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Yes it is...I did the how to guide on this way back in 2016....all info in first few posts in first page here:- How to retro-fit the 312mm front brakes to a Mk7 Golf | GOLFMK7 - VW GTI MKVII Forum / VW Golf R Forum / VW Golf MKVII Forum I do advise that you remove one caliper to look at the rear of the housing to make 100% certain it has "57" stamped on it.....as although VAG initially drilled the casting for 57mm pistons to work with the 312mm discs....when they bodged it & used the same piston size on the smaller 288mm discs the result was grabby brakes.....they later re-drilled the casting for a smaller 55mm piston for the 288mm discs..... My 2014 MQB platform MK7 Golf had the 288mm discs with 57mm pistons....so all I need to do was get the bigger brackets to space the caliper further out to fit the new 312mm discs... Also you will see that the brackets are left & right handed, & you will always find one side way cheaper than the other....buy two of the cheapest side & swap the pins around on the "wrong" bracket...as that is the only difference in the brackets...

Loads of fake Brembo stuff on the web, I've currently got Brembo Max front discs in 312mm size & Brembo plain rear discs....& plain Brembo pads...no rattling & all ok.. For the 288mm & 312mm front discs The front caliper big bolts are very high torque:- Big bolts 200Nm (148lbft), can be reused just clean thoroughly! Calliper pin 35Nm (26lbft) (always renew or thoroughly clean & use blue threadloc if ok) Splash shield 12Nm (9lbft) ABS sensor & brake disc screw 8Nm (6lbft) Also do NOT use copper grease or ceramic type greases on pad backs or the slide pins....they are all wrong & will eventually cause the caliper/pads to stick...been there done that.. Best stuff for the slide pins (area inside the slide pin rubber boots/gators) is the TRW stuff "PFG110"... & for the pad ears/back contact areas with the calipers you need to use either VW hot bolt paste, or what I use is Loctite LB8009 heavy duty....very high temp, low wash out, no metal content...& will not calcify like the ceramic ones.. For the rears, you need a special very short hex allen key head...I used this laser tools set when torqueing up... You may not as your cars have the manual handbrake & the slide pins on the calipers are different Laser Tools 5584 Hex Bit Set 3/8"D 2pc

Take a photo of the caliper area...you'll only have 288mm front discs I bet due to the engine size...

I ignored the smaller caliper type as the OP said they have the 288mm & a 1.4lt engine...which is at least 122PS With this in mind, for the MQB platform cars:- The 340mm disc has a single 60mm piston, the 312mm disc has a 57mm piston, & originally the 288mm disc had the 57mm piston caliper. As you can see the piston area was too great for the disc diameter & caused the 288mm set to be to grabby....so they then re-drilled the 57mm piston caliper casting to take a smaller 55mm diameter piston. On a side note:-The 340mm VRS/GTI/R set requires different calipers, & is too heavy & you'd be better off fitting the 340mm Audi 4 pot set up for the MQB platform...straight bolt on & lighter. I have seen pictures of several MQB platform MK7 Golfs with 288mm discs & the same calipers as mine...however they have 55mm diameter pistons which don't work very well with 312mm discs...only way to tell is the stamping on the back as otherwise they look the same...this is why I advise doing this....as the OP is not in UK & there is no 100% guarantee that the parts lists are 100% correct... My car, MK7 Golf had 288mm discs & 57mm piston calipers, The 312mm disc setups use my calipers, so I only had to swap the brackets to space the caliper further out to fit 312mm discs. The 57mm caliper is made in zinc, grey, red & blue colours...zinc for DCC damper options on low spec cars, grey for GTD, red for GTI, & blue for GTE.....312mm discs always come fitted to aluminium steering knuckles/hubs for the 55mm dampers...

