My Volkswagen Polo GT TSI: Maintenance & other updates at 82000 kms

Apart from maintenance, I also took another small road trip in the Polo, this time heading to the hills of Uttarakhand.

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Hello team,

Time for another quick update on the Polo.

The interval between services was pretty short last time around. On 18th April 2022 I was at 70k kms, and within 7 months I'd done 10,000km.

First things first, a lot of people have been asking about the projector fogs, and the sad news is that I've been so busy with work that I haven't had time or the will to install them. But you can see what they look like:

On the other hand, I have upgraded an upgrade! Out goes the imported VW unit with ACP/AA, and in comes one of my favourite head units on the market, the Pioneer DMH-Z5290BT! I had managed to find a canbus adapter that retains the steering controls. I was super happy about this, and went ahead with the install almost immediately. The difference in audio output has to be heard to believe:

I've also recently started stocking Fuchs (pronounced Fooks) lubricants as well. They're first fill/OEM for a number of German brands including BMW and Mercedes. Performed the service on 10th November at 80,000 km:

All the right approvals in place:

This time around, the car needed a fair bit of work done to keep it ship-shape.

New engine mount:

Broken engine mount:

New VW steering rack:

Control arm ball joints needed to be replaced as well. This along with the link rods hadn't been replaced when I'd done the suspension work earlier:

New link rods as well as gearbox mount:

I took another small road trip in the Polo, this time heading to the hills of Uttarakhand. Stayed at Ramgarh Bungalows, it is a Neemrana Hotels heritage property:

Polo with a view:

KM as of today, 2000km done in under 40 days:

Apart from the pending foglight upgrade, I also need to change the tyres. They're in desperately poor shape but I'm also looking into an alloy wheel upgrade which is delaying things quite a bit.

That's all from me! Until next time.

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