S3 intercooler install Brisbane

[bugsalanko]

Does anyone know of anywhere in Brisbane that installs the S3 intercooler and won't cost an arm and a leg?

Thanks in advance.

[Scuby_snax84]

Mike webber prestige did my eurojet cooler install, was around $300-$350 from memory. Can't imagine the s3 being too much different.
Give them a call.

[gecko2k]

Don't you just cut a bit of the old piping off and attach the S3 intercooler with new bolts? Even $200 would be a pretty good wage for that...

[Brendan_A]

Don't you just cut a bit of the old piping off and attach the S3 intercooler with new bolts? Even $200 would be a pretty good wage for that...

Bit more to it than just that. The whole front end has to come off to get old cooler out then install the new one. Your looking at 3hrs work!

[Guy_H]

3-4 hour job - I think VW's book time is ~ 6 hours (they degas the AC - we dont)

[Brendan_A]

3-4 hour job - I think VW's book time is ~ 6 hours (they degas the AC - we dont)

Rod installed my S3 cooler in 3hrs.

[bugsalanko]

Had a chat to Mike yesterday and he said it would take around the 3/3.5 mark so going to go ahead and order it of ECS tonight.

Brendan I remember you saying you needed some extra bolts and clamps for the install, you don't happen to have them written down do you?

[Brendan_A]

Had a chat to Mike yesterday and he said it would take around the 3/3.5 mark so going to go ahead and order it of ECS tonight.

Brendan I remember you saying you needed some extra bolts and clamps for the install, you don't happen to have them written down do you?

Mate, when I get home tonight I'll post them up for you. Good to hear your getting one

The bolts you want are m6x1 20mm long and you need 9 of. And two 2.5" hose clamps.

[bugsalanko]

Haha wow. Just went to purchase the intercooler off ECS and in a matter of 2 days the price of shipping has gone from $289 to $779!! what the hell is going on there!!

[Brendan_A]

Wow!! That is crazy mate!

[Big_M]

wow thats a price hike and a half. I'd be emailing them and asking what the go is. Guess you have already but.

[bugsalanko]

Did some google-ing and found a parts company based in Germany that has it landed at $535 which is only 20 more then the old ECS price, so not to bad really, so going to grab it off them.

Im assuming if the part number is the same one listed on the ECS website that it will be the same. The picture they have has the alloy end to the tanks, but the only thing that has me worried is the listing is under the 2.0l FSI instead of TSI.

[gecko2k]

Bit more to it than just that. The whole front end has to come off to get old cooler out then install the new one. Your looking at 3hrs work!

Sure thing, but the process is pretty easy/straight forward: bumper off, chop-chop, new IC+srews on, Bumper on. Not very challenging work...DIY possible...

[Brendan_A]

Sure thing, but the process is pretty easy/straight forward: bumper off, chop-chop, new IC+srews on, Bumper on. Not very challenging work...DIY possible...

Righto mate. I should have got you to install mine then hey. DIY if I had all the the tools and a hoist makes life easy.

[Dan_3MPS]

Looking into doing the S3 IC swap too, but found a post on a random forum earlier today where a guy with a South African Mk6 GTI reckons that his factory cooler was the same thickness as the S3 cooler, just with the plastic end tanks rather than the aluminium ones, and only noticed while swapping it for the S3 IC he ordered. Another guy in Malaysia said his factory hoses lined up perfectly with the S3 cooler, and didn't need any trimming to fit.

It makes me wonder if there's been a changeover to the bigger IC from the factory sometime along the MY evolution from when the Mk6 GTI was first released up until now. Can anyone confirm or provide any more info?