Two Cheap Volkswagen Upgrades

If you own a Golf, GTI or Jetta, and you’rethe car no longer flexes and gets pushed up. The
looking for some inexpensive upgrades, read on.whole front end now disperses the shock of a bump
We’ll start with two Volkswagen performancemore evenly. When cornering, you'll find that there's
upgrades that are going to make the biggest impactnot as much lean in the car. This will add to the 'ride
for the lowest cost. The first area of topic will beon rails' feel as you continue to upgrade suspension
your VW's suspension.parts. If you want to stiffen up the back end a bit, a
An upgrade to your suspension is a night and dayrear stress bar is about the same price as a front.
difference from stock. Let's start at the strutOur next area of topic is the air intake system. If
towers. When you turn corners, your strut towersyou're looking for a little pep in your step, and some
do not move in sync, they move independently. Thatgrowl under the hood, then you've found your next
movement is called stress. Thus, when the car leans,modification. Several companies put out good quality
different stresses occur to each strut tower. Tocold air intakes, but Euro Sport Accessories' Cool-Flo
reduce give in your car, it's best to install an upperRace Air Intake System seems to accommodate the
stress bar. Take for instance the ABD Racing Upperwidest range of VW models. Even if you've got an
Stress Bar. It's got a twin tube design which helpsold Volkswagen with a CIS/E fuel injection system,
reduce flexing and twisting when cornering. The installyou can still boost performance and feel results. Don't
for an upper stress bar is relatively simple. Set stresslet that fuel dizzy fool ya! Install is relatively easy,
bar into place, mark holes for drilling, drill, dropmore time consuming than hard to understand.
hardware into holes, place in stress bar, and boltThe other great perk about Euro Sport's Cool-Flo
down.Intake is that there are no more filters to buy, the
For the test drive, head out to to the freeway andfilter is re-usable! Simply remove filter, rinse with
take a spin. The first thing you're likely to notice iswater until clean, let stand to dry, re-oil, and back on
that bumps will feel more stable and even. Without ashe goes! That's roughly $10.00 savings every time
stress bar in place, you'll feel one corner of the caryou go to get your oil changed. (ok, maybe every
rise up when bumps are hit. With the stress bar inother time) Either way, it's money in the bank for
place, it should be blatently obvious that one side oftwo more cheap upgrades!