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Offline berg

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Worst Modifications to your MK 5 thread...
« on: October 12, 2011, 03:18:05 pm »
We have all seen the various threads about the best modifications to your Mk5 - remap, hpfp, rear arb, bigger brakes etc.

But what are the worst mods you have done to your car? Are there any you have done you have really regretted? Or is it just the case that maybe you are not sure how much benefit they have been?

For me, am not convinced how much use the TT lower arms have been or the WALK kit but maybe that is cause have not been on track yet - front end certainly seems lighter running a bit of negative camber. Also, because the B12 made such a difference I think the other suspension mods I have made can't compare.
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Re: Worst Modifications to your MK 5 thread...
« Reply #1 on: October 12, 2011, 03:31:55 pm »
someone thoughtfully provided this mod for my car a few months ago

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Re: Worst Modifications to your MK 5 thread...
« Reply #2 on: October 12, 2011, 04:02:36 pm »
FK coilovers and a Milltek backbox,
Ride was awful, and the backbox was so low that it collected snow last winter, and I would often make sparks fly as it was that low that when drove over coke cans they would get wedged! :signLOL:

Good mods on their own though I suppose.
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Re: Worst Modifications to your MK 5 thread...
« Reply #3 on: October 12, 2011, 04:34:31 pm »
Quote from: big al on October 12, 2011, 04:02:36 pm
FK coilovers and a Milltek backbox,
Ride was awful, and the backbox was so low that it collected snow last winter, and I would often make sparks fly as it was that low that when drove over coke cans they would get wedged! :signLOL:

Good mods on their own though I suppose.


ha ha, getting coke cans wedged cannot have been fun :signLOL:
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Re: Worst Modifications to your MK 5 thread...
« Reply #4 on: October 12, 2011, 04:37:50 pm »
GT door sills...they look horrible  now and I don't want to take em off as I might mess it up  :chicken:
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Re: Worst Modifications to your MK 5 thread...
« Reply #5 on: October 12, 2011, 04:58:45 pm »
Forge K04 actuator as i should have done SW on it's own, and then the actuator  :sad1:
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Re: Worst Modifications to your MK 5 thread...
« Reply #6 on: October 12, 2011, 05:14:25 pm »
Quote from: danishmkvgti on October 12, 2011, 04:58:45 pm
Forge K04 actuator as i should have done SW on it's own, and then the actuator  :sad1:

agree with that, fecked my turbo right up!

others for me would be:

dbilas CAI
dsg remap from regal and anything else they try to do or fit to your car
most bsh products (catch can and arb drop links)
superchips stage 3 remap
cheapo wheel spacers






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Re: Worst Modifications to your MK 5 thread...
« Reply #7 on: October 12, 2011, 05:22:43 pm »
powder coating my pescaras black! what was I thinking?  :confused:
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Re: Worst Modifications to your MK 5 thread...
« Reply #8 on: October 12, 2011, 05:25:59 pm »
Carbonio - looked lovely but I wanted performance.

APR software - would have benefitted more from revos adjustability as I have added more hardware.

Miltek has been brilliant but wish I had engine mounts 1st as the movement in the engine has cracked the DP bracket
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Re: Worst Modifications to your MK 5 thread...
« Reply #9 on: October 12, 2011, 05:27:52 pm »
Quote from: keano on October 12, 2011, 05:22:43 pm
powder coating my pescaras black! what was I thinking?  :confused:

Looked great IMO.  :happy2:
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Re: Worst Modifications to your MK 5 thread...
« Reply #10 on: October 12, 2011, 05:37:14 pm »
Quote from: Tfsi_Mike on October 12, 2011, 05:27:52 pm
Quote from: keano on October 12, 2011, 05:22:43 pm
powder coating my pescaras black! what was I thinking?  :confused:

Looked great IMO.  :happy2:

You little charmer  :ashamed: :ashamed:
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Re: Worst Modifications to your MK 5 thread...
« Reply #11 on: October 12, 2011, 05:49:55 pm »
dbilas intake was the worst thing I ever fitted to my car.

The other worst modification was modifying it in the first place  :laugh:
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Re: Worst Modifications to your MK 5 thread...
« Reply #12 on: October 12, 2011, 06:02:45 pm »

Dbilas was the 2nd worst mod on mine
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Re: Worst Modifications to your MK 5 thread...
« Reply #13 on: October 12, 2011, 06:08:46 pm »
All my mods were greatly enjoyed, but when I put it completely back to standard it was such a nice car it made me wonder why I'd done it in the first place?

Thankfully I pretty much broke even selling everything, but when I see people pouring thousands into a car they're not going to get back, it makes me wince.
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Re: Worst Modifications to your MK 5 thread...
« Reply #14 on: October 12, 2011, 06:29:57 pm »
The hammerite paint on my calipers :signLOL:
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