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APR Suspension Control Unit (SCU) Upgrades are Here!

Arin@APR

GOLFMK7 Official Sponsor
Location
Auburn, Al
Car(s)
B8 S4, MK7 GSW TDI
THE ULTIMATE SUSPENSION CONTROL UNIT (SCU) UPGRADE IS HERE!



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The APR Suspension Control Unit (SCU) Upgrade directly replaces your factory suspension controller with a new unit that enables advanced control over your vehicle’s factory electronic shocks. The factory controller only operates in a “soft” or “stiff” state with no behavior in-between, despite the incredible capability of the factory electronic shocks. Our controller has advanced programming that takes various inputs to provide fine-tuned control over the shocks in real time. The controller still retains factory comfort and sport functionally, and it doesn’t compromise ride quality for performance. However, both modes rapidly increase performance depending on various inputs such as acceleration, brake pressure, G-forces, steering angle, speed, and damper shaft velocity.

The experience is absolutely transformative. For the casual driver, the vehicle is more comfortable and rides better than stock. Uncomfortable bouncing and stiffness are reduced, and the car settles faster to provide increased stability. This is accomplished by using the full operating range of the electronic shocks to provide a pleasant experience when you’re driving normally. But once you begin pushing the vehicle, the controller quickly adapts to provide performance you never knew was possible from the factory shocks. Even on a straight-line launch the system will help control weight transfer so you can improve your 60ft times for better acceleration and better times in the quarter mile. On a twisty back road, or on a proper track, the controller adjusts each shock individually to provide the grip you need to cut faster lap times with more confidence as the chassis is more balanced. It improves weight transfer on corner turns by allowing a smoother transition, all without the shocks loading the tires, while also reducing overall body roll. Simply put, your vehicle will ride and perform better in every scenario and stays true to our mantra of performance without compromise!

Features and Benefits
  • Direct plug-and-play upgrade
  • Provides full dynamic control over the electronic shocks in real-time
  • Optimized ride quality and comfort during normal daily driving
  • Optimized performance, handling, and cornering during spirited driving
  • Optimized launch control, traction, grip, and weight transfer
  • Reduces 60ft times for improve acceleration
  • More confident driving experience
  • Advanced signal processing provides real-time changes lightning fast speeds
  • Reacts in real-time to driving style to provide comfort or performance
  • Retains various factory levels of switchable performance: Ex: “Comfort” vs “Sport”
  • Fully 3D-mapped to the capabilities of your factory electronic shocks
  • Compatible with aftermarket springs, stabilizer bars, and other upgrades.
  • Unit is unlocked and fully upgradable in the future
  • Unit is completely reversible and removable without a trace

Get all the details here!
 

Kdubya

Drag Racing Champion
Location
Florida
Car(s)
2017 GTI
The “S” model doesn’t have DCC though. Am i Mistaken? Or am i thinking Of ECC
 

mk6'12gti

Drag Racing Champion
Location
Cleveland
Car(s)
2018 Mk7.5 Gti
Atleast this is a little bit cheaper then the dsc dcc controller
 

mrmatto

Autocross Champion
Location
Jacksonville, FL
Car(s)
2024 GTI DSG
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Cuzoe

Autocross Champion
Location
Los Angeles
shockingly, this is also the same case used by the stock controller
Nah, it isn't... https://www.ebay.com/itm/144711429464

While I don't doubt factory DCC tuning could be changed and/or improved, the first post suggests that factory DCC is a simple soft/medium/stiff setting. That's not at all the case. Factory DCC makes use of several inputs as well (level sensors and accelerometers, to name just two). It's also tuned (via the dataset) for different platforms and even for variants of that platform (Golf R vs GTI, for example). Again, not saying this product doesn't improve things, but it should be advertised on what it does, not on what it is being suggested the factory system does not do.

If one orders this do you get a different software set depending on the car? When I added to my cart it didn't ask me what my car was. Fitment guide says the unit works on an e-Golf with DCC as well as a GTI with DCC. There can be a 400lb weight difference in the weight of those cars. Is this unit tuned for that? I don't know if you can get the e-Golf with DCC so I guess a better comparison is GTI vs Golf R with a weight difference of about 300lbs, distributed differently.

This is pretty damn cool. Wish my car had DCC
Retrofit it... some of us have 😁... https://www.golfmk7.com/forums/index.php?threads/dcc-retrofit.378431/
 

krs

Autocross Champion
Location
Las Vegas, NV
Car(s)
MKVIIS R
Only good for OEM DCC? What about the aftermarket coilover DCC setups?
 

Cuzoe

Autocross Champion
Location
Los Angeles
I can see how that would fit in the case. It's just funny that both APR and DSC are using the same case. But probably easier to source something already being made than to get an entirely new case up and running.
The module has to fit into a bracket so the overall dimensions are limited... I guess APR and DSC chose the same (maybe only) after market case/mold available. I'm not sure why one wouldn't pay the additional $300 for the DSC unit though and be able to tune/modify their own settings. I guess that is really a question for @Arin@APR.
 
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