Volkswagen parts reviews

A buddy of mine had a set of their snows on his Jetta - he liked them a lot.

If you'd like to correct the brake balance, put some higher cF pads on the front axle only. Hawk HPS works well. Leave the rear with OEM pads. Seems counterintuitive, but this will prolong the life of the rear pads and reduce ABS activation on hard stops.

I have a HPA specified SPEC 3+ with a single mass steel flywheel. Engagement is pretty much half way through total range of movement. I like it, now I just need to get use to the flywheel chatter when in neutral.

Brembo Sport slotted rotors with Akebono Ultra Premium ceramic pads.

Bosch and Mann would be the original VW suppliers so you can source them cheaper .

In any event, I switched to the Castrol Syntec 5w/40 on a free oil change given by my dealer at the 14,795 mile mark during an "oil consumption test". I'm happy to report that I have traveled exactly 6,000 miles om the Castrol 5w/40 and have not added any oil to my "R". Currently, I am down a half quart on the dipstick.

The H rated 18" bridgestone dueler H/Ls seem to perform about 90% as well as the V rated OEM Contis that I replaced them with. IMO I gave up 10% of the sticky feel of the Contis for the awesome tread wear of the bridgestones...

I have used some prestone that says its safe for anytjing with no ill effects.

Yes, you can certainly use 506.01 in your TDI and it's used in many TDIs around the world. However, based upon some of the UOAs offered up, I'd suggest moving to 507.00. The 506.01 has shown relatively high wear metals.

Meyle are good? My brother in law had a pretty bad experience with those from ecstuning with his parents' B5 Passat..they wore out faster than the OEM tie-rods.