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Re: Sunset Red 1.4 TSI(TFSI) GT Sport - daily drive & track car
« Reply #765 on: July 27, 2014, 09:39:02 am »
What does it do extra as compared to the mk5 one ?
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Re: Sunset Red 1.4 TSI(TFSI) GT Sport - daily drive & track car
« Reply #766 on: July 27, 2014, 10:23:54 am »

It looks prettier. The settings display on the rns  :smiley:

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Re: Sunset Red 1.4 TSI(TFSI) GT Sport - daily drive & track car
« Reply #767 on: July 27, 2014, 04:46:20 pm »
Mk6 climate is a great mod
Thanks!  :notworthy:

Can see this becoming a more popular interior mod. I like it.
Yup... Easy swap for the 2006+ cars. More difficult for the rest...

What does it do extra as compared to the mk5 one ?
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Auto has 2 settings (low fan speed, high fan speed)
If the Air Quality Sensor is installed, the climatronic will switch automatically to recirculation if behind a diesel or passing through a polluted area.
The settings are displayed on the RCD /RNS unit
It looks better with the RCD/RNS radio

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The temperature can't be set with half degrees (doesn't bother me at all).
I couldn't access the hidden menu
There are 2 error messages logged for the climatronic
 
It looks prettier. The settings display on the rns  :smiley:
Yup!  :happy2:

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Re: Sunset Red 1.4 TSI(TFSI) GT Sport - daily drive & track car
« Reply #768 on: August 05, 2014, 04:08:33 pm »
Looking fantastic on the calendar for this month mate  :happy2:

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Re: Sunset Red 1.4 TSI(TFSI) GT Sport - daily drive & track car
« Reply #769 on: August 05, 2014, 09:08:09 pm »
love the colour of this thing and mk6 climate is a great mod ! ill be doing it next to complete my center console


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Re: Sunset Red 1.4 TSI(TFSI) GT Sport - daily drive & track car
« Reply #770 on: August 07, 2014, 05:27:38 pm »
Looking fantastic on the calendar for this month mate  :happy2:
Thank you, my friend! :notworthy:
I also like that photo, a lot.
Too bad I won't be able to see it too much since I am on a 2 week vacation abroad.  :rolleye:

love the colour of this thing and mk6 climate is a great mod ! ill be doing it next to complete my center console
Thanks!
I also love your car's color  :grin:
The mk6 climate control looks nice but unless you get it cheap, I am no sure it's worth the hassle.

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Re: Sunset Red 1.4 TSI(TFSI) GT Sport - daily drive & track car
« Reply #771 on: August 31, 2014, 07:27:18 pm »
Well, not much going on, struggling to save some money for the future mods...

In the mean time I have some maintenance work to do:
- change the rear wheel bearings which seem to need changing every 30k miles (I have 60k miles and this is the 3rd time I'm changing them)
- the K&N filter cleanup kit is finished so I bought a new one
- the pads are almost gone so I've bought some replacements. I am very happy with the nqsbbk and RS29 pads, so that's what I'll be using also.





Next mods:
- fit the air quality sensor
- buy and fit the Kufatec E-MFA DIS Add-On (on Holger's advice) or a Polar FIS if I can get one cheap.

In the meantime here is one more video from this year's Nurburgring trip (May):



As you can see the weather is not exactly ideal for going fast and I am taking almost no chances.
I try to drive as fast and as safely as possible considering the conditions. After the Karusell, where I narrowly escape a crash @ min 7:30, the weather gets worse, I lower the pace and drive much slower. The 2 tires which were worn were on the back so I didn't want to have any more oversteers.

One more video of that trip will follow as soon as I will have the time to overlay CAN data readouts with the video.
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Re: Sunset Red 1.4 TSI(TFSI) GT Sport - daily drive & track car
« Reply #772 on: September 01, 2014, 07:52:51 am »
I've heard very good things about the rs29.

I have the opportunity to get some used ones so I can try them out.  :party:

Entertaining watch as usual  :popcornsoda:

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Re: Sunset Red 1.4 TSI(TFSI) GT Sport - daily drive & track car
« Reply #773 on: September 01, 2014, 05:52:25 pm »
Yup, the RS29 are really really good. I use them all year round and they work well during winter, during summer and during trackdays.
Glad to know you liked the video!  :drinking:

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Re: Sunset Red 1.4 TSI(TFSI) GT Sport - daily drive & track car
« Reply #774 on: September 01, 2014, 05:55:36 pm »

My friend found them unbearably noisy for daily use, he's a big girl lol

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Re: Sunset Red 1.4 TSI(TFSI) GT Sport - daily drive & track car
« Reply #775 on: September 01, 2014, 06:06:08 pm »
Nonsense :)...
Better then RS4-4 or DS2500 and miles better than Carbotech in that respect.
But not as silent as OEM, that's for sure.

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Re: Sunset Red 1.4 TSI(TFSI) GT Sport - daily drive & track car
« Reply #776 on: September 01, 2014, 08:37:51 pm »
That colour is awesome!
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Re: Sunset Red 1.4 TSI(TFSI) GT Sport - daily drive & track car
« Reply #777 on: September 01, 2014, 11:02:54 pm »
Have them on both Polo GTI with OEM brakes and also in my Golf GTI with Ap Racing brakes and the noise is perfectly decent for a racing pad ! Thay are also quite good on cold weather !
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Re: Sunset Red 1.4 TSI(TFSI) GT Sport - daily drive & track car
« Reply #778 on: September 02, 2014, 07:57:49 pm »
That colour is awesome!

Thank you! Very proud of it...  :drinking:

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Re: Sunset Red 1.4 TSI(TFSI) GT Sport - daily drive & track car
« Reply #779 on: September 03, 2014, 06:36:36 pm »
Rex - With the re-map on yours have you had any issues with the running gear? I have the same engine but I'm a little concerned the engine might kill itself?
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