The Mega Mk7 Golf GTI/GTD/R thread

easyvision · 04-12-2018 09:16PM

I may look into them so!

noelf · 05-12-2018 04:28AM

Browsing in Easons recently .. I came across this..

drunkmonkey · 05-12-2018 03:04PM

Anyone know what colour this is..anyone any opinion on colours, have changed my mind about white, the iron blue looks grey...the atlantic blue looks like a citroen blue...

dar83 · 05-12-2018 03:07PM

That looks like Indium Grey, but without being able to enlarge the picture clearly it may also be the isaac blue in a weird lighting.

JoeA3 · 05-12-2018 03:23PM

I'd say its Isaac blue. I think I'd choose either that or Indium. The range of colours isn't that inspiring.

drunkmonkey · 05-12-2018 03:43PM

JoeA3 wrote: »

I'd say its Isaac blue. I think I'd choose either that or Indium. The range of colours isn't that inspiring.

Yea it's pretty poor, my mk4 was diamond black pearl, current car is black and so is the mrs, wanted a change but i'm starting to drift back towards black, the blues and greys aren't really doing it for me..

Here's that blue one http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=283732.0

JoeA3 · 05-12-2018 03:51PM

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Yea it's pretty poor, my mk4 was diamond black pearl, current car is black and so is the mrs, wanted a change but i'm starting to drift back towards black, the blues and greys aren't really doing it for me..

Here's that blue one http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=283732.0

Yeah I think that blue is nice. It reminds me of Graphite Blue which I had on a MK5 GTI. It looked the nuts when it was clean on a sunny day and really complimented the red bits. It could look a bit drab when dirty though.

There's a guy on that forum with an Indium grey one who's super anal about it, looks fantastic in his photos... let me see if I can find it...

Here: http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=282934.msg2584048#msg2584048

I think those wheels really set it off too.

drunkmonkey · 05-12-2018 04:18PM

What ever way I go it'll be the Seville rims with the red stripe...think they'd look proper bad ass on the black pearl..

drunkmonkey · 05-12-2018 04:22PM

OSI wrote: »

As high maintenance as the diamond cut wheels are, I can only image the red striped Sevilles will be even worse.

Feck it...

JoeA3 · 05-12-2018 04:37PM

easyvision · 05-12-2018 04:46PM

So got a price of EUR140 for the Michelin PS4s for each wheel off a garage. Thinking I should go ahead next week so?

kooga · 05-12-2018 04:58PM

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Feck it...

did you get an irish price on them yet?

hooch-85 · 05-12-2018 05:02PM

easyvision wrote: »

So got a price of EUR140 for the Michelin PS4s for each wheel off a garage. Thinking I should go ahead next week so?

Seems ok, did you try discount tyres? They were running a promotion where you could get up to €100 fuel vouchers with the purchase of 4 Michelin tyres.

drunkmonkey · 05-12-2018 05:43PM

kooga wrote: »

did you get an irish price on them yet?

Haven't been back since just want to be 100% on the spec going in the next time. Doubt there much if anything more than the standard Milton Keynes..

carsfan2 · 05-12-2018 05:52PM

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Haven't been back since just want to be 100% on the spec going in the next time. Doubt there much if anything more than the standard Milton Keynes..

I’ll bet that the dealer tries to tell you they’re unavailable in Ireland or some other such nonsense. Have you thought about good old fashioned silver? Can look great against black wheels and trim.

As an aside, I see the car linked in the grey has 19” alloys and a sunroof. I thought you couldn’t spec the two together due to some structural issues.
Is this gone for mark 7.5?

JoeA3 · 05-12-2018 05:59PM

To be fair I've found the dealers and VW Ireland very good in the past for adding spec that isn't officially available. So long as you do the legwork and find the correct option code...

