What did you do to your MK6 today?

[zrickety]

@jay745 we're going to pull the fire-breathing k04 out of my old mk6 that my friend's wife wrecked. Suspension, exhaust, etc too, it should be an easy fix.
Does anyone know if we can swap the tuned ecu, or do I need Mr. Robot to hack it?

 

[jay745]

@jay745 we're going to pull the fire-breathing k04 out of my old mk6 that my friend's wife wrecked. Suspension, exhaust, etc too, it should be an easy fix.
Does anyone know if we can swap the tuned ecu, or do I need Mr. Robot to hack it?

You'll need to immo defeat the ecu but it should be doable.

 

[zrickety]

You'll need to immo defeat the ecu but it should be doable.

Looks like $100 plus shipping from various vendors?

 

[jay745]

Looks like $100 plus shipping from various vendors?

That sounds about right

 

[Cole2999]

Your quarter panel will look like bacon.

When I looked at fender flare options (my backup for when I inevitably fucked up my quarter panels) I just wasn't feeling any of them, so I pulled the spindles off my parts car and brought them to the shop. I love the OEM shape, and I'm sure I'll go wider eventually and I'll learn to love it, but today is not that day. Ty to all who steered me away from a royal fuckup.

 

[zrickety]

The guy told me the battery was almost new and the car had been sitting since June...turns out he meant June of 2020. Registration expired Jan 21. Battery is 2018 lol
The difference between cars in the north and south-

 

[Saabingti]

When I looked at fender flare options (my backup for when I inevitably fucked up my quarter panels) I just wasn't feeling any of them

I know this is off topic of the thread (and different strokes for different folks) but IMO flared rears should be fabbed on our cars because of the booty shape

 

[zrickety]

I know this is off topic of the thread (and different strokes for different folks) but IMO flared rears should be fabbed on our cars because of the booty shape

Someone has a baby blue 2.5 with flares all around, I lost the pic but it looked amazing.

 

[Saabingti]

Someone has a baby blue 2.5 with flares all around, I lost the pic but it looked amazing.

Fabbed?

My issue with bolt-on flares for MK5 and 6 is that particularly in the rear I think they clash too much with the curviness of the body shape, and then the car is left looking "cheap." They're too abrupt, I guess.

 

[Cole2999]

I know this is off topic of the thread (and different strokes for different folks) but IMO flared rears should be fabbed on our cars because of the booty shape

I don't dislike that, but I want to have my car back and appreciate it once again before taking a cutoff wheel to it. If I'm going widebody, it needs to be moulded on. I actually took my last job with the whole purpose of learning how to work with fiberglass so I can fabricate my own body panels and widebody when the time does come

 

[jay745]

Aside from factory TCR's I've yet to see a widebody gti/R that looked good.

 

[sterkrazzy]

Whatever happened to that cosmo guy?

 

[ACHILLES R32]

Had XPEL protective film installed , should have done it when I got the tails years ago oh well. $100 for both . Got to keep the OEM led tails in pristine condition. Lol

Was curious how much it would cost to have the full car XPEL protected . Quote was 5500 . I was thinking it was going to be around 3k. Which I was considering. But 5500k is a bit much.

Hard to tell but here is a pic

 

[supreme_gti]

Had XPEL protective film installed , should have done it when I got the tails years ago oh well. $100 for both . Got to keep the OEM led tails in pristine condition. Lol

Was curious how much it would cost to have the full car XPEL protected . Quote was 5500 . I was thinking it was going to be around 3k. Which I was considering. But 5500k is a bit much.

Hard to tell but here is a pic

shop around... get at least 5-10 quotes from different sources. That's a lot... at least to me it is.

 

[Cole2999]

GUYS

It lives!!

It also rubs a fair bit in the front, only on bumps. Having done nothing to the fenders, what should I do first to clearance them?