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CW MK6 Golf R (Australia)
toosmiles:
really suits it stephen,car looks awesome :drool:
stephen8512:
So when I (finally) got the wheels put on, there was one little thing I forgot to think about and that was the lug bolts. I was told that the SSR Professors needed V-taper (conical) lug bolts whereas the OEM VW/Audi's are Ball seat. I could use them for the time being but it meant that though the OEM lug bolts were keeping the wheels on the hub, it wasn't secure as they were ball seat lug bolts.
So I decided to get some McGard Wheel bolts (Thanks again to Nat AKA dev17a). The McGard bolts are 28mm shank length, slightly longer than the OEM 26mm, and I opted for the black plated heads. They come in either Chrome or Black.
McGard Wheel bolts with Black plated heads.
M14x1.5, 17mm hex like the OEM, 28mm shank length
Out with the old...
...and in the with the new
V-Taper (conical) vs Ball seat and difference in length of the shank
In storage...
stephen8512:
These to go in next... (not my photo, but you know what they are)
Initially planned to upgrade just the tweeters with the Focal units and upgrade the 6.5" speakers front and rear to some similar Focal units or Boston Acoustics. Might even go as far as Dynamatting the whole car and changing the headunit to a larger screen Alpine touchscreen unit with Nav, but we'll see.
I'm not a big audiophile and just a nice simple speaker + tweeter upgrade would suffice for me. Dont need a big doof doof in the back. Might do a DIY install on the speakers myself. Taking apart the door cards and installing the focal tweeters doesnt sound all that difficult, plus theres a YouTube step by step guide already so most of the work is already done for me!
stephen8512:
Got this today.
Forgive the sh*tty pic...but the car is cleaned. Snowfoamed, washed, waxed and polished, re-nanolexed the wheels and the windows
stephen8512:
Finally fitted the MK7 Climatronic unit. With my trim pieces being painted in Gloss Black, I had to get the trim surround of the MK7 climatronic unit painted as well to match. Greg at Baileys Smash opposite Exoticars got it done for me.
Install was very easy. Remove the trim, remove old climatronic unit, install new one, check to see if it all works, put the trims back in place, done!
Before :
In progress :
After :
Small cosmetic update but makes it look a little neater. :)
Next DIY : Focal IFVW speakers.
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