Recent content by Pre95

Whenever I am on model specific forums, I always catch a glimpse of what other projects people have looming in the background. So.. what else do you wrench on? My wallet destroying 83 turbo quattro coupe (ur-quattro): 1,9bar + ecu mod, 3" 2b cat back, 996 321mm front brakes, 17x8 FF10's...

Replaced the turbo on my '10 GTI not long ago, original had 71,000 on it and was "leaking oil" (though.. the more I read through the forums the more I feel the oil leak could have been something else..). Regardless, is there somewhere I can have this thing tested or inspected to see if it's a...

Wondering if anyone produces one that doesn't regularly fail or if there is a custom solution.

Is there a cable you can get to use or do you need the $200 one-car wireless dongle? I'm in the SF bay area, bought my '10 GTI with a stage 2 tune with the APR high flow downpipe also installed. The tune disables 2 of the o2 sensors and is not CA smog legal (downpipe has a highflow cat, or at...

Have a few small nicks and scratches I'd like to take care of, I live near the coast and ocean breezes tend to make the smallest surface scratch look like a serious rust problem with the quickness. The car is Crystal Steel Gray metallic, looking for the best match. TIA!

Picked up a '10 GTI DSG with 70k on the clock, read through the various VW forums and have a list of items I will be addressing up front to try to keep things as headache free as I can. Car was serviced per factory spec up to this point. Anything else I should add to the preventative list...