape

Love the look, bicycles suck (and so do the people who don't leave contact info/even a note)

 

[Pineapple]

Bikes are friends, can't be too mad shit happens in the city. The paint is already pretty banged up, so not like I lost pristine condition.
When the weather gets more pleasant I might take some time to give the paint some love. Or just take it to a pro.

I think I'll also try and get the light seated a bit tighter on the driver side hatch light when I go back in, fitment looks a little off.

 

[Nineeightyone]

Bikes are friends, can't be too mad shit happens in the city. The paint is already pretty banged up, so not like I lost pristine condition.
When the weather gets more pleasant I might take some time to give the paint some love. Or just take it to a pro.

I think I'll also try and get the light seated a bit tighter on the driver side hatch light when I go back in, fitment looks a little off.

I fully accept that my disdain for bicycles is both exaggerated and only comes from a personal experience that was 100% my own fault, didn't have a license for several years (speeding tickets, not DUIs). I also had an incident with someone who backed into my car and left a pretty decent scrape on my front bumper that I think will warrant a bumper replacement, though I haven't talked to any professionals to verify it (but there are clearly some deep gouges in the bumper plastics, and I don't know that filler will work). No note, nothing. Super frustrating because I had JUST put the seats in, and it was my first time having the car out that year.

I don't live in the city (well, I'm in the suburbs but I digress) so I feel that a fair amount of incidents can be avoided. And of course, nobody ever hits the car with beat paint. But the one I try to keep nice? Hit like four times since I got it.

Getting the lights to sit 100% perfect is an art haha, I've considered using folded paper as a shim to get things to rest where I want them to be but the pattern seems to be if I would've just left well enough alone I wouldn't have created a bigger problem for myself. But OTOH, no progress without struggle.

 

[dtfd]

Nope, fuck bikers.

You're not a car, you don't get a full lane of traffic, move the fuck over.