Haldex Upgrade for Achtuning Golf R

We've just received the Gen4 Switchable Stock/Race/Eco Haldex Controller and immediately installing it in the Achtuning VW Mk6 Golf R to try out for our next track session this weekend. Haldex ...

Introducing the Achtuning Golf R

Our brand-new VW Mk6 Golf R is here, a perfect blank canvas for us to start from. Here it is in stock form, but not for much longer! While the car feels great in stock form, we are anxious to g ...

Wasting No Time On The Achtuning VW Golf R!

Wasting no time with our VW Mk6 Golf R project we decided suspension upgrades would come first. We started with a set of front and rear sway bars from H&R. ...and installed their Pre ...

Second H&R suspension kit for the Achtuning Golf R

H&R sent us a second set of coil-overs to test on the Achtuning VW Mk6 Golf R on Friday. After the first Test N' Tune session we felt we could use something a little stiffer and the H&R ...

Achtuning Golf R Engine Out

The APR Stage 4 build has begun... A couple of hours in and we've already got the stock engine out of the Achtuning VW Mk6 Golf R this morning! ...

A Small Taste of What's Next for the Achtuning Golf R

We've got the Achtuning VW Mk6 Golf R on the rack today, and we're getting further fitment tests done with StopTech product - an advantage of being a STOCKING distributor for the popular and pr ...

APR Stage 4 Time!

We've got a lot of work ahead of us after just taking delivery of the APR "Stage 4" engine which was once intended for our A3 project but will now end up in the Achtuning VW Mk6 Golf R! Then ...

Our Golf R is here... EARLY!

We are happy to have heard from our friends at University Volkswagen about an early arrival of the next Achtuning project car - a Volkswagen (Mk6) Golf R! The 2.0T FSI combined with all wheel d ...

European-Spec Mk6 Golf R Bumper

We ordered a European-spec Mk6 Golf R bumper and threw it on for a test-fit prior to paint. There isn't much difference between the US-spec and Euro version but the lack of amber bumper marker ...

We Extend Our Thanks

We'd like to take this opportunity to extend a big "Thanks!" to the manufacturers whose high quality performance parts and technical support have contributed to an incredible 9-month journey si ...