Start looking at retro-fitting all the underbody aero that is made for the MQB platform cars, but only fitted to select "eco" versions.... All info in basically the first page in each of my guides here:- How to retro-fit skid trays, aerodynamic under trays, & stone guards to a MK7 Golf | GOLFMK7 - VW GTI MKVII Forum / VW Golf R Forum / VW Golf MKVII Forum How to retro-fit the Mk8 rear suspension aero covers or stone guards to a Mk7 Golf. | GOLFMK7 - VW GTI MKVII Forum / VW Golf R Forum / VW Golf MKVII Forum How to retro-fit the front subframe cover from the VW Tiguan (2016->) | GOLFMK7 - VW GTI MKVII Forum / VW Golf R Forum / VW Golf MKVII Forum

MQB platform cars have various possibilities.....but only 2 main designs, the 312mm & the 340mm. However the most common for your engine spec EU car is the 288mm or 312mm set up...312mm would only be fitted if your car had optional DCC dampers & thus the aluminium steering knuckles for the 55mmm dampers.. You might have the 288mm set up which uses the same basic setup as the 312mm setup & only requires different front caliper brackets as the pads/calipers are the same, ......However you have to check the stamping on the back of the caliper...if it has "57" on it you are ok...if it has "55" on it you need new calipers. This is because VAG originally only made 57mm piston calipers & used them for both 288mm & 312mm setups....Then later on they drilled the caliper for 55mm pistons for the 288mm discs. The 288mm setup was a re-hash of the 312mm setup...312mm & 57mm pistons is what the whole systems was designed for & works great...the 288mm set up is rubbish for the size/weight of the car... So check caliper stamping....if "57" on it you only need new brackets,...now the brackets are handed..only because the pins are different, the actual bracket is the same casting, only because the unit comes pre-assembled does it become left & right handed...so find the cheapest bracket & order two of them & then swap the pins around on the "wrong" bracket. All info in the first five posts in my guide here:- How to retro-fit the 312mm front brakes to a Mk7 Golf | GOLFMK7 - VW GTI MKVII Forum / VW Golf R Forum / VW Golf MKVII Forum & stay away from drilled discs...I used the Brembo "Max" grooved discs..or the ATE Power discs....

Lake Bled?...I was there around 1987 on holiday...& the church bells in the morning echoed across the lake!...

Didn't know about this as a "factory option"....appears that it is a wiring kit & a relay & basically allows the existing beams in the front headlight to come on automatically when the ignition is switched on.. More info in a thread here & photos of the above mentioned Skoda kit. Automatic light on - Page 2 - Electrics - ŠKODA Forum - SKODAHOME.cz

I haven't used these people, many have...I think you could get a more upto date second hand unit fitted for way less... VW Retrofit - Retrofitting for VW, Seat & Skoda Cars in Redditch (vw-retrofit.co.uk) VW Retrofit | Facebook

MK3 Octavia is the same car as the MK7 Golf...so there is a good chance that the wiring & coding (using OBD11 or VCDS) will be the same. I did a write up in this forum How to retro-fit the door exit warning lights from the VW Passat (2013->) | GOLFMK7 - VW GTI MKVII Forum / VW Golf R Forum / VW Golf MKVII Forum

Danny Macaskill...Way back home..

Good start!!..

Best thing to build up distance is to to the first 10 lengths (5 ends) without stopping..& yes its the hardest...then increase to first 20 lengths....Then allow yourself a brief stop every 10 lengths. TBH I usually count "ends" & only from the end I start, so thats 2 lengths...

I've not been swimming since March 2020, i.e. just before the Lockdown!.....& I used to go every week. Mind you I have been swimming in the sea (Moray Firth) during the warmer months.... However, I called it quits in October last year with the water temp at +12C ...& thats with a very thin triathlon wetsuit...😬 Have felt my general fitness & flexibility has deteriorated as a result as its the longest I've even not been regular pool swimming in my life!!...... P.S. when I say swim (pool or sea) I mean swim..not "paddle".....The least I do in a pool is when I'm really tired & thats 60 lengths of a 25m pool.....sea swim the least I did was 20mins as it was very choppy with at least a 3ft swell! Usually I do 70-80 lengths in 50-55mins of the 25m pool (used to do 100-110 lengths in 60mins, upto about 12yrs ago) & 45mins to 60mins up to 2.5km in the sea... Yeah, I'm a Fish..😉..was in a pool before I could walk!!..

