Mark, when the switch is not on auto the instrument cluster lights will dim when it get's darker in order to warn you to switch the headlights on. You can bypass that by coding your instrument cluster with vagcom and setting the instrument cluster lights to be on all the time bypassing the built in light sensor.
I run the JB4. I have it set to the map2 tune. And have the app on my phone that can set it to map6 which is the tune to adjust things. Usually about 3 pulls. Send the readings in right from my phone and get a custom tune emailed to me in a day or so. And that can be set in the phone. So I can switch to map 2 or map 6 when I race someone. I absolutely love the piggy back over ride set up from BM. With map 6 and a down pipe and an APR intake the car makes a little over 300 hp to the wheels. Fast enough for me.
LastHumansGarage George there at Burger Motorsports will send you a custom tune for the JB4. Very popular. He’ll even send you a tune for summer and one for cooler temps. You do have to send logs. But it’s a set it to map6 after he sends you the settings and go. Then there’s the out of the box map2. And if you get into meth there’s a map for that and so on and so on.
Great video, well spoken. I have a 2017 gti se performance pack. Had the sunroof leak brought it back to the dealer for recall and its starting to leak again. Going apr stage 1 in a few weeks looking forward to it. Keep the vids rolling 👍 You and “Magic” are pretty informative it’s appreciated for guys like me.
Look into Revo for the tune. They are one of the biggest in Europe and now the US. I was and still am much happier with Revo than I ever was with APR, just something to think about. I have owned 2 gti's and am currently Revo stage 3 ko4 with my mk6... .absolutely no regrets.
LastHumansGarage check them out and do some research they're currently the biggest Volkswagen, Audi, and Porsche tuner in all of Europe and they're not any more aggressive than APR .....boost levels are about equal. I've been extremely happy with them and I know they've had a lot of success with the MQB platform
Hey Mark, thanks for the update. You have me looking into 034 again because I don't know much about their engine tunes. I've seen their project and feature cars and yeah, they are bonkers. I hope you can get something going with them. Also, I have to ask if you've reached out to Deutsche Auto Parts. Paul and those guys are super active on TH-cam and they have worked with (sponsored) some other Dubbers. They sell a lot of different parts. They are in North Carolina too, so maybe not too terribly far from you. That would be a nice colab.
Few comments in magic order... A-pillar tweeters: you can increase the clarity significantly by upgrading to the Beats (NA market) or to Dynaudio (European market) tweeters. Big bonus however is that the tweeter speaker cover has a beautiful chrome lining and the brand name on it. As it's always in viewing sight, it's really worth it to have it. Sound actor: the modes control the fake noise level as you said, but I use my VAG-COM to set it to my liking (range: 0 to 100%), full control and nice to know the actual level. Reversing lights, on my Mk7 GTI, they are LED, and you can increase the intensity in VAG-COM by about 30%. So are you really sure it's a normal bulb on Mk7.5? Stage 2 tune: you worry about too loud exhaust with a downpipe, I advise the set-up that I am running: HJS downpipe with metal sport catalyst converter (to replace the stock ceramic cat). Benefits: much lower backpressure but still 100% legal on emissions. And, hardly any more exhaust sound increase, exactly what you want. No need to add a long resonator, the stock middle resonator will do just perfectly.
Hi Mark, the ones I have over here in Netherlands are the Dynaudio speakers. As NA market uses Beats, I assumed there's a Beats tweeter version, but I didn't check it, so you are probably right. Still, you could get the Dynaudio tweeters + covers, on this site you will find a picture of them, just scroll down a little on www.whathifi.com/features/dynaudio-excite-sound-system-review-vw-golf-mk-7
True, the Amp includes DSP features to be able to move the optimal center sound to driver or passenger. However, I suspect that the Dynaudio tweeters will work fine with the power level from your stock unit (high frequency doesn't require a lot of power, the sub-woofer would...). Alternatively, just a thought, you could mount the Dynaudio covers, as they look much more quality items than the stock plasticky items... admittingly, that would be optical-tuning only... ;-)
Also may I aim you towards Ultimate racing. I put that down pipe on my car with a cat. And also ordered a res with it as well. Made the car real quiet to the point I wanted to take the res off. Still quiet with a small rumble.
in fact.. i remember his name... Darryl at Ultimate Racing... I think I'm going to see if he is still around. The downpipe with res and metal cat is still a bit cheaper than the other mainstream brands. (about $625)
LastHumansGarage I think I paid for the res and downpipe like 450. I think that was Black Friday sale though. Not sure what they are going for now. And I believe I heard about the Ultimate racing from your GTI videos. Lol.
Magic, I’ll check out his channel now. I wish our steering wheels were beefier. I think the best mod is a H&R rear sway bar, the wrx handles way better imho.
