Wix are a pretty high quality replacement per my experience. Wix are certainly good enough to validate that behavior is not unique to the STP filter.
Continuing to drive on them this way will not make the pad deposits go away. Trust me. I have the same ceramic pads on our 3 vehicles (golf r included). Centric posi quiets. They are great pads with great cold bite and minimal dust. But if you overheat them and stay on the brake pedal at a stop, like any other pad, it will embed pad material onto the rotor.
I run all of my fleet either on OE VAG filters or Mahle and Mann who are the OEMs for VAG. I buy filters in bulk, depending on who has which filter at an attractive price at the moment. Right now I have a Mann HU 719/7x in the Eurovan - according to the maintenance spreadsheet I bought it for $7.72 from autohausaz.
Now I am in the middle of getting some Koni Special Actives installed to help with the ride.
SO so so much happier with these headlights after manually leveling them!
The speed at which the lights turn will vary from slowest to quickest. Switch from Eco to Race and you'll easily notice a difference. I keep my lights in race; I've enjoyed how they change directions almost instantly with my steering input to better light the road ahead.
I think a few people asked in this thread if the manual adjustments actually make a difference, and I can confirm what other's have stated...using tape measures today, the manual adjustments change the center height of the self-leveling/adaptive system. It makes logical sense because even under the best of manufacturing conditions, both the headlight units and chasis will vary slightly, requiring the ability for manual adjustments to ensure proper, legal, alignment. About 1.5 turns for my setup seems to keep it within the guidelines for adjusting headlamps. For sure, VW went conservative and had them a bit lower.
I blue loctite everything it doesnt hurt and has a minor benefit of aiding to stop major corrosion on the threads aside from stopping the loosening by vibration.
My AC smells like wet dog for the first 30 seconds I run it. Wonder if changing the cabin filter would help.
the car is a 1996 golf gl, 5 speed, with A/C (this is relevant to the alternator spec) Original problem, car not charging and replacement alternators were no good
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