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How about axles bearings ? How old are they?

I think the key to better cooling with these is the vented fender liner. I run a Godspeed but modded it by tapping out and threading the hole for screwing in a drain valve in the low corner. Works great too and never had it blow out.

Never thought of them as being a HP thingy. Sure smooths out the rotational vibrations though so worth it for that alone.

Photo link is 404, not found! Did you pull em off?

What about the GRC axles made in France? Sold as OEM but I have never heard of them before.

Also running the same deAuto LED bulbs. No problems now for the last eight years. Just use the OEM bulbs for turn signals and the Phillips long life bulb does the trick.

They have marketed the Fluidampr crank pulley for the MkIV TDI engines. If the pulley is the same on your 2006 (I have no idea if they are) it should work. I have one on our 2000 Golf TDI and another was installed on the 2003 Golf R-TDI that was later sold but is still on the road. Both...

Thanks for the details, good to know of someone up north!

There is a small shop north in Bellingham but I have forgotten the name! Or, you can go south and try Matthew at Zahntech in Redmond, they are super and knowledgeable.

GTD1756VRK purchased from Gottuned over two years ago. Great turbo, runs circles around the 1722 I had previously. Kept the Bosio 502s' but had them cleaned up and tested just for sure. Run RC4 which is conservative for this setup but I know the boost point, the wife drives the lower end so...

Various historical photos from PNW GTG

TDI mods, items and hacks for the year!

You guys are lucky. Go even further north and it gets even harder to find. Washington state in particular is slowly loosing touch with sources.

And was there any fuel stabilizer added to it before storage?

If you don't mind driving to Redmond Matthew at Zahntech is great.