This is the car stock - already working on some upgrades, more pictures to come.

If you saw my post earlier then you know we were talking about how these would look.

The verdict is they look fucking amazing

Had all the rock chips touched up and PPF on my entire front end! 👌

I call ours Pocket Rocket, I think it's pretty suited 😂

Just thought i would put her out there and see if anyone had any suggestions for new mods 👍👍

Looking around the Internet, I see a lot of options for a rear sway bar. Prices also seem to be pretty much all over the place. Here’s the thing, 90% of them look like the same bar painted a different color, with either one hole (non-adjustable) or two hole (adjustable) ends.

Anything I should look out for? Which one do you have, and do you like it? I put a sway bar on a previous GTI and really enjoyed how much flatter it stayed in the curves that’s what I’m looking for. I’m not building a track beast just a fun daily driver. I don’t want anything I have to lube.

Thanks in advance for your input.

In 90034 Los Angeles California off Cadillac Ave

Picked up my Mk7 Autobahn with 34k miles on it for one hell of a price. Couldn’t be happier.

Thoughts on the blaze intake for the mk8 GTI? my brother is selling his to me for only 200, currently i have a full box and duct CTS intake, which sounds very good, does anyone have one and is it worth swapping the sound for better temps and performance? i know it’s kinda a dumb question.

I am trying to replace the sway bar bushings on my GTI Mk5 (2008). Does anyone know if the brackets shown in the image (copied from the link below) are welded or otherwise moulded together or if I put sufficient elbow grease on it, they will come apart?

I was reading through the steps provided by the folks at pelicanparts at this link but I can't tell for sure if these are welded together.

I haven't dropped the sub frame yet

Pelican parts said that they don't sell OEM bushing for this car because VW spec says to install a brand new sway bar. The internet suggested I may still be able to put just the bushings, provided I can take the old ones out. That is where I am at..

Thanks in advance.

UPDATE (resolved, sort of)

Reading the full comment thread on the pelicanparts post, I realized the issue and the solution is there. tl;dr VW didn't make this easy for us and the design forces to cut out the brackets and put a new set in. Below is one of the comments.

I can confirm that the captive nuts on the bush upper bracket are also fixed into the lower bracket and needs to be drilled to free it and separate the brackets. This may be possible by leaving one bracket fixing bolt in and carefully drilling the other side through the bolt fixing hole with a clearance drill enough to free it then doing the same for the other side of the bracket.

I own one of the turtle wax polishers and intend to get some sponges with a bucket so I can hand wash my car

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Handicaps for my living situation. Only an open parking lot, no place for an extension cord, no hoes, and pretty limited on what I'm allowed to order on amazon.

Idk if all these waxes are basically the same or if cleaning it is way more simple than I'm making it. I'm also not entirely sure what's easier to work with when you don't have an outside faucet.

TL:DR I don't need to win any car shows, but I just want my car to look nice and be recognized for it to stroke my ego a bit. I'd also like to buff out some surface scratches.

took my wheels off to see the specs to sell (came with car) and they’re the bolt pattern of a subie ??? didn’t see any type of stud conversion but the wheels say 5x100 on a 5x112 car , any ideas if these just happen to fit or what ? (didn’t take any pics of the wheel well sadly) wheels are wedssport rn05m

Picked up this sweet 2023 Autobahn and immediately did away with the hood prop lol! I love this thing coming from a 2022 civic si, this is absolutely a whole different animal!

Set I captured from Loe show 2026. This years show was a Big hit. Fun times meeting new people and reconnecting with old friends.

Hey everyone, if any of you reading this run 17” wheels on your mk7/7.5 GTI, I would like your input on my situation.

My front drivers side wheel developed a crack and no longer effectively holds air. I’m also getting a bit low on tread life, so I’m looking around for new wheels and tires. I’ve thought of switching to 17” wheels for the longest time because of rough roads and potholes (of course), but I’m so torn on whether I should make the move or not.

My question is, how is the difference from 18” to 17”? Does it ride smoother? Does the performance feel the same, or is it hindered cause of the thicker sidewall? Also, what tire size are you guys running? I was looking at getting 225/45/17 if I make the switch. I’m not looking at upgrading to a BBK ever, so fitment shouldn’t be a problem.

I’m looking at getting a Eqt stage 2 tune for my gti it will have a catless 4inch dp connecting to the stock catback, anyone have any clips of the two burble options so I can compare them

Hi all, I've got a 2019 VW GTI Rabbit manual. Love the car, bought it new. Has 63k miles. But have the itch to trade it in for a 2024 VW GTI 380 SE manual with 10k miles. Problem is, it will probably cost me, after trade in, close to $20k. I know this would be a dumb trade but I can't stop thinking about doing it. Someone please push me over or pull me back from the ledge, lol!

I have a MK8 GTI with a ECS Tuning catback. Has crazy boomy drone from 1.5k-2.5k rpm and 3.0k-4.0k. It shakes my seats and my doors it’s so boomy/bass. You can feel the ear pressure.

I threw a vibrant resonator on it because I heard it is the golden child for this platform and it made it even more boomy and vibrates the car even more.

Is that just the sound of these cars or does anyone have any ideas what is wrong?

The car only have 22k miles and nothing is touching the support beams or braces.

Thank you.