What did you do today non-detailing related?

[Odrapnew1]

Got my new rear bar installed. So far happy with the upgrade.

If I still had my Golf R, RSB would have been one of the 'must have' mods.
Car drove/handled decently, but understeered a bit too much for my liking.

I wish someone made one for my Ford Edge.

 

[Klasse Act]

If I still had my Golf R, RSB would have been one of the 'must have' mods.
Car drove/handled decently, but understeered a bit too much for my liking.

I wish someone made one for my Ford Edge.

How about one from the Sport and/or ST

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[Odrapnew1]

How about one from the Sport and/or ST

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Mine is a Sport (2018).

Before I bought it, there was a small group on an Edge forum who were able to have a handful of 'prototypes' made, but it never went into production, not enough demand.

 

[oneheadlite]

Another round of “Spirograph” mowing. (Radiated from top left corner, last week was top right)

 

[PouncingPanzer]

Re: Installed some Conti DWS06's on the RedSport

Car is at the shop for the APR IS38 turbo software and turbo install. Very excited. My VW will be capable of pulling on 5.0L Stangs based on 99% of the YouTube videos I have been watching. Very impressive that APR is capable of the numbers they advertised (and customer verified) with the stock 60mm catted downpipe. The advantage of APR is you are highly unlikely to get a CEL with the set-up, which caters to customers in states where getting away with race cats is nearly impossible anymore.

 

[PouncingPanzer]

If I still had my Golf R, RSB would have been one of the 'must have' mods.
Car drove/handled decently, but understeered a bit too much for my liking.

I wish someone made one for my Ford Edge.

GLI is the same way, but worse. I could stomach the rear swaybar on my GTI but I definetly want to upgrade it on my GLI. Needs it. I will do that when I upgrade my tires again. Rocking the Pilot Sport All Seasons but I suspect after the IS38 traction from a dig will be an issue so I will slap some stickier hoops on it next year. It's about to get parked for the winter in a month or so, not worth it now. I believe my stock swaybar in the back is 22mm upgrades are 25-28mm.

 

[Coatingsarecrack]

Re: Installed some Conti DWS06's on the RedSport

Car is at the shop for the APR IS38 turbo software and turbo install. Very excited. My VW will be capable of pulling on 5.0L Stangs based on 99% of the YouTube videos I have been watching. Very impressive that APR is capable of the numbers they advertised (and customer verified) with the stock 60mm catted downpipe. The advantage of APR is you are highly unlikely to get a CEL with the set-up, which caters to customers in states where getting away with race cats is nearly impossible anymore.

Power numbers?


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[PouncingPanzer]

Re: Installed some Conti DWS06's on the RedSport

Power numbers?


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Advertised with FBO(full bolt-on) is 396hp 406lb-ft. I have two of the four "bolt-on" the next will likely happen next year. One of which is of very dubious value...the catback. That will be more of a weight reduction than a power gain going with the MBRP system with no mufflers, just a Helmholz resonator thingy on it. Weighs like 40lbs less than the factory system. Lol. The other bolt-on still needed is an intercooler which I do need. Even stock my last two VWs have bad heat soak in the summer months.

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[Klasse Act]

Re: Installed some Conti DWS06's on the RedSport

Car is at the shop for the APR IS38 turbo software and turbo install. Very excited. My VW will be capable of pulling on 5.0L Stangs based on 99% of the YouTube videos I have been watching. Very impressive that APR is capable of the numbers they advertised (and customer verified) with the stock 60mm catted downpipe. The advantage of APR is you are highly unlikely to get a CEL with the set-up, which caters to customers in states where getting away with race cats is nearly impossible anymore.

Hope you do a seperate thread for your build, cool having a "sleeper" out there huh

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[PouncingPanzer]

Re: Installed some Conti DWS06's on the RedSport

Hope you do a seperate thread for your build, cool having a "sleeper" out there huh

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I should! I can take photos and get that together when I get it back. Gonna be a couple years in the making. I will be sleeper status until I get that MBRP it isn't the quietest exhaust but the value is hard to be. $750 versus double for most competitors that I only like slightly more. I plan on doing the intercooler myself when I do it so that will be a bit more documented, when it does happen. I should've told HS to take photos while they did the install. I dropped the ball!

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[Klasse Act]

Re: Installed some Conti DWS06's on the RedSport

I should! I can take photos and get that together when I get it back. Gonna be a couple years in the making. I will be sleeper status until I get that MBRP it isn't the quietest exhaust but the value is hard to be. $750 versus double for most competitors that I only like slightly more. I plan on doing the intercooler myself when I do it so that will be a bit more documented, when it does happen. I should've told HS to take photos while they did the install. I dropped the ball!

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That will be a full cat-back I assume

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[PouncingPanzer]

Re: Installed some Conti DWS06's on the RedSport

That will be a full cat-back I assume

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Yes from the second cat and out. 3" to duel 2.5". OE is 2.5" to duel 2". Again, not expecting any gains really....nothing noticeable. But perhaps the bark should match the bite a little bit. Lol.

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[Klasse Act]

Re: Installed some Conti DWS06's on the RedSport

Yes from the second cat and out. 3" to duel 2.5". OE is 2.5" to duel 2". Again, not expecting any gains really....nothing noticeable. But perhaps the bark should match the bite a little bit. Lol.

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Does the tune add "cracks and pops"???

