REBUILDING MY CRASH DAMAGED MK8 GOLF R

[@Chris_Slix]

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[@Thesadlersadventures]

Hi Chris how much did the seat belts cost please

[@Peterg60111]

Why have I got a message of you saying lucky winner text you on Tele gram

[@MK_MADNESS]

All the way from SA 🙏🏼 we’re going to start rebuilding cars here inspired by you !

[@craigmorgan4676]

Good luck brother from a saffa 🇬🇧!👊🦾🦾🦾

[@smooshy.00]

What kind broer🤟🏼 Jozi larnie here

[@Hlubiiradebe]

​@@smooshy.00Durban owe here

[@sauvage_pappi2476]

Swazi gents in the building 😂😂💙

[@MK_MADNESS]

@@smooshy.00 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@thomassanders6756]

You and Matt are a huge inspiration to me. After watching your videos and following you guys you have gave me the confidence in repairing my own car saving me hundred of pounds in garage fees. Thanks very much.. if ever get to meet you guys I owe you both a beer 🍻

[@angelostevens2311]

I love this rebuild ur the 1st at attempting to rebuild a mk8 R.... Please dnt be shy to push that power that's hiding in that engine

[@Chris_Slix]

Thanks! Will do 😅

[@DREWM1990]

@chris_slix awesome shout with the blue belts 👍🏼

[@markbennett6658]

I’m not usually a fan of custom coloured seat belts but those are absolutely spot on and actually enhance rather than compromise the interior👍 That dash looks like an absolute animal to do. Kudos to you Chris. SRS module?

[@sunsetgarage755]

Aaahhhh!!! Interiors are my Achilles heel as well. So many hidden fasteners and specific ways that components need to be removed & replaced in a particular order. Also so many wires that create such a mess that makes me wonder if I’ll ever get it all back in place every single time. I’ve been putting off replacing my airbag deployed dashboard for months for this reason. Great content as always.

[@andrewclarke355]

Steering wheel left to right worked on my mates Cupra it was showing an airbag light when we fitted a new clock spring. Went off after lock to lock.

[@dc1564]

Don't you have to reset the srs module to get the airbag light away? And also from my experience I don't think you have to recode it to the car if its the same one off the car original, you may need to do a ADAS calibration to get the lane assist etc to work. Keep up the good work

[@SuperrNoodles]

Vag ECU’s you can clear the crash dtc with a diagnostic tool, however it still stores a record of the crash via a counter in live data.

[@MagnusIngvartsen2003]

Those big clips in the a pillar is a safety pro caution. I just replaced tweeters in my own golf 7,5. I was frustrated as well until I figured out how to easily get them out. If the curtain airbags go off, the clip will move out that inch so that the airbag moves in the right direction, without the driver or passenger getting the a-pillar trim in the face.

[@carllamb6711]

Chris mate you should be so proud of yourself. I think you’ve done an amazing job mate I’m sure it won’t take you long to find out what’s causing the airbag light to stay on. Thanks for a great video mate

[@ndabzamazibuko3805]

keep it up excellent work. 👍🏻all the way from South Africa

[@anony-mousex]

20:45 So simple literally just clear the airbag code via OBD and go for a short drive

[@TCWFRANCIS]

Don’t know how you do it!!! Love the blue seatbelts! 👏🏻👏🏻 Videos are getting better with every one, keep it up excellent work. 👍🏻

[@jamie_1872]

This is literally my dream car! Loving the videos. Look forward to seeing it complete!

[@kevinwilliams7012]

Genuinely impressed at how hard you push yourself on working solo I would worry about doing a dash and I been working on cars 22 years! Fair play to you sir!

[@ThatDIYguy862]

22 years and still worried about dash? probably should’ve kept that one to yourself

[@bantamNeil12]

Fairplay Chris that was an epic effort by yourself to get the airbag errors codes down to 1 from 7 along with with all the dismantling and reassembling of the dash etc etc...I'm sure you'll be able to sort it by the next video and that's gonna be one superb looking MK8 Golf R...Hats off to u bro 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@TimppTV]

The Tech Tip you showed for Development Code 1 is for the fault being stored in the front camera R242, which is located in the top of the windscreen. Not for the front sensor you showed. It most likely doesn't have anything to do with the airbag error. Also yes, the radar needs calibration after disassembly.

