Morgens ED30 No. 1871 - New suspension & audio!

[Morgen]

Remember to factor in fitting - can be up to £20 per corner, depending on how greedy the fitters are ...

I've used www.tyre-shopper.co.uk (part of National Tyres & Autocare) and mytyres.co.uk fitted service in the past and found them both very good.

Some say that GY AS2 are squidgy due to soft sidewall.
I have been buying Conti SC5, great in the dray and wet. A little noisy on some surfaces though. Wear is ok, I get appr. 15k miles.

The 110 I've been quoted per corner for the Dunlops is the fully fitted price :) We used to get cars coming in on 22-30k miles for their first MOTs and they still had their original tyres on! Typically found to be Michelins or Goodyears/Dunlops in which case haha

[Morgen]

Michelin are doing £70 fuel voucher with 2 x 17" tyres jn november
http://www.michelin.co.uk/tyres/special-offers/fuel/terms

Don't know if you can claim twice for 4 tyres? why not visit twice and have 2 fitted at a time? guess they've thought of that one 

It's a £30 voucher for two fitted, or £70 if you get a set of four :) Goodyear usually do similar offers.. Usually a £50 voucher for four or £20/£25 for two.. All depends on sizing/speed rating etc of the tyre. I'll have a look when I'm in but 110 seems a nice price considering they'll no doubtedly throw in a free 4 wheel alignment if I bat my eyelashes at them enough 

[paulw123]

I got 1off 225/45/17 91Y Michelin PS3 for £100 fitted at HiQ 2 months ago. They'll match or better any online price they can check up on.

[Morgen]

I got 1off 225/45/17 91Y Michelin PS3 for £100 fitted at HiQ 2 months ago. They'll match or better any online price they can check up on.

The problem with this is that my tyre size is 225/40x18 haha!

[paulw123]

If they are 18" you can get Michelin pilot super sports, instead of pilot sport 3s........

[Morgen]

With Christmas only round the corner, I can't really afford to buy anything for the car 

Soooo, my boyfriends kindly surprised me with interior LEDs. How nice is he 

May have to invest in a cherry red hazard switch too, just as a treat 

[mrvertigo73]

With Christmas only round the corner, I can't really afford to buy anything for the car 

Soooo, my boyfriends kindly surprised me with interior LEDs. How nice is he 

May have to invest in a cherry red hazard switch too, just as a treat 

Good lad. He knows where his bread is buttered! 

I just installed interior LEDs myself this weekend. If you need a guide -

Piece of p*ss really - the only difficult one is under the driver's footwell, and I haven't had time to do that one yet so can't advise! The trick with the metal cases on the passenger footwell and glove is to get a really small screwdriver and ease the metal away from the tabs without bending them - you can unplug the electrics before doing it which makes it much easier (although the passenger footwell plug is tricky to get at with my sausage fingers - your hands might be less spade-like!)

It defo brightens up the interior. I did red in the footwell for a bit of GTI glow...

[Morgen]

He'll probably fit them, to be honest  He's much more handy than I am! Thanks though :)

I had been under the impression that having an ipod dock in the armrest meant I could plug in an ipod, press CD twice on my RCD300 and I would be able to play my music through it.. Wrong. Doesn't work! It's as if it doesn't recognise there's any form of ipod connectivity.. Same thing happened when we tried fitting an aux input into the back.. Nothing!

Stumped - why is this? 

[Markyed30]

Is there not an option in the menu to switch aux function on and off?

[edd30]

Morgen
take a look here
http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,89530.0.html

Long & short of it is, the VW ipod dock is rubbish ... I still need to find some time to take it apart and connect an extension lead to it.

[boardyuk]

Same thing happened after a while with the iPod dock in the R32 my dad had, they do seem pretty badly designed as the iPod was so loose. I had the MFD2 with 6 disk CD changer in my GT, then added an XCarlink iPod loom which is basically the same thing as the dock to give me the iPod connectivity, so that could be an option if the dock is broken. I ended up swapping it all out after about 2 months and installing the RNS510 which is far better all round  Got loads of pics in my build thread if your interested as another member was asking about the XCarlink.

[Morgen]

Thanks guys! Not been able to have a look into it as of yet, been a busy wee bee! but when I get around to it I'm sure it'll be sorted

Sunday was spent cleaning the car.. Washed, clayed, polished & waxed :) should do for a good while! Here's a wee picture after claying but before polishing and waxing.. It got dark 

[Pikey Motorsports]

Looking good

[HallED30]

Nice ED30! I've got a steal grey edition 30 and live in glasgow too, swear I've seen yours drive by the royal exchange square in Glasgow Centre?!

[Lucas_Pirelli]

Awesome looking Eddy