What did you get in the mail or bring home for your MKVII today?

[StorableComa]

Are you swapping over the harness/heating pad/pressure sensor from your stock seats or did you just order everything new?

Swapping over the occupancy sensor or the heating pads would require destroying the stock seats. They're glued between the foam layers.

You can disconnect and reuse the seat harnesses, passenger airbag module, and seat belt clips.

Occupancy isn't too expensive, about 90 depending on make/model. The other 3 pads would probably run you 200ish if you wanted them.

Harnesses are 100ish, really only need the passenger side unless doing heating pads.

Other than that a rail sensor for driver side, pass harness has it built in, and seat airbag cancellers.

 

[Nineeightyone]

Way later than I thought, but these are the washers I'm using to raise the bracket from the floor. 3/8" Fender washers. My strategy is effectively to leave at least ~3/8" of threaded portion exposed, I'm not sure (yet) on how high I need the bracket to be from the floor, I had also stacked some smaller washers between the seat and the sliders to raise the seat from the bracket, but I only did a handful of washers on each bolt on that one.

 

[Daks]

I got this to do a thorough clean of the interior

 

[StorableComa]

I got this to do a thorough clean of the interior

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Let me know how it works and if you like it. Picked up this one myself for the interior.
https://www.bissell.com/spotclean-pro-portable-carpet-cleaner-3624.html

 

[Nineeightyone]

goddammit I thought the ride was over when I bought a pressure washer and some ONR and a bunch of microfibers

now I'm gonna have to start caring about the interior of the car too, I expect reviews for these units so I can find a cost-effective solution

 

[EpicTech]

Let me know how it works and if you like it. Picked up this one myself for the interior.
https://www.bissell.com/spotclean-pro-portable-carpet-cleaner-3624.html
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This is the one I am considering, used and highly recommended by this guy I watch on YT. Seen this thing turned trashed interior carpet into brand new.

 

[ChristopherNeil]

This is the one I am considering, used and highly recommended by this guy I watch on YT. Seen this thing turned trashed interior carpet into brand new.

White Detail? His channel is great.

 

[Maiden69]

White Detail? His channel is great.

Jim don't use that at all... also, he don't do trashed cars.

 

[GTI Jake]

Received my order from DarkSide Developments in the UK, shout out to them for machining a batch of bronze shift fork ends the day I placed the order.

So with that I’m 99% sure I’ve got everything here to rebuild & assemble the transmission.

I take that back, still need sealant, but I have black RTV that’s oil rated so unless there’s a super specific kind it has to be I’m about ready.

Famous last words, “all it lacks is finishing up”.

Still haven’t got a 100% answer from DKM yet btw, let alone a clutch back from them.

 

[EpicTech]

White Detail? His channel is great.

yea them and Detail Geek.

 

[zwalk]

My Uniden R3 arrived today

 

[mwoodski]

wide angle mirror. i prefer these.

 

[Daks]

Received my order from DarkSide Developments in the UK, shout out to them for machining a batch of bronze shift fork ends the day I placed the order.

So with that I’m 99% sure I’ve got everything here to rebuild & assemble the transmission.

I take that back, still need sealant, but I have black RTV that’s oil rated so unless there’s a super specific kind it has to be I’m about ready.

Famous last words, “all it lacks is finishing up”.

Still haven’t got a 100% answer from DKM yet btw, let alone a clutch back from them.

That's bullshit man. Fuck those guys.

 

[El_bigote_AJ]

Received my order from DarkSide Developments in the UK, shout out to them for machining a batch of bronze shift fork ends the day I placed the order.

So with that I’m 99% sure I’ve got everything here to rebuild & assemble the transmission.

I take that back, still need sealant, but I have black RTV that’s oil rated so unless there’s a super specific kind it has to be I’m about ready.

Famous last words, “all it lacks is finishing up”.

Still haven’t got a 100% answer from DKM yet btw, let alone a clutch back from them.

When I looked into it a lot of o2m guys used this cause the oem is like 80bucks for a jumbo tube and it’s supposed to be the same Goop
…. I used the gray gear oil gasket maker below and just tried to be sparse with it since the preload gets affected based on the gap it makes vs the thin proper sealant. (Didn’t leak though,lol)

Also - using the Sachs oe input shaft specif “grease” on the spline made and noticeable difference on the DMK when I had it in Vs when it was first installed without the grease.

For what it’s worth - my dmk was a new “fixed” version and when comparing the spline tolerances back to back with the oem dics, fx500, and ringer disc the dmk had excessive play in their fitment compared to all of them…

 

[GTI Jake]

When I looked into it a lot of o2m guys used this cause the oem is like 80bucks for a jumbo tube and it’s supposed to be the same Goop
…. I used the gray gear oil gasket maker below and just tried to be sparse with it since the preload gets affected based on the gap it makes vs the thin proper sealant. (Didn’t leak though,lol)

Also - using the Sachs oe input shaft specif “grease” on the spline made and noticeable difference on the DMK when I had it in Vs when it was first installed without the grease.


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For what it’s worth - my dmk was a new “fixed” version and when comparing the spline tolerances back to back with the oem dics, fx500, and ringer disc the dmk had excessive play in their fitment compared to all of them…

I got the next closest thing to OEM, 85420 (should’ve called it 69420). Picked it up from Napa today so that’s the last thing crossed off the list.

ACT included input shaft lube so I’m set there.