Rim choices..

[JohnA]

the black wheels set it off perfectly

may do this as an interim als, till i order new wheels.

The roof wrap also looks great mate

now its time to dump it, KW DCC

[Rocco_R]

the black wheels set it off perfectly

may do this as an interim als, till i order new wheels.

The roof wrap also looks great mate

now its time to dump it, KW DCC

Thanks mate, yeah, I love the black it just looks so nice on a white car. Trust me, you would love it after done your wheels. Initially I was thinking to get the wheels sold and put on oz ultraleggera ones, but already exceeded my budget for this year so will hold on and use this interim solution. KW DCC sounds a promising next step I may go with anti-lift/sway bars first. I am still studying hard on suspension stuff, and learn from forum members their experience with various handling upgrade.

[Mac135]

New wheels for me are the next purchase....today came the APR stage 1 upgrade and a set of VWR springs.

It was pretty wet here this afternoon so didn't really test either the new tune or the springs. Initial feel for both is positive and the 25mm drop does enhance the look.

[kazmeyers]

Hey Mac, where you on Beach Road a few days ago driving towards the city?

I saw a girl in a green scirocco, and then minutes later a guy in a grey one... hmmmmm

New wheels for me are the next purchase....today came the APR stage 1 upgrade and a set of VWR springs.

It was pretty wet here this afternoon so didn't really test either the new tune or the springs. Initial feel for both is positive and the 25mm drop does enhance the look.

[Mac135]

Hey kazmeyers,

Not me. If i was on Beach Road I'd be the Tiguan taking the real Mac and Poppy to the beach. There are a couple of more Indium's around lately. I hadn't seen another Indium for months but have seen two different cars around in the past week or so.

[Rocco_R]

Hey Mac, how does the APR stage 1 turn out? APR is currently on special (just found out) with 15% off on stage one tune, thinking whether should be doing it before the offer expires, but again have to think about budget once again...hmm, difficult decision...

[Mac135]

Its still pretty wet here in Melbourne so haven't really given the car a good run since the tune. What i can say is that the pick up is improved (a lot) so it never feels like it is off bost. Its smoth and linear. Great for getting around in trafic. So limited experience with the APR so far but impressed.

[Toy86]

Plastidiped my rims today, very happy with the results. more pics to come when I get them back on the car

[JohnA]

looks good mate.

will be interested to see how they hold up over time

[Rocco_R]

Its still pretty wet here in Melbourne so haven't really given the car a good run since the tune. What i can say is that the pick up is improved (a lot) so it never feels like it is off bost. Its smoth and linear. Great for getting around in trafic. So limited experience with the APR so far but impressed.

Thanks Mac, sounds good already. I am not quite used to the DSG which gears up too quick on D (which is not so necessary), so I had to use paddle shift to override, sounds funny guess I was used to a manual transmission, but I still lover DSG spins so fast on S and changing gears at no effort, but obviously I am not keen on driving S for daily commute, so hope APR stage 1 improved this a bit.

[RoccOwner]

Apr stage 1 won't change the early up shift, that's the stock dsg tune. Not a fan of early up shifts either but I figure vw engineers did it for a good reason ? Economy maybe ?

[Rocco_R]

Apr stage 1 won't change the early up shift, that's the stock dsg tune. Not a fan of early up shifts either but I figure vw engineers did it for a good reason ? Economy maybe ?

I came to know from APR that there is a DSG tune can probably fix this up - the DSG data will be uploaded to Germany and gets tuned over there and send back here to reprogram it the next day.

I would probably be inclined to agree with you on early up shift is for economic reason, I am not 100% sure whether it is OK for the gearbox to stay on low rpm (1500) to power the car, feel the car is very sluggish - is that where the "deep" sound comes from?, but I guess this all really depend on how much accelerator I give, difficult to do much in a busy traffic though - so I decided to override with paddle shift, it actually sometimes gives me some manual transmission feeling