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My 2019 MK7.5 Golf R - A HPDE weapon!

Inspired by @DerHase I wanted to get a journal thread going. This is my 6th Golf and my 4th MK7! This post is reconstitution of a thread on golfmk7.com - thread link. Over the years I've owned a 1999 MK4 1.6 Petrol (in the UK), a 2011 TDi 2.0 dieselgate, a 2015 MK7 GTi from new (in the UK). Then I sold that, emigrated to the US and bought a 2016 GTi which was stage2 APR tuned (Carmax sold it that way!) and got a shock as to how much VW USA limit features vs Euro models. I finally achieved nirv

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2019 Golf R MK7.5 Intercooler Upgrade

3 months ago I'd never even done a brake job. I just finished replacing my intercooler on the R and so far everything seems so good! It wasn't hard per-say, just a little tedious. The whole job took me, a total novice, around 7 hours total. And the only thing I broke was a $3 hose clamp (more on that later!). This post was originally written over at golfmk7.com - thread link. The intercooler I went with was the Integrated Engineering V2 unit due to shipping times for the DO88. Performance wise

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3D Printing a custom Vantrue S1 dash cam bracket for a Golf R

The bracket uses a tiny bit of hot glue just to ensure the camera boot has a nice tight fit in the slot so that it doesn't vibrate around too much in there. The footage that came out the other end is remarkably smooth and stable and the bracket attaches with no screws or other adhesives.

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Custom lighting coding with an OBDEleven on a 2019 Golf R

I'd highly recommend anyone with a VAG car to get this OBDeleven Pro device. VCS used to cost $$$ thousands and require a laptop. But here all you need is an Android device, what's not to like?