Innholdsfortegnelse for January 2021 i Performance VW

Californian-based wheel specialist Rotiform doesn’t just make super expensive and ultra flashy custom multi-piece wheels for show cars. It also produces a range of cast, single-piece wheels that is not only affordable and available off the shelf, but they’re also pretty damn easy on the eye. Better still, it’s just announced four all-new designs for 2021! Firstly, there’s the BLQ-C, which is kind of a concave version of the original BLQ wheel that Rotiform launched over a decade ago. The split 10-spoke wheel comes with a new spline type centre cap and launches in a 8.5x19” dimension, with ET35 and ET45 offsets available and satin black, anthracite and silver finishes. Next up is the DTM, which is a simple but purposeful 11-spoke wheel with concave design, spline centre cap, the…

The cab door sill is one of the most common areas on the Volkswagen T5 to suffer damage and collect corrosion. Until recently this has only been remedied by the purchase of a costly Genuine VW panel, however our friends at Heritage Parts Centre have been in touch with news of this useful repair panel designed to sort your cab step and inner sill woes once and for all. Hailing from Denmark, these panels are available for both driver and passenger side of the vehicle. Sold individually they are a snip at £20.50 per side and can be found online at HeritagePartsCentre.com CONTACT: www.HeritagePartsCentre.com PRICE: £20.50 each…

UP, UP AND AWAY NEW ORDER APR its pleased to announce its DirectPort Programming is now available for all APR ECU upgrades featuring the new Bosch MG1 ECU! This means every APR dealer everywhere in the world can now install any Bosch MG1 based ECU Upgrades without unlocking the ECU. So that means no removing ECUs and no shipping them to APR. No new tools are required either as this works with their existing flashing cables. Each ECU upgrade can be flashed directly at any APR dealer just like nearly every other ECU Upgrade in our lineup! This update applies to all of Bosch MG1 based ECU Upgrades. The currently released list of vehicles/platforms includes the following: 2.0T EA888 Gen 3B - New Tiguan/A3, 2.0T EA888 Gen 3B OPF -…

RacingLine’s Stud & Nut kit has proven very popular in the past, giving a stronger, lighter fixing method than using the original wheel bolts, plus they're a much quicker method to swap wheels for motorsport & track use as well. Following their success, RacingLine has now introduced two new stud lengths to suit drivers who want to use wider spacers, so as well as the original 70mm stud, we now offer an 80mm option, too. Prices for a complete kit start at £144.00! CONTACT: www.racingline.com PRICE: From £144.00 (full kit)…

Performance air suspension specialist Air Lift Performance has unveiled a new manifold option, aimed at making their best-selling 3H and 3P air management systems more customisable to builders around the world. The new manifold is available in both 3H and 3P configurations, with all the same features, including the high-grade, fully integrated components, 32-bit processor, built-in Bluetooth, and an intelligent accelerometer. Instead of the standard push-to-connect ports, this manifold features NPT (National Pipe Thread) ports, compatible with either ¼” or ⅛” air line. These threaded ports make integrating straight or elbow hard lines, and/or threaded-steel braided air lines easier and safer, with less chance of damage to the internal O-rings. To locate your nearest dealer head to www.airliftperformance.com/dealer-locator CONTACT: www.airliftperformance.com…

The RacingLine VWR Cold-Air Intake System is claimed to be the most complete induction package available for the up! GTI. The RacingLine package combines two components together - the intake itself plus the Turbo Inlet Elbow. Without these two elements flowing in harmony, you'd be wasting a lot of your hard-won power gains. Combined, these upgrades allow greatly increased airflow from your intake into the turbo for lightning fast turbo response and a worthwhile power gain. The High-Flow TriFoam triple-layer construction is simply one of the best filtration material on the market, and is the key to the power gains achieved. And better still, as with all RacingLine’s intakes, each filter is carefully handmade in the UK. CONTACT: www.racingline.com PRICE: £398.52 Got a product, service or offer you want our…

Gaz just announced its Gaz Gold coilover suspension solution for the VW Polo 6N plus the Seat Ibiza and Cordoba. The coilover struts are both height and damper rate adjustable. Front ride height is adjustable through 80mm of adjustment. The height adjusters have a coarse acme form thread for ease of adjustment and the damper units are black zinc plated to ensure that they remain in good order even after considerable service. Damper rates are variable by means of an adjuster knob on the damper body. The GAZ Gold range comes with a gas cell in the reservoir filled with a high viscosity index multi grade oil to prevent cavitation and reduce fade under racing or trackday conditions. What more do you need to know? CONTACT: www.gazshocks.com PRICE: £1216.30…

Talk to any professional car detailer and they will tell you that water flow is far more important than pressure. The pressure will lift the dirt but water is needed to clear the debris. In fact, too much pressure with insufficient water flow will damage vehicle paint work, especially if cleaning grit or sand off the vehicle. The BLACKLINE CWP 3000 is tuned to offer a flow of 12 litres/min (3.2gpm) at 3000psi (207bar), the high flow rate makes this machine ideal for car washing. Supplied with high pressure armoured hose and (5) quick change multi-purpose nozzles, soap dispenser and pro trigger gun with safety catch, this is the daddy of all pressure washers! CONTACT: www.rallydesign.co.uk PRICE: £248.80…

