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2018 Golf Sportwagen S 4Motion IS38
- Thread starter tigeo
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tigeo
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Richmond, VA area
Those wheels are a great deal/look good. Glad you finally got them/spacer issue sorted. I think about buying a second set and mounting summer performance tires on them....
These might become my summer sets....JerseyDrew is hooking me up with some winter wheels on AS3+, but I'll have to run these until I can link up with him. With these wheels at ET45, I think that rub issue I had will be long gone...going to keep the 15mm spacer in back...might need a spacer up front to flush out. We'll see.
Way bigger difference than I thought they would provide. I agree!
tigeo
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Richmond, VA area
So you just did the rears? Seems simple and only about $100. Looks kind of like the dogbone inserts - just a metal bit that reduces movement of a rubber bushing.
Correct. The only thing i've done to address the front is the BFI stg2 insert. At the time I was on stock suspension and the difference was stark in cornering. Worthy investment IMO
They are essentially 4 little dogbone inserts that require less torque to put in. SOOO EASY. The rear feels more predictable and planted in long sweepers. I also don't get the "clunk" I used to get when I shift hard and quick (I have a manual with a springless 4 puck clutch though). I'm going to say its a no brainer for $99 shipped.
I used ramps, pry bar, impact gun, torque wrench. Took me about 20 min with waiting for blue loctite to dry a little before zapping in the bolts.
note: Do one at at time! Do not remove all the bolts at once!
I used ramps, pry bar, impact gun, torque wrench. Took me about 20 min with waiting for blue loctite to dry a little before zapping in the bolts.
note: Do one at at time! Do not remove all the bolts at once!
tigeo
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Richmond, VA area
Ok you f'ers....I'm in. I'll wait till they run their next sale and grab a set. Is it hard to remove the original ones?
I had problems with the drive side front one. It's really angle and space issue. I ended up using a 20mm wrench to get that side out. All the others came out with a flat head screw driver.
I put a very very thin layer of grease on mine. Not sure it's needed but I figured it would help it seat in to the rubber better.
It's $99 shipped! It came in 2 days from america's hat (canada). Just do it now so you can be cool like us.
Here is the link so you can easily join the club.
https://www.ctsturbo.com/product/cts-mqb-rear-subframe-mount-insert-kit-mk7-golf-r-mk3-tt-8v-a3-s3/
tigeo
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Richmond, VA area
I want so badly to be accepted with you cool guys...ahahahahahah
Then you know what to do. Click the above link and punch in those numbers.
Seriously.. it seems to make a difference. There are a lot of worse things you can get for 99 bucks. The ease of install just makes it better. I figured I'd bring it up to put it on your radars.
BTW.. you f'ers are making me get an exhaust mod. Can you guess which exhaust mod? Give you a hit.. it's the biggest power adder exhaust mod.
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tigeo
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Richmond, VA area