The water pump and thermostat on your car are responsible for pumping coolant throughout the engine. On MK7 Volkswagens, it's incredibly common to have numerous coolant leaks stemming from your...
If your air-cooled Porsche 911 is making clunking noises from the rear, it may be time to replace your CV axles. Your air-cooled Porsche 911 has an independent rear suspension with constant velocity (CV) axles that last a very long time but eventually require replacement. They wear out much...
The Volkswagen Corrado VR6 was the successor to the Scirocco and just as awesome of a car, but it was missing another set of 12 valves and some extra displacement. “I bought the car two days after my daughter was born,” recalled Steven Davila, the owner of this amazing transformation of a 1992...
It has been a few months since our last update on the BMW E36 M3 rally car and in that time, a ton of stuff has happened! We went from a bare shell in our last blog to a running, driving, and log-booked rally car that is ready to take whatever abuse we can throw at it. From day one, we knew that...
The Volkswagen Golf Country was VW’s original all-wheel drive CUV and at the time, was exclusive to Europe. So, how did this one end up here and what’s it like owning one? We randomly spotted a Golf Country at night in a parking lot in San Diego, so we had to take a closer look. The VW Golf...
Are you sick of the look of your car? Are you looking for increased light output from your headlights? Did someone back into you and smash your headlights? We offer plug-and-play headlight options for your MK7 GTI that can both increase your light output and improve the look of your car. MK7...
It's well known in the community that some of the best value Audi models you can buy right now are the Audi B8 A4s in all of their variants. Now depreciated to remarkably low prices, the B8 A4 is one of the most affordable cars that still has modern styling, allowing it blend in seamlessly with...
It's not every day you see a Renault Dauphine - especially one on a custom chassis with Volkswagen MK4 Golf GTI parts, including a mid-mounted VR6 engine.It won’t be a shock if you’ve never even heard of the Renault Dauphine, like this one owned by Justin Cashmore of Simi Valley, California. It...
Here at FCP Euro, we get asked questions every day about common automotive maintenance. Some of the questions are relatively straightforward: "What's a coilover suspension? Who should run coilovers?" And we're happy to answer them. But sometimes, we get some really specific, controversial...
Just because you start a family doesn’t mean you must resort to a pedestrian minivan. Just look at what Tim Tranquill did with his 2014 Audi SQ5. The B8 SQ5 is a handsome SUV to start, but with a modest drop, wheels to fill the arches, and the right touches, it goes to supercharged and...