Yup. The Garrett Turbo DV placement prevented me from really twisting it at all, so heated it up with a heat gun and 90 degree pick and a lot of micro turning.......that thing sucks
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MK7 "Random / "Stupid" Questions Thread"
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Nineeightyone
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Pennsylvania
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- Scooty Puff Jr
Firefox + uBlock Origin (+ PiHole) ftw
Nineeightyone
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Pennsylvania
- Car(s)
- Scooty Puff Jr
While I'm a fan of DDG overall, I'm not a fan of Chromium-based browsers because of things Google is doing within the standard they're pushing to make it more difficult to block ads. And don't get me started on Brave/Opera/etc. There's a lot of sketchy shit out there, the Mozilla foundation has been doing a lot of good things over the years for a free & open internet.
Pineapple
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Boston, MA
- Car(s)
- 2017 Golf GTI S
On headlight installation:
I did a test run last night to see how much I could access without fully removing the bumper. This is what my seller sent from his install
The only things I need from full bumper cover removal is access to a screw on the side near the turn indicator, and clearance to slide the headlights. I removed all the bumper screws on that side, and three screws on the underside. I wasn't able to get easy access to the side screw on the headlight however with just those screws out so I aborted and put it back together. I think I needed to pull the clips out, and potentially remove a couple more screws near the center of the cover.
So my random stupid question is, is it simpler to follow the instructions and fully remove the cover? My seller was very concerned about disturbing the front collision sensor. I don't know what the clip situation is on the cover so I don't really know what to pull on to move it down. I won't have assistance to fully drop the bumper cover until this weekend most likely, and I'm itching to get this done on a weekday evening.
I did a test run last night to see how much I could access without fully removing the bumper. This is what my seller sent from his install
The only things I need from full bumper cover removal is access to a screw on the side near the turn indicator, and clearance to slide the headlights. I removed all the bumper screws on that side, and three screws on the underside. I wasn't able to get easy access to the side screw on the headlight however with just those screws out so I aborted and put it back together. I think I needed to pull the clips out, and potentially remove a couple more screws near the center of the cover.
So my random stupid question is, is it simpler to follow the instructions and fully remove the cover? My seller was very concerned about disturbing the front collision sensor. I don't know what the clip situation is on the cover so I don't really know what to pull on to move it down. I won't have assistance to fully drop the bumper cover until this weekend most likely, and I'm itching to get this done on a weekday evening.
Nineeightyone
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Pennsylvania
- Car(s)
- Scooty Puff Jr
I generally remove the whole bumper cover when removing the headlights. Disconnect your battery before you pull it so you don't make the collision sensor unhappy, there are some screws under the grill as well. Grill removal is sort of a weird push down a little and pull towards the front of the car thing, if it's never been off before it can be a bit uncooperative. But once that's off, just sit it on top of the rad support and the bumper slides out, EZPZ. You might be able to keep one side attached to the car, but you're gonna need more room than what you've got without pulling the grill and removing the underlying fasteners there. Oh, and if you've got foglights you'll need to disconnect the wire for those. Not a big deal but just a thing that might help.
Pineapple
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Boston, MA
- Car(s)
- 2017 Golf GTI S
I did remove the grill, no sensor present so I guess I don't have it?
Diggs24
Autocross Champion
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- de plains! de plains!
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- 2015 GTI
Couldn't get DAP on an S trim in 2017 anyways.
Pineapple
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Boston, MA
- Car(s)
- 2017 Golf GTI S
Thanks for the pic, don't think I have that either.
Poverty-spec? More like convenience spec
Pineapple
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Boston, MA
- Car(s)
- 2017 Golf GTI S
Alrighty, sounds like this bumper cover is gonna be droppin like it's hot