Volkswagen parts reviews

i changed my coolant with the prestone orange stuff ( i cant rem the real name for it ) . i called a vw dealer and they said that it will work just fine. i have had no problems with mine so u should be fine

My oil changes have been all at the dealer, at 15,000KM (about 9300 miles) intervals, Castrol Syntec.

I can tell a HUGE difference in proformance between my K&N and paper air filter. The K&N is a whole lot better. I want it back.

Dunlop SP 8000s 195/55-zr14. I love them. Do not use in the snow, though.

Love the 730's. Excellent wear so far. Grip hard in dry, good sense of road, good directional stability, very responsive, very good in wet. I have yet to find them hydroplaning

I have ridden on Bridgestone 730's for the past 35,000 miles, and the tires still have decent tread left on them. They still handle surprisingly well for a tire with such mileage on them.

The Bridgestones, on the other hand, handle as well if not better than many tires costing nearly $100 more per tire, and they have excellent tread life. Bridgestone Potenza RE730 In the dry, these tires afforded so much grip it was spooky, even during the break-in period. It was very difficult to get the car to slide, and when it did slide, breakaway was always slow and predictable. The sidewalls are extremely stiff, and do not roll perceptibly. In most cases, my cornering speed was determined more by my own fear-factor than the true performance limits of the tire. The tires are very confidence inspiring, and grip well enough to discipline the rather nose-heavy understeer characteristics of the Mk IV GTI. In the wet, even on recently damp surfaces the tire grips very well. It does hydroplane a bit in very heavy rain, especially when 3/4 through the tread depth. However, until that point, there is quite a lot of usable grip. I have never driven a match for these tires in the wet. They will communicate with a bit of scrubbing noise prior to breaking away, so as long as you listen, you can stay out of trouble.

I switched my GLI to Mobil 1 at 105k and experienced no external leakage. I noticed only a minor increase in oil consumption which was back to 'normal' by the next oil change.

I too happen to have the champion plugs that iceman has. Happened because Murray's didn't have the dealer only replacement plug and couldn't get them. I had no choice because the stock ones were blacker than my tires. They rev just fine and seem to run just as well. I was told that a long time ago champions were known to become permanantly stuck in the block though. I plan on changing soon just in case that rumor is true.

I put my dub on jackstands and was doing the brakes I just got the front passenger side wheel off and for some reason layed it up the suspension right there underneath the rotor and fender. well i was work with the brakes and the factory jack just collapsed on itself.