Some Mods on the Scirocco

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I have done some mods today on the R, not happy with the fact you can not spec the covered cup holder i set about doing it myself, not an easy job but well worth it 

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Then i also added the rear cup holder as again that's not an option either , i will be adding the covered stowage area in the front also but i am waiting on a special edition piano black lid to suit the other R trim , i will also have to plug my local TPS vag parts center in Nottingham (bit thx to Chungster for pointing me in there direction), brilliant next day service, they even had some of the stuff the same day, all genuine vw parts with discount too  , oh i also ordered the Audi S3 jack point rubbers, but one part is on back order so will be adding these later

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the goodies that are left to do 

[JPC]

Nice little touches shaun! ;)

[DaveB@Vagbremtechnic]

Fantastic mate,

I'd never given that sort of mod much thought, its only when you consider what good value the rocco is that you realise that they have saved quite a bit of cash on the Roc.

Items like this are a good example - dont get me started on the missing gas strut on the bonnet!!

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Fantastic mate,

I'd never given that sort of mod much thought, its only when you consider what good value the rocco is that you realise that they have saved quite a bit of cash on the Roc.

Items like this are a good example - dont get me started on the missing gas strut on the bonnet!!

I thought the missing gas strut was due to the fact the bonnet is bigger therefore heavier, i never thought of it as money saving, in that case i wonder if i can retrofit one 

[JPC]

I dont buy the bigger bonnet for one second! its all Money saving gone too far if you ask me! its a Rocco, and it should have a gas strut. Major boo boo in my book.

If you really wanna see a big bonnet, and I mean big, like a work of art.......



.... have a look at this!

*balls, two mins*

here we go...

THIS....is a big bonnet!!




And this gets struts!

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the bigger bonnet theory was my own LOL, nobody told me that 

I dont buy the bigger bonnet for one second! its all Money saving gone too far if you ask me! its a Rocco, and it should have a gas strut. Major boo boo in my book.

If you really wanna see a big bonnet, and I mean big, like a work of art.......



.... have a look at this!

*balls, two mins*

[JPC]

ah, im with you. Theories or no theories, they should have stuck on one!

[JPC]

there we go, pictures jsut for you shaun!  maybe that will give you some scope to retrofit some on the rocco! ;0

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there we go, pictures jsut for you shaun!  maybe that will give you some scope to retrofit some on the rocco! ;0

Ahh, it has two though LOL, i was just hoping popping a golf one in would do 

[JPC]

have these pictures go you thinking now? haha!

[Gti_Mad]

may i ask wots left in the bags to be fitted

and well done 

looks much better in my opinion

[chungster]

aha you've been busy fitting those 2 bits then...copy cat 

no probs re TPS, but shocked u never used them before especially how close they are to you! tut tut.

Gas Strut i've thought about but looking at the bonnet some bracket welding is gonna have to be done for it to work. hmmm.

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may i ask wots left in the bags to be fitted

and well done 

looks much better in my opinion

whats left is covered stowage bit (ashtray) but i am waiting for a piano black lid to come, then theres the Audi jacking blocks too, but again one part is on back order  , then i got the first aid kit and warning triangle and a couple of spare R badges oh and a loadliner LOL, i have spent a few quid thanks to chungster 

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aha you've been busy fitting those 2 bits then...copy cat 

no probs re TPS, but shocked u never used them before especially how close they are to you! tut tut.

Gas Strut i've thought about but looking at the bonnet some bracket welding is gonna have to be done for it to work. hmmm.

they are DANGEROUSLY close to me LOL, top company very helpful and very interested in my car

[Beddie]

 dont get me started on the missing gas strut on the bonnet!!

I asked about the elusive gas strut when at the Autostadt in Wolfsburg back in 2008, first time i'd seen a Roc in the flesh and was surprised to see a manual strut too! They helpfully fetched a technical bod who explained it was purely down to crash performance/pedestrian safety, apparently something to do with the the size constraints under the hood and some other technical things that i have now forgotten 
I did also find reference to this being the reason somewhere else so will try and dig it out