# Brought the GOlf to the shop... **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [January 16, 2010, 5:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brought-the-golf-to-the-shop/249772 "2010-01-16T05:51:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![offroadzj](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/offroadzj/32/6428_2.png) [@offroadzj](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/offroadzj)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 5:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brought-the-golf-to-the-shop/249772/1 "2010-01-16T05:51:58Z")
Well I brought the Golf to the shop to have my winter tires put on and to have them give the car a quick check-over for anything suspension/drive-train wise then to do an alignment if all checked out. Turns out my front wheel bearing is shot and my rear struts are blown out… awesome. I was surprised that it was just those b/c it has been riding rough lately (real shaky, hard pull to the left) but it just sucks to have to do more damn work in the cold… lol. GAP has the best price on the wheel bearings at around $25 a piece. Is there anything else that I should/will need to replace when I do the bearings??? GAP recommends replacing the hub when I do the bearings if the bearings are noisy… but whats all your takes on this? Thanks yet again. Kenny ---
**Author:** ![PJB](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pjb/32/6389_2.png) [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 6:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brought-the-golf-to-the-shop/249772/2 "2010-01-16T06:03:26Z")
Seems like you shouldve just kept driving your truck. Any gas you might be saving is offset by the cost of the car and fixing it all the time. ---
**Author:** ![duuka](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/duuka/32/6433_2.png) [@duuka](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/duuka)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 6:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brought-the-golf-to-the-shop/249772/3 "2010-01-16T06:08:35Z")
Wailt 'till it’s time to replace the cam phasers in that f-150. Or the spark plugs for that matter worst design ever. ---
**Author:** ![offroadzj](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/offroadzj/32/6428_2.png) [@offroadzj](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/offroadzj)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 6:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brought-the-golf-to-the-shop/249772/4 "2010-01-16T06:12:49Z")
for what I bought the car for, I expected small things like this. If the car lasts me 2 year, even with the money i spend (up to $1500 total), it will pay itself off in gas. Plus, the truck needed the plenum and rear tires so in all the Golf is still worth it. That doesnt even take into account the loan payments/interest I am paying on the truck which will hopefully be gone once it is sold. ---
**Author:** ![PJB](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pjb/32/6389_2.png) [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 6:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brought-the-golf-to-the-shop/249772/5 "2010-01-16T06:22:10Z")
> [@Someone got their soxors roxored? \[Pics\] :eek](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/someone-got-their-soxors-roxored-pics-eek/28382/26): > > Wailt 'till it’s time to replace the cam phasers in that f-150. Or the spark plugs for that matter worst design ever. I think the cam phasers were '04-'05 and fixed by '06. I already know about the spark plugs and Im getting them replaced in the spring, long before 100k. ---
**Author:** ![duuka](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/duuka/32/6433_2.png) [@duuka](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/duuka)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 8:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brought-the-golf-to-the-shop/249772/6 "2010-01-16T08:25:05Z")
just did plugs on one at 53,000 two broke, three others cracked. ---
**Author:** ![bennyfizzle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bennyfizzle/32/6291_2.png) [@bennyfizzle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bennyfizzle)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 8:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brought-the-golf-to-the-shop/249772/7 "2010-01-16T08:29:33Z")
LOL have fun PJB :rofl what a bunch of morons, I don’t even know the problem and it makes me hate ford. ---
**Author:** ![PJB](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pjb/32/6389_2.png) [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 8:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brought-the-golf-to-the-shop/249772/8 "2010-01-16T08:33:46Z")
Im not doing them myself. It really is a stupid design. ---
**Author:** ![GermanPSI](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/germanpsi/32/6353_2.png) [@GermanPSI](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GermanPSI)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 8:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brought-the-golf-to-the-shop/249772/9 "2010-01-16T08:34:12Z")
broken spark plugs ftw ---
**Author:** ![88slowmarro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/88slowmarro/32/6339_2.png) [@88slowmarro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/88slowmarro)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 8:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brought-the-golf-to-the-shop/249772/10 "2010-01-16T08:37:01Z")
i got the tool for them ,and the tool that fixes em when they break ---
**Author:** ![PJB](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pjb/32/6389_2.png) [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 8:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brought-the-golf-to-the-shop/249772/11 "2010-01-16T08:39:05Z")
> [@What's your custom plate say?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whats-your-custom-plate-say/28404/28): > > i got the tool for them ,and the tool that fixes em when they break I know. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![duuka](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/duuka/32/6433_2.png) [@duuka](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/duuka)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 8:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brought-the-golf-to-the-shop/249772/12 "2010-01-16T08:53:03Z")
tools needed. spark plug wrench, carb and choke cleaner, tap set, bolt to extract broken sleeve. and a miracle. ---
**Author:** ![88slowmarro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/88slowmarro/32/6339_2.png) [@88slowmarro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/88slowmarro)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 8:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brought-the-golf-to-the-shop/249772/13 "2010-01-16T08:55:27Z")
no ,snap on put a full kit together and makes it easy actually ---
**Author:** ![JClark](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jclark/32/6309_2.png) [@JClark](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JClark)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 10:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brought-the-golf-to-the-shop/249772/14 "2010-01-16T10:16:09Z")
lol @ PJB, wait til your entire front end suspension falls apart. ---
**Author:** ![usmc2801](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/usmc2801/32/6387_2.png) [@usmc2801](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/usmc2801)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 10:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brought-the-golf-to-the-shop/249772/15 "2010-01-16T10:19:21Z")
wow…two post and the thread was already off topic, that must be a Shift record. If you want to fix it in my garage instead of outside just bring it up Kenny. ---
**Author:** ![JClark](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jclark/32/6309_2.png) [@JClark](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JClark)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 10:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brought-the-golf-to-the-shop/249772/16 "2010-01-16T10:23:05Z")
Greg please dont go off topic, this thread is about how shitty Fords are. ---
**Author:** ![usmc2801](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/usmc2801/32/6387_2.png) [@usmc2801](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/usmc2801)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 10:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brought-the-golf-to-the-shop/249772/17 "2010-01-16T10:24:51Z")
> [@4/29 Mighty PAYMENTS FOR DVD's/BBQ](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/4-29-mighty-payments-for-dvds-bbq/28393/13): > > Greg please dont go off topic, this thread is about how shitty Fords are. Sorry, won’t happen again. ---
**Author:** ![Wayne64SS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wayne64ss/32/6365_2.png) [@Wayne64SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wayne64SS)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 10:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brought-the-golf-to-the-shop/249772/18 "2010-01-16T10:30:00Z")
To PJBs defense, they are better than those POS GM trucks!!! ---
**Author:** ![JClark](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jclark/32/6309_2.png) [@JClark](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JClark)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 11:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brought-the-golf-to-the-shop/249772/19 "2010-01-16T11:00:07Z")
> [@\*OFFICIAL\* 2007 NFL draft thread](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-2007-nfl-draft-thread/28408/3): > > To PJBs defense, they are better than those POS GM trucks!!! Disagree. :crazy ---
**Author:** ![duuka](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/duuka/32/6433_2.png) [@duuka](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/duuka)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 11:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brought-the-golf-to-the-shop/249772/20 "2010-01-16T11:48:08Z")
they’re both shit. [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brought-the-golf-to-the-shop/249772.md?page=2)