Audi parts reviews

Audi made it right by making the oem water pump replacement aluminum, not plastic smh.

If you're skeeved out and want to return it, I usually go with the knuckleheads over at [ShopDAP.com](https://ShopDAP.com) (love their VW/Audi YT channel too). They seem to be Liqui-Moly fans and have kits for the Golf and other 1.8TSI vehicles that you can buy. I use Liqui-Moly 5W-40 and it works great, if maybe slightly pricey. I used to use Mobile 1 0W-40 Euro Car Formula in my old Audi S4 and it would probably work OK in these engines too but I wanted to stick with 5W-40.

However, the biggest difference I've noticed was going from good brake pads to great ones. I recommend anything by Project Mu (I use their RC09 "Club Racer")

IMO, Akebono Ceramics are the shiz. I had some on my Audi A4. Way better than stock, very little dust to clean off, and you can just get them off Amazon for less than OEM.

Those cracks look worse than what mine did. I had gotten my car at 134k mileage and I changed my belt at 180k but to be very honest I think my belt had been on there for much longer before I owned that vehicle and I think I got lucky it never snapped into pieces.

I bought a 2017 S3 with 40k kms, best car I’ve owned so far, had to replace the water pump but I swear the OEM one is made of cardboard. No more expensive than any other car to service.

My buddy has P Zero Winter on his S4

and he likes them. I have Yokohama BluEarth Winter V905 and they are nice but the sidewall is not as stiff as the Pirellis. Still happy with them though.

My EBC red pads do dust but no where near as bad as OEM

Audi glass is awful. My original windshield was full of black specks. When it cracked all the way across the middle

I did 10k the last two times and was finding some metal in my filter so I’m going down to 5k.