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Re: Gti open mouth grills for ed 30
« Reply #15 on: February 07, 2009, 09:02:49 pm »
Mine came with things that attach to the rear of the grille that effectively block them off from behind.....
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Re: Gti open mouth grills for ed 30
« Reply #16 on: February 07, 2009, 09:03:44 pm »
Quote from: RedRobin on February 07, 2009, 09:01:44 pm
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Shaun - It's as bacillus says.

I didn't know until now that anyone supplied them without the rear 'inserts'!

Having seen Neil's at Santa Pod, I'm thinking of changing mine to carbonfibre ones :evilgrin:

Photo anywhere?!?!?! They sound niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice!!
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Re: Gti open mouth grills for ed 30
« Reply #17 on: February 07, 2009, 09:13:39 pm »
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Hey!! You're going to get me into trouble with my 17yo SWMBO (daughter) - She bought me "Some Like It Hot" on DVD for christmas and we haven't seen it yet.

I'll post later! :evilgrin:

Yes, they were on a Candy White! TeeHee! Looked fabulous awful!! You won't want any! :evilgrin:

Byeeeeeeee.................. :laugh:

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Re: Gti open mouth grills for ed 30
« Reply #18 on: February 07, 2009, 09:16:14 pm »
Quote from: RedRobin on February 07, 2009, 09:13:39 pm
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Hey!! You're going to get me into trouble with my 17yo SWMBO (daughter) - She bought me "Some Like It Hot" on DVD for christmas and we haven't seen it yet.

I'll post later! :evilgrin:

Yes, they were on a Candy White! TeeHee! Looked fabulous awful!! You won't want any! :evilgrin:

Byeeeeeeee.................. :laugh:



 :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:  :signLOL: Ok Robin, In the meantime, I'll see if any pics were taken on the event topic!  :smiley:

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Re: Gti open mouth grills for ed 30
« Reply #19 on: February 07, 2009, 09:20:00 pm »
open fog light grills  :rolleye: dont tell TT  :signLOL: but i had these on my golf and soon after putting these on the car it started getting clutch slip  :confused:, i never thought about it but after looking at them its the duct on one side that flows the air to the gearbox to keep the dsg cars from burning up in hot places, so infact what it is doing is flowing cold air to the gearbox ie the clutch on manual cars and not allowing it to get hot and clamp to the flywheel so causing the slip. I changed them back to normal ones and it stopped slipping  :ashamed: for about 3 weeks but started again a couple of weeks ago and did it bad today in 5th and 6th

its a thought and it did stop after i changed them back  :confused:
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Re: Gti open mouth grills for ed 30
« Reply #20 on: February 07, 2009, 09:22:21 pm »
^^ That is very interesting.........!!!  :surprised:
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Re: Gti open mouth grills for ed 30
« Reply #21 on: February 07, 2009, 10:10:33 pm »
So by the sounds of the issue with clutch slip am I worth keeping the standard closed grills then?! :confused:


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Re: Gti open mouth grills for ed 30
« Reply #22 on: February 07, 2009, 11:45:37 pm »
Quote from: MAT ED30 on February 07, 2009, 09:20:00 pm
open fog light grills  :rolleye: dont tell TT  :signLOL: but i had these on my golf and soon after putting these on the car it started getting clutch slip  :confused:, i never thought about it but after looking at them its the duct on one side that flows the air to the gearbox to keep the dsg cars from burning up in hot places, so infact what it is doing is flowing cold air to the gearbox ie the clutch on manual cars and not allowing it to get hot and clamp to the flywheel so causing the slip. I changed them back to normal ones and it stopped slipping  :ashamed: for about 3 weeks but started again a couple of weeks ago and did it bad today in 5th and 6th

its a thought and it did stop after i changed them back  :confused:

....So you're saying that open fog grills can be the cause of clutch slip on a manual?
Am I right in understanding that you got clutch slip today while with open grills?

There are also 2 vents under the car in the gearbox area.

The open fog grill has yet to cause clutch slip on my DSG.
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Re: Gti open mouth grills for ed 30
« Reply #23 on: February 08, 2009, 12:07:01 am »
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Re: Gti open mouth grills for ed 30
« Reply #24 on: February 08, 2009, 08:17:35 am »
You are not running enough power or torque to even worry about slipping clutch as you are well below what they can take. It's just a thought and I could be wrong but it was a little strange and I will ask mark at vw racing what he thinks when they pull my clutch out
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Re: Gti open mouth grills for ed 30
« Reply #25 on: February 08, 2009, 09:55:40 am »
The ones from VWSpeed do come with the ducting channels on the back, but they're easily removed by just unpicking the tabs.

I intend to adapt these channels with fibreglass to run pipework to the brakes. I'll take a snap of them in a bit as they're off the car at the mo.
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Re: Gti open mouth grills for ed 30
« Reply #26 on: February 08, 2009, 10:03:20 am »
I will be using it as a cold air feed for my cai when I get one on
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Re: Gti open mouth grills for ed 30
« Reply #27 on: February 08, 2009, 10:06:31 am »
^ Yeah, Jonny's got his ducted to his intake - seems like a nice, easy route up too.
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Re: Gti open mouth grills for ed 30
« Reply #28 on: February 08, 2009, 11:12:44 am »
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Re: Gti open mouth grills for ed 30
« Reply #29 on: February 08, 2009, 12:20:06 pm »
Quote from: MAT ED30 on February 07, 2009, 09:20:00 pm
open fog light grills  :rolleye: dont tell TT  :signLOL: but i had these on my golf and soon after putting these on the car it started getting clutch slip  :confused:, i never thought about it but after looking at them its the duct on one side that flows the air to the gearbox to keep the dsg cars from burning up in hot places, so infact what it is doing is flowing cold air to the gearbox ie the clutch on manual cars and not allowing it to get hot and clamp to the flywheel so causing the slip. I changed them back to normal ones and it stopped slipping  :ashamed: for about 3 weeks but started again a couple of weeks ago and did it bad today in 5th and 6th

its a thought and it did stop after i changed them back  :confused:

It seems to me that every recent topic is a cause for clutch slipping, from low windscreen wash to now open fog grilles!

All seems a bit daft to me! Either learn how to drive the car without slipping the clutch or sell it and buy a dsg
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