VW Tiguan Mk2 150PD 4Motion : removing the panaromic sunroof vent tube spider traps

 Its a pretty common complaint on VW forums to get water into the footwells of your tiguan.

There can be many reasons but a common cause is that the sunroof drains are blocked and not draining.

VW fitted 'spider traps' small red 5p sized flaps that sit on the end of the tubes, they tend to just collect debri and end up blocking the tube!

So its advised to remove them.

There are 4

2 front tubes that end in the corner of the front scuttle panels , just lift the plastic and push your arm into the corner, they easily pull off (WARNING : only feel and removal the flap , nothing else and be gentle, last thing you want to do is yank it and detach the whole tube)

2 in the rear.

Today and did the front 2, will do the rears soon (given we have a diesel its a little bit harder on one side as the adblue tank gets in the way)

Heres the vw pages for location.

Golf GTI Edition 35 : Boost guage vent holder with correct angle to driver

 when i first fitted this the only sensible cost option had a flat profile so didnt quite point the 52mm towards the driver, it was still readable but not ideal.

fast forward to today and now theres an angled version. yay!

before/after and direct comparison (top one is new, bottom flat)

£25 from ebay from rhyat guage pods

Goodbye A180 , hello VW Tiguan 150 DSG 4Motion RLine

with a caravan planned in our future and the lease ending on my wifes Mercedes A180 we moved onto a Tiguan

66 plate Jan 2017 registered, has 24,000 miles

So picked it up a couple of weeks ago.

First jobs have been

• clean the leather on steering wheel and dsg lever, mileage is checked as genuine but way too shiny.
• replacement 3d gel number plates
• air filter
• charcoal pollen filter and air com freshner
• touch up stick
• mobile phone vent holder and charging cable
• register for erwin an buy 1 hrs time to download cars full specification sheet
• had the wheels off today to paint the rusty disc bells, touch up the rear backing plates (already rusting) and clean behind wheels and apply wheel wax

loving it so far, next up are

• paint calipers, colour tbc
• TowTrust towbar inc specifice harness + coding
• potential remap once Ive researched who to pick
• retrofit rear camera
• wheel spacers
• VCDS tweaks after I get a new VCDS cable , i only have the old hex-can which doesnt support the Tiguan

So far pretty impressed by the 150 TD drives great even on 20 inch wheels

Golf gti edition 35 mot , 48232 miles (8k miles this year) and new rear tyres

 48232 so 8000 miles this year compared to 18k last year. 

One rear tyre badly cracked and really bad sawtooth/20p piece profile pattern.  

Both Dunlop sportmax and I think they are the original tyres from new. So now changed to match the Michelin pilot sport 4 on the front. 

Rear noise now gone and it wasn't the bearings!

Car now silent and i have 4 matching brand high quality tyres

Golf GTI Edition 35 MPG update : 288 miles @ 26.5MPG

 During lockdown , working from home has meant no daily commute to Manchester.

So 

17th May 2020 to 1st Aug 2020 , thats 2.5 months for 288 miles 26.5mpg , I would normally do that at least every 2 weeks.

Car due an MOT in a few days time

Golf gti edition 35 mpg update 383 miles 33mpg