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Members Rides / Re: New Member - Newly Purchased ED30

« Last post by Graney_ED30 on June 11, 2026, 10:55:31 pm »

Well, got most of the bits stripped off the old subframe….the amount of surface rust that has come off is mental, but it still seems solid enough

Getting everything to the powder coating place hopefully tomorrow or Monday and then while they are away I’ll crack on with the rust treatment/undersealing/painting of the body.

Also got to order the rear brake lines as both of them just crumbled at the rear 😭 Hopefully still available, if not I’ll make some but I’d like this to be OEM fresh as possible





Probably just going to do the rear calipers myself tbh, I’ve got access to a blasting cabinet to get the thick of the corrosion off and then I’ll just get some new seals and slider pins for them, then get them painted up



Will get some more pictures up when the light is a bit better 😂

Actually had a question regarding the ARB’s - is it worth spending the extra money and getting some H&R/Whiteline type ARB’s or just sticking with the standard ones? I’m not planning on putting it on track as it is my daily……just wondering if the cost is worth it or not? It’s going to be lowered slightly on Blistein B8 Shocks and springs

Cheers

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Members Rides / Re: New car: R32

« Last post by Andy on June 11, 2026, 09:55:38 pm »

Had the wheels refurbished and diamond cut

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Mk5 General Area / Re: ECON CLIMATIC PANEL, CAN IT BE SWAPPED WITH A AC BUTTON ONE

« Last post by NotKolio on June 11, 2026, 03:09:53 pm »

I bought a golf mk6 GTD interior rear ann front seats with heating, my golf mk5 didnt have heated seats so i need to change my climatic panel to the same one with seat heating button, but i cannot find a ECON one, and from what i read online if i put a AC one i till screw up my logic and the ac and the air recirculation wont work properly or at all, and cannot be codded with VCDS. Has anyone done this swap and what did you do to make it work properly or did it even work at all.

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

« Last post by GVK on June 10, 2026, 10:12:26 pm »

Great report 

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

« Last post by rex on June 10, 2026, 08:32:35 pm »

Late May, the car got to see the Nurburging again... So buckle up for the story behind the visit  ...

This year, we planed for 5 cars to be the "main" part of the trip, but our friends @Acidutzul's car (MK5 Golf TDI) didn't make it... It stopped after a large cloud of smoke came of the exhaust. So @Acidutzul rented a Mk8 Golf R and a Hyundai i30N.

Here are the other cars:





Almost all the cars had some minor issues during this visit...
The TTS had some brake and low pressure fuel pump issues
The Peugeot GTI (209PS with factory fitted brembo 4 pots and LSD) had some tire rubbing that basically required some metal cutting and buying new tires
The GTR had a sudden oversteer so the owner didn't really push it
Even the rentals had some issues with the tires and wheels (a puncture on the track).

We also met other friends at the track with an M2, M3 (also owning a 992.1GT3RS MR) and GT4RS.







Unlike the previous visits where we targeted Saturdays and Sundays, now we focused on the week days and these proved to be far better, traffic wise.
All in all we had a very good time despite the small issues.

My main goal of the trip was to get closer to the car's limit. After my 2022 Nurburgring crash, I never really got close to the cars limit or if I did I wasn't really comfortable there...
I am please to say I managed to get within 18 seconds of my personal best, with the Golf, considering I now had high performance street tires (vs semislicks previously) and about a 10km/h (6 mph) reduced top speed (on all major high speed sectors), something I attributed to the very hot weather. More on this in the future post...
I was also much more comfortable with pushing the car and not really scared to control it. So, mission accomplished, right?

A few, more professional photos:







Cheers!

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How to Guides / Troubleshooting / Re: Boot lid not openimg.

« Last post by mjmallia on June 10, 2026, 08:18:55 am »

I still bet money on the wires on that rubber sleeve.  I had a couple of breaks on mine (one was very hard to get to) but also some of the wires had broken sleeves meaning they are exposed in places and can short on others ........matches what you are getting.

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Mk5 General Area / Re: Loss of power

« Last post by Ben on June 09, 2026, 10:52:51 pm »

Had a similar but not exactly the same issue with my BWA a while back. Would rev to around 37k rpm and then quite violently lose all power, like a sudden fuel or ignition cut. Turned out to be the engine speed sensor.

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Members Rides / Re: New Member - Newly Purchased ED30

« Last post by Graney_ED30 on June 09, 2026, 05:34:01 pm »

Got to to do the exact same job on my Edition 30, be interested to see what you find rust wise and how you get on.

Like you I will use the bilt hamber rust remover, I'm going to bare metal my inner arches and any rusty areas of the boot floor and then paint with a 2K epoxy followed by raptor . You can get it  all in cans now. That will be a better job than the factory did.

How's the mk1 ? is that finished ?

Aye mate, pretty much the same craic like, get it all clean and get it zinc primed and painted up.

Only found a small hole at the moment like so im suitably impressed…..the arch liners were holding a massive amount of mud haha!

Aye MK1 has been “done” for a while now, it needs a few bits still as they always do but I’ve done about 2000 miles in it since I finished the conversion, hasn’t skipped a beat tbh

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How to Guides / Troubleshooting / Boot lid not openimg.

« Last post by iHuzjak on June 09, 2026, 01:08:39 am »

I’ve been on this problem for months now. Not everyday but from time to time when I have time. Fixed the wires in the rubber as they were spliced from opening and closing. Changed microswitch for button on lid(VW badge) and changed latch for locking. Still says safe mode on prelatch and won’t open my boot lid. I’m getting voltage on all pins for latch but on pin4 only getting voltage when latch is closed. I attached photos to see example of error and problem. If anyone have an idea what could it be.

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Members Rides / Re: 20 Years powered by RBS

« Last post by mk1mad on June 08, 2026, 12:40:49 pm »

What a great find the  black mk3, right place right time.

 8v not the fastest  but they do drive nice in everyday traffic.