[@Chris_Slix]

Oh really thank you man, its hard to decipher! Im hoping calibration fixes all my problems

[@johnelbro127]

Great work, it looked a nightmare so good on ya! Sure you will sort air bag light out must be very frustrating. 👍👍👍👍

[@EvoKey]

Love your dis/assembling. Got a Golf MK8 Variant myself, and have wanted to do some small changes, so this is inspiring and a great help. The seatbelt was a cool upgrade, fits the interior very well. My golf is a Style, so I want to change the front bumper to either a GTI or R type of bumper.

[@jaapbos1347]

Realy nice you upload thru the week en not only in the weekends, nice videos with clear explanation 👍

[@sorinstrat103]

Love it because i can see you got the skills, congratulations, big fan of your channel 🎉🎉

[@paulc8821]

Wow that certainly looked some task Chris and to only end up with so few screws after. Very impressive mate and another great video

[@TBGRocks]

Love this video. Fair play to you for taking on such a big task. Great job. Looking forward to seeing the next instalment of this.

[@davidholder5471]

Getting better and better with each video 👌🏼

[@andrewburroughs1050]

Hey Chris , crash sensor module needs a reset

[@markopolo9559]

Those seat belts are a great modification, it was a good idea changing the colour.

[@GeorgeShaw-pp9no]

Hats off to you Chris the interior looks superb well done the seatbelts look mega especially with the blue exterior colour

[@GeorgeShaw-pp9no]

I can’t believe Chris actually liked my comment 🤭 your cars are great Chris keep up the great work I love watching your videos

[@simphiwengcobo4850]

Great build Chris. You and Mat have got a large number of fans from South Africa 🙌🏾💯💯

[@Chris_Slix]

🇿🇦 love to SA

[@richiekaye1103]

Yo Chris Loving this channel 👌👌 Becoming another hero of mine..Get stuck in and no one goes home untill it's done💪💎😊

[@Mlaadi]

Check airbag crash sensor, that might do it...

[@aceace5457]

oh dear lol i was enjoying that chris do we all have to wait until the next video , anyway i have a golf r estate 7.5 and it drives and looks like a dream i was thinking of getting rid of it but cant lol the bmw electric i4 is the next car but i just cant hand this back lol, been driving for 35 years and no points on my licence but after getting the golf r est i got 3 points for speeding and another 3 points but they are taking me for a refresher course on friday so wish me luck lol. 😄

[@pianoekket]

Remind me to never work on the dashboard lol. I've seen it being done once before on a mk7 with the airbags. Props to you for doing it all by yourself. Sad that you still had the error at the end :( Looking forward to the next video :) oh and the seatbelts was a nice touch!

[@rhysjones3846]

those 'findings' dont help the image around the type of people who own golf R's! awesome work, this is going to be epic once you're done.

[@carlgibson182]

VW Retrofits in Redditch will be able to sort the radar calibration out. Alex is a top bloke

[@barrygilmour7]

Loving the progress so far on this one those seat belts are a fantastic touch to the interior should be like that from factory

[@jscmedia3714]

From memory, with the 7.5 golf R, the front radar needed to be behind the VW badge to not show any errors. If you were to remove the badge but still have everything connected, you'd still get the error so get the front end on first before potentially paying extra for calibration as I've heard it isn't cheap.

[@aaaaplay]

This is awesome, truely! If I were concerned about smoke though, I would have taken the opportunity to wipe behind all the removed trim pieces. Smoke tends to get in all the worst places, like door cards and pillar trims etc.. In terms of the radar sensor, you'll likely need to recalibrate that because it was disconnected. A retrofitter like VW Retrofit should be able to help with that if you can't figure it out yourself. Best to get the front end finished first.

[@Days1485]

as always Chris, another brilliant informative & we’ll edited video, 👍🏻👍🏻

[@elwittinio2865]

Fair play, I get anxious stripping a Worcester boiler down 😅

[@djsiuk]

Great video. Can you show us the ADAS been recalibrated on the R mk8. Would be cool to see the AUTEL calibration gear in use.

[@AtifKHassan]

my experience with the cruise control sensor is that if you fix everything else, it'll typically clear but otherwise it'll potentially need adas calibration

[@LowBudgetKiwi]

I noticed a little bit of damage when you popped on that side dash panel. Perhaps look into getting some plastic spudgers used to pry open laptops etc. They are a hard plastic and do a lot less damage than a metal screwdriver but are great for clip on panels...

