What did you do to your mk7 today?

[dlhoovler]

Sat on this one for 2 months... the stitching was about as painful as I expected.

Any advice for keeping this thing clean? Don't mind my dirty interior
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I had an E46 BMW before my GTI, and I there was one trim level that had a faux suede steering wheel from the factory. Message board comments on E46fanatics and others lamented what a pain it was to keep clean, but you may want to check there for some ideas.

By the way, what floor mats/liners are those?

 

[oddspyke]

Sat on this one for 2 months... the stitching was about as painful as I expected.

Any advice for keeping this thing clean? Don't mind my dirty interior
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All the guys on my ZL1 forums like Sonax alcantara cleaner. I haven't gotten to use it yet, but the entire interior of that car is alcantara and the people that daily them swear by the stuff.

 

[SnailpowerMk7]

Sat on this one for 2 months... the stitching was about as painful as I expected.

Any advice for keeping this thing clean? Don't mind my dirty interior
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What head unit/display is that?

 

[Keehs360]

All the guys on my ZL1 forums like Sonax alcantara cleaner. I haven't gotten to use it yet, but the entire interior of that car is alcantara and the people that daily them swear by the stuff.

Cheaper to just use a shoe suede cleaner with a stiff brush. The sonax stuff is really good but you can get some crepes or Jason marks stuff that’s slightly easier to work with, cleans as good and way cheaper.

the trick is to mind the nap

 

[gbar]

I had an E46 BMW before my GTI, and I there was one trim level that had a faux suede steering wheel from the factory. Message board comments on E46fanatics and others lamented what a pain it was to keep clean, but you may want to check there for some ideas.

By the way, what floor mats/liners are those?

Thanks I'll check that out. floor liners I found on ebay:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Floor-Mats...en-Golf-MK7-Golf-MK7-R-2015-2019/292910902220

 

[gbar]

What head unit/display is that?

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000130402636.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.13b54c4ddAKIXs

 

[Diggs24]

Attempted to install my forge intake hose, but it appears to be about one inch too short?

Don’t worry, I know, it doesn’t do anything anyways.

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What TIP do you run?

 

[GTIfan99]

Sat on this one for 2 months... the stitching was about as painful as I expected.

Any advice for keeping this thing clean? Don't mind my dirty interior
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Which one did you buy?

 

[Dameon]

Sat on this one for 2 months... the stitching was about as painful as I expected.

Any advice for keeping this thing clean? Don't mind my

Did mine this weekend as well. Bought it on a Black Friday deal. So glad I decided to take the wheel and trim off. No idea how anyone does it in the car.

 

[gbar]

Which one did you buy?

The seller I bought from removed the listing, but they're all the same from aliexpress
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/400...earchweb0_0,searchweb201602_,searchweb201603_

 

[wasbaggedonce]

What TIP do you run?

CTS. Took it off and tried the OEM and same issue. I saw another thread where someone had the Forge TIP and same thing, too short.

 

[El_bigote_AJ]

Got the new stage 5 ringer racing clutch finished up today. Such an unpleasant project working alone, even on the quickjacks and the fact that I was still fresh on remembering the process from just dropping the trans in January... this still sucked a lot lol.

 

[Daks]

Got the new stage 5 ringer racing clutch finished up today. Such an unpleasant project working alone, even on the quickjacks and the fact that I was still fresh on remembering the process from just dropping the trans in January... this still sucked a lot lol.

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Respect man. That’s a huge job.

 

[wasbaggedonce]

Got the new stage 5 ringer racing clutch finished up today. Such an unpleasant project working alone, even on the quickjacks and the fact that I was still fresh on remembering the process from just dropping the trans in January... this still sucked a lot lol.

I just had mine done. After watching an hour long YouTube video on how to do it, I was more than willing to pay my local shop $600 to do it for me lol.

 

[El_bigote_AJ]

I just had mine done. After watching an hour long YouTube video on how to do it, I was more than willing to pay my local shop $600 to do it for me lol.

Yeah this is the 4th time since last March my trans has been dropped...felt the same as you before and paid a dealer tech to do it the first 2 - times lol.

But in the end I just feel better knowing exactly and personally how each step of the project was performed.