Golf R Observations and Questions

[Corey_R]

Question: if you got sat nav, where is the cd-stacker??

And what is the thing under the DRIVERS seat, in styrofoam? I saw the amp under the passengers. Anyone know

If you have the Sat Nav, there is no CD Stacker, because you have a 30GB HDD which you can use to put 18GB of MP3's on! (The other space is used by the maps.)

The thing under the drivers seat in styrofoam is the Bluetooth module.

[dave_r]

Yes the Golf R has been awarded Top Gears Hot Hatch of the year award!

Be nice if the new series does a segment on the car!

[Fab_R]

Be nice if the new series does a segment on the car!

Dave im sure they will, will be good though...wonder if they will give it a lap..

[Fab_R]

Thinking of lowering my R.
Received a quote today from Pedders using Eibach 25mm lowered springs - $1100 fitted.

Has any one even with a GTI lowered with ACC option?

I think 25mm lower would give it an improved look as well as improved handling...

[dave_r]

I think 25mm lower would give it an improved look as well as well as improved handling...

Not sure I'd go to pedders regardless but seriously you must just be bored! It looks bloody great and it handles fine hehe

Edit:

Dave im sure they will, will be good though...wonder if they will give it a lap..

If anyone doesn't want to wait to buy the mag, someone put up a 66mb PDF link on the UK rforum. Won't post here cos I'm sure its breaking the rules...

[davka]

Great pics Fab. Awesome looking car!

If I were you I wouldn't change a thing, the ride quality will be compromised as well as practicality around speed humps and driveways... Maybe we should open an Opinion Poll

[G-rig]

Factory DCC is better than pedders (LOL) or fulcum or any of those cheap shops. There are a few threads on Golfmk6 where someone has introduced lowered springs with DCC, i think a 1" drop is fine but wouldn't mess with it.

DCC is very comfy in my car.

Edit: Still looks Sick FAB.

[mgs996tt]

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Looks trick

[DDTW]

Review from TopGear:
Top Gear drives the Volkswagen Golf R - BBC Top Gear

[adzy]

Thinking of lowering my R.
Received a quote today from Pedders using Eibach 25mm lowered springs - $1100 fitted.

Has any one even with a GTI lowered with ACC option?

I think 25mm lower would give it an improved look as well as improved handling...

I would leave it as is mate, unless you are going to buy a complete kit which includes the shock absorbers as well which are matched to the springs. You will just screw up what engineers spent hours to perfect.
If you go lower the shocks will just be destroyed a lot quicker also.

[REXman]

I would leave it as is mate, unless you are going to buy a complete kit which includes the shock absorbers as well which are matched to the springs. You will just screw up what engineers spent hours to perfect.
If you go lower the shocks will just be destroyed a lot quicker also.

Hey just noticed you are running stage 2, and ran a 13.81 quarter mile. Awesome time! is it DSG or manual?

As for the engineers perfecting.. its not necessarily perfect to FAB, and it is a compromise of comfort and performance from the factory. Always is with production spec. I dont think stiffening lowering the ride a little will affect much. I had a car lowered 2 inches and had no problems for the life of ownership.

[halojump]

It’s been a week today with the R and I have some questions, all fairly minor things...

Map Updates – when does the Map in the RNS510 get updated? For parts of Brisbane the inbuilt map is almost two years out of date. I understand that VW is at the mercy of the map data provider (Sensis or NavTeq I assume) but my TomTom is more up to date.

Boot Liner – I went to grab the genuine VW boot liner from the dealer. With the R boot being shallower it does not fit. Has anyone had any success with getting a rubber\foam style boot line that fits the R?

Alarm System – The R comes with the factory alarm system. Does it use a separate siren or just the horn? Can I set (I assume this is a VAGCOM thing) for it to ‘bleep’ when I lock the car?

Front Storage Tray – the little tray under the climate control (in front of the gear shift) has a lid that you puck to open. It is a bit sticky and fails to open sometimes. I was thinking of popping it out over the weekend to see if it can be fixed (I say this with no actual knowledge on how to do this). Is there any trick to making it work?

[Ryan_R]

The horn beep when locking the car is in the VCDS but doesn't work for all models/years. I can't rememeber the specifics though.

[bcm]

Fab I think you're better off leaving your ride height as it is if it's a day to day car. You can go to far modifying dailies and end up with something that is worse as a day to day driver than the stock car.

Cosmetically the car looks fantastic as is. And whilst you will change the way the car handles it's not necessarily going to be for the better for what I assume is it's primary use which is to get you around town. VW's ACC seems like a great compromise.

Just my 2c. I've been down the path you're headed before and ended up with a car that ripped up the track, but was very tiring to drive on the road. YMMV.

[Mr_Bob]

As for the engineers perfecting.. its not necessarily perfect to FAB, and it is a compromise of comfort and performance from the factory. Always is with production spec. I dont think stiffening lowering the ride a little will affect much. I had a car lowered 2 inches and had no problems for the life of ownership.

This is more about conflicts with the ACC.
I was expecting to go the coilover route, which is why i didn't tick that option.

I know with some foresters, lowering the rear was an issue as it had self levelling struts.
didn't matter what springs you put in, the height remained the same...

ACC wouldn't do that, however the programming is mapped and this may be matched to suit the stock springs,
swapping to a different spring rate, with a potentially different spring profile may reduce the benefits of ACC
On the other hand, it's dynamic nature could result in automatically stiffening the shocks to match the springs...

$1100 is alot of money to test this...
especially when you look at the coilover options for $1500-2000