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Mk5 General Area / Re: Pirelli edition replacement throttle body

« Last post by mjmallia on Today at 12:37:42 pm »

They are made by Continental now and bought a decent secondhand one off eBay a couple of years ago using the latest part number at the time,  then used VCDS to re-sync/align it

My PN is 06F133062T and was off a Mk7 Golf GTI or R for £30 and sorted my issues......still going strong

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Mk5 General Area / Re: Pirelli edition replacement throttle body

« Last post by testosterone on Yesterday at 10:24:59 pm »

I bought mine from Darkside Developments, revised metal flapper TB. No more plastic cracking.

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Mk5 General Area / Edition 30 leather seat bolster refresh

« Last post by Jules8648 on Yesterday at 11:02:13 am »

Hello
Can anyone recommend anything to restore or clean the leather seat bolster I have looked through forum but can not seem to find a solution..is the leather coated in plastic?
Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
Thanks
Julian.

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Mk5 General Area / Pirelli edition replacement throttle body

« Last post by Nevo343 on January 14, 2026, 12:24:57 pm »

Where does everyone get their replacement throttle body’s from ?
I have tried VW and at nearly £500 it’s a bit pricey and no stock.
So a patten part will have to do to get the car back on the road but struggling to find one.
So any ideas please.

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Mk5 General Area / Re: How many have been effected by headliner sagging?

« Last post by jacksosi on January 12, 2026, 04:17:37 pm »

My car has got the front one fitted (put on by a previous owner). I didnt know until someone pointed it out to me after 4 years of owning the car.

However recently the rear has gone around the interior light and I have reluctantly bought the part you have linked but not fitted yet. Agree the price is a joke, I was even wondering if someone could 3d print one and then return the original to Amazon lol.

But yeah as I said the front one seemed to work on mine for at least 4 years.

Ok that’s good to know cheers

If you would kindly hurry up and fit the rear one and take photos that would be great

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Mk5 General Area / Re: Suspension refresh

« Last post by Bagus on January 12, 2026, 11:21:34 am »

Thanks for pointing that out. Above now accordingly.

The VW bolts for the upper control arms and track arms is N 91047502. You will require 4.

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Mk5 General Area / Re: Crank no start after replacing injectors

« Last post by hcmzah on January 09, 2026, 11:19:21 pm »

i think it might just be an unplugged wire

also for the injectors it's really bad to get non genuine injectors, definitely will fail again soon. you should send off your old set to rtech for cleaning. if any are unrepairable, they will provide refurbished ones for £100 each

also make sure to replace all the seals

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Mk5 General Area / Re: How many have been effected by headliner sagging?

« Last post by Jons1001 on January 09, 2026, 07:41:28 pm »

My car has got the front one fitted (put on by a previous owner). I didnt know until someone pointed it out to me after 4 years of owning the car.

However recently the rear has gone around the interior light and I have reluctantly bought the part you have linked but not fitted yet. Agree the price is a joke, I was even wondering if someone could 3d print one and then return the original to Amazon lol.

But yeah as I said the front one seemed to work on mine for at least 4 years.

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Mk5 General Area / Re: How many have been effected by headliner sagging?

« Last post by jacksosi on January 09, 2026, 04:05:52 pm »

Ours has now gone, too big a job for me to want to tackle, so £500 seems the going rate to get it done for me, but the car will also be gone two days and its not a local upholsterer.

However, I have stumbled upon this (overpriced) solution at £170 for both parts, but a much quicker fix and DIY'able, has anyone tried this?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0771FFGL2?ref=emc_p_m_5_i_atc&th=1

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Mk5 General Area / Re: Crank no start after replacing injectors

« Last post by Weedus on January 08, 2026, 06:05:39 pm »

You might have damaged a wire/forgot a connector on the intake manifold.
I would not feel safe buying cheap injectors, those things are so important so this might be your problem aswell
Good luck and let me know what you've tried so far!