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LC5F's Graphite Blue GTI - Pilgrimage to Caffeine & Machine
LC5F:
I understand they are the same organisation - but ECP tend to have a discount on their front page or you can try either or both the Pouch and Honey browser add ons - when activated they automatically try multiple discount codes searching for cheapest - for me I have a euro's 1.5 miles away I usually click and collect so I can check the parts...something you cant do with CP4L
LC5F:
Long overdue update -
Added an amp to power the Pioneer components in the front doors - just an old one I had sitting in the garage.
had to replace the fuse block and get a splitter for the earths, need to get some decent 90 elbows to pull the cables out of the feet zone! This is wired using the JL highpass filter so sub and components are not treading on each other - midrange is really impressive.
Other things going on -
The annoying zombie car effect returned, thought the new canbus fixed it - where the Golf plays dead and then comes back to life - I think I have narrowed it down to the terminal 15 relay going bad... well banging the bottom of the dash or opening the door or bonnet seems to get it going again - should get a new relay on Tuesday.
I kept getting an intermittent error 012599 - this seems to have been solved by replacing the MAP sensor, huge difference in boost and general smoothness.
I tried to replace my fuel filter 1.5 years ago -at the time I was stopped by a jammed clip - finally remembered to get a new line from the tank at TPS yesterday.
Taking the old filter out was the first task, the cage retaining screw was fubar by rust - no surprise on this Golf
A quick grind with a Dremmel revealed the cross head, but there wasn't enough to undo - ended up drilling the head off and gripping the stub with vice grips that was replaced by an Audi stainless T20:
with filter loose I jumped inside and undid the connection on the tank and pulled the old pipe and filter out:
Date on the old filter was 2013 so possibly I thought there was a lot more room on top of the tank - only after adding a long cable tie was I able to pull the pipe down to the filter.
New filter has made low speed throttle response better, further enhancing the smoothness of the new MAP. tipping out the inlet side there was a distinct brown colour - just a relief to finally get it swapped out
Finally got a sport cat downpipe from Pipeworx - looks really well made and is 2 piece - should make install easier.
Unfortunately it came with swage reduced pipe to connect onto a standard system - got to chop 75mm off
Worse still - measuring from the hanger to the installed Cobra cat back system, once it is chopped back it will be 150mm too short... oh well, more time more expense!
LC5F:
Small update -
Occasionally I find my number plate lights flickering, I had fitted better quality LED bulbs... so not ideal
Hopefully an OEM solution in Mk7 LED number plate lights will work better:
I did get a quote from TPS for these, they were double the price excluding VAT of these on ebay.
Fitting turned into a saga - I had not noticed the light had a spring clip, ended up managing to push the back plate into the bumper and ended up loosing one of the lights inside the bumper!
Ended up bumper off - at least I got to mount the rear view parking camera and run the cables into the boot.
Kind of discrete and the top of the 6 hides it, or I could remount the plate lower:
pandaman:
--- Quote from: LC5F on July 11, 2021, 07:14:36 pm ---Small update -
Occasionally I find my number plate lights flickering, I had fitted better quality LED bulbs... so not ideal
Hopefully an OEM solution in Mk7 LED number plate lights will work better:
I did get a quote from TPS for these, they were double the price excluding VAT of these on ebay.
Fitting turned into a saga - I had not noticed the light had a spring clip, ended up managing to push the back plate into the bumper and ended up loosing one of the lights inside the bumper!
Ended up bumper off - at least I got to mount the rear view parking camera and run the cables into the boot.
Kind of discrete and the top of the 6 hides it, or I could remount the plate lower:
--- End quote ---
Got some of these (off ebay as well) last year, they work but still very occasionally through up the warning light on the dash. I had LED bulbs before that, one wasn't working for an MOT and the guy changed it for a normal bulb and still the warning light was on. So I'm wondering if there's something else wrong causing the warning light occasionally, hopefully something vcds can solve. Please let me know if this throughs up any warning lights at all, cheers.
LC5F:
@pandaman - Thanks, I will keep an eye out for this issue
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