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Which style tool did you have/use? My jump packs time out quickly or have some auto battery life protection. I haven't made up my mind but i'm definitely trying to plan ahead on hondas to say the least. The few BMW's I've done was easy trunk replacements and coding didn't take much time/effort.

Should i invest in one? Or will it just sit in the toolbox I'm a DIY home wrencher now. Mainly small group of friends and family. I recently did a battery install for a friend with a honda fit. Tiny battery but simple job. Everything went well minus radio code. Went thru the whole glove...

Based on be looking around i think that's what I'll end up with.

thanks guys... i'll recommend them do both uppers on each side so 4 arms altogether. I'll order up the pinch bolt and nut from dealership. What are your thoughts on brands? I"m not familiar with MEYLE ($100 per) and VAICO ($150 per) off FCP or Suspensia, Mevotech Supreme or Moog for $50ish...

I'm going to be tasked with some upper arms on a Q5 shortly, its a 2018 model but has been in the rust belt it entire life. Looks like instead of a normal A arm and a single ball joint, its 2 arms with ball joints that are held on by a pinch bolt. Germans... Tons of people are saying either...

I've been looking for a scantool myself as an upgrade. I currently have the Autel AL619, mainly got it to do clear airbags codes. But the A30M is kinda high on my list being at $200ish. I need something to do battery coding on BMW and rear brake jobs for the ones with E-parking brakes. If...

Real shops use a sand/media blaster on the bracket. Us DIY people normally don't have that luxury, i normally wire wheel the best i can. Sometimes its not enough. I know the Duralast Gold pads normally have so much overspray on the ears that it makes it an issue But you have the element 3...

I would say turnover is similiar to anything in the retail/ Customer service roles. I agree that i hate 3-4 people working on the car at the same time because now its finger pointing to who did what. But those guys are general laborers. You do the role in your teens-20s and/or until your...

I'm pretty resourceful when looking around for best prices. Ive mounted and balanced some tires in my dad and whole process does take over an hour from time the car comes in to drive out. But generally, I've come to accept, 4 tires installed will be $80-120. Normally i see $100 being the very...

Both collaborate with one another and take sponsorships. Not really a great reason. I like both guys and what they are doing for the VAG community but end of the day, they are getting paid to push some products. My default has always been element 3 on asian daily drivers. But...

are we supposed to "maintain" coolant or do any silly thing to keep the water pump from leaking? Our Tiguan is not part of this class action, as they "should have fixed it by 2020" but you know it goes, I don't want to hear that I declined a coolant flush at 60k, and that caused my pump to...

thats a pretty clear VCG leaking. Be careful of those coil pack connectors, to do like to snap off at the tabs. Should be a quick simple job, lots of 8mm or 10mm bolts/nuts. An average DIY should take about 1-3 hours. Good luck :)

I'm just surprised the New England salt hasn't killed the car. As a 2016 Jetta owner, ours is currently mint right now but opposite, we are at 40k. Due to WFH environment. i would have been curious to hear if that person did the 10k "recommended" oil change service or cut it down to 5k like...

Oh snap... that feature! Rolling down has no liability, but rolling up remotely could kill someone. Hence by default roll up is not enabled. I enabled roll-up on my VW but I don't think there is a way to disable this.

I feel you dont need to do this function. One touch window has to do with pinch protection and knowing the limits of up and down. This feature often gets disable when changing batteries on a car and often needs to be reset. I would unplug the motor or use the one touch all the time on a...