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Castrol Engine oil

My local Walmart sells the Euro spec VW 502.00 Castrol Edge synthetic in 5 quart jugs and I think 1 quart as well. I think Mobil as well, but I stick with Castrol. Of course there is the dealer, too. You can get the cabin pollen filter there too. Very necessary this week. Advance Auto sells maybe 4 brands of full synthetic 502.00 oil. Pentosyn, I think even. Federated (formerly Robbins) will often carry it. I bought my 20,000 mile kit from the dealer so I have documentation for the warranty. Where I am, it is all sand (Granite State) so I tend to change the oil and filter and air filter and pollen filter and windshield regularly. The oil change interval is ahead of the windshield, but not by lots. I do wonder what gets through the air filter and then into the oil. It has to be good for the turbo compressor blades too.

Pros: Euro spec, good for turbo
Mileage: 20000 km
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Mintex Brake pads
s-rocc
  • Braking:
  • Dust:
Rating 4.0

Once the mintex pads had sufficiently cleaned the rotors, the pulsing was gone. Granted, they are much dustier, but I'll take that over the constant pulsing.

Pros: pulsing was gone
Cons: much dustier
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Continental Tires

Same for winter tires, where I've owned Michelin, Pirelli and Continental ExtremeWinterContact, and by far I like the Conti's followed by Michelin and I'll never own another set "ever" of the Pirelli Sottozero.

Pros: like the Conti's
Cons: never Pirelli Sottozero
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OEM Volkswagen Oil filter

Original owner of a mk6 R here :wave: my R has ~50k miles on the clock. lightly modded (see sig) and I have never had any issues other than normal wear stuff. plugs/oil/filters u know. car still feels very close to new.

Pros: car still feels new
Cons: normal wear stuff
Mileage: 50000 km
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KONI Shock absorbers
Jovian
  • Body bounce:
  • Bottoming:
Rating 5.0

I had the FSD/Eibach setup on my MK5 and loved it. The FSD is a great option for those who dont want to be jolted around constantly but a super stiff suspension but still want it stiff in the corners.on highway and around town it was similar to stock but once I took a good corner it stuck it real well.

Pros: stiff in the corners
Cons: not super stiff suspension
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NGK Spark plug
mattkosem
  • Acceleration:
Rating 3.0

I'm running PFR7Bs. I get a misfire or 3 here and there, only during low load low speed acceleration. I've got R8 coils too. Not sure if the RFD makes them occur any more frequently than they otherwise would, but I'm not worried about it.

Cons: occasional low speed misfire
Part number: PFR7B
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