1) Why not wait for a month and see if you can snag a pre-registered 2011 car. You might get better discounts.
2) No idea on the next batch, they always keep it a very tight secret
3) Yes, there are plenty of bodykits about, Caractere, ABT, Rieger, Golf R, Golf GTI. Go search for "Exotic Mods" in Facebook and you can find plenty of photos there of the Golf's they have done. Gives you a good idea of how it looks in real life
4) Some recommend 17" rims, some go straight for 18" rims depending on their budget. You can send your Denvers to several shops to get it polished to look like Detroits.
5) Risks for a Stage 1 remap would be the loss of warranty or basically the service center wants to deny you a warranty claim. ABT's warranty is covered by them and not by Volkswagen Group Malaysia.

Last but not least, if performance is what you want and handling, I would still recommend that you go for the Roc 1.4

Btw, just to give you some perspective, I am also driving a Golf 1.4 with a GTI bodykit, Stage 1 APR remap, 17" Denvers polished to Detroits (want to sell them soon to upgrade to 18")

This post has been edited by Mavik: Nov 30 2011, 03:38 PM

Hi Mavik,

Thanks for the quick reply.

For the BK, I'll be sure to check Exotic Mods because plainly I don't like the stock golf looking bumpers and no spoilers look dull at the back unlike the GTI.

Reason for not going 18' is not because of the cost but because of the comfortability, profile 40 is a bit hard on the road, I feel that 17' is just nice.

Do you have friends going for stage 1 via ABT because of the warranty? New cars comes with 5 yrs warranty, its kinda sad to wait after 5 years for a stage 1 upgrade nor doing it voids the warranty which is also not very good. Is Volkswagen Malaysia very particular in monitoring of cars especially during service? Don't want them to check that its been modded to stage 1 during service time *gulp*

If looks is what you want, go for Roc.
If practicality of 4-door for passengers, then go for Golf. Yes, it does look plain outside, but a beast inside (engine + DSG gearbox)

I choose 4-door due to I only own a single car, for personal/small family use.

1) Actually, it's up to you. If you don't need it urgent, wait next year to get 2011 pre-reg. More cheaper.
For 2012 batch, by the time the ship reach Port Klang, clear Customs, the estimated earliest is about Mar-Apr if the showroom got order it every month/quarter. If not, maybe earliest is May-Jun-Jul...
FYI, current Golf yr2011 are already 2012 model/accessories IINM. Look at the VIN number WVWZZZ1KZCW______ the 10th char, i.e. C, indicates it is yr2012 model. Note that westerners like to launch new products during Summer (Jul-Aug)

2) If you say want to wait for the re-model or MK7 -> you may come back to this thread (but V10+) in end-2013 or 2014.
Even that, we may not get full-spec imported in, due to tax/duties/AP issues.

3) Sure, a lot of mod out there.

4) As explained above by Mavik. Send to certain shops to do it.

5) Warranty void on engine, gearbox and many other things.
Like they always say: Scare don't mod, mod don't scare

If performance is what you want, go straight to GTI / R

My depreciated 2 cents.

Going for that Audi S5 rims you been aiming for quite some time?

Mavik always gatal gatal everymonth hehehe

I have a friend who gotten the ABT stage 1 straight from FA Wagen meaning he paid RM262k for his Golf GTI with the full ABT kit. Thats the only guy I know. If you didn't get your car from FA Wagen, they will need to assess your engine first before providing the length of the warranty as well. But most of my friends on the 1.4 go for other brands.

Yup! Tunggu until my tyres wear out Need to go for a few touge runs at Ulu Yam

Hahahaha yup yup, one small mod a month

Wow bro you drive and take picture at the same time? Under this foggy condition sumore.. power lar u bro

Thanks for the constructive opinions/views. Going for GTI is out of budget already furthermore a Roc would really push my limit and I doubt I will get approval from my CFO.

I have a few questions though; while glancing through forums, I found that the charactere 18' rims are really nice but with a limited budget do you think its advisable to go for replicas? Does most VW owners/club members go for replica rims or ori?

Question on Stage 1 upgrade, its possible to go with ABT and not void warranty since it is insured by ABT instead but loses the 5 year warranty from VW?
Notice that Mavik mentioned that most of the members/owners go for other brands, is it due to cheaper or reliability instead? How risky is going for stage 1 without any issues? or its as simple as plug n' play a K&N filter without any tampering to the electronic device. Sorry kinda noob here.

Kerry1136, attend the TT u should be find ur answer...

so the best dc now for golf tsi is 8k?

DC change from time to time.. i got mine for 7k during oct time..

guys,is it better to take normal polo which is rm99k and slowly mod it or better straight away take polo gti and live with it as in this case only left the red one (i prefer white)..which one u guys think more worth it?.thanks..

polo tsi 1.2 turbo engine will never reach the polo gti 1.4 twincharge engine performance... gti engine same as golf tsi

ofcourse polo gti..
2 diff type of engine..

u cant really mod much performance on a normal polo

u take the polo gti u dont need to mod already..
nice bk + sunroof + 17" rims..
more than enough

a new polo is rm 99k now?

99k after discount? not polo tsi sports edition ya?

Hi bro,

anyone can summarize the the basic stuff we can do on our stock golf tsi?

example

1) tinting
what brand available, estimated cost?
3m? cost? benefits?
llumar? cost? benefits?
v-kool? cost? beneftis?

2) paint protection?
pps? cost? benefits? pps got many type of additive???
sierra glow? cost? benefits?
normal waxing? cost? benefits?

by the way, is it pps and sierra glow long term? or after applyin it, we still need to wax every 2 months?

besides that, what can we do to protect our stock?
is these what we can do only? emm, except modification on wheels, bk etc. coz i want to do it step by step XD

thanks bro for the input and i think it can further help us newbie if anyone can provide detail info being searching for a long time already, but not much info on it ;(

This post has been edited by MaxWealth: Dec 3 2011, 02:40 PM

best heat rejection, 3M.
best security and longest warranty, Llumar.

Hyper optik the best for overall
IMO.. Satisfied with the quality!

tried huper, thought it was good but it is at best, thrashy.
only slightly better then rikecool.