VR6Pete 1,455 Posted January 9, 2004 Report Share Posted January 9, 2004 just phoned awsome GTI and spoke to Andy with regards to a service for my VRincludes all the usal pants for a service;fuel filter + pollen filter replacment is £30 on topmagnecor leeds he's assured me that they are good and had not problems with them, 8.5mm core. they are priced at 76quid + VAT.so the service is 155 + 30 for the filters and 76quid + vat for the leads.A fault reader is also used to see if any errors have popped up on the ecu etc...Should i go with this or pay for genuine VAG leads?let me know your viewsPete Link to post Share on other sites
andysteele 0 Posted January 9, 2004 Report Share Posted January 9, 2004 how much for the VAG leads? I have always heard people say to always get the VAG ones for the quality..... Link to post Share on other sites
binliner 0 Posted January 9, 2004 Report Share Posted January 9, 2004 Magnecor are ok, I had some on my gti but theres nowt wrong with the VW ones so get whichevers cheapest... unless you especially want blue ones! Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted January 9, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2004 Im not particularly fussed just easier if they do it for me really. my leads have started to break up! and causing a misfire here n there,#so do u think that's a good price for a service? Link to post Share on other sites
binliner 0 Posted January 9, 2004 Report Share Posted January 9, 2004 I pay £135 at my local VAG specialist but Id expect Awesome to be a bit more... and its still cheaper than VW...what filters are they charging £30 for? Also if you wanted VAG leads you could always buy them and get them to fit them when they do the service. Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted January 10, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2004 15£ eachfuel filter (fitted)pollen filter (fitted)parts included. Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Steve 0 Posted January 10, 2004 Report Share Posted January 10, 2004 Pete 2 things to remember with the leads. 1) magnecor are thicker so the little notches that hold the VW leads in the channels have to be removed (so i am told). This means you could not revert to VW leads.2) You can buy VW leads seperately and not as a whole set every time.Just my thoughts.2 Link to post Share on other sites
FishWick 21 Posted April 3, 2004 Report Share Posted April 3, 2004 The original red Beru VW leads are indeed of the highest quality but I don't think they're made any more. Last time I enquired at the dealer they got some Quantum ones out which looked inferior, so I got some Magnecor KV85s instead, which will be going on when I get the Schrick as you lose the cable guides, so the 8.5mm thickness won't cause any issues. Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Rob 0 Posted April 3, 2004 Report Share Posted April 3, 2004 Bure still make leads for the vr6 got some 2 weeks ago from german swedish & french for £40 Link to post Share on other sites
FishWick 21 Posted April 3, 2004 Report Share Posted April 3, 2004 That's typical that!! Nevermind. I did try G&S and they said they only ones made by BBT. Link to post Share on other sites
dubloke 4 Posted April 3, 2004 Report Share Posted April 3, 2004 got magnecor 8.5's on mine and had no probs 2 years down the line. still producing top notch sparks and guaranteed for 10 yrs so expect them to last until i sell or they get replaced free of charge if its a breakdown fault! payed a lot more than £75 for mine tho pete, is that inc vat? Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted April 3, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2004 bit late innit? I bought genuine one's in the end! Link to post Share on other sites
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