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TRQ suspension kits are manufactured using premium raw materials and coatings for extended service life. Each TRQ suspension component is designed to be a direct, maintenance-free replacement to the stock unit. To extend the life of your steering and suspension components, TRQ recommends replacing components in pairs, sets, or kits. All products are fit and road-tested in our Massachusetts R&D facility to ensure we deliver on our promise of Trusted Reliable Quality.
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This part fits
9 vehicles spanning 2006-2016.
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Make
Model
Description
2006-2013
Audi
A3
Audi A3 Front without Sport Suspension 6 Piece Steering & Suspension Kit TRQ PSA64812
2006-2013
Audi
A3 Quattro
Audi A3 Quattro Front without Sport Suspension 6 Piece Steering & Suspension Kit TRQ PSA64812
2007-2016
Volkswagen
Eos
VW Eos Front 6 Piece Steering & Suspension Kit TRQ PSA64812
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How to Replace Front Control Arms 2006-13 Volkswagen GTI
How to Replace Ball Joints 2006-14 Volkswagen GTI
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Tools used
Socket Extensions
Torque Wrench
16mm Socket
17mm Socket
Jack Stands
18mm Socket
Ratchet
Floor Jack
1. Removing the Wheel
Loosen the lug nut covers with the supplied lug nut tool
Loosen the 17mm lug nuts with the vehicle on the ground
Raise the vehicle with a floor jack
Secure the vehicle on jack stands
Remove the lug nuts
Pull off the wheel
2. Removing the Control Arm
Remove the two 16mm bolts from the control arm
Remove the 18mm bolt from the control arm
Remove the three 16mm bolts from the ball joint
Place a lug nut on a ball joint stud
Remove the 18mm bolt from the control arm
Pry down the control arm from the ball joint
3. Installing the Control Arm
Insert the control arm into place
Tighten the front 18mm bolt to the control arm
Tighten the 16mm bolts to the control arm
Tighten the 18mm bolt to the control arm
Tighten the three 16mm bolts to the ball joint
Torque the front 18mm bolt to 70 Newton meters
Torque the 16mm ball joint nuts to 16 newton meters
4. Reattaching the Wheel
Slide the wheel into place
Start the lug nuts by hand
Tighten the lug nuts preliminarily
Lower the vehicle to the ground
Tighten the lug nuts to 120 Newton meters in a crossing or star pattern
Tighten the lug nut covers
Hi, I’m Mike from 1A Auto. We’ve been selling auto parts for over 30 years!
All right, we're going to take the tire off. On most Volkswagens there's little caps that go over these lugs and the caps you're going to need the tool from the spare tire kit. You'll put in and grab, it's like a hook, and you'll pull the cap off. But this vehicle does not have those on currently. We're just going to loosen up the lugs with a 17mm socket and a breaker bar. One at a time, just a little bit. Raising and jacking this vehicle.
You're not going to want to use a jack or jack stands on here, on the control arms or on this aluminum, because you may break the aluminum over there. Some places you can jack up from is over here where the pinch weld is. On this Volkswagen you can see there is specific spots where you're supposed to jack the vehicle or support the vehicle. These little arrows indicate that and right on the pinch weld is the strongest part for jacking and supporting. The same over here, this side. There's a little arrow pointing down. This one looks like it got smashed a little bit.
We're going to take off the lugs. Volkswagen has lug bolts not lug nuts or lug studs. We need to be careful in pulling off the wheel. And then you grab the wheel. It comes right down.
We're going to take off these lower control arm bolts, these two with our 16mm. We're going to use a socket, a 16mm socket and extension and a ratchet. On this bolt, I'm going to take out an 18mm and use a socket and extension and a ratchet. All right, next we're going to separate the ball joint from the control arm. We're going to use a 16mm deep socket and extension and a ratchet. Next, we're going to take this bolt out with an 18mm. I'm going to use a socket and a ratchet. I am going to put one nut here so that the control arm doesn't fall while I'm loosening this last bolt. Now I'm going to use a pry bar to go in between here to separate the control arm from the body. And I'll pull that nut back out. Pull the control arm down.
Here's your old control arm. Here's your new control arm from 1AAuto.com. As you can see, the actual design of it is very similar. There is some differences. This actually looks a little more solid than this—less likely to bend. It does comes with new nuts, as you can see. But the overall design looks very similar and it is machined the same.
Now I'm going to reinstall our control arm. I'm going to start with the front bolt. Put the nuts on. I'm going to put our other control arm bolt in. You may have to move the control arm a little bit to get the holes to line up. And I'm going to use the socket and extension, 16mm, and a ratchet. This front bolt, we're going to want to torque to 70 newton meters and it clicks. All right, we're going to use a torque wrench and these nuts are to be torqued to 16 newton meters.
Now I'm going to install the tire. Line up with the holes and hold and we'll use our 17mm socket to put our lug studs on or lug bolts, whatever you want to call it. Put our center cap on. Now we're going to torque the lug studs to 120 newton meters in a star pattern. When you do it in a star pattern, it makes the wheel go flush to the brake rotor properly.
Whenever you change front-end components or remove front-end components and reinstall, you always want to go to a local garage and have an alignment performed, because you are going to change the geometry of the wheel and tire going down the road. And you do not want premature wear on your tires, so you want to make sure you do that and you'll be all set.
