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Falken › Tires

What the Fox 30 Jan 2013, 06:04

Rating 4.0

Grip:

Was running Avid W4s Yokohama’s on 14" Snowflakes and nothing bad to say till 20% tread, then a loose feeling... rain was good. I'm now running 195/50/15 Falken ZE912 high performance all season and also come in 14, with the stiff coils all around I have little to no push in corners and better off on the wider stance zero off-set rims. Now the main reason is they are a great wet tire and still trying to make the front push... my buddy ran them on his BMW and didn't like the oversteer feeling of the tire folding?!!? but I'm firm believer curb weight has heaps to do with it.... my 3 cents in rainy vancouver

Pros: great wet tire, no push in corners

Cons: loose feeling at low tread

Vehicle: Volkswagen Fox

SUMITOMO › Tires

novws 30 Jan 2013, 03:31

Rating 4.0

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I had Falken 512s on a Miata and I hated them. Very noisy at and before the limit. For Foxes, I've always gone with 185/60/14s. Not any real reason. It was the stock size for the Rabbit GTI and it doesn't throw the speedo off too much, which doesn't really matter on a Fox. The profile also looks natural; the sidewall isn't too short or too tall. And the 185 width isn't too wide; not a bad thing on a car that has no power steering. But you should be fine with any similar size. On my current Fox, I have these Sumitomo HTR A/S P01s. I like them a lot. They're a great all around tire. Very quiet, wonderful in the rain, rides nicely and handle well. I'd like a little more dry grip, but, really for a street tire these are great. I had these BF Goodriches on the Fox I sold last summer. They were noisier than the Sumitomos and the steering feel felt a touch heavier, but they were also a nice all around tire and perhaps a bit grippier than the Sumitomos or at least they gave that impression.

Pros: very quiet, wonderful in rain

Cons: less dry grip

Vehicle: Volkswagen Fox

AUTOPAL › Headlights

fatngs 20 Apr 2012, 15:39

Rating 5.0

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Autopal E-code headlights with sylvania silverstar ultra bulbs

Vehicle: Volkswagen Fox

Mileage: 163000 km

Bilstein › Strut assembly

snowfox 16 Jan 2012, 21:06

Rating 5.0

Bounce:

When I went to Bilstein sports, I anticipated an increase in ride harshness - but was pleasantly surprised by a reduction harshness. Because the Bils have increased damping rates rebound vs. the GR-2's, so they are better able to damp the second half of a road surface impact - the part that bounces you up.

Pros: reduction harshness, increased damping

Vehicle: Volkswagen Fox

OEM Volkswagen › Flywheel

alaincopter 27 Apr 2011, 16:32

Rating 5.0

If you want to resurface the flywheel too while you are at it check out what themagellan did to keep it from spinning - good tip.

Vehicle: Volkswagen Fox

OEM Volkswagen › Tires

winstonsmith84 22 Jul 2010, 12:21

Rating 5.0

I've had several cars of the $150 variety. The best was a 1990 VW Fox that I bought for $150 from the original owner. I then proceeded to drive it about 150K before I spent another cent on it besides oil tires and gas.

Pros: drove 150K miles

Vehicle: Volkswagen Fox

Mileage: 150000 km

OEM Volkswagen › Exhaust manifold

fusor 18 Dec 2008, 03:23

Rating 4.0

First off, the factory passat exhaust manifold fits the motor in the fox chassis but the downpipe takes some tricky fabrication.

Pros: manifold fits the motor

Cons: tricky downpipe fabrication

Vehicle: Volkswagen Fox

OEM Volkswagen › Brake discs

StreetGLi 9 Nov 2018, 19:30

Rating 3.0

Braking:

Do both. The stock rotors are pretty garbage and cover your car in iron anyways.

Cons: garbage, cover car in iron

Vehicle: Volkswagen Fox

NITTO › Tires

vw90fox 30 Jan 2013, 05:16

Rating 3.5

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My Fox had 185/60/14's when I bought it new. I've ran this size for may years mostly in Pirelli and Yokohama's. They seem to be about just right. I did try 195/60/14 but I got a wheel rub in the rear when I hit hard bumps. Now I had some NITTO - NT01 Ultra HP that were 205/55/14. I really like the way these tires looked on the Fox , they are only + 0.07 difference in Side Wall height compared to the 185/60/14. What I liked was the width of the tire is 8.07" wide -vs- 7.28" wide. The only Cons about these tires is that they are very soft. So you are lucky if you get 30,000 miles out of them.

Pros: good look, wide width

Cons: very soft, low mileage

Vehicle: Volkswagen Fox

Mileage: 30000 km

Denso › Spark plug

bluetoes591 3 May 2013, 04:25

Rating 1.5

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At this point it's only showing symptoms after idling for 30 seconds or more (and even then not every time), like while waiting at a stop light. Only in first gear, second and beyond have no hesitation. This evening I swapped out the almost new Denso plugs (correct gap) and the problem seems absent.

Cons: hesitation after idling, symptoms in first gear

Vehicle: Volkswagen Fox