Tigger73's 155TSI

[Ramee]

Playing around with lowering....

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Nice car Tigger!! I didn't see that coming hehe.. Well now I think you could have swap some parts with old Tig like steering wheel,lights and exhaust. May be this time go big with turbo!! Well it will be ideal because car only will have low kms and only wife will be driving the car for short distance and the weekends you can have fun with it.

Extended warranty?? forget about that! you are going to ruin it anyways

[tigger73]

Nice car Tigger!! I didn't see that coming hehe.. Well now I think you could have swap some parts with old Tig like steering wheel,lights and exhaust. May be this time go big with turbo!! Well it will be ideal because car only will have low kms and only wife will be driving the car for short distance and the weekends you can have fun with it.

Extended warranty?? forget about that! you are going to ruin it anyways

Hi Ramee. I was wondering when you'd chip in with your suggestions

I was thinking if this car had only come up a couple of months earlier... but then again I do a lot of km with work and my wife is actually the one that wants to drive the SUV as a daily so it makes more sense that it is her car.

At the moment the mods I have planned are more cheaper/cosmetic and include things like:

• Door warning lights
• Mirror puddle lights
• Scuff plates for door and boot sills (can't remember if it already has them fitted)
• LED interior lights (again can't remember if these have been done)
• Eibach lowering springs
• LED tail lights
• Autopolar for mirror dipping function

I wouldn't normally have worried about the lowering springs but our carport has the meter box on the side of the house and the last Tig had its side mirror taken out a couple of times. So lowering the car allows clearance and the mirror will go underneath (and not clip the top).

LED tails and mirror puddle lights are cool and I never got to do them to the last car. Once I installed the VW laser lights I didn't want to put the puddle lights in as the laser lights need it pretty dark to work well. So this time I'll leave the ricer mods out and put the puddle lights in instead.

As far as any performance enhancements go I think I'll leave that one to the wife. If she complains about not having as much zip then I may reconsider, however I've got a number of other (unfinished) projects around the house that I could spend $10-20k on before turning the new Tig into a circuit/track car.

The only other things that I'd consider are a DSG tune for improved shifting and revert to 1st (which is really a safety feature) and a flappy paddle flat bottom steering wheel. Again these are not something that I plan to do straight away - more really if I get complaints.

[Ramee]

Yeah.. not a bad idea. May be you could mod it in different ways like things what you are doing for cosmetic enhancement. Try to make it most beautiful Tig in the world.

[tigger73]

It's already a pretty nice car so a few touches to personalise it and I think the wife will be happy. After all happy wife... happy life.

[MGV]

I was sad to see the previous one go, but am now happy again!

Says a lot for the marque/model when you sell & buy another one!

Congratulations! And although i'm all for the Eibach springs, raising the meter box 50mm is an option!

Got me thinking of an upgrade, but i just can't fault the current one... And though i have 95000 on the odo, the motor has only done 35000!

[tigger73]

Tigger73's 155TSI

Thanks MGV I'm glad to have set everything right in the world of Tiguan ownership with my new purchase!

Raising the meter box would require a bit of work and probably getting a sparky out too so I'd rather put that money towards a set of springs [emoji1]

I had the same dilemma when looking to change the 125TSI Tig. What the dealers were offering me for a trade-in was pretty poor, particularly when 95% of the car is the same. Sure there was fewer km on the clock but a $30k changeover didn't really get me motivated to sign on the dotted line.

Certainly looking forward to getting both sets of new wheels as I'm currently driving the wife's Mazda 3 as a daily and kids are walking to/from school... which is really a good thing given how much time the spend sitting in front of screens these days.




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[Bambazonke]

Congratulations on the new aquisition I have an autoscan of the said car and I don't think avdo installed a RVC are you game to install another one? I noticed you want to install mirror puddle lights and can confirm the UDS door controllers fitted in this Tig will support these lights. You could also possibly source/canabalise a LHD wing mirror, actuator, wiring and door module off ebay Germany for about $200 and have an OEM mirror to dip on reverse. I have done it for another local Tiguan owner here in Mackay.

