A Few Niggles to sort out for my R36

[XXX-1.8T]

what are people using for their racks?

mine are also cloudy and scared to use autosol as its too harsh?

[Screwdriverone]

I found autosol did barely anything to mine so I gave up and asked here. Yet to get anyone to answer..... sorry


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[pandas]

Hills Eurohaus does the servicing for both my Golf GTI and R36. Top blokes, always there when I need them

[Screwdriverone]

I've also bought from blingworks. As Sean says a bit more expensive but the guys there are very helpful.

For the parkers in the past I had canbus LEDs which only lasted about 6-8 months. I've been told that this type of light gets hot and burns out eventually. Anyway I've now changed to high quality non-canbus T10 LEDs with separate canbus controllers. All up will cost you roughly $50. There's a little more effort involved installing but you won't be disappointed with the results.

As for the headlights I used a headlight polishing kit from 3M. I used prior to installing Lamin-x tint sheets. Worked a real treat. I was also a little nervous at the start. I found that I was only able to get rid of the shallow pitting though. The deep pits would have needed more time than I was willing to put into it. And anyway once the sheet was on you couldn't even see them anymore. I ordered the sheets and the restoration kit off the Lamin-x site. Can't remember how much all up but roughly $100 I think. If you aren't into tinting your headlights they have clear sheets as well which will still help protect the lenses once you've polished them.


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Thanks Dom, I'll give this a go. Some good tips there, thanks!

Cheers,

Chris

2008 R36 Reflex Silver Wagon

[Screwdriverone]

Hills Eurohaus does the servicing for both my Golf GTI and R36. Top blokes, always there when I need them

That settles it then. Hills Eurohaus sounds like the way to go. Cheers pandas.

Cheers,

Chris

2008 R36 Reflex Silver Wagon

[XXX-1.8T]

And what does everyone use on their racks?

[snerlo]

Sorry for the late reply on this thread but just stepping back a touch. In relation to your query regarding the tyre pressure monitoring coming on, 36psi is too low. You should be up around the 39-41psi range. I know when mine get down to this range that the warning comes up on my display telling me to check tyre pressures. Try putting some more pressure in them and see what happens. Also, what tyre pressure mode are you in. I think there is two modes depending on the weight you are carrying in your car.

[Screwdriverone]

Thanks snerlo I will give that a try, and report back. cheers!


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[Screwdriverone]

I'm in light load conditions as mostly just me or one passenger as well.


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[Screwdriverone]

Snerlo to the rescue! Set the tyres to 40 PSI today when filling with BP ultimate (including the spare, which had dropped from 36 to 32, and no more check tyre pressure alarm! Thanks Snerlo!

Cheers,

Chris

2008 R36 Reflex Silver Wagon

[snerlo]

No probs mate. Always helps when someone has been there before.

[seanmau5]

Good work checking your spare. I was pulling my hair out over a TPMS warning on the dash for weeks. Tyres were at 40 psi on every gauge I tested with. Turns out the spare was 30 psi and setting it off


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