JD's 2016 MK7: Project#SLevin

Hi! Welcome to my journal.

My wife and I picked up our first Vdub on Friday! It's a 2016 Tungsten Silver Metallic Golf S 1.8Tsi. We opted for 5 doors, 5 speed manual and black interior. We traded in her baby, a 2011 BMW 335i XDrive.



I'll be using the Golf ("Golfy" as the wife likes to call it) for my 50-mile-round-trip work commute 3 days a week. The wife will be ramming around with our 2.5 yo pitbull when I'm not hogging the car to myself.

I don't plan on going too crazy with mods; more of an OEM+ driver, but thought I'd start a journal for anyone who wants to follow along.

I'll work on getting some better pics as well...

Pickup day, finally!! 11/27/15...7 miles on the odometer:




Harvey approves [emoji41]



Finally home! It's the small victories that count: no front plates after numerous requests to the dealer!




Tonight I finally had time to clean the monster mats, debadge the rear hatch and plastidip the emblems to see if I liked the blacked out look.

Before:


After:


And blacked out:





That's all for now! More to come [emoji4][emoji629]

And here we go!

Thanks to @FASTuning, my VWR springs arrived tonight! I'm not sure when I will install them (probably this week because I'm impatient, but maybe after winter). They look like a great product! As usual, Harv approves!

Genuine VW Golf rear seat cover showed up. Harv approved! [emoji106]?

Took advantage of some nice weather to give #SLevin its inaugural wash!












And afterwards I decided to dip the rear reflectors...

Thanks to @UrbanJoke for some VCDS tweaks, including

-Gauge sweep
-Disable DRL
-Disable seat belt warning chime
-Disable engine on and door open warning chime
-Fuel Consumption on gauge
-Convenience window closing with fob
-Switched license plate lights to LED / 127 brightness
-"Kencha" tail lights


http://youtu.be/FicKJe_UDcU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FicKJe_UDcU&feature=youtu.be

Nice color.
Will be great for the drive! Enjoy!

Thanks @deAutoKey for these rad fob skins!



Not too much traffic...35-40mpg... Loving it!

YAY! to another 1.8t owner! Great color choice! Can't wait to see more updates!

Tungsten Silver is a great colour. We don't get the 1.8T in the UK which is a shame.

De-badge looks good. unsure about the black badge and reflectors..

What tyres does the car come with ready for the snow?

Pretzel said:

Tungsten Silver is a great colour. We don't get the 1.8T in the UK which is a shame.

De-badge looks good. unsure about the black badge and reflectors..

What tyres does the car come with ready for the snow?

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Thanks!

The black badges are definitely not for everyone. The nice thing about plastidip is that I can peel it off anytime.

The tires are Bridgestone Ecopia EP422 Plus and from what I can tell, they are about average in the snow, although I haven't had much snow drive time yet. I considered winter tires, but don't have the budget right now, unfortunately.

Thanks to @JDMAstar for my tail light LEDs. I picked up 4 of these, which have the latest Samsung 5730 chipset: http://amzn.com/B00WW509O8. They look great, especially compared to the factory incandescents. Unfortunately, one of the LED's did not work.

Here are some pics. Video to come.




LED Left / Factory Right






Close up comparison LED Outer (left) / Factory Inner (right)

pics of the rear reflectors installed please?

paulkromz said:

pics of the rear reflectors installed please?

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Sure

well jeez that was quick! I wonder what those reflector spots look like filled in and painted the bumper color....

Yooooo how did you code the tail lights to do that?! I want that on my GTI!


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