I don’t have that issue with my sunroof shade, because I keep it open all the time. I don’t understand why people close it, considering that the glass is tinted so the sun doesn’t bother me anyways
the GTi has a lot better power delivery stock to stock. sounds weird being FWD. but the GTI is very linear all the way up. the WRX stock was very peaky, as everyone knows.
I’ve owned both and both are great cars but power wise stock vs stock the gti feels smoother. I did it backwards I had gti first and now 2018 wrx. Once you grab an accesport and go stage 0 on a stock wrx the wrx wins from this point onward (power wise).
Get a MAPERFORMANCE Tune with a Cobb Access Port. It comes with it for free if you buy an Access Port. You get the Access Port for Parameters and such. And the MAPERFORMANCE tune is a lot better than the Cobb OTS tune. Just my $.02
LastHumansGarage seems super annoying. Does the sunroof still go above the roof on these? I never understood why they changed it from the MK6. I love how the MK6 goes straight into the roof. And no weird issue with the cover falling back.
LastHumansGarage Well good luck. I’m looking forward to more GTI vids. I’ve got super similar ideas and likes as you and still watch your MK 6 vids for help on my own GTI. Thanks.
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Mark, when the switch is not on auto the instrument cluster lights will dim when it get's darker in order to warn you to switch the headlights on. You can bypass that by coding your instrument cluster with vagcom and setting the instrument cluster lights to be on all the time bypassing the built in light sensor.
when the auto is "NOT" on?? weird.. so it acts automatically without auto enabled.... ill have to get a vagcom sometime
Yeah, that's correct!!
I run the JB4. I have it set to the map2 tune. And have the app on my phone that can set it to map6 which is the tune to adjust things. Usually about 3 pulls. Send the readings in right from my phone and get a custom tune emailed to me in a day or so. And that can be set in the phone. So I can switch to map 2 or map 6 when I race someone. I absolutely love the piggy back over ride set up from BM. With map 6 and a down pipe and an APR intake the car makes a little over 300 hp to the wheels. Fast enough for me.
i didnt know you could get custom tunes with the JB series.. that might change some of my ideas..
LastHumansGarage George there at Burger Motorsports will send you a custom tune for the JB4. Very popular. He’ll even send you a tune for summer and one for cooler temps. You do have to send logs. But it’s a set it to map6 after he sends you the settings and go. Then there’s the out of the box map2. And if you get into meth there’s a map for that and so on and so on.
Great video, well spoken.
I have a 2017 gti se performance pack. Had the sunroof leak brought it back to the dealer for recall and its starting to leak again.
Going apr stage 1 in a few weeks looking forward to it.
Keep the vids rolling 👍
You and “Magic” are pretty informative it’s appreciated for guys like me.
i like magic
yup . Have the same problem with the sunroof being cracked open a few minutes after closing it. smh. Very annoying in bright daylight as u mention.
open sunroof. looking in from top. do you have 1 or 2 screws on each side of the silver bar?
Look into Revo for the tune. They are one of the biggest in Europe and now the US. I was and still am much happier with Revo than I ever was with APR, just something to think about. I have owned 2 gti's and am currently Revo stage 3 ko4 with my mk6... .absolutely no regrets.
revo has known to be extra aggressive a decade ago.
LastHumansGarage check them out and do some research they're currently the biggest Volkswagen, Audi, and Porsche tuner in all of Europe and they're not any more aggressive than APR .....boost levels are about equal. I've been extremely happy with them and I know they've had a lot of success with the MQB platform
for the sun roof shade, maybe 3m tape a magnet to the shade and the car? not sure if possible to get one thin enough
ill look at options.. would be nice if it has an adjustable pullback strength.
Hey Mark, thanks for the update. You have me looking into 034 again because I don't know much about their engine tunes. I've seen their project and feature cars and yeah, they are bonkers. I hope you can get something going with them. Also, I have to ask if you've reached out to Deutsche Auto Parts. Paul and those guys are super active on TH-cam and they have worked with (sponsored) some other Dubbers. They sell a lot of different parts. They are in North Carolina too, so maybe not too terribly far from you. That would be a nice colab.
i am very familiar with Deutsche.
Nice! No need to pull out the SD card, the blackvue has wifi built-in. The blackvue app isn't too shabby.
Few comments in magic order... A-pillar tweeters: you can increase the clarity significantly by upgrading to the Beats (NA market) or to Dynaudio (European market) tweeters. Big bonus however is that the tweeter speaker cover has a beautiful chrome lining and the brand name on it. As it's always in viewing sight, it's really worth it to have it.
Sound actor: the modes control the fake noise level as you said, but I use my VAG-COM to set it to my liking (range: 0 to 100%), full control and nice to know the actual level.
Reversing lights, on my Mk7 GTI, they are LED, and you can increase the intensity in VAG-COM by about 30%. So are you really sure it's a normal bulb on Mk7.5?
