Audi Tuning | VW Tuning

Pictures were taken today of the H&R front and rear sway bars installed on our Golf R project, as well as the Premium coil-overs we’re running to show where the adjustment perches sit…

We then took the opportunity to test-fit some H&R wheel spacers to check fitment and clearances with the different sizes H&R offers.  We are happy to report the hub-centric 8mm (HR162555716) and 10mm (HR20255571A/B) spacers fit over the factory hubs just fine. On the stock wheels, we would suggest a 5mm front and 10mm rear H&R wheel spacer for a “mildly” aggressive look or 10mm front and 12mm rear spacers for the more aggressive look, as seen below:

… And compared to stock:

Take that info with a grain of salt, as ride height will certainly be a factor when deciding wheel spacer widths. 

Then,  a short test-fit of the Hartmann G5 Wheels on the Achtuning Golf R was performed to get an idea of what our 19s look like – FANTASTIC, if we say so ourselves!  The wheels are 8″ wide with a 45mm offset and we wrapped them with 235/35-19 Falken FK452, shown below without any wheel spacing.  The “stance” is fairly aggressive and looks just right! Though I might suggest a 225/35-19 for those who plan to run a bit lower than this.

… Keeping the momentum going, we’re getting started on the StopTech Sport Kit upgrade!

We’ve got 20 VW Mk5 GTI RSC full exhaust systems (down-pipe/cat-back) on the shelf, ready to ship! Purchase an RSC exhaust system for your Mk5 GTI and I’ll ship it to you for FREE!!

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We got the call from Adrian around 7pm Thursday evening. He mentioned he would be finishing up a military training session at 2am in LA that next morning, then arriving in Seattle early Friday. He asked what we might be able to do for his recently purchased Mk4 GTI. As it turned out, we had plenty readily available for him to get a good jump-start on his modding bug.Adrian ended up spending a big portion of his day with Achtuning as he asked us to transform his VW Mk4 GTI into an even better performing European hot hatch, courtesy of a Stasis Streetsport Coil-Over Kit and APR ECU Upgrade.

To Adrian’s surprise, we found that the GTI he picked up used had already been equipped with APR software, just locked out. We glady unlocked his software for him which opened up the budget for more performance parts. As it turned out, the brakes were also in need of attention and since we had a couple of StopTech’s 328x28mm Big Brake Kits on the shelf, he decided to go for it!

Adrian will have a chance to test out StopTech’s claims of having the best over-all braking distance improvement without the worry of over-working the master cylinder as brake bias is kept balanced with the appropriately sized brake pistons for the Mk4. Having larger, cleaner, and bright red calipers to show off that stopping power is just icing on the cake!

APR parts are now OEM for VW’s GTI V50!!

APR’s Carbonio Intake, RSC turbo-back exhaust, and ECU Stage 1 Software are part of the GTI V50 OEM package!!

This is a huge step towards APR performance products and the relationship with VW and Audi. Expect similar news in the future as APR Performance parts become a standard in VW and Audi tuning!

After swapping out H&R springs for a set of Stasis Streetsport Coil-Overs , Colin stopped by as promised so we could update our gallery with his new stance!

Car is coming along nicely!!

Graham from Barrier Audi took advantage of H&R sale pricing last week and picked up a set of H&R coil-overs for the latest addition to his fleet of cars, this B5.5 VW Passat 1.8T 4-motion manual! After lowering the car on a used set of Euromesh Wheels he found and painting them gold, he brought the car by for us to add some H&R 5mm spacers out back to even out the stance.