Toiletduck
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I have been reading up on this but I am struggling to find an answer. I recently bought an end of the line mk7 2016 Golf R Estate in the UK, it was the showroom model with a lot of options but unfortunately not Dynaudio. Not an issue I thought as I had noted VW advertise a dealer fit alternative “Helix Plug and play sound”. However the dealer I bought the car from claimed that this is now discontinued. I have contacted several other local VW dealers but I have only found one who has any interest in fitting the system. They quoted me £445 to supply and fit but when I clarified whether I would lose the spare wheel this seemed to confuse them so they sent me a screenshot of the part number from their system that they intend to fit which clearly could not fit in the spare wheel well.
This was part number 000 051 419 C and the image shows a Helix subwoofer speaker box that sits in the boot itself which is not what I had in mind as I bought an estate for the boot space. I have researched online and I believe the part number I want is 000 051 419 B which is the Helix version that fits inside the spare wheel well? Confusingly there is also an A version that seems to be the same thing but for earlier cars, perhaps?
I went back to the dealer to ask for 000 051 419 B instead and they have come back to me saying the cost to fit that version is £465 and they want payment upfront as “VW Accessories” is saying my car needs 000 051 419C not the B version that I want and presumably they are not confident that it will fit my car so don’t want to be left with an opened unit if it doesn’t fit. They also state I will lose the spare wheel with that version. I suspect they have not fitted this system before.
So I have a few questions, does the spare wheel well version 000 051 419 B fit a UK November delivered 2016 Golf R Estate or is there some valid reason that the dealer thinks I need the C version that is installed in the boot? In all my research online I cannot see any discussion of this “C” version of the system although I did find it for sale on amazon.
Secondly I am aware that this unit normally takes up the spare wheel space, however the Golf R Estate has a very large spare wheel space big enough to take a full size wheel with an additional storage space above as the boot floor cannot drop down in the R but the space below remains. Therefore I actually think it should be possible to fit a space saver above or below this unit in the R estate, perhaps the issue would be securing both the wheel and the Helix unit at the same time, it is probably only possible to secure one to the fixing point.
Cheers
Andy
This was part number 000 051 419 C and the image shows a Helix subwoofer speaker box that sits in the boot itself which is not what I had in mind as I bought an estate for the boot space. I have researched online and I believe the part number I want is 000 051 419 B which is the Helix version that fits inside the spare wheel well? Confusingly there is also an A version that seems to be the same thing but for earlier cars, perhaps?
I went back to the dealer to ask for 000 051 419 B instead and they have come back to me saying the cost to fit that version is £465 and they want payment upfront as “VW Accessories” is saying my car needs 000 051 419C not the B version that I want and presumably they are not confident that it will fit my car so don’t want to be left with an opened unit if it doesn’t fit. They also state I will lose the spare wheel with that version. I suspect they have not fitted this system before.
So I have a few questions, does the spare wheel well version 000 051 419 B fit a UK November delivered 2016 Golf R Estate or is there some valid reason that the dealer thinks I need the C version that is installed in the boot? In all my research online I cannot see any discussion of this “C” version of the system although I did find it for sale on amazon.
Secondly I am aware that this unit normally takes up the spare wheel space, however the Golf R Estate has a very large spare wheel space big enough to take a full size wheel with an additional storage space above as the boot floor cannot drop down in the R but the space below remains. Therefore I actually think it should be possible to fit a space saver above or below this unit in the R estate, perhaps the issue would be securing both the wheel and the Helix unit at the same time, it is probably only possible to secure one to the fixing point.
Cheers
Andy