What did you do to your mk7 today?

[JTM88]

Found out why I went from 32psi peak to barely 20psi. The passenger side coupling for the majesty twintercooler decided to give out.

I could replace the coupler, but I think this is a sign that it’s time to upgrade to a better quality IC.

For now I’ll just run just the stock IC and drive chill.

 

[ChristopherNeil]

I just can't bring myself to do it. It's one of those things that I know is reasonably safe, but I just can't bring myself to hose down/pressure wash an engine bay. It just feels wrong.

If you keep 18-24" away and have a wide spray nozzle, you'll be fine. Every connector is built to be incredibly water resistant, and it sprays out much less water than the shower setting on your garden hose. It's a <10 year old German car, not a 1960s soviet shitbox. As long as there's distance, constant movement, and you're not saturating up close, there's literally nothing wrong. If something were to go wrong, it was already a problem and you just identified it.

 

[Mass_Paul]

Found out why I went from 32psi peak to barely 20psi. The passenger side coupling for the majesty twintercooler decided to give out.

I could replace the coupler, but I think this is a sign that it’s time to upgrade to a better quality IC.

For now I’ll just run just the stock IC and drive chill.

How many miles on it?

 

[▯▯▯]

The only thing I’m really scared about is electrical components getting damaged. Because if it’s gonna happen to anyone, it would be me maybe using a sprayer with just water and some soap would be the best way, avoiding battery and alternator

Pressure washer I would be worried about. Using a nozzle on a hose in a low pressure setting like a "shower" pattern is fine, higher pressure near the non electric parts. After rinsing I use air to blow away and wipe away most of the water and then let the car run for about 10 minutes to steam away any remaining moisture.

If you keep 18-24" away and have a wide spray nozzle, you'll be fine. Every connector is built to be incredibly water resistant, and it sprays out much less water than the shower setting on your garden hose. It's a <10 year old German car, not a 1960s soviet shitbox. As long as there's distance, constant movement, and you're not saturating up close, there's literally nothing wrong. If something were to go wrong, it was already a problem and you just identified it.

 

[CaptainRatty]

It's a <10 year old German car

By way of Pubela, Mexico

 

[Salami]

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Arcadia's engine compartment

 

[swcrow]

Found out why I went from 32psi peak to barely 20psi. The passenger side coupling for the majesty twintercooler decided to give out.

I could replace the coupler, but I think this is a sign that it’s time to upgrade to a better quality IC.

For now I’ll just run just the stock IC and drive chill.

Flex seal or gorilla tape

 

[JTM88]

How many miles on it?

Not sure, no more than 30k. But I have been running 30 psi with a vortex

 

[JTM88]

Flex seal or gorilla tape

I thought about it, will it stick to the silicone?

 

[swcrow]

I thought about it, will it stick to the silicone?

Clean it and it should. Overlap edges when you wrap it. Easiest try

 

[Anthony3o55]

Are those "in-channel"? How is the fit?

yeah you slide them into the window seal. The piano black trim in the center window piece got pushed back and tore the rubber slightly. Install was easy.

 

[JTM88]

Clean it and it should. Overlap edges when you wrap it. Easiest try

Bought some flex seal tape and made a bandaid fix. I need to take the bumper off to get the couplers back on so that will have to wait until after work tomorrow.

Hopefully it holds for a while, but I’ve decided to get a Baun FMIC to replace it anyway.

 

[ChristopherNeil]

It was mid 80's in San Diego today, so I detailed my car, and went ahead and did the engine bay too, for @Acadia18

 

[Nineeightyone]

No photos but I started on the Aerofabb diffuser install. Fairly straightforward, holy shit rivnuts are magic. Tried trimming a mudflap to see if I could get it to fit with the diffuser -- no luck there, but I'm going to try to pick up another right side mud flap to have a full set in good shape regardless. Ordered some cheap zhongzhong rallyarmor knockoffs because I still like mudflaps, but I'm planning to trim them up significantly. For whatever reason the bottom outer pair of screws on the mudflap are being difficult, but it got too hot outside to continue playing around with the car so I'll have to get behind the bumper later on and see what's going on there.

 

[EpicTech]

CS Wing update- re-sanded down and shot another coat of color. It dried weird and the paint cracked all over. Sanded it all back down to nothing and shot this time a different primer. Will see how that looks after work today.