ECS the answer for those DIY'ers.
 

Their offering of parts has grown tremendously over the last year, and ECS web page makes it easy to order parts for the home mechanic.

I just got done with another project on the car, and their quick service and fast delivery are a great compliment to the wide variety of parts they carry. The suspension is now nice a tight(new control arms).

VAG, Bently and ECS. Thanks to them, my costs have not gone up significantly since the car went out of warrenty!

It is good to have a source for oem and tuner parts, at good prices. No, I don't wotk for them, but after seeing some of the other tuner/AW'er issues, i just wanted to get the word out.

Happy motoring.

Good products but charge lots for shipping
 

I needed new front rotors and pads. They wanted $33 for shipping!

So I checked out www.germanautoparts.com and got slotted rotors and Pagid pads and they only charged $8 for shipping and I got it in 1 day.

Though German Auto Parts does not have high performace parts like ECS.

question on control arms
 

I noticed the forward upper arm bolt at the body looks like it will hit the body before coming out. Is it really that tough to replace them? I ordered the tie rod ends from ecs with no problems. I plan on ordering the front arm kit soon.
dave

i'm sure that the latter does more shipping and gets a little better rates
 

i'm sure that they also have a little more space to fudge on shipping prices

instructions i've seen say to remove the shock assembly to replace those
 

by removing the 3 top bolts in the engine compartment and the shock from the lower control arm.

ah, thanks
 

dave

here's CPP's instructions for some pics.
 

i don't think the CPP bushing is spring loaded like the stock one's so that will be different (setting it to the same position as the ones coming off the car.<ul><li><a href="http://www.customperf.com/Installation%20Front%20Adjustable%20Upper%20Contro l%20Arms.htm">http://www.customperf.com/Installation%20Front%20Adjustable%20Upper%20Contro l%20Arms.htm</a></li></ul>

Yes, the upper front is a pita. The front upper rear can be done w/o removing the strut.
 

I removed the entire strut assembly. Not that hard, especially with another pair of hands.

I have H&amp;R C/o's, so it was not that bad. Just ensure you use new bolts, and torque things back to spec.

The rear upper front can be done w/o removing the strut assembly, and that is what I did on the LF.

I had one of each go bad, on each side.

Why the heck didn't they put the bolt in from the other direction?
 

I'm pretty sure it would fit fine and not hit anything. It would probably come right out without needing to disassemble anything. It would make the job take about 1/3 the amount of time. Of course, I was too chicken to put it back in the other direction for next time.

Yep, they are very good! Thumbs up to ECS