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Deako's Edition 30 - #1493 - Stage 2+ - Cash Haemorrhage
Shoduchi:
Without better brakes you won't enjoy the track day as I you want to. They'll fade eventually and you'll have to drive slower until they cool down enough. :sad1:
Fitting bolt on brakes isn't that hard but you'd still need to bed in the pads before going to the track, I think. :confused:
xjay1337:
Find time to do your brakes or you may as well not bother going on your trackday from my experiences.
Brakes are the no1 factor on the track day that fail / cause lack of enjoyment.
takes a couple of hours to fit i'm sure you can find the time... :happy2:
xjay1337:
--- Quote from: Deako on February 02, 2016, 02:36:23 pm ---Nope. It's definitely not plug and play. You have to swap the lower frames over, cut a couple of inches from your original gear knob.
--- End quote ---
It is plug and play . :happy2:
i was one of the first to fit a mk7 gearknob back in 2014 :happy2:
drill into the gearknob from the bottom up . can't remember the size bit you need.. whatever the size of the shifter shaft was (easy to find with ring spanner)
simply remove stock one. unstaple mk7 leather from mk7 base
restaple mk7 leather onto mk5/6 base or use araldite just make sure you have got the leather pulled nicely.
drill up through gearknob enough to get the shifter in the correct position
tighten up clip and secure the base :happy2: :happy2:
saves ruining your oem components which are more fiddly to change :pomppomp:
Deako:
--- Quote from: xjay1337 on February 09, 2016, 06:00:22 pm ---
--- Quote from: Deako on February 02, 2016, 02:36:23 pm ---Nope. It's definitely not plug and play. You have to swap the lower frames over, cut a couple of inches from your original gear knob.
--- End quote ---
It is plug and play . :happy2:
i was one of the first to fit a mk7 gearknob back in 2014 :happy2:
drill into the gearknob from the bottom up . can't remember the size bit you need.. whatever the size of the shifter shaft was (easy to find with ring spanner)
simply remove stock one. unstaple mk7 leather from mk7 base
restaple mk7 leather onto mk5/6 base or use araldite just make sure you have got the leather pulled nicely.
drill up through gearknob enough to get the shifter in the correct position
tighten up clip and secure the base :happy2: :happy2:
saves ruining your oem components which are more fiddly to change :pomppomp:
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Sure. Perfectly plug and play! :wink:
Cutting down your original shaft, unstapling and glueing onto the old frame etc.
I'm not saying it's hard. It wasn't. But it's not plug and play.
Deako:
--- Quote from: xjay1337 on February 09, 2016, 05:55:38 pm ---Find time to do your brakes or you may as well not bother going on your trackday from my experiences.
Brakes are the no1 factor on the track day that fail / cause lack of enjoyment.
takes a couple of hours to fit i'm sure you can find the time... :happy2:
--- End quote ---
I know. Made it clear since I dropped them off at the start or January that I needed them back before this track day. I've done a few in my time.
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