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Offline AJP

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Coil Packs. Which type, and where's cheapest?
« on: August 13, 2016, 12:20:07 pm »
Think I'm now having coil pack issues, just a few weeks after having an injector sorted and thinking it was all healthy again.. :(

So, pre-empting the confirmation that a coil is bad, where's the best place to get them? TPS?

And are the R8 coils ok? I read they had a different resistance to GTI coils. Not sure if that's a good or bad thing.

Any part numbers, general info, links etc more than welcome.

Cheers.
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Re: Coil Packs. Which type, and where's cheapest?
« Reply #1 on: August 13, 2016, 12:48:11 pm »
Got mine from Euro Car Parts to test with VCDS but in the end VW replaced them when I confirmed 2 were faulty as there as a recall.

Have you checked if yours has been recalled
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Re: Coil Packs. Which type, and where's cheapest?
« Reply #2 on: August 13, 2016, 01:06:08 pm »
Quote from: irish_ram on August 13, 2016, 12:48:11 pm
Got mine from Euro Car Parts to test with VCDS but in the end VW replaced them when I confirmed 2 were faulty as there as a recall.

Have you checked if yours has been recalled
Yeah, checked with VW when I bought the car 18 months ago, and was told no.
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Re: Coil Packs. Which type, and where's cheapest?
« Reply #3 on: August 13, 2016, 01:31:39 pm »
Quote from: AJP on August 13, 2016, 01:06:08 pm
Quote from: irish_ram on August 13, 2016, 12:48:11 pm
Got mine from Euro Car Parts to test with VCDS but in the end VW replaced them when I confirmed 2 were faulty as there as a recall.

Have you checked if yours has been recalled
Yeah, checked with VW when I bought the car 18 months ago, and was told no.

Ah shame, most people recommend the R8 coil packs but not sure they do anything performance wise really
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Re: Coil Packs. Which type, and where's cheapest?
« Reply #4 on: August 13, 2016, 02:01:45 pm »
OEM revised coil packs will perform as well as R8 coil packs, AFAIK. I'm using ATM my OEM coil packs with no issues. The R8 I bought from Awesome are stored and I'll use them when the current fail.
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Re: Coil Packs. Which type, and where's cheapest?
« Reply #5 on: August 13, 2016, 02:14:23 pm »
Euro car parts TPS eithet way coils are coils.

I've just bought a set of R8 packs for when mine fail  :signLOL:
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Re: Coil Packs. Which type, and where's cheapest?
« Reply #6 on: August 13, 2016, 02:42:30 pm »
Cheers guys. What's the going rate these days?

Haven't had to buy one since the fun and games with 1.8Ts..
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Re: Coil Packs. Which type, and where's cheapest?
« Reply #7 on: August 13, 2016, 02:46:40 pm »
1.8t lol rings bells when I bough a set 6 years back.

£28 rough guess. @irish_ram I'm sure I bought one off you a while back  :signLOL:
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Re: Coil Packs. Which type, and where's cheapest?
« Reply #8 on: August 13, 2016, 02:49:42 pm »
Set of R8's are about £85 delivered. Get them or stick with genuine
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Re: Coil Packs. Which type, and where's cheapest?
« Reply #9 on: August 13, 2016, 02:52:33 pm »
Quote from: Dan_FR on August 13, 2016, 02:49:42 pm
Set of R8's are about £85 delivered. Get them or stick with genuine
Yeah, order them from AKS Tuning. It's a good price and are genuine R8, not Beru R8, AFAIK. :wink:
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Re: Coil Packs. Which type, and where's cheapest?
« Reply #10 on: August 13, 2016, 03:24:14 pm »
Good point @Shoduchi  :happy2:
« Last Edit: August 13, 2016, 03:41:29 pm by r5gtt »
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Re: Coil Packs. Which type, and where's cheapest?
« Reply #11 on: August 13, 2016, 03:33:07 pm »
EuroCarParts are about £29 but with the (very regular) 30% off offers that they send brings it down to about £22, which is what I've just paid for Bosch ones.
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Re: Coil Packs. Which type, and where's cheapest?
« Reply #12 on: August 13, 2016, 03:39:42 pm »
Cheers people. Helpful and informative as usual!!
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Re: Coil Packs. Which type, and where's cheapest?
« Reply #13 on: August 13, 2016, 03:41:56 pm »
R8 coils AJP ?
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Re: Coil Packs. Which type, and where's cheapest?
« Reply #14 on: August 13, 2016, 04:48:48 pm »
Quote from: r5gtt on August 13, 2016, 02:46:40 pm
1.8t lol rings bells when I bough a set 6 years back.

£28 rough guess. @irish_ram I'm sure I bought one off you a while back  :signLOL:

yeah think I gave you a very cheap rate and made no profit at all  :grin:

Got mine from euro but cannot remember price, in the £20ish area I think
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