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genebaby
genebaby
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Last Activity: 27-08-2025, 07:54 AM
Joined: 12-05-2020
Location: Canberra
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  • genebaby
    replied to 5 years on, the mods begin!
    Part two has been completed. The TMD was a pain, as expected, but doable. The BOV was easy and the rest of the intake install was straight forward, along with the ESC dual intake duct at the front.

    Well, it was easy enough once I snipped some of the MST box. It no longer lined up now...
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  • genebaby
    replied to 5 years on, the mods begin!
    Part one of the upgrades is done. A local shop has installed the intercooler, radiator, downpipe and the dogbone mount. On the way to their shop I got an alert that my left rear tyre was low. I wasn't sure if it was another false positive, but sure enough, there was a screw. The tyre shop found another...
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    Last edited by genebaby; 17-08-2025, 07:03 PM.

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  • Hi Don, yes, this is a LA to DLA upgrade, which also comes with dual DRL's, sourced from cars that had this function as sold in Australia. I could get lights from Europe fundamentally, as long as they were for RHD vehicles. Probably easier to get LHD ones. So much to think about !

    I...
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  • genebaby
    genebaby posted a Visitor Message for kamold
    Hi there,

    I'm friends with Darkshadow and we've been talking about doing the LA to DLA headlight upgrade on my GTI, similar to what he accheived with his Superb.

    I'm wondering, if I can get hold of the file, can ODIS be used to upload as well as VCP?

    Either way,...
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  • Yes Lucas, this is what happened. They annoyingly no longer allowed the DLA headlights to be available so it was only certain early cars that got them. It has led to countless threads and posts about activating the "other" DRL. Looking at it, it looks just like the one that lights up, only...
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  • genebaby
    replied to 5 years on, the mods begin!
    No worries, it's not too long now, a week till install of most of the hardware, the hard stuff, then I'll do the easy stuff, and then a tune two weeks from now.

    I don't even think I would have tuned the car was it not for Galano appearing on the scene. This is my first VW and this type...
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