Stage 2 tune: you worry about too loud exhaust with a downpipe, I advise the set-up that I am running: HJS downpipe with metal sport catalyst converter (to replace the stock ceramic cat). Benefits: much lower backpressure but still 100% legal on emissions. And, hardly any more exhaust sound increase, exactly what you want. No need to add a long resonator, the stock middle resonator will do just perfectly.
hmm can't seen to find beats tweets.. you mean the Ford brand ones??
Hi Mark, the ones I have over here in Netherlands are the Dynaudio speakers. As NA market uses Beats, I assumed there's a Beats tweeter version, but I didn't check it, so you are probably right. Still, you could get the Dynaudio tweeters + covers, on this site you will find a picture of them, just scroll down a little on www.whathifi.com/features/dynaudio-excite-sound-system-review-vw-golf-mk-7
the dynaudios run with an amp. the base does not. the dynaudio tweeters alone would not be getting proper wattage to sound good.
True, the Amp includes DSP features to be able to move the optimal center sound to driver or passenger. However, I suspect that the Dynaudio tweeters will work fine with the power level from your stock unit (high frequency doesn't require a lot of power, the sub-woofer would...). Alternatively, just a thought, you could mount the Dynaudio covers, as they look much more quality items than the stock plasticky items... admittingly, that would be optical-tuning only... ;-)
Also may I aim you towards Ultimate racing. I put that down pipe on my car with a cat. And also ordered a res with it as well. Made the car real quiet to the point I wanted to take the res off. Still quiet with a small rumble.
i had an Ultimate racing downpipe on one of my GTI's. I remember it being pretty good.
in fact.. i remember his name... Darryl at Ultimate Racing... I think I'm going to see if he is still around. The downpipe with res and metal cat is still a bit cheaper than the other mainstream brands. (about $625)
LastHumansGarage I think I paid for the res and downpipe like 450. I think that was Black Friday sale though. Not sure what they are going for now. And I believe I heard about the Ultimate racing from your GTI videos. Lol.
Magic, I’ll check out his channel now.
I wish our steering wheels were beefier. I think the best mod is a H&R rear sway bar, the wrx handles way better imho.
ya i agree the WRX handles way better right now.
I don’t have that issue with my sunroof shade, because I keep it open all the time. I don’t understand why people close it, considering that the glass is tinted so the sun doesn’t bother me anyways
even when closed the sun is still too distracting through it.. a lot of people want a solid shade instead.
revvo are the best known for vag cars for tuning. idk if they would do a sponsor or not tho.
ah revo is old school.. they still do tunes?
how would you compare this 2018 gti power feel versus your wrx when it was stock? genuinely curious.
the GTi has a lot better power delivery stock to stock. sounds weird being FWD. but the GTI is very linear all the way up. the WRX stock was very peaky, as everyone knows.
I’ve owned both and both are great cars but power wise stock vs stock the gti feels smoother. I did it backwards I had gti first and now 2018 wrx. Once you grab an accesport and go stage 0 on a stock wrx the wrx wins from this point onward (power wise).
My 2016 Audi S3 has the exact same issue with the sunroof cover. I’ve heard it’s a common issue.
ya those 2 furniture pads fix it from sliding. i have a few videos on this.
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Get a MAPERFORMANCE Tune with a Cobb Access Port. It comes with it for free if you buy an Access Port. You get the Access Port for Parameters and such. And the MAPERFORMANCE tune is a lot better than the Cobb OTS tune. Just my $.02
map is cool and everything, but i am looking for someone with years of experience in the VW tuning world.
Loving your Mk7, subbed!
Have you looked into the 034 dog bone mount?
ive tried a lot of dog bone mounts on GTI's. i dont like them. too much vibration.
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Hah, I have the same stupid sunroof shade issue. Drives me nuts but not enough to want to take it into the dealership.
ill look into it.
LastHumansGarage seems super annoying. Does the sunroof still go above the roof on these? I never understood why they changed it from the MK6. I love how the MK6 goes straight into the roof. And no weird issue with the cover falling back.
Dang Mark where’d you go? Been busy?
nothing to make videos about... until mods start coming.
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i like it more each week. and i havent even started making it my own yet
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you can have the instrument cluster be lit on off mode with an obd11 tweak if you ever want to jump down that rabbit hole .
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Mark did you buy it or leased it?
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You can check out integrated engineering out of Salt Lake.
i already have an email out to them. no response yet.
LastHumansGarage Well good luck. I’m looking forward to more GTI vids. I’ve got super similar ideas and likes as you and still watch your MK 6 vids for help on my own GTI. Thanks.
Do stratify or anything with costume tuning mate. or just apr to not adjust it, uni is not that agressive magic
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no way your a/c should turn off when the engine is using auto stop start. My Audi using the same tech and the a/c doesn't change. edit: Magic
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Dealer should fix that sun roof visor problem. That would irritate me.
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As far as I know NA GTI doesn't have LED trunk lights only EURO... no love for NA
my trunk has the LEDs, but i replaced them myself
dead and bloated in the beginning haha
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havent really thought about them...
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