these are excellent in all areas so far, road noise is non-existent, they're great in the rain, and sticky on dry pavement.
Update: I removed the link to brakeperformance.com, the cross drilled rotors they send me where causing "pad noise" caused by the slots cut all the way to the end of the disk ( bad design ) I end up installing rear OEM rotors..... problem solved.
That brake pedal noise is a vacuum leak. Either the line going to the brake booster or the brake booster itself. They are known to cause leaks. Get it replaced ASAP! I got mine replaced. Same issue. Hissing sound that goes away when slightly stepping on the brake.
Got Kumho ECSTA 4X installed on my wagon almost 2 months ago. 235/40/18 95XL. They replaced the good year eagle GT's. About 2k miles on them now, they are quiet and softer riding then the good year, but doesn't grip as well on dry road. (i.e. with the good year, I could not get the front tires to spin from a dead stop even if I floor it, with the kumho, they spin for a fraction of a second before the 4motion kicks in) haven't had rain so don't know how they handle in wet. But they are definitely more comfortable than the good year.
The engine with the new oil runs so smoothly, I can literally stand a coin on top of the intake manifold and the coin won’t fall.
I have a 2010 VW Jetta 2.5 with 48,000 miles todate. The dealer used Castrol and on the last change Valvoline. Now I'm doing my own oil changes etc. Currently using Mobil 0w-40. Since I've had the car the oil level drops so little on 10,000 changes that I can't measure it. The last oil change included 4,700 miles of hot Interstate driving. After it was changed I had the oil tested and basicly it had a lot of life left. Looks like the 2.5 is very easy on oils.
That tool is a god send! Unrelated, but burping a radiator sucks too.
I have used royal purple once and didnt really are for it... But now i have been using motul 8100 x-cess 5w40 on my 06 2.5l rabbit for the past 5 oil changes and it works amazing... I'm going on 6500 miles right now and it still has a yellowish tint to it, like clean oil! I do some autocross, some quarter miles, and I drive a little aggressive... This oil is awesome an I would definitely recommend it...
Drove in the rain with the Dunlop Saturday. The traction control came on a few times, but I think its due more to the amount of low-end torque the GLI makes. Now it wasn't difficult to drive, just watch how much throttle you give it.
We got the battery tested - it's fine. Tried tapping the starter, but still no joy.
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