I took the racks off - wind noise. Mine is a Mk7 but I believe they may have a 7.5 option.
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LapizHQ's Elevated OEM Golf R Build Thread
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19birel
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Pittsburgh
- Car(s)
- MK7.5 - MK4 - B8.5
I hear you on the wind noise, I have racks on my A4 and Golf IV and whilst I love the look and functionality, I told myself no on the GTI haha...they tempt me on market place though
I'll have a look at that, for a long time they would say not compatible with a pic of the NA-spec LED tails- about time they got an option for us!
Looks good. With my switch to the Maxton CS Rear wing, my Rennwagen spoiler came off. I could have sent it to you lol.
Ayy I would have appreciated that for sure. I even had to wait for mine for a month or so for the batch to get built and sent. Great subtle wing though.
Exciting update that I am finally getting around to completing. Have wanted to upgrade the steering wheel for a while now, but dont like the look of the like giant aggressive molds or big carbon fiber sections. They dont look OEM to me. I wanted a wheel that was a bit more mature where someone stepping into the car would think "wow I didn't know VW's could be this nice" rather than "wow he put a fucking crazy aftermarket wheel on here."
So I did a ton of research and landed on Royal Steering Wheels after seeing other members here and on Vortex recommend them. You can customize virtually every aspect, so I submitted an order for a wheel that was slightly thicker, had 10 and 2 grips, and had AMG Perforated Leather on the sides. and have to say: I absolutely LOVE this upgrade. I think it is my single favorite thing I have done to the car so far. You really dont realize how much upgrading a wheel will change your experience driving. Highly recommend to anyone on the fence and highly recommend you check out Royal Steering Wheels.
Before
After
But the fun didn't stop there....
I also wanted to get a set of longer paddle shifters, but really didn't like the look of any of the ones out there. S2T looked nice but they were very expensive and honestly did not seem worth it for a piece of painted metal. Saw the sort of 'skeleton' Ali express versions that a lot of people seem to have but thought those weren't really my style either.
A while back I stumbled on these illuminated paddle shifters by NCZworks on eBay. This guy 3D printed and painted illuminated paddles that look very elevated OEM to me, but stopped making them. He does make the 3D Printing files available on his Etsy for $15, so I figured why not try that out. I bought them, contacted a local 3D printer and had the files printed, sanded them smooth, spray painted them, wet sanded and polished the paint, then assembled them up and I think they look fantastic. Honestly if I had known how much work this would be before hand I probably would not have done it, but hey, it's done now
So finally, here is the completed wheel with these new paddles installed
So I did a ton of research and landed on Royal Steering Wheels after seeing other members here and on Vortex recommend them. You can customize virtually every aspect, so I submitted an order for a wheel that was slightly thicker, had 10 and 2 grips, and had AMG Perforated Leather on the sides. and have to say: I absolutely LOVE this upgrade. I think it is my single favorite thing I have done to the car so far. You really dont realize how much upgrading a wheel will change your experience driving. Highly recommend to anyone on the fence and highly recommend you check out Royal Steering Wheels.
Before
After
But the fun didn't stop there....
I also wanted to get a set of longer paddle shifters, but really didn't like the look of any of the ones out there. S2T looked nice but they were very expensive and honestly did not seem worth it for a piece of painted metal. Saw the sort of 'skeleton' Ali express versions that a lot of people seem to have but thought those weren't really my style either.
A while back I stumbled on these illuminated paddle shifters by NCZworks on eBay. This guy 3D printed and painted illuminated paddles that look very elevated OEM to me, but stopped making them. He does make the 3D Printing files available on his Etsy for $15, so I figured why not try that out. I bought them, contacted a local 3D printer and had the files printed, sanded them smooth, spray painted them, wet sanded and polished the paint, then assembled them up and I think they look fantastic. Honestly if I had known how much work this would be before hand I probably would not have done it, but hey, it's done now
So finally, here is the completed wheel with these new paddles installed
19birel
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Pittsburgh
- Car(s)
- MK7.5 - MK4 - B8.5
The new wheel looks great! If you don't mind me asking, approximately what did that run you?
Thank you! The wheel was surprisingly affordable IMO - $330 plus a $190 deposit that gets returned when ship them back your old wheel.
19birel
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Pittsburgh
- Car(s)
- MK7.5 - MK4 - B8.5
That really isn't bad at all! I'll have to keep this in mind!