Volkswagen parts reviews

Compared to the stock 18s, I'm quite pleased to announce that the 22s actually ride as nice if not better. Part of this may be their 73lb/corner weight (not much over stock but still not as light). It floats a bit more than stock, but even with the low-profile tires, its not harsh.

You will also find the HAWK HPS pads to be nice, however they do get more grabby after a few stops once they get some heat into them being that they are a middle of the road performance street pad. The HPS's will never be as grabby/difficult to modulate as the ultimate ceramics/stock pads though.

you should be able to find bosch for way under 300 don't get anything elkse unless you trust it. I had 2 no namers fail within 6 months. bosch is going over 2 years now.

When i bought my GTI 1.8T it came with the Nexen n3000 and personally i liked them the road handling was quite good and they seem to handle well in the wet also. The tread lasted me quite long and id say for about 14000 miles and they still had 6-7/32 tread left when i sold them. Honestly i am thinking of buying them again!

I just had two RT-615's sized 225/45/17 put on the front of my GTI. Now, with that said, these tires are amazing. I haven't even put 100 miles on them yet and they already grip like crazy. I have minimal wheel spin at 22psi through first, and little to none in second gear. With my Yokohama AVS ES100's I would have full spin through first and second unless they were REALLY hot. These tires provide better grip than those even when they are cold.

I have the WinterSport M3 205/55R16 on steelies on my 20th. This is my second winter on them. Great Tire.

I got some and installed them last week and I am completely amazaed at how good they work. Yep, easy to install and they look great.

OK. I got the Icons (size 21 and 19) and installed them the other day. Today was the first real rain since then and I am happy with the results. The wipers have an interesting installation bracket. Very well designed and easy to install. They do seem to stick up higher from the base of the windshield than stock, but not terrible. They seem to do a great job with rain although there still is a vertical line of sludge left on the windshield right in front of the driver's face from where the right wiper stops on its left-ward swing. Not thrilled about that.

Apparently these are good for my race car but might not be good for street application.

Volkswagen uses Jurid and Pagid Black compound brakepads as OEM on our Passats. The problem is that these pads take a very long time to correctly bed into the brake rotors. If these pads aren't bed correctly, over time they will wear unevenly on the rotor which causes vibration. That vibration is what causes your brakes to squeal!!