Just like earlier incarnations of the range, the Golf Mk3 follows tradition and regularly welcomes tin worms to stay. For owners of GTI models in particular, the outer sills are a classic place for corrosion to occur. With values rising, and pristine examples few and far between enthusiasts are having to embark on welding work in order to keep these underrated 3rd generation Golfs on the road. The good news is Heritage Parts Centre are on hand with a host of repair panels for the Mk3, including outer sills for both 3 and 5 door models. For a little under 30 quid per side, you can have the required repair panel shipped out to you, ready to tackle the rust. CONTACT: www.heritagepartscentre.com PRICE: £29.50…

Who could have imagined, attending Euro Tripper 7 would have been the last car show we attended for quite a while? As it turns out, the Covid-19 pandemic hit right after the event! Just goes to show, never take tomorrow for granted. Euro Tripper is always an extra special event, but having it be the last event before many months of no show at all, makes it even more memorable. South Florida in February is almost a sure bet of a great time. The great weather, sunshine and beaches are an instant relief when almost everywhere else is freezing cold! The guys at Euro Tripper have been holding their annual event for many years now and have a winning formula for a great time. The team had to take 2019…

MATT LIPPINCOTT @gtimakesmebroke AGE: 37 LOCATION: Coopersburg, PA, USA MODEL: 2006 Mk5 GTI PURCHASED: Bought new in October 2006! FIRST MOD: A boost gauge and that was because of the issues the older FSIs had with heat and stock HPFPs and older revisions of the diverter valve. Low boost was an instant tell-tale sign one had gone bad. FAVOURITE PART: It used to be the Passat mirror caps because no one noticed them, but now it’s the seats. It’s been a 14 year long labour of love that was built to be enjoyed… and that’s what I’m doing! SPENT: The amount of money spent would probably get my kids a year or two at college and make my wife too angry to fathom, so we’ll leave it at ‘a lot’.…

#TEAMPVW Elliott Roberts @elliottdukeroberts Nick Williams @nwvt Daniel Bevis @denialvibes Tony Taylor @teaceeltd James Wallace dsfdfgdfg Jape Tiitinen @jap3 Jamie Orr @xjamiexoe Alex Grant @alexgrant_uk Elliott Roberts – Editor PROJECT: GREY PRIDE 90_Golf Rallye Started: Oct 10, 2007 Comments: The G Lader is off… to Jabbsport for a bit of love. Slowly, slowly catchy the… Nick Williams – Photographer PROJECT: ROXY 11_VW T5.1 Kombi DSG Started: Jul 31, 2015 Comments: That's it, Nick's on the tele now. No more updates for us for a while we be thinking Jape Tiitinen – Contributor PROJECT: ALL OF THE AVANTS Started: Which one? Comments: So, should Jape sell the TDI and buy another V8? Going green is just so boring Elliott Roberts – Editor PROJECT: SOCCER MOM 09_Q5 3.0 TDI Started: Apr 10,…

YEAR: 2009 ISSUE: JULY OWNER: T2 DETECTIVES We’ve never been afraid to push the boundaries at PVW and while we predominately feature water-cooled VWs, if the right air-cooled creation comes along then we’re always up for featuring it for you guys. Well, they don’t come more ‘right’ than Type 2 Detectives’ (T2D) incredible Brasilia creation from back in 2009! Not only were we drawn to the car because it looked absolutely radical, but also due to the fact that the guys at T2D promised to give us world exclusive coverage on featuring it. Basically it was a win, win situation. Long term readers may remember that when the magazine was formed back in 1996, for the first decade or so we did feature one air-cooled VW per month, but as…

AMD TUNING Unit 6, Cliffside Trade Park, Motherwell Way, West Thurrock, Essex, RM20 3LE Tel: 01708 861827 Web: www.amdessex.com VAG tuner, performance parts, styling, fitting, servicing, rolling road, software specialist APR MOTORSPORT Awesome GTI, Unit 1 Siemens Road, Manchester, M44 5AH Tel: 0333 240 6823 Web: www.goapr.co.uk VW Group OE supplier and motorsport company that develops and distributes VAG and Porsche ECU upgrades for petrol and diesel engines. Turbo, exhaust, intercooler, brake and fuel pump upgrades through its UK European HQ AT AUTOMOTIVE Northcott Road, Netherton, Dudley, West Midlands, DY2 9PR Tel: 01384 243004 Web: www.atautomotive.co.uk Servicing and repairs. Audi specialist AUTOGLYM Letchworth, Herts Tel: 0845 130 4536 Web: www.autoglym.com Car cleaning products, car care products, car valeting, car detailing AUTOLOGIC Autologic House, London Road, Wheatley, Oxon, OX33 1JH Tel:…

