Very Belated Oryx White Golf R Build

[gabeohuncho]

Did you notice any difference in MPG with the under car aero stuff added?

 

[Rrrrrmatey]

Did you notice any difference in MPG with the under car aero stuff added?

Yup, saw a modest (but noticeable) increase.

 

[Rrrrrmatey]

Just put on some new shoes and got a new noisemaker for my engine (PEX intake)…selling my old 19x8” RSe10’s w/ DWS 06 tires in the for sale section (it won’t let me link to it here).

 

[Rrrrrmatey]

Now with moar wheel pr0n…

 

[Rrrrrmatey]

So I told @Acadia18 I was selling my old wheels to keep from going down the customization rabbit hole…

Wait…my roof wasn’t like that before and what’s up with my VW badges? Mission Failed

 

[Acadia18]

So I told @Acadia18 I was selling my old wheels to keep from going down the customization rabbit hole…

Wait…my roof wasn’t like that before and what’s up with my VW badges? Mission Failed

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You know it never ends...

Going to need some more pictures of that roof, was contemplating the same thing myself, but wasn't sure how it would look with the spoiler being black as well.

At least the emblems are a small inexpensive mod...

 

[Rrrrrmatey]

You know it never ends...

Going to need some more pictures of that roof, was contemplating the same thing myself, but wasn't sure how it would look with the spoiler being black as well.

At least the emblems are a small inexpensive mod...

Ha! I can quit whenever I want to!

This is Suntek Black PPF

 

[Rrrrrmatey]

So I had developed a really persistent squeaking noise from the front suspension recently.

I’m having the Euro Sport Camber mounts out in and, when they pulled the front struts & mounts, they found that the current strut mounts (OEM) had partially ‘spun’ (when I looked at it, the ‘tab’ on the rubber portion was no longer aligned if that makes sense?) Shop noted they’ve been seeing this more often with Mk 7’s lately.

Curious if anyone else has experienced a similar issue?

 

[Rrrrrmatey]

So (kind of interesting to me), the master tech thinks the previous dude used the wrong grease…apparently whatever the guy used has high adhesion between plastic/rubber parts and basically ended up glueing the bearing to the mount (not quite that strong, but enough that under compression it spun the mount).

 

[Rrrrrmatey]

Squeaking fixed and Euro Sport Camber Kit installed. Was going for an even -2 degrees up front, so very happy with where this kit got me. No noticeable NVH change in the brief driving since install.

 

[Rrrrrmatey]

Added an OEM Wolfsburg Badge to the rear…not really feeling it though 🫤

I’ll keep it on for at least a week to see if it grows on me, but curious what anyone else thinks?

Wasn’t feeling it…sooooo…back the way it was

 

[Rrrrrmatey]

Added an OEM Wolfsburg Badge to the rear…not really feeling it though 🫤

I’ll keep it on for at least a week to see if it grows on me, but curious what anyone else thinks?

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Thought this just looked janky as hell - 0/10, would not recommend.

Speaking of ugly janky things, saw my first Mk8 Golf R out in the wild today. Not as bad as I thought, but still don’t like the ‘small SUV’ look it seems to have. The one exception is the DRLs on the Mk8…those are a whole different level of awful. I had no concept of just how bad the Mk8 Daytime Running Lights looked

 

[Rrrrrmatey]

After the Maxton experience, just got the car cleaned & detailed.

 

[Rrrrrmatey]

Well, it’s been a minute. One of the ball joints on my SuperPro front end-links died at around ~53k (had about 25k on them). New ones installed, so we’ll see how long those last…at least SuperPro stands behind their warranty

Other than that and finding out my plugs were incorrectly gapped when they were last replaced, sitting at 55k and very happy with reliability so far!