A link for mirror puddle lights
Aliexpress.com : Buy OEM VW Sharan Tiguan rear view mirror turn signal lights according to ambient light 5N0 949 101/102 from Reliable light bulb shaped lamp suppliers on Volkswagen auto parts shop | Alibaba Group

[avdo_]

Congratulations on the new aquisition I have an autoscan of the said car and I don't think avdo installed a RVC are you game to install another one? I noticed you want to install mirror puddle lights and can confirm the UDS door controllers fitted in this Tig will support these lights. You could also possibly source/canabalise a LHD wing mirror, actuator, wiring and door module off ebay Germany for about $200 and have an OEM mirror to dip on reverse. I have done it for another local Tiguan owner here in Mackay.

A link for mirror puddle lights
Aliexpress.com : Buy OEM VW Sharan Tiguan rear view mirror turn signal lights according to ambient light 5N0 949 101/102 from Reliable light bulb shaped lamp suppliers on Volkswagen auto parts shop | Alibaba Group

I can 100% confirm that the car has RVC.

[tigger73]

Congratulations on the new aquisition I have an autoscan of the said car and I don't think avdo installed a RVC are you game to install another one? I noticed you want to install mirror puddle lights and can confirm the UDS door controllers fitted in this Tig will support these lights. You could also possibly source/canabalise a LHD wing mirror, actuator, wiring and door module off ebay Germany for about $200 and have an OEM mirror to dip on reverse. I have done it for another local Tiguan owner here in Mackay.

A link for mirror puddle lights
Aliexpress.com : Buy OEM VW Sharan Tiguan rear view mirror turn signal lights according to ambient light 5N0 949 101/102 from Reliable light bulb shaped lamp suppliers on Volkswagen auto parts shop | Alibaba Group

Thanks Bambazonke certainly food for thought. If I've got the mirror already apart to put in the puddle lights it might be worth putting the OEM mirror dipping parts in... though for a similar price I can probably pick up a second hand autopolar.

I can 100% confirm that the car has RVC.

Yes and he has the scars on his knuckles to prove it

[Bambazonke]

Yip I am a sucker for punishment I "volunteered" to help another owner as he bought an RCD510 off me on condition i helped him install a RVC the reward a couple of cartons of beer!

I found this on eBay which I know is not quite what you want but it's not bad for the price
Original VW Tiguan Lenkrad DSG 1T0419091AD Tiptronic Leder MFL Touran Caddy | eBay

[Bambazonke]

I found this on eBay which I know is not quite what you want but it's not bad for the price
Original VW Tiguan Lenkrad DSG 1T0419091AD Tiptronic Leder MFL Touran Caddy | eBay

Somebody else has probably read this post and bought it for their Tig will keep an eye out for a flat bottomed "GTI" wheel

[tigger73]

It was a good price for a steering wheel with paddles. The only problem with going to a flat bottom wheel is that you have to change the airbag also which adds $200-$300 to the swap. Though means you can sell the old wheel /airbag as a set.

Given that this new Tig is going to be my wife's daily I'm only going to spend extra $ on it if she is going to benefit. I don't think she touched the paddle shifters ever in the old car.


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[Golf Girl]

Given that this new Tig is going to be my wife's daily I'm only going to spend extra $ on it if she is going to benefit. I don't think she touched the paddle shifters ever in the old car.

So a LED interior light conversion and chrome buttons then

It's a fantastic looking car.

[tigger73]

So a LED interior light conversion and chrome buttons then

It's a fantastic looking car.

Yes more "bling" mods than anything else. The car comes with chrome buttons as standard so probably just some door warning lights and LED interior light upgrade for starters.

If she wants anything major she will have to save up and pay for it herself (instead of buying more handbags and watches ).


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[Wynnston]

If you want, I have a std wheel with paddles and a spare airbag. It's yours for 200 plus freight (god knows what the cost of shipping with an airbag is, or how do it).