Yeah the road noise in this car is crazy bad!!! That being said if you want to keep weight down and probably make it even quieter you can use a lot less CLD and go with something like closed cell foam or a decoupler. I used to use Dynamat on every square inch of my offroad trucks. Now I am...
I have this exact setup in my car currently and love it! Even kept the factory spring and installed the cable bushing upgrade. It's a perfect upgrade for a OEM+ feel as it makes the shifter nice and crisp.
Honestly looks like it was misaligned from the get go and just rammed together to bolt it up... Hence the failure of the bearings as they had a hell of a load on them! And not as they are designed for lol...
It has a bit more punch & definitely tighter bass and I feels like it goes a bit lower. I installed .7lb of poly fill and used some old dynamat on the out side of the box to deaden it. It doesn't seem much louder but I also installed a lot of Resonix decoupler over their CLD in the rear...
Installed the MB Quart sub today along with adding ResoNix sound deadener and absorber to the inside wheel wells... Will take if for a spin later to see what kind of difference they both make.
I love to see some new alternative exhausts for these cars. That being said when they are dual tips it would be nice if they spaced them tighter with a filler spacer for the rear bumper... The gap just doesn't look right and giant tips trying to fill it on a small car kills it for me... That...
Yeah I got a quote for no logo and they said the same thing... Either way I like the straight drop in along with it's performance and weight... I may take the logo off or paint it black. The wait doesn't bother me a bit coming from having a ton of custom fab done on my past off road trucks...
I had a 98 Ginster yellow MK3 vr6 with a turbo on it. It was a ton of fun but plowed like a tractor and at high speeds the rear was like a parachute and not in a good way. The weight bias felt about 80% front and 20% rear lol... Fun car but parted way's before I could off myself in it...
I was wondering why it looked like the tires locked up a few times by the puffs of smoke... Didn't realize the VW was FWD that thing had a ton of aero for barely edging it out....
Any one watch this today? Dai Yoshihara used a factory backed modified Type S to set the current FWD record for the Mountain. They almost pulled this off last year but the course was cut short due to high winds. Either way it's a nice little legacy for the future of these cars..
I just picked up this same sub and was thinking of adding .25+lb of poly-fill for it in this enclosure looking at the specs it should benefit from it... Any one done this yet?
No it's fairly straight forward other than the rear bumper. I used loctite on every nut and bolt as if any of them get loose this mod will not work... I will say reinstalling the rear bumper is a bit nerve racking other than that its quick and easy... BTW I am not the 1st person to do this...