What did you do to your mk7 today?

[CaptainRatty]

Oil change, spark plugs & swept out the interior. Still going strong at 142,500 miles.

And the OG water-pump. You should offer VW to buy it back so they can study how your unicorn has held up.

 

[GTI Jake]

And the OG water-pump. You should offer VW to buy it back so they can study how your unicorn has held up.

Seriously haha, but I’d say being strict with proper heat cycles is the secret to a unicorn.

Never done a pull with under 180*F oil temp, and always let it cool off after shenanigans before turning it off.

 

[parapraxis24]

Dash cam install. I hadn’t ever used a rear camera before, but install in the wagon was pretty easy. Didn’t break a single clip, so that’s awesome. Though im not super crazy about the size of the rear camera, I think I’ll get used to it. I might look into moving it towards the bottom of the window so it’s less obvious in the rear view mirror.

 

[swcrow]

Dash cam install. I hadn’t ever used a rear camera before, but install in the wagon was pretty easy. Didn’t break a single clip, so that’s awesome. Though im not super crazy about the size of the rear camera, I think I’ll get used to it. I might look into moving it towards the bottom of the window so it’s less obvious in the rear view mirror.

which one?

 

[Lob-Star]

Bad picture but such a good upgrade for the Mk7 for under $170.

 

[parapraxis24]

which one?

It is the Cobra SC 250r.

 

[CapnDangus]

Installed Aliexpress carbon mirror caps and smoked mirror turn signals. Also had aspherical mirrors to install, but looks like the stock 2020 Autobahn actually has this from the factory on the driver's side, so i'll be putting the Aliexpress ones up for sale for cheap.

 

[parapraxis24]

Headrests!

Went with A3 front head rests. These are from the comfort package or something, so they have height plus fore/aft adjustment. Super cheap if you don't care about the stitching possibly not matching.

Conveniently also the B8 A5/S5 rear headrests are low profile and fit perfectly-ish. I can't remember if the OEM euro rears have two detents for height adjustment, these only have one. So they sit a bit low if you're on the taller side, but I have passengers never so I'll take the visibility improvements. I suspect the rear seat back on the A5/S5 is just taller in general so the overall total height with the one detent in the B8 is more than in the mk7.

 

[bobloblawGTI]

Over the weekend I wired up the 3Q0 lane departure camera. All in all it wasn't too bad; grounds spliced into the dome light assembly wiring, then run along the headliner and down the A pillar to the wiring harnesses near the dead pedal, and finally the last set of wires out through the firewall to the engine bay and into the grill ACC radar. Massive thanks to @Cuzoe for helping me catch a fuse-related oversight that fixed the whole project. Now just coding to do and we should be off to the races! Not bad for a car that only came with forward collision assist from the factory (added ACC a couple summers ago.)

 

[carbon_gecko]

Small update, placed badges.

 

[El_bigote_AJ]

I really dont have any issues with the functionality of it for my non climatronics setup it does a lot of talking to the headunit to probably cause they speak the same language…. When I do stuff to the ac controls it jumps to the head screen controls and mirrors it all.

My issue is the same issue I had with the China bezel for the radio actually! They don’t have the same piano black color.

Also now I really need a digital dash

 

[Acadia18]

My issue is the same issue I had with the China bezel for the radio actually! They don’t have the same piano black color.

Yup

 

[GolfRRRR1]

Found that annoying suspension rattle.
Was confused because I just installed the aluminum front subframe and front swaybar (excellent mod btw) then the rattle began, so multiple times I tightened every bolt on the subframe and suspension, but didn't fix it. Ended up being the passenger lower ball joint. No movement, all tight when doing my checks, but under compression over little bumps...rattle, rattle, rattle. All good now.

 

[19birel]

I really dont have any issues with the functionality of it for my non climatronics setup it does a lot of talking to the headunit to probably cause they speak the same language…. When I do stuff to the ac controls it jumps to the head screen controls and mirrors it all.

My issue is the same issue I had with the China bezel for the radio actually! They don’t have the same piano black color.

Also now I really need a digital dash

Do you now have automatic climate control functionality with this or does it still just work like the basic non climatronic setup?

 

[El_bigote_AJ]

Do you now have automatic climate control functionality with this or does it still just work like the basic non climatronic setup?

Regular, it does have a harness and prob kit in the box so maybe that’s what you need to make its automatic (single zone) but I didn’t test it.