[@evilution_ltd]

I know I'm late but on the cars I deal with on my channel, the radar sensor has a level sensor inside so they have to be mounted securely and adjusted to be sitting in a horizontal and vertical range. Then you just have to drive the car and it recalibrates. VWs could be different. With the airbag light, it wouldn't surprise me if VW store crash data in the airbag controller. Specialists can connect to the chip directly and remove the recorded crash data.

[@da_baracus4280]

If it’s the same as the 7.5, and when you disconnect the battery you need to drive the car around 2 miles for the radar to calibrate properly.

[@tobyisbister331]

Man those a pillar clips look horrendous! Nice vid again Chris. The cadbury gorilla inset was class 😂

[@saudistevo3002]

Well done Chris, I could feel your disappointment. Brilliant video. You are the new Mat. 😊

[@joeheywood9738]

Radar will need recalibration after being moved or unplugged. Will have a lane assist unavailable on constantly otherwise.

[@oliverhworld1164]

Deffo needs adas calibration its also all linked to the steering wheel angle sensor There so sensitive , adas needs calibration after a routine alignment. Espically bumper removal Just to pre warn you Chris, if after fixing everything u find u still have travel assist and sos errors you may have a faulty steering wheel The captive sensors in the steering wheel become faulty, basically can't detect your hands on the wheel there's a revised steering wheel available but a very long wait at Vw there all on back order. Also get yourself onto the new 1941 software for the infotainment its available online to download fixes a load of bugs and make it a lot faster.

[@mattcox6849]

Airbag module needs resetting this can only be done twice so a trip to vw will sort it out but may as well book in for acc and front camera calibration at same time.

[@waynerussell5265]

Well done Chris, alot of content in this video. Love the car and I'm sure it's going to give Mats Lambo a run for it money 😉🥂🥳🥳🥳🥳🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@ViibeHQ]

Can we all show appreciation to Chris for attempting to rebuild this car on his own 🙌

[@MrAdy993]

Well, to be honest...that car will look amazing once you finish it!🎉🙏 Good luck Chris!🫡

[@Vicdavies151]

Why oh why is Chris not warning everyone about the lucky winner scam I’ve told him many times and he is just ignoring it ,unless he is part of it, just watch I will become a lucky winner soon on here

[@vinimaguire8109]

You should have got ya mate Matt Armstrong to give ya lift with that dash.....he loves em. Plus when its finished flog it to Calvin at BINCA he also loves a bargain Golf R ...?? Would make great content ??

[@Paul-g6c9e]

Learning from Matt on the clock spring 👌🏻😆

[@ifyouarefeelingsinister]

Fair play the channel just gets better and better

[@NocturnalRixx]

Love the new royal blue seatbelts 🔥✌🏻

[@sleepysamk1400]

Chris is the man. 👍👍👍

[@johnwalmsley3996]

Hi mate. Think you need to get the Airbag ECU reset too remove Airbag Light.

[@CraigMansfield]

I got defeated by 3 rusty bolts. Stripped all 3. I was well pissed off. Only wanted to clean the turbo, I went in through the exhaust cooler, and at least it seemed to have worked. I just think ok ... I'm better than I was, but this is my current level. I have to find a way to overcome this, because everybody else did as well. But it's so frustrating.

[@Konstantine.P]

start to drive forward little and rotate sterring wheel some times is working!!

[@stobsie]

New seat belts look smart 👌

[@a.t.g000]

chris you just put a smile on my face everytime you upload

[@matthewjones3915]

Yeah I love the videos as always Chris keep them coming ❤ love the helping hand from Phil Collins to take the steering wheel off. Nothing like a car full of devils lettuce. 😂

[@_LuisS]

Graft was real on this one.. Absolutely amazing job.

[@MOSSFEEN]

Well I think you did an EXCELLENT job Its such a pain you have to take out a whole dashboard just for an airbag you would think Car Brands could come up with a better solution SUBBED

[@vintagetamiya3593]

You will need to send or take the airbag module to the airbag team they do a great service and will reset it for you as it has got stored codes in it from the crash no diagnostic tool will reset them unless you take it to very obviously

[@LewBe]

This doesn't work on newer cars. They wouldn't touch my 2019 A-class. Everything is reset from dealer software.

[@vintagetamiya3593]

Yes it does watch salvage rebuilds they always send there stuff to the air bag team to have them reset

[@LewBe]

@@vintagetamiya3593 the airbag team is down road from me, been in and talked to them all as I've rebuilt a fair few cars. Most cars from 2019 are simply reset with a decent obd scanner that does srs.

