Volkswagen Golf parts reviews

Both of those price sound steep - my local shop in Ontario charges half that, currently about 1100cad plus taxes but can't remember the warranty. Car still runs fine 2 years later though

I paid $1500 to a very reputable foreign mechanic last month for my 2012 golf tdi

Oe quality parts:

Timing belt, tensioners/roller, water pump, manual transmission fluid, coolant, serpentine belt.

I'm a Falken guy. Forget all those other over- priced name brands.

Install these. You will be glad you did....reduces brake dust by 90%. No difference in performance. I am 15K miles into mine and love these pads.

I have negotiated with SWMBO that for slightly more than what we would pay to have the dealer do just the rears I could put new slotted rotors (do not want drilled, slotted only), new Fedora DS2500 pads (have them on the FRS and love them) and coated stainless steel brake lines on all four corners and do the labor myself.

I just changed them out for zimmerman blanks and akebono pads. I will likely do the same for the front to decrease some of the dust as well. Slightly less initial bite on the pads, but still good brake feel.

I use Hawk HPS 5.0 all around nice upgrade over oem.

Thought I would follow up on this discussion. Ordered the NGK LFER7BHX Ruthenium HX. The priority package showed up after some challenges with the local Postal Service. As advised, on Tuesday took the car for a short drive to warm it up then started the task. Was a little pensive taking the engine cover off. To anyone who has never done it on that particular car, just pull each corner straight up about an inch and it comes right off. The cover is held on with posts that fit into rubber grommets so the chance of breaking anything is almost zero. Found a very old 10-14mm open end from the tool kit from a long gone motorcycle in the junk drawer, A few minutes with the belt grinder and a "perfect width for the ground bolt" 10mm open end was discovered hidden inside. The only real challenge is disconnecting the wiring loom from the coil packs. Several iterations of 'watch a video, give it a try, watch a different video, give it a try ...' ensued but I was finally able to get them disconnected. Gently removed the coil packs and one-by-one removed the plug, installed a new one, torque to 30Nm, wash-rinse-repeat. Put a little dielectric grease into the plug boot of the coil pack and the coil pack\\wiring loom connector, a little SYL-Glyde Silicone Grease on the large coil pack to engine seal and reinstalled the coil packs. Torqued the ground bolts to 12Nm, then put on the ground strap and torqued the nut to 12Nm while holding the bolt steady with the afore mentioned "super wrench". Fought with the wiring loom to get it back on all the coil packs, popped the engine cover back on and Bob's you uncle. Drive to the dealer Wednesday morning and went in to talk to the Service Writer. Mentioned that they did not have to rotate the tires (had already put the X-Ice tires on two weeks earlier) nor change the plugs as I had done that the day before. He gave me a strange look and said "Yes, VW recommends they be changed but with only 15,000 miles on the car I would not have bothered". Doh!!! Primary lesson learned here is "Call and schedule service yourself rather than let your wife do it." That way you can challenge the items on the "what will you be doing at this service" before spending an afternoon under the hood. (Side note, it is 'her' car as 'my' car is the FRS, hence her desire to schedule the maintenance.) They did the usual "full inspection" on the car and came back with "the rear brake pads are down to 3mm and should be replaced". They had photos to "prove" the pads were down to 3mm. I though this was strange and will be starting another thread to go over that discussion with the Service Writer.

I have had the best luck w/ Michelin Pilot Sports or Super sports. I have had several sets of the Continental Sport Contacts on different cars including the Golf R and they seem to wear out early with noise and balance problems sooner than I would expect. I have never had a set last more than 20K miles before the tread was gone and/or they start having noise/balance issues. They are GREAT tires up until that point, but they don't last anywhere near their published treadlife rating.

I have changed cabin filters multiple times, and cleaned the evaporator with foam. I first used Klima cleaner, then I tried DWD2. I can not get this problem to go away.