Personally I think the standard GTI wheels are really terrible. Anything but those. I'd probably choose the Brescias personally.

drunkmonkey · 05-12-2018 06:23PM

The Brescias are 19' from what I've read your better off with the 18 unless you want to upgrade the suspension.

easyvision · 05-12-2018 06:42PM

Discount tyres were 145 each but the guy didnt mention any fuel offer? If that was the case I might go for the 4 tyres, currently 2 need replacing would get another few months out of the other 2 back ones, less worn

hooch-85 · 05-12-2018 06:59PM

easyvision wrote: »

Discount tyres were 145 each but the guy didnt mention any fuel offer? If that was the case I might go for the 4 tyres, currently 2 need replacing would get another few months out of the other 2 back ones, less worn

€140 a piece is pretty good, from a quick search online they are around €115 each but you are looking at €15 a corner to get them fitted and your old tyres disposed of, that's if you can find a place to fit them, so it's not worth the hassle.

ondafly · 05-12-2018 07:06PM

carsfan2 wrote: »

As an aside, I see the car linked in the grey has 19” alloys and a sunroof. I thought you couldn’t spec the two together due to some structural issues.
Is this gone for mark 7.5?

I’ve heard this before but never anything official ? My car has Santiagos with the sunroof from new. 13 reg.

easyvision · 05-12-2018 07:41PM

Yeah I thought 140 a piece inc labour etc is decent looking at online prices alone just to buy! I asked Tyreland for a quote on them. Ill prob end up just going to Malahide tyres though as its less effort and the Michelin voucher offer ended they said in Discount tyres

vintagevrs · 05-12-2018 08:45PM

carsfan2 wrote: »

Have you thought about good old fashioned silver? Can look great against black wheels and trim.

As an aside, I see the car linked in the grey has 19” alloys and a sunroof. I thought you couldn’t spec the two together due to some structural issues.
Is this gone for mark 7.5?

I would agree on the silver wheels. Not really a fan of black wheels on most cars.

The sunroof and 19s problem I think was rumoured to be that the sunroof couldn't handle the firmer ride offered by the larger wheels, but I think it was actually that the combination of the two would have changed the CO2 output on the car. I may be talking out my ass but that rings a bell for me.

douglaslad · 05-12-2018 10:00PM

VW 18" Sevilla Alloy Wheels Part Number
5G0601025DR

JoeA3 · 05-12-2018 10:26PM

douglaslad wrote: »

VW 18" Sevilla Alloy Wheels Part Number
5G0601025DR

For a factory order car you need the product code rather than the part number. It's usually a 3 character value, e.g. something like "PJ6".

drunkmonkey · 06-12-2018 01:08AM

Is there definitely no alarm as standard. Can't believe you could just walk up to one break in and drive off and it won't even give a beep.
Will be getting the technology pack that seems to give some kind of notification via car net it's been broken into. I can find nothing about a standard alarm even an immobilizer.
The car net doesn't seem to be free looks like you have to go get your own SIM contact to use it when you look down in the T's and C's.

Hebegeebee · 06-12-2018 01:45AM

Just my personal opinion but I think black wheels on black blend too much. There’s not enough of a contrast and the black wheels can appear as if they lack detail. They’re also harder to keep looking clean than let’s say an anthracite colour as brake dust shows easily.
That’s a good price on the PS4’s though and I believe they’re a great tyre.

PJH was the code for the black Sevilla alloys once upon a time.

Hebegeebee · 06-12-2018 01:48AM

Alarm is not standard on the GTi, there is an immobiliser but all modern cars have them..

drunkmonkey · 06-12-2018 08:50AM

Hebegeebee wrote: »

Just my personal opinion but I think black wheels on black blend too much. There’s not enough of a contrast and the black wheels can appear as if they lack detail. They’re also harder to keep

Yea found a picture of them on a black car, they don't suit it. The standard alloys look better.
Can't believe there's no basic alarm, the last car I had that didn't have an alarm was a 205 GTi and that's a long long time ago.

SaintsYB · 06-12-2018 10:00AM

It's absolutely beyond me that you're spending over €40k on a car and you don't even get a basic alarm.

dar83 · 06-12-2018 12:31PM

You're better off with an aftermarket one anyway to be honest. More features and better protection.

Also 19" wheels are sooooo much nicer than 18's. :P

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