A little background - my car is a 2015 GTI. I have had the APR Stage 1 Lo Output tune since 10k miles, my car currently has 35k miles on it. I drive it normally most of the time, but enjoy spirited back road runs and highway pulls when appropriate.
So after a year of having the tune, the stock clutch started giving me problems. A few months of occasional slippage in 5th/6th gear at low RPMs, I decided to bite the bullet and buy the Sachs SRE clutch kit for the MK7 GTI. (Purchased from Emmanuele Design, super fast shipping from Germany). I wanted to retain the DMF and keep the car drivable.
I just got the car back today and drove it around for an hour or so after picking it up.
FIRST IMPRESSIONS
FEEL- Wow, the clutch pedal is like an on/off switch right now. It was SUPER stiff and springy when I first started driving it, but after driving for an hour it I am already executing perfect shifts again and the pedal has softened up a tiny tiny bit. Still a big change - and still going to make sitting in traffic a bit more cumbersome unless it softens up a bit more.
PERFORMANCE- Still in the break-in period, so I haven't given it the full beans yet. But man oh man, if you want lightning fast shifts and perfect downshifts, this clutch is a willing dance partner.
NOISE- Zero, zip, nada. No different than stock. If anything, my stock clutch was a little more chattery. VERY PLEASED AT THIS.
VIBRATION- refer to "noise"
Overall, I am very pleased so far. When I first got in the car I was a bit shocked at how fast/stiff the pedal action was - but after driving it for a while I found that I was shifting the car faster and cleaner than I did with the stock clutch.
Will update this thread after I have put some real mileage on it.
So after a year of having the tune, the stock clutch started giving me problems. A few months of occasional slippage in 5th/6th gear at low RPMs, I decided to bite the bullet and buy the Sachs SRE clutch kit for the MK7 GTI. (Purchased from Emmanuele Design, super fast shipping from Germany). I wanted to retain the DMF and keep the car drivable.
I just got the car back today and drove it around for an hour or so after picking it up.
FIRST IMPRESSIONS
FEEL- Wow, the clutch pedal is like an on/off switch right now. It was SUPER stiff and springy when I first started driving it, but after driving for an hour it I am already executing perfect shifts again and the pedal has softened up a tiny tiny bit. Still a big change - and still going to make sitting in traffic a bit more cumbersome unless it softens up a bit more.
PERFORMANCE- Still in the break-in period, so I haven't given it the full beans yet. But man oh man, if you want lightning fast shifts and perfect downshifts, this clutch is a willing dance partner.
NOISE- Zero, zip, nada. No different than stock. If anything, my stock clutch was a little more chattery. VERY PLEASED AT THIS.
VIBRATION- refer to "noise"
Overall, I am very pleased so far. When I first got in the car I was a bit shocked at how fast/stiff the pedal action was - but after driving it for a while I found that I was shifting the car faster and cleaner than I did with the stock clutch.
Will update this thread after I have put some real mileage on it.
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