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Sat Nav and Car Audio / Blaupunkt Wolfsberg 648

« Last post by matt74 on Today at 10:01:44 am »

Thought I’d post this in case useful for others. Just installed a Blaupunkt Wolfsberg 648. Designed as a VW direct replacement. Not the cheapest option but the advantage was that it was totally plug and play with everything needed in the box and has quite an OEM look. Works out of the box with all the steering wheel buttons and even sends podcast, radio and Track information to the display in the instrument cluster. I’m using it with Apple CarPlay but it also has android auto.

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Technical Workshop / Rear trailing arms/ bushes

« Last post by BigGL_66 on Today at 02:51:25 am »

Hi so I need to replace the rear trailing arm bushes and I’m abit confused 🤣
So I want to replace the arms at the same time what size bushes do I need and how many thanks

First car I’ve been hands on with so all abit new too me so abit confusing thanks

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Mk5 General Area / Re: MK5 Used For Racing Instead of MK6

« Last post by Hypertuned on Today at 02:30:43 am »

That's strange I wonder why they went through the trouble of swapping the front ends. Perhaps it's one of those strange things we'll never get to know the reason.

Manufacturer promotion for the newly released MK6 and the MK6 benefits from a more aerodynamic front end, with optimized airflow management through redesigned air dams and better underbody integration. This contributes to improved high-speed stability and slightly better drag coefficients.

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Members Rides / Re: Sunset Red 1.4 TSI(TFSI) GT Sport - daily drive & track car

« Last post by rex on Yesterday at 09:18:16 pm »

I don't drive the Golf in the winter time (I sold the winter tires some time ago and there has been a lot of snow). I only got to maneuver the car in my yard. So, I can't really provide an accurate feedback. I would have really liked to see how the seats and steering wheel feel, but I'll have to wait for spring. I'll provide my first impressions after the first, proper, spring drive.

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Mk5 General Area / Re: MK5 Used For Racing Instead of MK6

« Last post by lazy on Yesterday at 04:20:06 pm »

That's strange I wonder why they went through the trouble of swapping the front ends. Perhaps it's one of those strange things we'll never get to know the reason.

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Mk5 General Area / Re: MK5 Used For Racing Instead of MK6

« Last post by Hypertuned on Yesterday at 02:24:26 pm »

Both models use an independent rear suspension (IRS) setup with a multi-link design, with most of the parts being interchangeable. The only difference I know of is the anti-roll bar is thicker on the MK6, which in racing gives better turn in.

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Members Rides / Re: Vanilla GTI

« Last post by JamieSmeatonVW on Yesterday at 02:08:50 pm »

Sounds nice mate

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Mk5 General Area / Re: clutch pedal stuck half way/not returning

« Last post by hcmzah on Yesterday at 02:08:41 pm »

There's a shim kit you can can get for the gearbox that sometimes fixes this.

Was a thread on here about it.  https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=121344.0

Thanks, I had checked this before and saw no play at all. It’s a 2007, kdq gearbox. I think these came shimmed from factory

Still stuck with this issue

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Mk5 General Area / MK5 Used For Racing Instead of MK6

« Last post by lazy on Yesterday at 02:06:34 pm »

I've been listening to The Radiator Arms podcast, and in one of the episodes ( I can't remember which episode to put the link in) one of the hosts mentioned in passing that his son was a professional racing driver. He said one of the race series he was in was VW Golfs and they were MK 5's with MK 6 front end body panels on, because the MK 6 had just come out and VW wanted them to look like the newly released car, but the MK 5's rear suspension was better in some way but he didn't know the details. As I mentioned earlier it was just said in passing and that was that, but I'm curious if anyone knows what is actually different.

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Mk5 General Area / Re: Parasitic battery drain

« Last post by hcmzah on Yesterday at 02:04:55 pm »

Hi mate what head unit do you have?

It’s a lemon shark rcd360 pro from AliExpress. I also had the canbus adapter to stop the battery drain. I’ve disconnected the whole head unit and the draw was the same