SnailpowerMk7
Go Kart Champion
- Location
- NJ
- Car(s)
- MK7 GTI SE 6SPD MT
Good morning my fellow VWers.
I'm come before you humble from the MK6 GTI forum. Let me start by saying, SNAILPOWER, reveal yourself! lol, I had that name on the mk6 forums but it's coo. It's all love here.
So I'm about to head to my dealer to close on a deal for a white 2017 MK7 Autobahn edition. I had zero thoughts of ever upgrading my MK6 GTI until I passed by a dealer selling this one. I thought, hmm, let me go inside and get the deets on it. 25k miles, looks brand new inside and out. 1 owner with a clean carfax and from the looks of it, never touched with any after market (for now
).
My MK6 GTI only has 58k miles on it and was a 2014 I bought brand new that has just about every part upgraded with the K04 to top it off. It's about as much reliable fun as you can get with the car. Now I know the mk7s are potent as well. I think stage 1 brings it to around 300hp which is great because knowing now how useless too much power was with myMK6 K04, I don't think I'll have to ever go beyond Stage 1.
As a first time owner, brand new to the Mk7 world, any first mod recommendations and is anyone aware of any outstanding issues with the Mk7? Specifically 2017? Knowing what I've learned from the Mk6 and my first VW ever, I have a better going into it the Mk7 with mod ideas than when I started on the Mk6. I'm thinking off the bat I'll tint it a tad, I'd like to lower it just to hide the wheel gap (probably in Spring), spacers enough to get it flush with fenders (is there fender mod here as well?). Stage 1 probably in Spring as well (do the coil packs need to be upgraded for Stage 1?). I'd like short shifter eventually (Diesel Geek anyone?). That would probably be the first mods that come to mind to enhance appearance and ride quality. I really don't want to go exhaust upgrades anymore after the nightmares I dealt with to get the mk6 thru inspection. I just need to get larger exhaust tip piping, I hate those puny tips, lol.
Anyways, enough ranting. Hopefully you'll see me back in a few hours as a happy new mk7 owner (or the deal went south and you'll never hear from me again, rofl) . I'll see about pictures today because it's pouring. Might have to wait until tomorrow.
I'm come before you humble from the MK6 GTI forum. Let me start by saying, SNAILPOWER, reveal yourself! lol, I had that name on the mk6 forums but it's coo. It's all love here.
So I'm about to head to my dealer to close on a deal for a white 2017 MK7 Autobahn edition. I had zero thoughts of ever upgrading my MK6 GTI until I passed by a dealer selling this one. I thought, hmm, let me go inside and get the deets on it. 25k miles, looks brand new inside and out. 1 owner with a clean carfax and from the looks of it, never touched with any after market (for now
). My MK6 GTI only has 58k miles on it and was a 2014 I bought brand new that has just about every part upgraded with the K04 to top it off. It's about as much reliable fun as you can get with the car. Now I know the mk7s are potent as well. I think stage 1 brings it to around 300hp which is great because knowing now how useless too much power was with myMK6 K04, I don't think I'll have to ever go beyond Stage 1.
As a first time owner, brand new to the Mk7 world, any first mod recommendations and is anyone aware of any outstanding issues with the Mk7? Specifically 2017? Knowing what I've learned from the Mk6 and my first VW ever, I have a better going into it the Mk7 with mod ideas than when I started on the Mk6. I'm thinking off the bat I'll tint it a tad, I'd like to lower it just to hide the wheel gap (probably in Spring), spacers enough to get it flush with fenders (is there fender mod here as well?). Stage 1 probably in Spring as well (do the coil packs need to be upgraded for Stage 1?). I'd like short shifter eventually (Diesel Geek anyone?). That would probably be the first mods that come to mind to enhance appearance and ride quality. I really don't want to go exhaust upgrades anymore after the nightmares I dealt with to get the mk6 thru inspection. I just need to get larger exhaust tip piping, I hate those puny tips, lol.
Anyways, enough ranting. Hopefully you'll see me back in a few hours as a happy new mk7 owner (or the deal went south and you'll never hear from me again, rofl) . I'll see about pictures today because it's pouring. Might have to wait until tomorrow.
