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What have you done with your Polo so far (and today)
Tried to install headlights but failed. anyone want to provide some advice on how to remove the plug with the cables?? manual says like "press the connector towards the headlight housing and at the same time pressing the lug on the connector to disengage" but i was not able to do such....
How long did your springs take to arrive from Europe? I put my order in last week.
Very keen to see yours installed.
They took just over 2 weeks to arrive as he said they had to order them in.
I'm contemplating putting them in myself as i've done springs a couple of times in the past and i've got the tools, a little bit worried to be honest though (my first brand new car)
2011 Polo GTI 5 door Candy White H&R Springs/APR Stage 1/OZ Racing Superturismo GT's
what I'm after is the serial number for the GTI non-MF-steeringwheel-controller module (wich is very hard to find indeed..). The GTI and Highline airbag are the same so they should fit. If it's the same procedure as the Golf6/skoda the module should be changed, and the paddles can simply be activated by VCDS by checking a box (although 90% of the bits and bytes is still unknown), the ESP and airbag lights will have to be done by the dealer
True, there are a lot of 'shoulds' and 'ifs' but hey, someone has to try it. Eventually I'll have paddles, working or not
It's all long term planning since I bought a house yesterday, but its coming
may have some helpful info on this issue tomorrow (the paddles)
Well my K&N filter arrived from the US today... Delivery was a little slow, but for $75 all up I can't complain!
I'm hoping it's not just a placebo effect, but after driving for about 30-40 mins this afternoon, it does feel more responsive down low. Some of the hesitation and lag on take-off is gone and it feels a little more "urgent".
Thanks thats awesome, will be purchasing that for sure. Anyone else running this same K&N in a GTI? reviews, opinions? seat of the pants improvement?
To be honest? K&N, BMC etc, are noise filters. If you pulled one apart and put it next to an OEM paper filter, you would see a HUGE difference in the amount of filter surface area. If I gave you 100% sound proof earplugs and did swap overs of the 2 filters, you wouldn't even notice a difference. Besides, the ECU in the car learns what's going in and what's coming out and adjusts accordingly. The engine makes it's own fuel:air calcs so realistically, if indeed the filter is flowing more, the engine will increase fueling and that will actually make the car theoretically slower (basics of petrol combustion engines, lean vs rich air:fuel mixes etc).
Same your cash for an ECU tune, they work pretty good on stock air filters.....
Yep, as has been said over in the ECU thread where the filter question was also asked. Filters make "little" difference. When I said little, I mean, not enough for a dyno to measure, certainly not enough for the "seat of the pants" to measure. They can make some sound difference.
As gavs has said, saVe your cash for an ECU tune. If you feel the need to do more later, replace the entire intake when aftermarket intake systems are made available.
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