What Accessories are you buying for your MK6 Golf?

[INASNT]

Nice Ride

I too am looking to put some 19' Talladegas (Black) on my CSG GTI. Did you have much trouble with it all? Did you fork out the dollars at the stealership or manage to find a private sale? If you buy them from the dealership will they help you out with installation and balancing or will you have to pay them a mint on top of the already huge price of the rims to get it done?

I saw an R earlier this week with GTI rims. I was like WTF!!! Looked wrong

[Vaku]

Nice Ride

I too am looking to put some 19' Talladegas (Black) on my CSG GTI. Did you have much trouble with it all? Did you fork out the dollars at the stealership or manage to find a private sale? If you buy them from the dealership will they help you out with installation and balancing or will you have to pay them a mint on top of the already huge price of the rims to get it done?

thanks

nah private sale, <$1.7k 100% mint rims with 2 decent OEM tyres so I just swapped out the fronts for Falken 452's

just had the tyre shop do an allignment / nitrogen fill etc..

[johnsonsabroad]

Hey mate.. I can't take the credit.. My auto elec mate did all the wiring for me!

I bought the lights from these guys (Jumbo Depot on eBay): 10 VW GOLF MK6 TDI TSI JETTA GRILLE FOG LIGHT LAMP KIT | eBay

I already had a set of fog grilles from john 118TSI's mk6 part out from a few months back, so i only bought the lights from these guys. Can't comment on the grilles you see in that ad.. But they should be ok..

Just a warning as well.. The bulbs that come with the housing are rubbish! They heated up and died within a few days of installation. I've replaced them with Philips 9006 HB4 Power2Night +50 globes.. They are excellent.. Longer, whiter, brighter beam.

Thanks for the info, will look further into it.

Again, good job looks great.

[Captain Courteous]

Lamin-X

A few weekends ago I had Lamin-X installed on the tail lights.. Big thanks to David from Reflect Effect.. Job well done!








Some before and after pics:






I ordered the 6% tint from Lamin-X direct:

VW Golf VI (2010, 2011) Tail Light Covers

Installation at Reflect Effect was $85.. After watching David apply the film, I realised there was no way I could have done it DIY.. Would have bodged it up for sure!

[Ryan_R]

Looks really nice Cap'n. Does anyone know of a Melbourne place that would do this without bodging it up? I need to eventually get my windows tinted as well and the Lamin-X matches it very well.

[+] Looks like I've finally seen another Mk6 Golf with Beige interior too

[Candyman]

Final Inspection use their own film

Self healing that can be applied to headlights, paintwork etc

[Ryan_R]

Asked Burwin VW for front slim-line weather-shields today while getting the car serviced. I returned to find that they only sell them as a set of 4, so they had installed the front two as requested and left the rear ones in the boot.

Suppose I'll get around to installing them one day before winter, as they require ~4 hours to set (double-sided tape, after cleaning area with some alcohol-based product).

Went for a quick drive through Mt Dandenong with the front windows open a bit and the difference was very noticeable - no more horrible buffeting (like listening to those Dyson Air Multiplier advertisements). Could've/should've got them off eBay for much less but I'll live. May get around to taking photos later. My only concern now is that this may make future window-tinting harder/impossible???

[SilvrFoxX]

Went for a quick drive through Mt Dandenong with the front windows open a bit and the difference was very noticeable - no more horrible buffeting (like listening to those Dyson Air Multiplier advertisements). Could've/should've got them off eBay for much less but I'll live. May get around to taking photos later. My only concern now is that this may make future window-tinting harder/impossible???

Some one gave me a tip to deal with the buffeting which works.. wind your front window all the way down and then wind your rear passenger drivers side window half way down.. pretty much sorts the buffting out. Should work even better with those slimline shields

[Ryan_R]

Nice tip - probably not a great idea for inclement weather though.

[SilvrFoxX]

No but I am not sure your weather shield will help that either

[Ryan_R]

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[Captain Courteous]

wind your front window all the way down and then wind your rear passenger drivers side window half way down.. pretty much sorts the buffting out. s

Tried this last night.. Great tip man thanks!

[SilvrFoxX]

Yeah it was a godsend when some else told me, I find between 1/2 and 3/4 is perfect

[Paulc1964au]

May get around to taking photos later. My only concern now is that this may make future window-tinting harder/impossible???

Yes please

[Tux]

Some one gave me a tip to deal with the buffeting which works.. wind your front window all the way down and then wind your rear passenger drivers side window half way down.. pretty much sorts the buffting out. Should work even better with those slimline shields

You blokes are obviously young fellas. Us old blokes (who never had egg nishning) for years all knew that one. I never have my window down nowadays.