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Members Rides / Re: New Member - Newly Purchased ED30

« Last post by mk1mad on Today at 09:05:16 am »

Looking good mate, no horrors there.

A lot of the bolts are available as aftermarket, not sure about the subframe bolts. Can't see why not though.

I Use Autodoc to find  the parts and then use the part number to find them on Ebay.

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Members Rides / Re: New Member - Newly Purchased ED30

« Last post by Graney_ED30 on Today at 07:56:40 am »

Aye this is it like, I looked at the anti lift kits and they are about 160ish, and I’d rather use that money on sourcing the bolts as from what I’ve seen so far the dealer is the only place I’ll get the front subframe bolts - I tried VagBolts on eBay but they are out of stock.

Most of the arms and stuff came with bolts and I’ve got the rear subframe bolts already, will get it all together and see what’s missing from then on.

Got the arches cleaned down with bilt hamber wheel cleaner and some citrus prewash, they aren’t as bad as I first thought, but defo some areas to pay attention to:



All parts are at the powder coating place now, so plan going forward is to great all this stuff treated and repainted, there is also a small rust hole which I’ll patch up before the painting.

Hoping to have everything done by the end of next month - also was going to just get the OEM anti roll bars coated and put back on as there is nothing wrong with them, just not sure if I should go H&R or something if I am going this far haha

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Members Rides / Re: New Member - Newly Purchased ED30

« Last post by mk1mad on June 24, 2026, 09:13:50 pm »

The cost soon add up with new bolts etc.

A good alternative to anti lift is the s3  wishbone rear bush as it's solid rubber and not voided like the gti version(It needs pressing into the  gti aluminium console  as the s3  one is different) That's what I had fitted on my last gti.

My edition 30 came with anti lift but I have no idea what brand it is.

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Members Rides / Re: Edition 30 rolling resto.

« Last post by mk1mad on June 24, 2026, 09:08:41 pm »

Looking good mate, just realised that this is your thread!

Yes mate, I'll get some pics up of the mk1 at the weekend and some of the strip down of the edition 30.
 

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Members Rides / Re: Edition 30 rolling resto.

« Last post by Graney_ED30 on June 24, 2026, 09:02:48 pm »

Looking good mate, just realised that this is your thread!

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Members Rides / Re: New Member - Newly Purchased ED30

« Last post by Graney_ED30 on June 24, 2026, 08:40:44 pm »

You could of had my cast arms 

To fit the aluminium  hubs you will need  the longer bolts that hold the brake carrier and shouldered nuts for the bottom joints and track rod ends.
I have the part numbers if needed .

Are  you fitting anti lift bushes at the front?

Haha oh well, too late now but cheers anyways!

Ok no worries, cheers for the advice like, aye the part numbers would be good if you’ve got them, I might leave it for now since I’ve got all of the bits already and I’ve spent a fortune already haha, but defo useful for future, especially if I end up mapping it (it’s stock at the moment)

Same story for the anti lift bushings, probs will do but at a later date - do they give much advantage? I’ve read reviews of them like but was unsure if it made much difference on a stock car?

Plan at the moment is to just get everything as new as possible as a good base

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Members Rides / Re: Sunset Red 1.4 TSI(TFSI) GT Sport - daily drive & track car

« Last post by rex on June 24, 2026, 05:48:30 pm »

With the oil consumption problem hopefully fixed, I continued with the maintenance items needed for my next track day (July 24th hopefully):
- new clutch
- new engine mounts
- new gearbox oil

All went smooth.
The OE clutch plate and pressure plate were worn but not excessively (this is after ~150k km). But the pressure release bearing was a bit shot...
The OE clutch is Sachs, very similar to the OEM I bought.







The engine mounts were in a good condition but I just don't want to have any issues shifting so I changed them with Lemforder ones:





The gearbox oil was very expensive, about 100 GBP/litre from the Dealership, without discount... With discount it got to ~60 GBP.



Now the clutch feels surreal. At first I thought the slave cylinder was leaking or not attached or something... It is so light and smooth is feels like a clutch used in a simulator.
After I took the car back home, I had to switch to the Porsche (as to pick one of my kids from kindergarten) and the clutch in the Porsche feels like a proper one, not a toy one :).
Hopefully all the problems are solved and I am going to enjoy the car for a long time :).

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Members Rides / Re: New Member - Newly Purchased ED30

« Last post by mk1mad on June 24, 2026, 08:39:18 am »

You could of had my cast arms 

To fit the aluminium  hubs you will need  the longer bolts that hold the brake carrier and shouldered nuts for the bottom joints and track rod ends.
I have the part numbers if needed .

Are  you fitting anti lift bushes at the front?

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Members Rides / Re: New Member - Newly Purchased ED30

« Last post by Graney_ED30 on June 23, 2026, 11:38:56 pm »

Ahh right I see, will see if I can get some - might as well ‘while am in there’ 😂 - I have read some of the posts on here about it like, although I have already bought the cast arms 😂

Oh and in reply to your earlier question that I hadn’t answered - the engine in the MK1 is an AJQ (180 engine from a TT but with DBW throttle essentially)

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Members Rides / Re: New Member - Newly Purchased ED30

« Last post by mk1mad on June 23, 2026, 09:57:46 pm »

Yes they will bolt up with s3 brakes, the s3 has them fitted as well, but sellers ask more because they are s3. If you are fitting s3 brakes defo worth doing. S3 brakes are heavy.

They are a lot lighter  which improves steering  feel and  helps the suspension,  do a search on here lots of info on it.