Recent Posts

11

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

« Last post by rex on January 31, 2026, 09:18:16 pm »

I don't drive the Golf in the winter time (I sold the winter tires some time ago and there has been a lot of snow). I only got to maneuver the car in my yard. So, I can't really provide an accurate feedback. I would have really liked to see how the seats and steering wheel feel, but I'll have to wait for spring. I'll provide my first impressions after the first, proper, spring drive.

12

Mk5 General Area / Re: MK5 Used For Racing Instead of MK6

« Last post by lazy on January 31, 2026, 04:20:06 pm »

That's strange I wonder why they went through the trouble of swapping the front ends. Perhaps it's one of those strange things we'll never get to know the reason.

13

Mk5 General Area / Re: MK5 Used For Racing Instead of MK6

« Last post by Hypertuned on January 31, 2026, 02:24:26 pm »

Both models use an independent rear suspension (IRS) setup with a multi-link design, with most of the parts being interchangeable. The only difference I know of is the anti-roll bar is thicker on the MK6, which in racing gives better turn in.

Sent from my 24094RAD4G using Tapatalk

14

Members Rides / Re: Vanilla GTI

« Last post by JamieSmeatonVW on January 31, 2026, 02:08:50 pm »

Sounds nice mate

15

Mk5 General Area / Re: clutch pedal stuck half way/not returning

« Last post by hcmzah on January 31, 2026, 02:08:41 pm »

There's a shim kit you can can get for the gearbox that sometimes fixes this.

Was a thread on here about it.  https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=121344.0

Thanks, I had checked this before and saw no play at all. It’s a 2007, kdq gearbox. I think these came shimmed from factory

Still stuck with this issue

16

Mk5 General Area / MK5 Used For Racing Instead of MK6

« Last post by lazy on January 31, 2026, 02:06:34 pm »

I've been listening to The Radiator Arms podcast, and in one of the episodes ( I can't remember which episode to put the link in) one of the hosts mentioned in passing that his son was a professional racing driver. He said one of the race series he was in was VW Golfs and they were MK 5's with MK 6 front end body panels on, because the MK 6 had just come out and VW wanted them to look like the newly released car, but the MK 5's rear suspension was better in some way but he didn't know the details. As I mentioned earlier it was just said in passing and that was that, but I'm curious if anyone knows what is actually different.

17

Mk5 General Area / Re: Parasitic battery drain

« Last post by hcmzah on January 31, 2026, 02:04:55 pm »

Hi mate what head unit do you have?

It’s a lemon shark rcd360 pro from AliExpress. I also had the canbus adapter to stop the battery drain. I’ve disconnected the whole head unit and the draw was the same

18

Mk5 General Area / Re: Parasitic battery drain

« Last post by JamieSmeatonVW on January 31, 2026, 01:55:43 pm »

Hi mate what head unit do you have?

19

Mk5 General Area / Re: MK6 clocks into MK5 - ABS Pump

« Last post by JamieSmeatonVW on January 31, 2026, 01:53:48 pm »

Love the  Scirocco 2015 R Cluster makes it feel so newer

20

Mk5 General Area / Re: PSA - R32/S3 345mm Brake upgrade ABS module coding Brake Electronics J104 T47

« Last post by JamieSmeatonVW on January 31, 2026, 01:50:25 pm »

I'm Not sure why this Post isn't pinned as its very helpful, Thanks ZoliWorks