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What did you do to your mk7 today?
- Thread starter GTA5
- Start date
Cuzoe
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Los Angeles
@Covelight (or anyone I guess)... is that some type of protection for the crossover tube on those Brembos?
I've no idea. It's my first time seeing such a setup in person lol.
No matter what I did, couldn't get it seated.
After 3 hours of three grown men using jack and brute force to try to get it to seat, I put the wheels on, put it on the ground and back over and back up the lip of the driveway.
The second I moved forward and it hit the little lip at bottom of driveway, they seated.
I'm not saying it's the right way, but it worked and I had no damage.
Put it back up and tightened everything. Don't judge me, I'm a hack and it was 2 am at that point.
El_bigote_AJ
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Las Vegas
- Car(s)
- 2019 GTI bunny
Sounds about 2x4 and leaving the axle connected so that you cannot easily manipulate spindle/knuckle.
Nineeightyone
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Pennsylvania
- Car(s)
- 20 CX5 19 GTI 10 MZ3
I'm also a hack, and I may try this if nothing else works. But I've got a couple other tricks up my sleeve.
dtfd
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Massachusetts
- Car(s)
- MK7.5 GTI
Spit on it.
When we were installing @mwoodski's koni it took us almost an hour to get the first side to set in properly. The problem here was the thick paint that koni loves to use. For the second side the strut was sanded down a little bit and we used enough pb blaster to make sure @Acadia18 's garage smelled like it for a week. Took us maybe 10-15 minutes to do that side.
Nineeightyone
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Pennsylvania
- Car(s)
- 20 CX5 19 GTI 10 MZ3
YAAAAAAAS this was my experience with the yellows on my Mazda as well. And of course these STs have like ridges so when you let the jack out just a little too much there's a wonderful sound as all your effort is reversed.
mwoodski
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Not Fancy CT, USA
- Car(s)
- 17 Golf SW 4mo
throw some purple loctite on them
yea guess Im gonna have to. Thanks man.
dtfd
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Massachusetts
- Car(s)
- MK7.5 GTI
Today I learned purple loctite is a thing.
I though it was just blue if you want to be able to remove it, red if you don't want to be able to remove it without bringing a torch to the party.
StorableComa
Autocross Champion
- Location
- SoCal, USA
- Car(s)
- 17 GSW S FWD
They also have Green.
Acadia18
Autocross Champion
- Location
- The Greater Boston Metropolitan Area
- Car(s)
- 2019 Golf R
Got a few miles on the GTI yesterday. First time driving in a parking deck with the full BAUN Exhaust. I kept it quite tame but man I wanted to rip through there.
Heading back out to work today just south of Detroit. Fun thing about traveling is I am always looking at cars for sale. Going to check out another mk1 GTI in Ann Arbor while I’m up that way. I looked at a golf country in Finland a few years ago and have been seriously considering doing something crazy to get it back to the states. Time will tell.
Heading back out to work today just south of Detroit. Fun thing about traveling is I am always looking at cars for sale. Going to check out another mk1 GTI in Ann Arbor while I’m up that way. I looked at a golf country in Finland a few years ago and have been seriously considering doing something crazy to get it back to the states. Time will tell.