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[PouncingPanzer]

Re: Installed some Conti DWS06's on the RedSport

Does the tune add "cracks and pops"???

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Unfortunately not anymore APR got rid of that feature when they stopped making downpipes. The factory downpipe just muffles too much I presume. Or it's bad for the cat, or both lol.

But I will be able to adjust launch control RPM. It inverts start/stop feature, enables brake boosting, disables auto-upshift in manual mode so you can hit the Rev limiter(which is raised to 7,100rpm I believe) and a handful of other things. The transmission software does stuff too. I'm getting that as well. Turbo, trans software, exu software, and there will be APR coil packs and Audi spark plugs on the passenger seat(heat range higher). I'm installing those obviously as that takes 3 minutes.

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[PouncingPanzer]

Already has APR intake, turbo inlet hose, turbo inlet pipe, and turbo muffler delete. Thankfully those last two items transfer to the IS38 so not a waste of money.

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[Klasse Act]

Already has APR intake, turbo inlet hose, turbo inlet pipe, and turbo muffler delete. Thankfully those last two items transfer to the IS38 so not a waste of money.

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Yeah...do a thread with all of it for sure

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[oneheadlite]

GLI is the same way, but worse. I could stomach the rear swaybar on my GTI but I definetly want to upgrade it on my GLI. Needs it. I will do that when I upgrade my tires again. Rocking the Pilot Sport All Seasons but I suspect after the IS38 traction from a dig will be an issue so I will slap some stickier hoops on it next year. It's about to get parked for the winter in a month or so, not worth it now. I believe my stock swaybar in the back is 22mm upgrades are 25-28mm.

I forgot you're a GLI, not a GTI. :dblthumb2: The GTI's are sharp, but I've always liked the handling of the Jettas with the extra weight past the rear axle. (Probably same reason I've loved my avants so much). I've probably mentioned before, but my first fun car was a MkII Jetta I built for Autocrossing. Full suspension, big rear bar; with some left foot braking you could comfortably slide/rotate the car with less risk of the Tank Slappers the GTI's/Corrados were prone to.

I had Pilot Supersports on the avant, would highly recommend their successor the Pilot Sport 4s's. Have an alignment done to ensure your front toe is close to zero and I got a surprising number of fun miles out of them.

Also, you and Klasse are killing me - I was planning on waiting to do an APR tune on the new shooter, but it sure keeps getting more and more tempting! Wanted to get some baseline miles on to get a feel for it, but having already put 3 or 4 k on it, I think I'm pretty familiar.

Also wanted to get a feel for fuel mileage, thus far I've had multiple tanks at 27.x, which for a Quattro car (full time AWD) that weighs about 4,000 lbs I'm pretty dang happy with! Very curious to see how that goes when software goes in, I know they say a lot of folks see an increase...

 

[Odrapnew1]

Got some pictures of my wrist hardware that was installed almost 2 weeks ago. Not supposed to lift anything more than 1lb for a few more weeks.

Fitting for this forum, I tripped over dog gate while carrying a bucket of soap/water on my way to wash a vehicle.

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[PouncingPanzer]

I forgot you're a GLI, not a GTI. :dblthumb2: The GTI's are sharp, but I've always liked the handling of the Jettas with the extra weight past the rear axle. (Probably same reason I've loved my avants so much). I've probably mentioned before, but my first fun car was a MkII Jetta I built for Autocrossing. Full suspension, big rear bar; with some left foot braking you could comfortably slide/rotate the car with less risk of the Tank Slappers the GTI's/Corrados were prone to.

I had Pilot Supersports on the avant, would highly recommend their successor the Pilot Sport 4s's. Have an alignment done to ensure your front toe is close to zero and I got a surprising number of fun miles out of them.

Also, you and Klasse are killing me - I was planning on waiting to do an APR tune on the new shooter, but it sure keeps getting more and more tempting! Wanted to get some baseline miles on to get a feel for it, but having already put 3 or 4 k on it, I think I'm pretty familiar.

Also wanted to get a feel for fuel mileage, thus far I've had multiple tanks at 27.x, which for a Quattro car (full time AWD) that weighs about 4,000 lbs I'm pretty dang happy with! Very curious to see how that goes when software goes in, I know they say a lot of folks see an increase...

Went from a TDI Golf(Unitronic) to a Mk7 GTI Sport w/ a 6spd(stock save motor and trans mounts and a Clubsport S muffler prior to VW VIN-locking them) and now the 35th Edition GLI, my fist DSG I've owned but the first DSG car I ever fell in love with was a MkV R32. Also, to this date, the best factory exhaust note I have ever heard imo. I love that "tinny" sound, as it is often described in a negative light.

I am a die-hard Michelin fan but reading forums has me looking at the Yokohama Adven Apex tires for their bang-for-buck factor. Could put a set on my car for under $800 and guys with rear drive cars that autocross seem to love them, may discover that isn't the case on a FWD car. My goal would be to eventually autocross the GLI at some point after returning to day shift life in a couple years. By then it would be ready, I hope.

Remaining mods I desire are:

1)MBRP Catback($750)
2)APR factory-mount intercooler, not front mount I do too much freeway it will get destroyed.($800)
3)Rear Sway-Bar
4)Max Performance Summer Tires
5)APR DCC software for the adjustable dampers

Also....... GO GET YOUR TUNE!!!!! lol

 

[PouncingPanzer]

Oh, and the tech took photos of the removal and install of the turbo I just had to ask!