jay745
What Would Glenn Danzig Do
- Location
- Slightly Outside Chicago
- Car(s)
- Mk6 racecar, Tacoma
heh that salt was pretty caked on!
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Chicagoland Chat Thread
- Thread starter GunKata1
- Start date
heh that salt was pretty caked on!
merkeyterkey
The Real FLATTIRE
- Location
- Pawnee, IN
What kind of front plate holder did that guy have?
SuperDuper
Go Kart Newbie
- Location
- IL
Has anyone here ever installed the Helix subwoofer?
Boondock
Ready to race!
- Location
- Chicagoland
- Car(s)
- 2015 GTI S
Anyone interested in a BFI shift knob? I bought one a while back but I want to get a different style now.
Its this exact one.
Would like to keep it local, PM if interested.
Its this exact one.
Would like to keep it local, PM if interested.
jay745
What Would Glenn Danzig Do
- Location
- Slightly Outside Chicago
- Car(s)
- Mk6 racecar, Tacoma
No clue honestly.
You can get those on amazon. It screws into the tow hook spot
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snobrdrdan
former GTI owner
- Location
- Southeast Michigan
With a $10 terminal tool, it's pretty simple if you watch the DIY videos
Routing the harness (under the trim) is the only tricky part
SuperDuper
Go Kart Newbie
- Location
- IL
Thanks, yeah I watched a video. I'm more nervous about the part when you get to the glove box and start messing with the terminals.
It's a Platypus. Kind of a pain if you have park distance sensors... gotta line it up just right.
Don't mind the salt
jay745
What Would Glenn Danzig Do
- Location
- Slightly Outside Chicago
- Car(s)
- Mk6 racecar, Tacoma
I'm doing a suspension install this sunday for another mk7 local. I wonder if the strut mounts design was improved over the mk6. A lot of the mk5/mk6 strut mounts get stripped and you have to cut them out. We'll find out!
DanJoy
Ready to race!
- Location
- Aurora, IL
When removing the top nut on the strut? I had no issues, but the car also had about 1000 miles on it.
snobrdrdan
former GTI owner
- Location
- Southeast Michigan
With the battery unhooked, there won't be any issues and it's stupid easy.
Get the terminal tool & it's just swapping a couple wires & plugging the harness in.
snobrdrdan
former GTI owner
- Location
- Southeast Michigan
The mounts are different shaped (they're angled), but still of the same design.
They actually use the same mount bolts still, lol. But on a newer MK7, shouldn't be an issue. I always put anti-seize on them when I reinstall the bolts along with the swaybar endlink threads, for the future.
And then they added a rubber isolator to the base of the strut (seat)
The strut bearing only installs one way (there is a notch on the mount to line it up with)....so make sure that stays the same.
Outside of that....just use the 2x4 method to remove the strut and it's like a MK5/MK6 still
The rears are a little trickier though, since now 3 bolts go thru each LCA....instead of just the 1 on the MK5/MK6
DanJoy
Ready to race!
- Location
- Aurora, IL
that fragile light level sensor connected to the drivers side LCA always makes me nervous when working on that corner. It's so flimsy.
jay745
What Would Glenn Danzig Do
- Location
- Slightly Outside Chicago
- Car(s)
- Mk6 racecar, Tacoma
Heh I'm not worried about it. Have done a ton of suspension jobs for locals over the years. Sometimes the nutsert just strips out and spins inside of the strut mount. I dont expect to see any issue from a newer mk7.