theblackaudi

1) is the timing belt kit on ecstuning.com the best deal? anyone gotten it

2) Is this a good deal from ecstuning as well?:

"Meyle Upgraded OE Control Arm & Heavy Duty Tie Rod End Kit W/Hardware
Includes all 8 front front control arms, & new & improved Heavy Duty tie rod ends & all hardware needed for the job
Your suspension problems solved, in a box!

This kit includes all 8 arms with ball joints & bushings, all necessary control arm hardware and now includes the very popular Heavy Duty tie rod ends. Manufactured by Meyle of Germany, this replacement kit is meets and exceeds OEM design specs, greatly improving durability and longevity." for $599? And how hard would it be to put all that on myself, instead of paying a few hundred dollars for labor?

3) will that manual shiftknob mod for tiptronic transmissions work for a 96 or 97 automatic non-tiptronic?

Thanks
(I'm an Audi newbie)

Shep 1.8T

1. it's been doing fine for almost 20K, it works as it should

2. From everything people have posted the ECS control arms work just fine as well.

3. ? I'm, not sure I have a manual.

quattro25

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