Evgenios

Hey everyone! Hope everyone is doing good! Just need some opinions basically! I was ready to order some brand new Lower Control Arms for my car, basically these are the part numbers 81A407151F 81A407152F They come either from a MK8 or Mk8.5 and are a straight fit. Basically, instead of order front and rear bushes, replace the whole arm. I called my mechanic for some other issues as well, and he suggest instead of replacing the arms, I can buy a full poly bush kit for a bit more money and replace all the car's bushes with poly bushes. Either Powerflex or SuperPro? Not sure on the brand. My question is, won't a full set of poly suspension bushes produce much more NVH? Isn't it better for a daily car to stick with OEM? I know poly bushes are better for the car's feel and cornering, but this is a daily car. Thanks for reading, awaiting to hear your thoughts!

Oh wow, makes an awful lot of sense. A single wire is broken and you have to break the bank. Oh well.. Also, I believe my windscreen was also replaced but I can't be sure since I imported the car used. Only thing I can use to confirm it, is that all other windows have the VW logo near the edges, except the windscreen. So maybe that's the reason the trim piece wont fit exactly. I still haven't tried to use the original trim piece, but I am not sure if it will fit. Not too fussed about it to be honest, I'll try and test it during the weekend.

I'll have to double check on the trim, we replaced it with the new item (and I double checked the part number codes as well today), but I remember seeing a picture here that was the exact same with what happened with my new trim, a bit short. It doesn't really bother me, but at some point I'll remove it and check again with the old trim. Regarding the coding stuff, I took the car for a drive last night to check how the HBA works. It was exactly the same as the old mirror. Worked perfectly for 8 cars, and then kept the high beams on until the opposing driver was almost in front of me 😁. That also happened with the old mirror. So I think job done. I'll double check the trims at some point, but as always, thanks for all your help.

Got the new mirror and the trim pieces. One of the trim pieces is a bit shorter, so it doens't match exactly. But I'm not too fussed about it. We ran into an interesting issue. The new frameless mirror needed coding. And I may be saying this the wrong way, but VCDS could not exactly code the mirror as a MK7 mirror. So my mechanic coded it as a Passat, with LED lights 😁 I still haven't tested the HBA and how it works, that's for tonight. I don't know if anyone has a VCDS scan they could forward of their MK7 with the frameless mirror and HBA, that could really help thinks if there is an issue and it's not working exactly right for me. I still need to test mine however. Appreciate all the help as always!

Great, thank you! As for coding, my mechanic can take care of it, or I can go to the dealer. Thanks for all your help! I'll reply when it's on my car!

Andrew, sorry to bug you again, but since you are so knowledgable, I wanted to confirm some things. So, from what I am checking after like an hour of searching, If I get this mirror, part number: 3G0857511AE9B9 It would be the frameless design and also include the camera for HBA to still work? Checking ebay confirms the camera from used listings. Checking lllparts (thanks for bringing it to my attention by the way, very handy!), I can get one for like 340 euros, which while still expensive, is much more reasonable than 600 for the old style mirror.

Oh wow! Had absolutely no idea! Thanks for the information, I really really appreciate it! Yes, my mechanic told me that the 4PK is the black one basically, and I had to take note of that. I did not want a beige mirror to be honest 😁 I'll take a look at mirrors without the camera. Coincidentaly, I used it a couple of days ago (HBA i mean) and it did not turn down the high beams until the car coming from the other direction was almost 10 meters away from me... Talk about dissappointing. So thanks for the heads up!

Apologies for the late reply. The part number is 5G0857511D4PK It does have the HBA. Car is a September 2014 MK7. I checked ebay, I could only find a single used mirror for sale, but it didn't have the camera, or so the seller told me. I am just not entirely sure why the camera needs to be changed. Can't I just replace the mirror? I guess I have no clue. I'll try getting a second opinion from another mechanic and/or the dealer, but yeah, if you search for the part number in ebay, I coulnd't find one for less than 600 GBP or thereabouts. I do appreciate your help, and the tip about coding out the HBA is very helpful. I think I used it 5 times in 5 years.

I see, that's what I thought as well. Well, thanks for all your help. Getting quoted 1065 euros for a rear view mirror was a bit shocking, I'm sure you can tell 😄 I'll see if I can find a used one.

Just did that, and unfortunately, there was no change.

Have owned the car for almost 5 years now, was working ok for my needs for quite some time. I just started noticing it like a month ago, but I don't really remember when it broke. I'll try what you suggested and reply back, thanks for your time.

Hello everyone, hope your day is going well! I lurk this forum a lot, but haven't posted in a long while. I have a weird issue, and searching did not yield any results. Basically, my auto dimming rear view mirror, is not dimming anymore. The car is a 2014 5door DSG. Was at my mechanic the last couple of days for some performance mods, but he could not figure out what is wrong with it. There is the green light below the mirror, so supposedly it's working. A new one is like 700 to 800 euros here where I'm from, unless I buy used. But the problem is I don't know if I switch the mirror if that will fix the dimming issue. I tried shining a light in the sensor in the front where the mirror and the green light is, but it wouldn't dim. Any ideas? I appreciate your help!

Hey, I am also waiting for a reply from them! I will update this post when I get a reply! 🙂

Hey everyone! Thanks for your replies! I appreciate all your help 🙂 I emailed LITTCO like you guys mentioned, and I waiting for their reply. Plan is to get ECU/TCU stage 1 tunes and an VWR600 Intake to top it all off 😁 Again, thanks for all the information!

Hello everyone, I did a lot of research before posting this topic, but I basically just wanted some clear cut answers. I have a 64 plate R, (I am in another country, but the car was imported from the UK). The car has the 722A revision turbo, which according to my research is more prone to failure than later revisions. Now, my car has about 36600 miles on, and barring some issues with the cooling system (thermostat housing and water pump, and some gaskets) it has not had any engine or turbo issues, knock on wood! Now to my question: If I get my turbo balanced (even there was not an issue with it), is it safe for me to go for a stage 1 tune afterwards? Basically, I want to lower the chance the turbo blows up basically. I know you have to pay to play and all that, but will I be "safe" if I get it balanced? I do thank you for your time! Any more questions please fire away!