What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Honestly, while there are some bad ones (and that has been well documented), I will say overall they are pretty darn good. That is a hard and in may ways a thankless job. I tip my hat to them ... they make all of our online purchases work!

 

No issues with my in-channel.

 

Colonel, I know you know this, but here's some friendly advice:

Make sure you keep up with ALL your paperwork from when you bought your trailer. Tags, registration, VIN#, or whatever else you got. Take pics of it. Also, while I know the trailer is NEW to you, but you might want to get some type of engraving done on it in an inconspicuous place (i.e. your initials, last 4 of VIN, etc.). This way if your trailer gets stolen, you can easily identify it as yours. And you'll know where this inconspicuous engraving is. Again, take pics of this engraving.

My PD has taken a handful of reports here recently with theft of trailers. It's just that time of year -- people needing to use trailers to move lawn equipment. And trailers can be hot commodities. Literally.

 

People get trailers stolen around here on a seemingly daily basis. Easy meth money. Folks here hide or embed GPS trackers on their trailers. It's that bad here.

 

My Spotter mirrors came in today. Didn't get a chance to install as the weather started to rain. Task to be completed tomorrow.

 

The GPS is always an option as well.

There was a trailer for sale on FB market a few weeks ago. Looked fairly nice and new. Price was about $500 or 600. But the background in the pics looked shady as sh*t in some area of Memphis.

 

Just an fyi, remove the top cover and spray the the 4x clips with WD-40. Then use a plastic tool to dislodge 1x clip 1st. This will make removing the remaining 3x clips much easier.

 

Installed a set of Spidertrax to push out the wheels a little bit.

 

Thanks for the info! Appreciate that. I had seen this vid on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8zly8r7ppk&t=596s

Seems fairly straight forward, but if a little WD40 makes taking these out easier, I'll try that route.

 

My thoughts exactly. I only paid $80 brand new from the dealer.

 

I use a Tackform mount on the Guzzi, those things are frickin' solid. I think I can pick up my bike with it if I ever tipped it.

 

The ball mounts to the outer lip of the air vent trim with a metal plate tightened with allen screws. Then the arm and clamp are hand tightened on to the ball is whatever position you prefer. Thing is rock solid!

Couple of pics from the Offroam site:

 

Literally man, I was really Impressed.. that thing isn't going anywhere

 

Interesting, did they give you a replacement or just buy it back? I had all sorts of issues with my 2017....Anyways. VW took damn good care of me and I couldn't be happier. They put me in an 18' Autobahn for no extra money. Thread attached.

https://www.reddit.com/r/GolfGTI/comments/7j51eb/update_on_my_2017_issue_very_satisfied_with_vw

 

I'll definitely provide some feedback once I get some miles on them, probably won't be in a week though... Still working from home so I only put ~100 miles on per week. I consider it a Covid silver lining! Until then, check this out for a more in-depth review: https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/new-pirelli-scorpion-a-t-plus-installed.547094/

I lucked out and got them installed within 4 hours of getting them, so below are some grainy nighttime pictures from a few minutes ago. I'll get some decent pictures as soon as I get a chance - hell, might even wash the mud and grime off the truck first!
As for delivery drivers, most of them have been very good recently! Which is all the more surprising since they're all so slammed with work nowadays.

I had Pirellis on my old STI and currently have them on my wife's Forester XT - both were great! These had fantastic reviews on TireRack and the price was even better, so I figured they should be worth a shot. I ended up getting them from Discount Tire Direct since they were backordered on TireRack. I lucked out because DTD had an instant $100 off discount and free shipping, so that paid for the mount and balance!


I'm loving the look of this setup! Hopefully the sleight weight increase and extra inch of height doesn't negatively affect the ride too badly. Might be the perfect time for some throttle enhancement. It never ends...


The 'stance' of these wheels is spot-on, IMO. Just a tiny bit of sidewall poke, not even any tread visible beyond the fenders. Still will probably shower the doors with rocks since I took the mudflaps off.

 

I went through the BBB, and while time consuming, they required VW to buy it back. I had the autobahn and I do miss the turning hid projectors.

 

Why

 

Where do you live? Lol

 

Sorry, did I miss the link to this mount? Please let me know where it’s from.