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As the alloys have a CB of 72.6mm they are aftermarket. And nearly all aftermarket wheels use tapered bolts and not radius bolts. You can use radius bolts on a tapered seat and they will hold the wheel on for a while. I am sure there are probably thousands of cars driving around on the road...

In the first instance I would take it back to the company that did the remap. It is quite possible to remap a modern diesel and keep the DPF. The company doing the remap should have done prechecks on the car and looking at the DPF pressure readings and ECU stats for the DPF could have determined...

Go for the 17's , Better ride quality, cheaper running costs, better acceleration and mpg.

The corrosion looks quite bad on that door connector. It will cause intermittent issues and it's possible sometimes for the complete pin to snap off. The CAN bus does connect to each of the door modules , the CAN bus pair will be a thin pair of wires that are twisted together, The CAN bus...

An 8mm long bolt could quite possibly foul on something and damage it or not actually tighten up properly if it bottoms out. Stock length bolts are available . You could see how many turns the existing bolts take to tighten , so if that was say 4 turns. Remove the wheel and see how many turns...

No advantage really to altering things like the clutch clamping pressure but other changes can make the car better to live with. Typically the gearbox mapping in D is aimed at economy so does it's best to get you into 6th ASAP. And sport is just the opposite, Seems to hang onto gears and changes...

Could well be injectors, Changed all 4 on an 10 plate Golf GTI for one of my work colleagues. He had similar issues, only 60K on the car. If you have VCDS you can see the misfire counters in the measuring blocks. His would misfire on idle and part throttle , perfect when flat out. Notice you...

That is the part number quoted for a CDLA with DSG . You need a new set of DMF bolts as they are TTY so not reuseable. I bought two spigot bearings when I did my change, one was for a 1.8T auto gearbox and the other for a 2012 TTS, which is what my gearbox came from. The spigot bearing is...

Hi I would have thought retrofitting a DSG box to that car would be simpler than me fitting one to my Mk1 1.8T TT, and that wasn't that difficult. You may have seen my build thread but there is a link here with information on gearbox codes and stuff. You also need to fit a spigot bearing in the...

As above if you are replacing the release bearing then budget for a complete clutch. No point in changing the bearing and 12 months later changing a clutch. Noises as you describe can also becaused by the DMF.

Likely to be the regulator on the alternator. They have the brushes attached and you will probably find the one brush very worn so it is just touching the slip rings on the alternator. When you stop the engine the brush makes contact again. At low rpm the brush can maintain contact at higher rpm...

The alloy ring is moulded into the plastic arm and is what provides the connection between the motor shaft and the wiper arm.

Have you tried a gearbox adaption with vcds. http://wiki.ross-tech.com/wiki/index.php/6-Speed_Direct_Shift_Gearbox_(DSG/02E)

I have done all the work on the car myself except the TVS gearbox remap which was at Awesome GTI .

If you click on the link in my signature it will take you to a build thread for my car. There is loads of info in there. I have a stand alone ECU which makes life easier as you will have some small issues with things like the speedo and reversing lights . Also paddles on the steering wheel are...

As above look for regular servicing at 40K miles intervals or less on the fluid. Avoiding a mapped car will help. A lot of cars are mapped without mapping the gearbox. This does work for stage 1 as the gearbox can cope with it but aggressive use still puts more load on the clutch packs and...

The best solution is to try and get all the parts from a car that is being broken. I swapped the manual transmission on my 1.8t mk1 TT for a DQ250 DSG from a 2012 TTS. The ggearbox was still mounted to the engine in the car so everything I wanted was available from one place. The gearbox with...

Very good of you to share that. Hopefully it will help somebody in the future.

You can get diode packs if you find the part number. The voltage regulator is replaceable on almost any VAG alternator. Replacing a Diode pack isn't straightforward as thay are usually soldered to the stator windings. Best thing to do if the issue is a diode pack is probably replace the...

Probably the alternator diode pack has an issue. Faulty diodes in the bridge will cause current to flow from the battery to the alternator when the engine isn't running. https://www.knowyourparts.com/technical-resources/starting-and-charging/starters-and-alternators-common-misdiagnosis/