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THE Helix Dongle Programming Rental Thread -- Part 2

snobrdrdan

former GTI owner
 

andreyiv

New member
Location
LA
Car(s)
mk7.5 wagon
If anyone is on the fence, I highly recommend doing the programming. Totally worth the shipping cost and a trip to the post office in my opinion. The biggest and very noticeable difference was in the sound stage - it moved forward and it feels like the sound is coming from the windshield. The mids also got clearer and the highs got a bit less sharp. Prior to programming I had the highs a couple of notches below mids in the EQ as they were a bit too sharp for my liking. After programming I changed them to be the same and it sounds great to me.


Andrey
 

Jaime2823

New member
Location
Chicago
Where are you guys buying the subwoofer from? I’ve been thinking about installing it on mine but the price seems a little high and don’t know if it’s worth it
 

andreyiv

New member
Location
LA
Car(s)
mk7.5 wagon
Where are you guys buying the subwoofer from? I’ve been thinking about installing it on mine but the price seems a little high and don’t know if it’s worth it
I got mine from VW of Murrieta at 25% off. I tried getting my local dealer to match that but the parts person said it's not possible because they are basically selling it for cost.


Andrey
 

austigon

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Location
San Diego
Car(s)
2018 GTI
I got mine from VW of Murrieta at 25% off. I tried getting my local dealer to match that but the parts person said it's not possible because they are basically selling it for cost.


Andrey
From San Diego but I also bought it at VW of Murietta funny enough, the other VW dealerships in SD were more expensive. I would just check dealerships within an hour or two of you and see if there's not one that happens to have it cheaper.
 
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