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Mk5 General Area / Re: K04 Conversion - Do you ever regret it? How is it for daily driving?

« Last post by mjmallia on Today at 09:16:21 am »

I bought a low mile one off eBay for £30.......Continental revised version off a Mk7 GTI or R, as my VDO one was randomly sticking, but smooth on testing.

2018 manufacture year and the P/N is 06F133062T

VCDS to recalibrate it and all has been fine since.

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Mk5 General Area / Re: K04 Conversion - Do you ever regret it? How is it for daily driving?

« Last post by ZoliWorks on Today at 08:22:24 am »

Is your throttle body a VDO one? If so, I would swap it for the newer Continental one. I had surging and throttle valve flutter issues with the gen 1 VDO throttle after it was tuned.

Alright I've checked, it is indeed VDO. Do you happen to have a part number for the Continental one, or do they use the same one just different manufacturer/time?

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Mk5 General Area / NQS BBK Question/Guidance.

« Last post by WinnowTO on Today at 05:55:44 am »

Hi all,

I was wondering if the NSQ BBK mod was achievable using 17z rear calipers from a Cayenne/Touareg/Q7. a pair of them managed to find their way into my possession and I've gone as far as seeing if they'll bolt up to my current knuckle on my GTI (which they will).

Once I saw that they'll bold up, I ran into an issue with them not lining up with where my stock rotor is, no matter if they're bolted on the inside or outside side of the knuckle. Honestly, it looks like if I were to cut a slot down the middle of the mounts of the caliper, they'd actually fit with the stock rotor.

All that being said, does anyone have any experience with making this work or at least know sizing up to the 330mm Mercedes ML350 rotor would work for this? It seems like it'd be a great alternative to the Porsche setup for those who cant get their hands on them.

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Mk5 General Area / Re: 62% insurance increase anyone?

« Last post by ahsan82 on Yesterday at 11:45:28 pm »

got my renewal went up from £635 last year to £760 for this year...... called them up... managed to get for same price as last year.....all very strange..... im 42 with 3 points

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Mk5 General Area / Re: Volant Intake System for TFSI

« Last post by ROH ECHT on Yesterday at 11:18:07 pm »

Just because this is old and to post a couple of things I'm not sure are included in the previous pages;
They did upgrade the intake for the mk6 Golf R with the DV relocation...


.....and the Volant did result in low fuel trims, on average, when they had MK6 Golf R people report their fuel trims with various intakes; on another forum. This averages were posted once ten people reported for each of these intakes. So some didn't make their list if less than ten users reported their trims;


I may have posted this all before, on those previous pages, but I'm old now (62 next month), and I just don't remember.

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Mk5 General Area / Re: What shall I do? New turbo, 2nd hand turbo or reconditioned turbo?

« Last post by K03MK5 on May 11, 2024, 11:14:23 pm »

Buy new allways I recently learnt the hard way.

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Mk5 General Area / Re: What shall I do? New turbo, 2nd hand turbo or reconditioned turbo?

« Last post by bacillus on May 11, 2024, 10:54:36 pm »

where are you located mate as I have a low mileage K03 in my loft...

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Mk5 General Area / Re: 62% insurance increase anyone?

« Last post by Bagus on May 11, 2024, 10:18:10 pm »

I was previously with tesco and paid £210 last year. It went up to £300 so I left them. I was able to a my classic 911 policy making it multi-car and it only cost £30. No idea how insurance company’s work but wasn’t complaining with this option.

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Mk5 General Area / Re: What did you and your MKV do today?

« Last post by Bagus on May 11, 2024, 10:14:54 pm »

Central locking failed on the passenger rear door so bought a new actuator for £20 and replaced it today. Pretty easy DIY.

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Mk5 General Area / Re: Should I replace my turbo? *Attached picture*

« Last post by ZoliWorks on May 11, 2024, 10:12:04 pm »

Here are the pictures I promised.