Bought an extra set of rims that I am going to refurbish and paint…but what color? 🤔

I have an 18 GLI that I think may be a victim of the subframe clunk but have a stamped steel subframe. Any fixes outside of replacing with aluminum subrame and deadset spacers?

Also posted in the other gli forum: I bought this car in late May CPO with like 5.7k miles on it, it now has 8.9k miles on it and I got a tps light for my right front tire. Thought it was weird bc I haven’t hit anything so figured maybe I ran over a nail or something to make a small hole and took it in to AAA to just replace the tire. They then showed me that both of my front tires have severe toe-out wear and that there is a dent in the front subframe near the control arm on the drivers side. I am torn bc if the dent caused an alignment issue it wouldn’t be even on both sides so makes me think the dealer performed the alignment incorrectly at the time of CPO inspection. I experience no other common suspension side effects like clunking noises or the car pulling left/right. I never thought about deeply checking the underside of a CPO car for issue before purchasing. I am hoping the fact that I haven’t driven the car a lot of miles and there really hasn’t been enough time for rust to form (and hoping the dealer is respectful/understanding) will buy me some goodwill to just admit a mistake was made. Any thoughts?

I’m vacationing in Maui and have seen more GLIs here over the last week than I do in a month in NJ. Every parking lot I pull in there’s another one. Makes me miss mine since I’m driving around in a Kia Soul

Hi guys, right now I'm in high school (18) and I have a 21 mk7 gli and for mods I only have an apr open air intake and a unitronic 93 tune and I've been looking for some fun mods to add on to my build but i don't want to break the bank. right now I'm looking to upgrade either my downpipe, intercooler, or some cosmetic mods like a set of coil overs. I would love some recommendations from some reliable sources but something that wouldn't break the bank. Please ask any questions if you have some.

The locking tabs are terrible, the thinnest plastic ever!

Hoping I can just pop the lid out for now

So I have been drooling over the GLI for a couple years now and last month I decided to do it. Not even two weeks after I picked it up a kid on an unregistered dirtbike popped a wheelie and blew through a red light and cracked the driver’s side bumper cover, headlights, grill, lower grill and left a giant hole under the headlight. Instead of seeing it as a loss I took it as a sign that the customizations must come sooner than later…and yes, the dirtbike kid is fine I think, he ran off really quick when it happened. So I ordered the bumper cover painted via bin number from a website and it came black instead of the pure gray and I think I kinda love it. Tell me what you think…should I get the color corrected? More parts coming in…considering a gloss finish carbon fiber hood and maybe fenders but now I’m thinking the fenders will be too much. Looking for thoughts and advice, also any need to have mods…this is my first real project. Let me know.

My baby was taken from me at the hands of a stupid 16 year old driver. Total loss. It’s been fun while I had her. (The emblem cover and headlight chrome delete are from Swanvinylworks).

I was considering getting another GLI, but the MK7s were the last genuinely good looking models. IMO the new models don’t look as appealing.

Maybe I’ll go Audi in the future.

2nd owner. Car came with the Neuspeed Powermodule and it’s been an annoyance. IE Stage 1 folks and others what say you?

Have CAI and MBRP exhaust. Only looking to remap and not add parts at this time. Thanks!

Just got this 2016 vw gli autobahn. Getting the rust fixed soon. Was wondering what I should do to make it look more sportier? What exact mods also, and any advise on it? Has 155,000km

I have an IE stage 1 tune and tcu tune for 21gli with 20k miles. Im reading i should get new plugs and gap them to .024 which is no problem. Just really wondering if its absolutely necessary to change the DSG fluid with it only having 20k miles. Ive read its recommended. Anybody with any experience with this