What did you do to your MK6 today?

[TroyBoy]

I run AGM in all of our cars. With that said I purchased our GTI not too long ago and it does not have AGM and no issues, but when it is time to replace it will be AGM

 

[jedred1]

Now at 105,000 mi so just changed the oil (Liqui Moly 4w-40 4.9 L) and filter (OEM VW). Torqued oil bung to 30 Nm's and filter to 24 Nm's. Also replaced the front wipers.

 

[uglybastard]

Heh heh.


He said "bung"

 

[Cwmk6]

Color-matched on the last warm weekend of the year...(very happy!).... Did an oil change (castrol/mann), rear wiper blade, and touch-up paint too. Also noticed my APR inlet was just about out of the hose so I tightened it up really well. I have the APR closed filter too but I just run an AEM open filter instead for the sounds and better throttle response (IMO).

Sorry for the crappy quality, I cropped these with the factory chromebook software. MS Paint puts you to shame, Google!

Early morning shot at work before the weekend started. Might need lowered a tad.

Sometimes it looks okay on stock suspension. Depends on the angle I guess.

 

[smanierre]

Work is finally starting on the car, hoping it's only a week or two now before its back

 

[smanierre]

Trying to upload pics but imgur is blueballing me. Shop has the turbo mounted and it's a mostly metal portion between the turbo and the intercooler except for the silicone couplings between the turbo and TOP and intercooler and TOP. They also have the intake tube created as well. Super clean work as expected and i'll try to post the pics when imgur lets me. Work is being done though. Hopefully only another week or two.

 

[Cole2999]

There she goes off to see the wizard
Also, now that the rear wheels have most of their weight on them, I can see what the spindles did to my fitment and oh boy, that shit is tight.

 

[smanierre]

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There she goes off to see the wizard
Also, now that the rear wheels have most of their weight on them, I can see what the spindles did to my fitment and oh boy, that shit is tight.

That looks real good with the stock wheels. Are you planning on aftermarket wheels on it? If so i'd look for a pretty high offset if possible, unless you want a lot of poke

 

[Cole2999]

That looks real good with the stock wheels. Are you planning on aftermarket wheels on it? If so i'd look for a pretty high offset if possible, unless you want a lot of poke

Too late lol
I threw a set of curbed Detroits back on so I wouldn't scratch up my new Enkei TS9s, which are et43. They're summers so I've got 6+ months till I need to worry about rolling my quarter panels. It sure does look perfect on Detroits though.
I also just realized I might be in for trouble. My winters are 16s (from my last car) and I hope those clear my new rear brakes. I'm reading online that the CC spare might've been 16" so here's hoping

 

[uglybastard]

You could add a touch of camber to the rear to clear fitment before swapping to a stretched tire scenario.

All accounts of mk6 getting rear quarters worked have come with tons of warnings to either do it carefully or to not even bother because of how the metal was welded in the first place.

 

[zrickety]

Too late lol
I threw a set of curbed Detroits back on so I wouldn't scratch up my new Enkei TS9s, which are et43. They're summers so I've got 6+ months till I need to worry about rolling my quarter panels. It sure does look perfect on Detroits though.
I also just realized I might be in for trouble. My winters are 16s (from my last car) and I hope those clear my new rear brakes. I'm reading online that the CC spare might've been 16" so here's hoping

Here is mine with 18x8 +45. Tires are 235. If lowered, you will get some light rubbing in hard driving.

 

[smanierre]

Here is mine with 18x8 +45. Tires are 235. If lowered, you will get some light rubbing in hard driving.

Is that with cc spindles?

 

[zrickety]

Is that with cc spindles?

Technically Tiguan spindles but they are supposed to be the same. Part numbers in my thread.

 

[vdubnick]

pulled the APR summer wheels off, put on stock detroits with A/S tires...

BTW, kumho tires are shit traction, im breaking loose in 3rd gear sometimes without even dumping the clutch.

 

[Cole2999]

Interesting stuff. @zrickety +2mm more for my offset... Sounds like a fair bit of rubbing. I'm not opposed to rolling.

You could add a touch of camber to the rear to clear fitment before swapping to a stretched tire scenario.

All accounts of mk6 getting rear quarters worked have come with tons of warnings to either do it carefully or to not even bother because of how the metal was welded in the first place.

Now is that for fear of paint failure or weld failure? I love to pretend I'm patient but I'd almost certainly fall into that crowd who succeeded but not without problems.

I've also considered fender flares, but I would much rather have purchased wider tires with a deeper offset if I'm going as extreme as fender flares.