Replace it with the newer rubber version as the older corrugated plastic one makes noise....I wrote a how to guide in 2019 on a different forum... & all info in first four posts here:- How to retro-fit the modified EVAP pipe on all EA211, 1.2lt & 1.4lt petrol engines | GOLFMK7 - VW GTI MKVII Forum / VW Golf R Forum / VW Golf MKVII Forum

All MQB platform cars with the eco stop start (auto engine shut off) require recoding....& AGMs are fine, not had any problems with mine (so far) since I installed it in Jan 2015... All relevant info in the first post in my thread here:- How to retro-fit a bigger capacity battery to a Mk7 Golf | GOLFMK7 - VW GTI MKVII Forum / VW Golf R Forum / VW Golf MKVII Forum

The MQB onwards indirect systems need upto 1hour of driving to gain the required info when you press the button to reset the values after you physically alter the actual tyre pressures... I'd go on a different road or for a longer drive..if you're just doing very short trips...

Should be the same as the one for the MK7 Golf 8Z0-820-535-A

MK7 Golf & MK3 Octavia are the same chassis (MQB)... both are available with:- multilink or torsion beam rear suspension 2WD or AWD single or twin outlet exhaust box However the Golf has two different rear bodyworks, estate or the shorter hatch...the MK3 Octavia hatch & estate are virtually the same lower bodywork... MK7 Golf estate & MK3 Octavia aero is very similar. The MK3 Skoda Superb & B8 Passat are also MQB platform, so the same suspension as the Octavia/Golf... The Passat rearmost cover is after the rear suspension so it doesn't really matter if the car is torsion beam or multilink, or 2WD or AWD.. Like I said its the bodywork extra dimensions after the rear subframe which allows more space to place the exhaust boxes higher up in the bodywork, thus enabling a single piece cheaply made felt/fabric tray to cover the whole rear i.e. the two exhaust box areas (with or without exhaust boxes) & the spare wheel well. This cheap cover also replaces the more expensive plastic cover for the empty void for the twin exhaust box if not used. I had looked into retro-fitting the Passat rearmost tray/cover, but the exhaust box on my MK7 Golf estate is too close to it as it hangs lower, even though its in the same place (more or less) as the Passat... I have managed to fit the rear axle cover from the Passat to my MK7 Golf as both the virtually the same rear subframe ..this cover is more forward than the rearmost cover we are talking about above..& you should be able to fit it to any MK3 Octavia with multilink rear suspension.... see here:- How to retro-fit skid trays, aerodynamic under trays, & stone guards to a MK7 Golf | GOLFMK7 - VW GTI MKVII Forum / VW Golf R Forum / VW Golf MKVII Forum I would also recommend the MK8 Golf lower rear wishbone aero covers here:- How to retro-fit the Mk8 rear suspension aero covers or stone guards to a Mk7 Golf. | GOLFMK7 - VW GTI MKVII Forum / VW Golf R Forum / VW Golf MKVII Forum

I did a huge thread on the MK7 Golf forums years ago on undertrays.. How to retro-fit skid trays, aerodynamic under trays, & stone guards to a MK7 Golf | GOLFMK7 - VW GTI MKVII Forum / VW Golf R Forum / VW Golf MKVII Forum The VW Passat has a recycled fabric "tray" which covers the whole rear end from the rear bumper to the rear subframe...the VW Golf estate does not & only has a plastic tray covering up the dead space for the second/twin rear exhaust box.....presumably its the same with the Superb -vs- Octavia.....the Passat/Superb have more room after the rear axle & have deeper sides to the bumpers so the exhaust back boxes sit higher up, thus enabling a full rear "tray"..

ALL petrol's have a fuel filter..its built into the pump unit in the fuel tank on the MQB platform cars... To swap the coil packs & spark plugs, you need sockets, spark plug sockets, ratchets & torque wrenches.....& it sounds like you have NONE if these....I suggest if you have no intention of buying any tools that you find a better more competent garage to take you car to, to diagnose & fix the faults...

As I said before MOVE the coil pack to another cylinder & if the fault happens again it should show up with the fault for the cylinder you moved the coil to....then you know its the coil pack. If however the fault still shows as "cyl3" then you know its not the coil pack & its something else...

My old 1.4lt had an easier route..still didn't fit one..spent the money on Powerflex & Superpro suspension bushes...& Koni dampers...

That report above just states its occurred once....voltage is above 13V which is ok... I'd start using higher octane fuel eg Shell Vpower, just in case you got a bad batch of fuel..or the dregs of the tank the last time you filed up.... If it happens again, then see which cylinder it occurs on, & swap the coil pack with one of the others...& then see if that other cylinder that you've moved the coil pack to now has a misfire..

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