Still not sold on the Mk8 Golf? Well, maybe this sporty number will convince you. Volkswagen is continuing the tradition of high-performance GTI models with the new Golf GTI Clubsport. The first Golf GTI Clubsport was launched in 2016 on the 40th anniversary of the iconic sports car. The original member of the Clubsport series developed 195 kW (265 PS) and temporarily delivered 213 kW (290 PS) using a boost function. This car was followed in the same year by the Golf GTI Clubsport 'S' in a limited edition of 400 units with a continuously available output of 228 kW (310 PS). With an output of 221 kW (300 PS), the new Golf GTI Clubsport is now the most powerful model in the latest generation of the GTI using an…

British automotive bush specialist Powerflex has just released new jack pad options for Volkswagen Group models built on the PQ34 (C-segment), newer PQ35 (C-segment), PQ46 (D-segment) and firstgeneration MQB (2012 - 2020) platforms. The list of jack pad applications within these platforms is immense, a full list of which can be found on the associated page of the Powerflex website. The first pad (£14.95 each) allows owners to proactively replace the OE jacking pad with a new, high quality insert made from the company's toughest 95A durometer polyurethane material. The second solution (£23.95) reinforces the jacking point with a new, CNC-machined adapter. Designed for vehicles already equipped with OE pads, its magnetic head is specially shaped to self-locate into the pad's central recess to ensure a consistently safe and solid…

HG-Motorsport just announced its new Bull-X 2” (51mm) valved catback exhaust system for the up! GTI which is constructed totally from stainless steel. As with all products from HGM you can expect great quality and sound, with every unit handmade in Germany. There is also an EEC compatible system, which plugs into your cars electrics system and works with the factory EEC Sport button, so you can select what sound you want. Prices start at 990 Euro! CONTACT: www.hg-motorpsort.de PRICE: 990 Euro…

Forge Motorsport has expanded its traditional repertoire of cool, aftermarket tuning hardware with a new, personal head-warming system that definitely falls into the 'soft wear' category. Forge Motorsport beanie delivers more than you would expect from a hat. Knitted in a classic beanie style, the double layer weave provides welcome insulation for the bonce when you're working in the cold. Highly reflective fibres have been woven into the material to make the wearer much more visible at night. Genius! CONTACT: www.forgemotorsport.co.uk PRICE: £17.99…

Fed up with fitting wheels and kerbing then pretty much straight away? Don’t worry, it happens to the best of us, but Zalloys might just have the answer with its WHEELUV Alloy Protection. Backed by a one-year guarantee, the wheel protectors (which are easy to fit and cover the outside lip of your wheel) offer a quick fix and are available in five colours: silver, black, anthracite, red and blue, priced at £139 per set. Injection moulded from impact modified polymers, they are perfectly curved to match the radius of most wheels and fit cleanly to car alloy wheels with 3M VHB adhesive tape. To find out more head to wheel.com now! CONTACT: www.wheel.com PRICE: £139 (per set)…

Don’t for one minute think a global pandemic was going to slow down the number of builds submitted this year or, for that matter, decrease the quality of our feature cars in 2020. If anything, Covid19 has given a lot of people more time to tinker around with their cars and, as a result, we’ve never seen a better selection of potential feature cars. Of course, that’s all well and good for you guys, but come the January issue, it means we get lumbered with the job of hand selecting just 28 of our favourite cars from the vast number we featured during the previous year. The good news is, we’ve now done that and so the buck is well and truly passed across to you guys to pick your…

Regular readers may remember us featuring Kent-based RacingLine agent, Riemans’s Stage 2 Golf R Estate back in the April issue and us falling for its understated appearance combined with some pretty blistering performance. Well, you can imagine our excitement when car owner and co-founder of Riemans, Ben Pocock recently called up to offer me the chance to borrow the car for a week. It genuinely would have been rude for me to turn the offer down. So what had changed since the previous feature? Well, not a whole lot if we’re honest, other than the fact Ben had ironed out a couple of small issues he'd had with the previous Stage 2 map. Ben’s main reason for wanting us to drive the car over an extended period of time was…

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1 YEAR AGO JANUARY 2020 It’s already a year since our American photographer, Mike Kippen, stole cover with his stunning Mk3 Golf 3.0 VR6 turbo. What a build! Inside, we had the usual mix of cars including a G40-powered MK3 Polo GT, a race-look Corrado G60 shot at Worthersee, Stephen Hunt’s in-line 20v turbo Mk2 Syncro and 13-year-old Louis Babington’s Mk3 Bolf (right). We wrapped with event coverage from Westside, Waterfest and Dubs at the Gap! 5 YEARS AGO JANUARY 2016 It’s official, time moves too fast! How was it five years ago we got six of Europe’s top VW drag racers together for a mega shoot? And how is it half a decade since we shot John Williams’ ’Rocco, Eric Shivley’s Mk3 and Louis-Philippe Leroux’s Mk4? Has it really…