Sirbikesalot
Passed Driver's Ed
APR stage 2 with 105,000 miles. Been running the R8 coilpacks with never a failure.
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Roll call for Those with R8 Coilpacks: Reliability Feedback Wanted
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meanwhileinamerica
New member
They work great, have about 10k on mine. Make the engine feel more aggressive!
Was really dissapointed they were not on Amazon Prime. What a week that was!
Was really dissapointed they were not on Amazon Prime. What a week that was!
bigtim3727
New member
What's your guys opinion of the various knock-off red-top "R8" coils that are sold on amazon?
I had inadvertently purchased a set of 4 that were made by the company "AA Ignition" (IIRC), that I installed around at 60K. I almost sent them back, but the build quality was surprisingly good, so I said "screw it" and decided to install them, along with new NGK's.
I just hit 100K miles and they've been excellent for the past 40K. I noticed improved throttle response when I changed them, and I haven't had any misfires to speak of. I'm sure they're not as good as the OEM Bosch R8s, but I've had success with them.
Anyone else use those?
I had inadvertently purchased a set of 4 that were made by the company "AA Ignition" (IIRC), that I installed around at 60K. I almost sent them back, but the build quality was surprisingly good, so I said "screw it" and decided to install them, along with new NGK's.
I just hit 100K miles and they've been excellent for the past 40K. I noticed improved throttle response when I changed them, and I haven't had any misfires to speak of. I'm sure they're not as good as the OEM Bosch R8s, but I've had success with them.
Anyone else use those?
uglybastard
Autocross Champion
I bought legit ones. Heard plenty about the fakes, sounds like you got lucky
theclutch
Go Kart Newbie
Oh really? Unless the original ones were completely dead, I am highly doubting that. But if you believe this to be true, then great for you!
I've had the stock OEM packs blow one at a time over the course of 30k miles of being tuned. I.e. - I didn't replace them with the genuine red ones until they blew. When the 3rd OEM blew about 4 months ago, I just decided to install all of the red ones and keep one black one as a spare.
What I'm saying is, while your fake red ones work now, we will not know when they will blow. And seriously, even if they do, they are so easy to change that maybe it was monetarily worth it.
p.s. - when my stock OEM ones blew and I would limp/creep to a parking area and change them in like 5 minutes. The key is to have Mechanix gloves in the trunk so the hot packs won't burn you.
Tony48
Go Kart Champion
My coilpack experience seems to be an anomaly but I'm not complaining...Tuned stage 1 at 65k and stayed on stock coil packs to 109k when I upgraded to Genuine R8 coil packs (06E905115F). Never had a coil pack fail. Now I'm K04 and at 127k. I keep one of the stock black ones below the hatch floor just in case.
uglybastard
Autocross Champion
increased throttle response was probably due to the new plugs
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NewGuy1
Go Kart Champion
I picked up the same ones.
Honestly didnt even notice they were non-OEM at the time.
Havent had any problems with them yet tho.
mkv_martinez
Go Kart Champion
I've run the OEM Red top coils from ECS the whole 120k I've had my car.
I've been in the VW scene for a long time, so I tend to replace my coil packs every 40-50k anyway just because I've seen them randomly go on way too many friends cars for me to feel invincible. These days I carry a spare with me in the trunk as well.
Never had any failures and I also haven't seen it become as systemic an issue in the MK6 platform as it was in other VW platforms. I know with the MK4's a blown coil pack was a pretty standard known issue.
I've only ever had VWs, but from what I understand these contraptions are pretty unique to us, I don't think other manufacturers have such a weird/delicate component in that same space.
I've been in the VW scene for a long time, so I tend to replace my coil packs every 40-50k anyway just because I've seen them randomly go on way too many friends cars for me to feel invincible. These days I carry a spare with me in the trunk as well.
Never had any failures and I also haven't seen it become as systemic an issue in the MK6 platform as it was in other VW platforms. I know with the MK4's a blown coil pack was a pretty standard known issue.
I've only ever had VWs, but from what I understand these contraptions are pretty unique to us, I don't think other manufacturers have such a weird/delicate component in that same space.
uglybastard
Autocross Champion
yeah i have a spare for my tiguan and mk6 just in case. cheap insurance if im far from home with a misfire.