[s-cars] 1.8T coil conversion opinions (W. Bean)

[W. Bean]

Tom,
modded or stock ?

---- "tom at tomwintermedia.com" <tom at tomwintermedia.com> wrote: 
> > From: "W. Bean" <theringmeister at triad.rr.com>
> > Subject: [s-cars] 1.8T coil conversion opinions
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> > 034 harness (I can source my own coils locally for ~$16/ea) or Apikol's 'kit'
> > which includes coils? Any bonus to paying more for Apikol's kit just to have
> > the coils in the package, when I can get the 5 I need for less $ than the
> > price difference?
> > build quality? no modifications necessary with the Apikol coils? anything else
> > I'm missing? 
> 
> I know that some have praised Apikol in their response to Wylie, but while I
> think their kit (wires, etc) is well designed, all I really care about is
> long term performance and if replacement parts are bulletproof. The 1.8
> coils used in the Apikol "solution" in my experience failed a lot and were a
> pain in the ass. I wish I had the money back from replacing all the failed
> 1.8 coils and from buying the Apikol kit. Because I ended up selling the
> whole mess at a loss and swapping back to stock coils, thus paying twice.
> 
> I'd never recommend the Apikol kit to anyone. If I'd do it over again, I'd
> have saved time, money and headaches and stuck with replacing with stock
> coils and not screwing around with Apikol at all. And that's exactly what
> I'd suggest you do.
>  
> My $0.02.
> 
> Tom 95 S6 Avant MTM stage 1, RS2 goodies.
> 
> 

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