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Hi all, new to the forum although I have used various VW forums over the years due to owning plenty of VAG metal including a Mk5 GTi, a Mk5 R32 and recently a Mk6 GT, with Golf R kit fitted etc...

Totally love the new shape Polo so I sold my Mk6 Golf a couple of months back and landed a low mileage well specced 11 Plate Candy White 3 Door 6R GTi. Have to say I expected it to be a little bit of a come down after owning the Golf but in all honesty the quality of the Polo has blown me away!

I actually think it's a better built car than my Golf was, seems a lot more solid and needless to say to me it feels far more fun than the Golf which in my opinion are becoming a little too big a car these days.

Anyway, I won't ramble on too much, done plenty of mods so far and got some nice pics but no recent ones with all the mods on, so I'll update this soon with some details.

Just thought I'd introduce myself, I'm from Wolverhampton West Mids area and I have Vag-com and I'm pretty clued up on it now with the 6R platform so if anyone needs anything coding give me a shout.

Hope to be of use here, owned VW and Audi's for years and there isn't much I don't know about them, and I've done all my own work on them too. Not that it's an invite to bring all your cars round for some free work, ha. Looking forward to getting to know you all better, and hopefully become a useful site member.

Cheers all, Ben

Sounds good mate, welcome to the forum, get some pics up

Welcome matey. Great choice in car and colour, but then again i maybe abit bias Look forward to seeing what you have done, and plan to do in the future

Nathan

Welcome to the site mate

Thanks for the warm welcome guys, will sort some pics out over the weekend. Had the car well cleaned up other day and I have been out in it today and it's filthy, damn weather!!

Will have to get it washed tomorrow and some new pics taken. I'll pop on later and do a quick list of what I've carried out already, fitted the footwell lights the other night and used Kufatec's instructions but they were useless as the lights were on all the time even whilst driving about which I didn't like. Managed to get the wiring diagram for the Polo 6R from the erWin site anyway and wired them to the roof lights instead so they dim on and off like they should do with the ignition key / door opening & closing.

Ben

nice mate get some pics up

Ben@dubstarz wrote:Hi all, new to the forum although I have used various VW forums over the years due to owning plenty of VAG metal including a Mk5 GTi, a Mk5 R32 and recently a Mk6 GT, with Golf R kit fitted etc...

Totally love the new shape Polo so I sold my Mk6 Golf a couple of months back and landed a low mileage well specced 11 Plate Candy White 3 Door 6R GTi. Have to say I expected it to be a little bit of a come down after owning the Golf but in all honesty the quality of the Polo has blown me away!

I actually think it's a better built car than my Golf was, seems a lot more solid and needless to say to me it feels far more fun than the Golf which in my opinion are becoming a little too big a car these days.

Anyway, I won't ramble on too much, done plenty of mods so far and got some nice pics but no recent ones with all the mods on, so I'll update this soon with some details.

Just thought I'd introduce myself, I'm from Wolverhampton West Mids area and I have Vag-com and I'm pretty clued up on it now with the 6R platform so if anyone needs anything coding give me a shout.

Hope to be of use here, owned VW and Audi's for years and there isn't much I don't know about them, and I've done all my own work on them too. Not that it's an invite to bring all your cars round for some free work, ha. Looking forward to getting to know you all better, and hopefully become a useful site member.

Cheers all, Ben

where abouts in wolvo you bud? i used to live there, now im just out of wolves ALSO in a candy white gti
be interesting to see what you have done to it

on a note of vag-com i dont suppose you could change my cluster to Australian one of the days

Joe9n3 wrote:where abouts in wolvo you bud? i used to live there, now im just out of wolves ALSO in a candy white gti
be interesting to see what you have done to it

on a note of vag-com i dont suppose you could change my cluster to Australian one of the days

Hi Joe, I live in Essington, not too far from Sneyd School if you know of it? Where you live now then? I have seen a candy white GTi head past some new Bungalows I been working on in Essington, it's always heading towards Cannock, is that you? Small world if it is, ha.

I can sort out your cluster change no probs, done it on mine, assume you want it for the digital speed display? Send me a PM with your number and I'll be in touch so you can pop round and get it sorted

Looking good mate! just a quick question about vag-com.... can it do the needle swoosh? i have a 1.4 candy white match

Hi mate, welcome to the forums! Keep us all posted with any updates and pictures

Jacov, I pretty sure you can't activate the needle sweep in the 6R Polo

Yeah theres no needle sweep available in the polo. The module isnt there.

Ben@dubstarz wrote: Hi Joe, I live in Essington, not too far from Sneyd School if you know of it? Where you live now then? I have seen a candy white GTi head past some new Bungalows I been working on in Essington, it's always heading towards Cannock, is that you? Small world if it is, ha.

I can sort out your cluster change no probs, done it on mine, assume you want it for the digital speed display? Send me a PM with your number and I'll be in touch so you can pop round and get it sorted

Yea ive been through there before! im in Bridgnorth now, about 15 miles away, i have been through cannock a few times havent seen a GTi in the wolves area yet turns out theres a few hiding in there somewhere!! haha

Yup thats the one been looking for someone local if they can sort it for me for awhile vw refuse to do it ive sold my phone, awaiting new iphone delivery when apple sorts its stock out

Im free wednesday, thursday this week, maybe weekend aswell, pm me when your free anyway

Cheers

i'm gutted it doesn't do it oh well, what can you get though??

Joe9n3 wrote:

Ben@dubstarz wrote:Yea ive been through there before! im in Bridgnorth now, about 15 miles away, i have been through cannock a few times havent seen a GTi in the wolves area yet turns out theres a few hiding in there somewhere!! haha

Yup thats the one been looking for someone local if they can sort it for me for awhile vw refuse to do it ive sold my phone, awaiting new iphone delivery when apple sorts its stock out

Im free wednesday, thursday this week, maybe weekend aswell, pm me when your free anyway

Cheers

Hi Joe, got your PM but I can't reply to them yet as I haven't posted enough times on here

Been very busy this week so apologies for the late reply, my birthday this Saturday too so weekend is chock full of things I'm upto. Can make it sometime next week though, hopefully get some pics on here of my car this weekend and get a few more posts on so I can reply to PM messages, ha.

Sorry about that mate, not much longer to wait

Cheers, Ben

Should be able to sort our your cluster on your Polo anytime this week Joe, I have a week off so I'll be home all week. WIll be upto my 10 posts once this message goes live so I should be able to PM you with my number and address so we can get it sorted, be good to meet a fellow GTi owner