so once I dial in my E30....I'll see if there's room for E45 and I'll just enjoy it for a bit and start saving for MPI I suppose.......like what I was "advised" to do about 1.5 years ago LOL
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What did you do to your mk7 today?
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Francoleon91
Autocross Newbie
- Location
- Nassau county
Lowered it on EMD springs. Used the 'metal' 2x4 method. Not a bad install, one front strut was a real pain in the ass to get back in seated correctly. Looks so much better.
Also got it tinted. 35% windshield and 15% all around.
Also got it tinted. 35% windshield and 15% all around.
swimming gti
Passed Driver's Ed
- Location
- NJ
- Car(s)
- 2017 VW GTI w/DSG
Looks hella good. Does 15% make it harder to see at night? I want to do 20% but someone told me it makes it too dark inside...prbly going to do it anyway tho
Francoleon91
Autocross Newbie
- Location
- Nassau county
Thanks dude, no, 15% is fine. I wouldn't go past 10% but thats just me. you should do it, its really not that dark.
I thought NJ was one of those nazi states when it comes to window tint were they don't allow tint on the driver and passenger windows?
Francoleon91
Autocross Newbie
- Location
- Nassau county
when I lived in NY, I had my mk6 front windows tinted like %60 and got pulled over 3 times.. I wouldn't have dared the thought of tinting my windshield now I live in florida and my windshield is %35 lol. Love it.
I bought my 2005 GLI brand new in NJ because they were the only ones that had one in Black Magic Pearl within a 125 mile radius. When I brought it to MD even thought I had Texas tags they wouldn't tint the car with anything lower than the 45% allowed at the time, TX was 20% all over. Now we have 25% for driver/pass and no restriction for the rest. They don't have a rating for the windshield other than 25% on the top 5" or at the ASI line. All the shops I have gone to do clear ceramic on the windshield, the tint on mine is slightly bluish and looks like a 75%.
Nineeightyone
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Pennsylvania
- Car(s)
- Scooty Puff Jr
Clear ceramic is a winning move. I gotta do it soon-ish on several of the cars, the summer is shaping up to be pretty warm here.
swimming gti
Passed Driver's Ed
- Location
- NJ
- Car(s)
- 2017 VW GTI w/DSG
Yeah technically it's illegal, but everyone has tint and noone gets pulled over for it. Maybe cops just have more important things to worry about now idk...
Same with front plates, it's illegal but I havent used a front plate for 6 years and never been bothered about it
Not much but did work on trying to plan a visit to a shop for bumper re-spray, headlight swap out, coilover adjustment, or just waiting a while as I need to drive it back and forth to work while wife's Kia is being repaired or totaled or whatever they plan with it. College kid ran the light and turned left in front of her, taking out the driver front fender and the majority of the suspension components. I did however park my GTI next to the new 2024 Atlas the wife and I bought over the weekend.
The only picture I have is this one taken Saturday after getting home from the dealer. Originally planned on and looked at a Tiggy, but wife liked the extra room in the Atlas.
The only picture I have is this one taken Saturday after getting home from the dealer. Originally planned on and looked at a Tiggy, but wife liked the extra room in the Atlas.
kyLman
Go Kart Champion
- Location
- Grand Rapids, Michigan
- Car(s)
- 2015 Golf
Broken rear spring on 2015 1.8.... 99k miles. Overnighted one from Rock Auto for 100$ total. Hoping its as simple as compressing the old one out and compressing the new one to go in... maybe disconnect the strut and rear roll bar for for control arm travel?
Nineeightyone
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Pennsylvania
- Car(s)
- Scooty Puff Jr
Rear springs are pretty easy to do, though you might want to just get a couple new stretch bolts from the dealer and unbolt the sway bar end link, trailing arm, and lower strut so you can swing everything around however you like. But not nearly as annoying as the front springs.
kyLman
Go Kart Champion
- Location
- Grand Rapids, Michigan
- Car(s)
- 2015 Golf
Must I do this? Or will I be able to finaggle it enough?
Nineeightyone
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Pennsylvania
- Car(s)
- Scooty Puff Jr
Since I was doing coilovers at the time I did the unbolt a bunch of stuff method, you might be able to skate away with not BUT it's maybe $20 in bolts. YMMV, but I will say if you pull the hardware, I wouldn't reuse it. It's not at all a bad job though. The biggest thing is going to be making sure you disconnect the sway bar end link from the control arm, otherwise you're going to wind up fighting the other side of the car to let you get the spring in place.
It really comes down to how much you prefer effort over time. I'll take two hours to do a one hour job, if it's two hours of easy stuff versus an hour of struggling and swearing.