Thanks for watching. Visit us at 1AAuto.com for quality auto parts, fast and free shipping, and the best customer service in the industry.
Tools used
Socket Extensions
Flat Blade Screwdriver
Torque Wrench
Phillips Head Screwdriver
Pry Bar
16mm Socket
17mm Socket
18mm Socket
Ratchet
1. Removing the Wheel
Loosen the lug nut covers with the supplied lug nut tool
Loosen the 17mm lug nuts with the vehicle on the ground
Raise the vehicle with a floor jack
Secure the vehicle on jack stands
Remove the lug nuts
Pull off the wheel
2. Removing the Ball Joint
Remove the three 16mm bolts from the ball joint
Loosen the upper nut with an 18mm box wrench
If the stud keeps spinning, hold the base with locking pliers
Remove the nut
Lower the control arm and remove the ball joint
3. Installing the Ball Joint
Insert the ball joint into place
Tighten the 18mm nut by hand
Tighten the 18mm nut with a box wrench
Tighten the three 16mm bolts
Torque the 16mm nuts to 16 newton meters
4. Reattaching the Wheel
Slide the wheel into place
Start the lug nuts by hand
Tighten the lug nuts preliminarily
Lower the vehicle to the ground
Tighten the lug nuts to 120 Newton meters in a crossing or star pattern
Tighten the lug nut covers
Hi, I’m Mike from 1A Auto. We’ve been selling auto parts for over 30 years!
All right, so we're going to take the tire off. On most Volkswagens there's little caps that go over these lugs. And the caps, you're going to need the tool from the spare tire kit. You will put in and grab, it's like a hook, and you'll pull the cap out. But this vehicle does not have those on currently. So we're just going to loosen up the lugs with a 17mm socket and a breaker bar. One at a time, just a little bit.
The reason I'm jacking this vehicle, you're not going to want to use a jack or jack stands on here on the control arms or on this aluminum because you may break the aluminum. Or there. Some places you can jack up from, just over here where the pinch weld is. On this Volkswagen you can see there is specific spots where you're supposed to jack the vehicle or support the vehicle. These little arrows indicate that. And right on the pinch weld is the strongest part to be jacking and supporting. Same over here. This side. This little arrow pointing down. This one looks like it got smashed a little bit.
So we're going to take off the lugs. Volkswagen has lug bolts, not lug nuts, or lug studs. So you need to be careful when pulling off the wheel. Then you grab the wheel and set it down. Next, we're going to separate the ball joint from the control arm. We're going to use the 16mm deep socket and the extension and a ratchet. All right, we're going to loosen up the upper ball joint nut. It's an 18MM wrench. Now we're going to use a pry bar. Try to separate the ball joint from the knuckle.
If you're struggling, sometimes a fork will help get the ball joint out, especially if you're not going to reuse it, because it will probably mess up the rubber boot. So, because the ball joint, if you can see the whole stud is spinning, we're going to need to use some locking pliers at the base, to hold it. And that's loose enough. Should be able to do it with your fingers. It came out. And then pull the lower control arm, and we can pull it out.
This is our old part, this is our new part from 1Aauto.com. As you can see it comes with the nut. There is this cover that covers the boot, that's just to protect it during shipping. You want to make sure you take that off, otherwise you're going to have a very hard time getting this on. But as you can see, they look similar. They have the same studs. And there is an additional Allen. The old one has it too. If you were struggling to take the nut off like we were you can use an Allen. You will have to take the axle out to get access to this, but that would make it easier if you were in a jam like we were.
Take our ball joint and line the stud up. We're going to take our 18mm nut, get it started. Tighten it up with our 18mm wrench. If this stud ends up spinning, take notice while you're tightening it up, you can put a jack underneath the ball and push up on it, and that will put pressure on it so that it will stay locked and be easier to tighten. In this case, ours did not spin so we were good. Put the nuts on. We're going to use a torque wrench and these nuts have to be torqued.
Now we're going to install the tire. Line it up with the holes and hold it, and we'll use our 17mm socket to put our lug studs on. Or lug bolts. Whatever you want to call it. Put our center cap on. Now we're going to torque the lug studs to 120 newton meters, in a star pattern. When you do it in a star pattern it makes the wheel go flush to the brake rotor properly.
Whenever you change front end components or remove front end components and reinstall them, you always want to go to a local garage and have an alignment performed, because you are going to change the geometry of the wheel and tire going down the road, and you do not want premature wear on your tires. So you want to make sure you do that, and you'll be all set.
Thanks for watching. Visit us at 1AAuto.com for quality auto parts, fast and free shipping, and the best customer service in the industry.
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★★★★★February 14, 2023
Part fits! (Replacement is stupid hard on driver's side for TDI)
Perfect fit for 2012 VW Jetta TDI. The ball joints and passengers side control arm were pretty simple. But the drivers side is terrible! No clearance for last bolt removal. (I removed the dog bone stabilizing the engine then used the screw jack to move the transmission pan out of the way. I only needed another 1/8" when I finally gave up cause I had so much force on it I was afraid I might break something. Pinned it all back together and my alignment shop charged me $160 to cut out the bolt, put in the drivers side arm in and align everything.) But the car drives great now!!!
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WARNING: This product can expose you to chemicals including Lead and Lead Compounds, which are known to the State of California to cause cancer, and birth defects or other reproductive harm. For more information, go to www.P65Warnings.ca.gov.
