dpham00
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- Los Angeles, CA
Well, I installed the Forge "Twincooler" FMIC. Overall, things went well, and I'm happy with the performance and quality of it. There where some minor issues as noted here:
http://www.golfmkv.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27003&highlight=forge
Special thanks to DigitalHippie and Mike@Forge for their help and invaluable advice.
One issue was the driver's side hose rubbing against the DSG tranny pan and kinking.
Last time, I trimmed the section to the stock IC only. Mike@Forge suggested that I also trim the hose portion to the Forge FMIC. So, this time, I trimmed the stock FMIC section a little more, and I also trimmed the connection to the Forge fmic. This pic shows how much hose was trimmed. Note that the hose trimmed was combined with the hose from last time. The one in the foreground is from the Forge FMIC, in the back is from the stock FMIC:
After the trimming, there was no more kinking, and the hose didn't sit against the DSG tranny.
Another issue was the passenger's side hose rubbing against the plastic pans:
DigitalHippie suggested that I trimmed the hose section to the stock FMIC. I did that, as well as trimming the hose section to the Forge FMIC. The front is from the Forge FMIC connection, the rear is from the stock FMIC connection.
No pics here, but I tried to trim as much as I could, and it helped somewhat. The hose still sits on the plastic undercarriage pan though a lot less.
The last issue was that the front bumper didn't fit on too well. DigitalHippie told me that it was because the relocated horn was interfering with the headlight washer cylinder. So I took a look, and sure enough, he was right. This is where Forge recommended to have the horn relocated in their install guide:
So, I relocated the horn to another location where there was already a bolt, and the bumper fits on good now:
One thing to note is that you can see it if you have the open fog light grille or if you removed the fog light grille alltogether:
Here's a pic of all the hose that I trimmed. I probably went a little overboard on some parts tho it still fit just fine:
Just to be clear, this thread is not meant as a criticism of Forge, I just wanted to share my experiences in the hopes that it'll help others. In addition to my MKV, I've used Forge products on my b5 in the past, and they make top notch stuff. I'd gladly buy their stuff again in a heartbeat.
http://www.golfmkv.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27003&highlight=forge
Special thanks to DigitalHippie and Mike@Forge for their help and invaluable advice.
One issue was the driver's side hose rubbing against the DSG tranny pan and kinking.
Last time, I trimmed the section to the stock IC only. Mike@Forge suggested that I also trim the hose portion to the Forge FMIC. So, this time, I trimmed the stock FMIC section a little more, and I also trimmed the connection to the Forge fmic. This pic shows how much hose was trimmed. Note that the hose trimmed was combined with the hose from last time. The one in the foreground is from the Forge FMIC, in the back is from the stock FMIC:
After the trimming, there was no more kinking, and the hose didn't sit against the DSG tranny.
Another issue was the passenger's side hose rubbing against the plastic pans:
DigitalHippie suggested that I trimmed the hose section to the stock FMIC. I did that, as well as trimming the hose section to the Forge FMIC. The front is from the Forge FMIC connection, the rear is from the stock FMIC connection.
No pics here, but I tried to trim as much as I could, and it helped somewhat. The hose still sits on the plastic undercarriage pan though a lot less.
The last issue was that the front bumper didn't fit on too well. DigitalHippie told me that it was because the relocated horn was interfering with the headlight washer cylinder. So I took a look, and sure enough, he was right. This is where Forge recommended to have the horn relocated in their install guide:
So, I relocated the horn to another location where there was already a bolt, and the bumper fits on good now:
One thing to note is that you can see it if you have the open fog light grille or if you removed the fog light grille alltogether:
Here's a pic of all the hose that I trimmed. I probably went a little overboard on some parts tho it still fit just fine:
Just to be clear, this thread is not meant as a criticism of Forge, I just wanted to share my experiences in the hopes that it'll help others. In addition to my MKV, I've used Forge products on my b5 in the past, and they make top notch stuff. I'd gladly buy their stuff again in a heartbeat.
