Alas after extensive ding dongs on parts arrival from factory and flight delays due to infamous Icelandic’s ash clouds, my ECS Stg1 Clutch and ECS steel braided lines finally reached my doorstep last friday.
The journey from Wadsworth Ohio to Petaling Jaya is still not without additional drama though. This week smarties from UPS tagged 30%+10% tax on, then toned done to 5%+10% (same structure being charged to other Polo owners previously), then shoot back up to 30%+10% because of so called automotive parts and when it reached my doorstep that afternoon, nothing needed to be paid! Either the Customs got so much workload to clear sudden influx of cargo or UPS within themselves aren’t communicating properly. Either ways, I’m darn lucky.
Let’s see what that I’ve been messing about on this Stg1 Clutch kit:
Sachs Clutch Pressure Plate for VR6 (x 1) USD90.65
Sachs Clutch Disc for VR6 (x 1) USD128.00
Rein Release Bearing (x 1) USD21.04
ECS Flywheel 228mm 14lbs (x 1) USD61.03
ECS 228mm Clutch Alignment Tool (x 1) USD5.13 (not in the box)
Flywheel Bolts (x 6) USD18.62
Pressure Plate Bolts (x 6) USD3.97
ECS Steel Braided Lines - Front (x 1) USD50.99
ECS Steel Braided Lines - Rear (x 1) USD43.46
UPS Expedited Courier USD136.57
Colourful they may be, I’m going to “peram” the package till next week Saturday for installation. Hoping it to be smooth sailing, darn seriously hope so!
The journey from Wadsworth Ohio to Petaling Jaya is still not without additional drama though. This week smarties from UPS tagged 30%+10% tax on, then toned done to 5%+10% (same structure being charged to other Polo owners previously), then shoot back up to 30%+10% because of so called automotive parts and when it reached my doorstep that afternoon, nothing needed to be paid! Either the Customs got so much workload to clear sudden influx of cargo or UPS within themselves aren’t communicating properly. Either ways, I’m darn lucky.
Let’s see what that I’ve been messing about on this Stg1 Clutch kit:
Sachs Clutch Pressure Plate for VR6 (x 1) USD90.65
Sachs Clutch Disc for VR6 (x 1) USD128.00
Rein Release Bearing (x 1) USD21.04
ECS Flywheel 228mm 14lbs (x 1) USD61.03
ECS 228mm Clutch Alignment Tool (x 1) USD5.13 (not in the box)
Flywheel Bolts (x 6) USD18.62
Pressure Plate Bolts (x 6) USD3.97
ECS Steel Braided Lines - Front (x 1) USD50.99
ECS Steel Braided Lines - Rear (x 1) USD43.46
UPS Expedited Courier USD136.57
Colourful they may be, I’m going to “peram” the package till next week Saturday for installation. Hoping it to be smooth sailing, darn seriously hope so!
Made the order last Mar 31st, it set sailed on Apr 13th, got stucked in Cologne for 7 days and Shenzhen for a day *sigh*
Good day Mr Firdaus, attached in the box are parts we’ve managed to ripped off from your almost dry wallet and thank you for reluctantly agreed on chosen UPS Expedited service
Hope this pressure plate can stand up to 275bhp as claimed
Nothing fancy about this disc though
14lbs still heavy to carry, it’ll encourage the Pocong to chatter though.... errr not like dry clutch chattering like the Duke, more like diesel-fed lorry
Even the bolts needed to buy, just missing the alignment tool, need to borrow from Jed
ECS steel braided lines is as solid as the AP Racing but more “red”
The rest of it, still missing “oel filter”
Seems like you're tirelessly refreshing your car bro. *thumbs up*
ReplyDeleteEh? Only 2 litres of tranny oil and your car needs 2 bottles of brake fluid?
EJ,
ReplyDeleteKinda have to, age already catching up to the car. 2 bottles of MTL just about enough for the gearbox while for the brakes, a bottle should be fine but I bought another one as contingency. Still scouting for somemore parts though hehehe