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Acadia Celebrates 1 Year With MQB #3, Wonders If It's Time To Upgrade...

CaptainRatty

Autocross Champion
Location
Winston-Salem, NC
Car(s)
MK7 GTI
Womp womp. $8 Zhong Zhong wiper delete didn't fit right. I could get it to "fit", but not to the point where I felt comfortable with it. Forcing it put too much pressure on the glass at an angle, didn't want to chance it breaking the glass or something.

Rear wiper lives on.

For now...
Take this as a sign to do the right thing…
 

Acadia18

Autocross Champion
Location
The Greater Boston Metropolitan Area
Car(s)
2019 Golf R

Acadia18

Autocross Champion
Location
The Greater Boston Metropolitan Area
Car(s)
2019 Golf R
The right thing is overpaying for the ECS one, right?
 

Acadia18

Autocross Champion
Location
The Greater Boston Metropolitan Area
Car(s)
2019 Golf R
Right?
 

Acadia18

Autocross Champion
Location
The Greater Boston Metropolitan Area
Car(s)
2019 Golf R
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Acadia18

Autocross Champion
Location
The Greater Boston Metropolitan Area
Car(s)
2019 Golf R
Getting a lot of use out of that one recently.
 

Acadia18

Autocross Champion
Location
The Greater Boston Metropolitan Area
Car(s)
2019 Golf R
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Naz7r

Passed Driver's Ed
Location
Chicago
Car(s)
Mk7.5 Golf R
Changed the oil. Definitely wasn't necessary, was still amber when it came out lol. But who knows what they put in it. At least now I know it has the proper stuff in.

Went to install my sequential mirror turn signals. Did the drivers side first. Doesn't work. Thanks Zhong Zhong via Amazon. Amazon will send a replacement.
Not trying to be a Negative Nancy but don’t be surprised if the replacement lights don’t work either. The 2019’s are divas and the only sequential mirror turn signals that I’ve seen work 100% of the time are the Orsram ones. I’m running these on my 2019R:

https://a.co/d/2E3jA34
 

Acadia18

Autocross Champion
Location
The Greater Boston Metropolitan Area
Car(s)
2019 Golf R
Not trying to be a Negative Nancy but don’t be surprised if the replacement lights don’t work either. The 2019’s are divas and the only sequential mirror turn signals that I’ve seen work 100% of the time are the Orsram ones. I’m running these on my 2019R:

https://a.co/d/2E3jA34

All good. They didn't work 🤣

Glad to know it's not just the lights, will save me ordering a 3rd cheap set from Amazon.
 

bobloblawGTI

Autocross Champion
Location
DC
Car(s)
19 GTI SE 6MT
Not trying to be a Negative Nancy but don’t be surprised if the replacement lights don’t work either. The 2019’s are divas and the only sequential mirror turn signals that I’ve seen work 100% of the time are the Orsram ones. I’m running these on my 2019R:

https://a.co/d/2E3jA34
Also running the Osrams; glad to see they've come down in price a bit (I think they were over $200 a year or two ago) but still kind of outrageous for what they are.

@Acadia18 I briefly ran these on my 2019 before I switched to the Osrams and can confirm they worked fine if you want to go zhong on it: https://www.aliexpress.us/item/2251832667654474.html
 

Acadia18

Autocross Champion
Location
The Greater Boston Metropolitan Area
Car(s)
2019 Golf R
Thanks for the options to try. I like the smoked look over the clear look of the Osrams personally.

These are the ones I had gotten originally (and sent a replacement of)

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B7WY9M4X

It says "MK7 7.5", but the description actually does say "Sequential amber turn signal light is design for Volkswagen: Compatible with 2012-2018 VW MK7 MK7.5 Golf R GTI".

Is there actually that much of a difference between the 2015 - 2018, and 2019+ cars? I also wouldn't have assumed there are multiple manufacturers of these, I assumed a single factory would just shit them out, and all these other sellers are just slapping their name on them.
 

Cuzoe

Autocross Champion
Location
Los Angeles
Early on there were units that only had 2 pins instead of the 3 needed for puddle lights to work... only matters if you have folding mirrors with the puddle lights.

I went through 2 pin version smoked (impossible to see in daylight), 3 pin "white" which looked just okay, now 3 pin clear... all from Ali, no one stateside was stocking them with under 200% markup at the time. One segment of my passenger side is out though 🤦‍♂️. Probably gonna pony up for the Osrams here soon.
 

Acadia18

Autocross Champion
Location
The Greater Boston Metropolitan Area
Car(s)
2019 Golf R

Acadia18

Autocross Champion
Location
The Greater Boston Metropolitan Area
Car(s)
2019 Golf R
Proper wiper delete

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