[@darrenwalker6006]

Superb content, keep it coming Chris👍

[@harryprice89]

I’m currently watching your video on a plane Chris so I guess your videos are pretty unique 😁

[@BTheJourney66]

Those new seatbelts look amazing!

[@Chris_Slix]

I think so too!

[@Kingdonnerkebab]

Gonna be some machine when its finished Chris.

[@CRF_RM_XS_CR]

Cool video Chris…….love the color and car.

[@andyrew45]

Them belts are sick 😮

[@sonnyastrom3024]

There is a problem with the airbag system, assist systems wont throw an airbag light. The wires to the crashsensors are usually yellow and brown and has yellow connectors so im pretty sure that those wires goes to a crashsensor. I work at a dealership doing crashrepairs if you want any help i can help with some knowledge.

[@johnsiemaho6677]

Is it Mat Armstrong golf R on carvertical rapport? (Sorry for my English)

[@Belastinggdienst]

Yes

[@Futurebuildcustoms]

❤ the love of mk8 I have is crazy.nice car man

[@MGSCRAP]

Love this video what a car this is can’t wait to see it done am really in 2 minds of doing a car my self

[@motoringmemories6825]

Matt would enjoy you vlog. Great again.glen.

[@teoloco1135]

mate, those seatbelts are fire !!

[@olie3146]

If the radar sensor is the same as Honda then it'll need recalibrating, I fixed a 2019 Honda civic that took a front bump and I had to take it to Honda for them to do the recalibration 👍

[@adamgregory5477]

My Golf R needed a new radar sensor, just needed coding in. Luckily didn’t need calibrating. Not sure if that’s the same for all Golf’s though or if I just got lucky. 🤷‍♂️

[@dc1564]

I had a crashed damaged 2021 crv, I replaced the rad pack and with it the radar that came with the rad pack, the lights on the dash would not go off no matter what we done. Eventually Honda said the radar was mismatched so we put the old one and it all the lights went off, no recalibrating had to be done after that

[@slamminx3]

It's crazy to think of everything that goes into a car. Well done humans!

[@andrewrobertclarris7376]

Love the content and your videos are getting better and better!! Fair play. My fav part was “smells like snoop dogs been chugging a fat one” 😂😂😂 class

[@mohamedessop2113]

Well done on the dash there

[@ageary]

You are the love child of Chris Fix & Mat Armstrong.............lol

[@distortion_plus]

Why you so sick Chris?!?!? Thanks for doing this so we don’t have to 😂😂😂

[@1bridgestone]

Great video Chris 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@TheYorkshiregolfbandit]

What reg is it? If it’s 21 plate make sure the new steering wheel is a updated one All the problems, gremlins etc was all down to the steering wheel

[@BaBii_Emoji_001]

@Chris_Slix does the car vertical work for South African locations to look at your car report

[@Chris_Slix]

As long as the car has a vin number yes :)

[@gromit1971]

Make sure the steering wheel is straight before you remove it next time. 👍😀

[@REALLYRANDOMREVIEW5]

Love that Lighting on the Garage roof Chris it's like Jake Pauls looks Mint mate Golfs alright Too haha

[@projecktR32]

Nice man!!!!, will be rewarding when shes all done

[@stevedaycock1082]

some of that works looks really tricky!

[@vincentyerkess7230]

First time viewing. Great content, ive subscribed

[@robbie74able]

awesome work and loving the seat belts I have finally subscribed too. 😂

[@Chris_Slix]

Thank you! 😁

[@karamt1411]

i think the airbag warning goes away after driving the car for a while or just have it idle because the computer has to register it :)

[@nigelbryant5932]

Why don’t manufacturers use a passenger airbag that is in some sort of case. When it deploys you can simply replace it. What a faff. Great job

[@Chris_Slix]

Some do/did! My old vantage just has a panel you can pop out a change it and replace the panel 😊 but yes makes it a long job

[@keithmccrudden6681]

Adas system will need calibration as been started with a damaged radar. Won’t clear without that dude

[@Chris_Slix]

Thanks keith!

[@brian7369]

Nice one Chris!

[@AllthingsTiggo4]

Watched one video and got hooked in, subscribed same time, keep up the good work brother 🫵🏽

[@Chris_Slix]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@hjaniel4428]

Great job 💯