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Isn't it time you came clean with your VW? Why not take your favorite car from brown-bag stock to sleek and streamlined in minutes with a badgeless grille from ECS Tuning. These easy-to-install grilles come as complete kits. Whether a starting point or finishing touch, these grilles add a great look to any VW. An easy, quick way to give your car a completely different personality and a touch of attitude.

The belly pans provided for modern Volkswagens have always appeared to be under-engineered, out of place, cost-cutting parts. Many enthusiasts have chosen to run their cars without this protective cover entirely. This decision, however, ignores the unfortunate reality that the belly pan protects several critical engine and drivetrain components. ECS has a much more sensible solution – The Street Shield Skid Plate features corrosion resistant, air-ventilated, 5052 lightweight aluminum, with all hardware, offering complete engine undercarriage protection.

Developed by the most distinguished experts of this industry, the VAG Professional Scan Tool is one of the most powerful aftermarket tools available for VW & Audi vehicles. From simple trouble code reads/clears, service light resets, parking brake deactivation, recording live sensor data, all the way to providing live data graphing; The Schwaben VAG Professional Scan Tool does it all! Owning a Schwaben by Foxwell Scan Tool separates you from the average car enthusiast, empowering you with manufacturer-level diagnostic and analytic capabilities.

Keeping a vehicle nice is a year-round job, if you have to deal with cold weather and snow cleaning the outside of your vehicle in the winter is usually left to a drive thru car wash. The interior however will suffer from tracking in the elements and keeping the interior nice is important for your comfort.

Why settle for stock? ECS and Assembled by ECS Performance Parts are a special blend of drivetrain, intake, and brake upgrades designed to pick up where the factory left off. Each is designed to fine tune or enhance the performance of your MK5 Rabbit. The ECS Dogbone Mount Insert Kit provides a better and a more rigid connection between the transmission mount and the subframe, allowing for smoother shifts and better throttle response in minutes. Pick one as a weekend project. Call a pal and bolt one on.

Why settle for stock? ECS and Assembled by ECS Performance Parts are a special blend of drivetrain, intake, and brake upgrades designed to pick up where the factory left off. Each is designed to fine tune or enhance the performance of your MK5 Rabbit. The ECS Dogbone Mount Insert Kit provides a better and a more rigid connection between the transmission mount and the subframe, allowing for smoother shifts and better throttle response in minutes. Pick one as a weekend project. Call a pal and bolt one on.

You won't believe the difference an LED lighting package makes in your car until you see it with your own eyes. LED illumination is a far brighter and friendlier light, crisp and clean, especially when compared to the dingy yellow glow from conventional filament style bulbs. Now you can do a complete LED conversion using our Ziza LED Interior Lighting Kit. It contains all the LEDs needed for a total lighting upgrade. No need for guesswork or complicated ordering of individual bulbs.

Wheel studs remove the frustrating process of trying to line up your wheel and thread the bolts all at the same time. They also allow the use of varying length wheel spacers - a highly convenient feature for those that anticipate using different spacer size setups in the future. ECS Wheel Locks take the anxiety out of leaving your car alone with premium wheel security.

With the weather turning for the worst be prepared and protect your car. Unimpeded, road salt and snow wreak all sorts of havoc. ECS has a variety of items to ready your ride for the cold season. Whether it be textile snow chains to ensure safe travels in the worst of conditions, or ski/snowboard mounts to get your gear to the slopes, we have the goods to get you through the Winter.

Schwaben products are characterized by simple, clever designs. Their wheel storage solutions may be the best examples of these qualities. The Schwaben Wheel Tree holds up to 275lbs and allows you to safely stack your wheels without the risk of scuffing and scratching. Convenient locking casters allow you to easily move the whole set anywhere in your garage or shop at one time. And when saving floor space is the highest priority, the Schwaben Wall-Mounted Wheel Rack allows you to securely store up to four 8½" wide wheels and tires against the wall, away from your work space.

With the weather turning for the worst be prepared and protect your VW. Unimpeded, road salt and moisture wreak all sorts of havoc. They corrode metal components, and send electrical current scurrying down conductive paths the factory never dreamed of. Weather Protection Packages keep water, ice, dirt, and road salt out of your engine compartment and electrical wiring. The ECS Street Shield Skid Plate features corrosion resistant, 3/16" thick 5052 aluminum, with black zinc-coated steel hardware, offering complete engine undercarriage protection.

When it comes to your car the best way to begin modifying it is a nice set of wheels. Picking the right ones can prove to be a challenging process in achieving the look you desire, but what if you were able to have options? Right now ECS Tuning is bringing you those options with pricing you can justify and allowing you to shoe shop with confidence.

Schwaben & ECS offer an extensive line of standard & European specialty tools for your collection, as well as high quality items to help keep your car cleaner while getting work done and improve mobility for both you and your tools.

The German TUV (Technical Inspection Association) has determined that in several European countries the clearance between fender and tire must be adequate to accommodate snow chains when safety requires. In North America, where no such law exists, you have the option of restoring VW's original intention of providing a focused driver's machine by widening their stance, improving road-holding and performance aesthetics. Improve your stance appeal with an ECS spacers & appropriate-length bolts setup.

OEM strut mounts are known to wear within a very short lifespan, typically associated with annoying squeaks and groans. The ECS Tuning Performance Front Strut Mount offers significant performance to your vehicle's handling and long term durability. With the increased durometer over stock, the 75A durometer rubber strut mounts will better resist deflection and premature wear that commonly plagues the OE strut mounts. This is a must have if you are installing sport springs or coilovers!

Nothing improves the appearance of your vehicle like new headlights for your VW MK5 Rabbit. Whether you want European lighting, Angel Eyes, LEDs or US Spec Lighting, ECS Tuning has all the bases covered. Lighting, unlike most of the other bits on your exterior, is fairly easy to upgrade. Wheels and body kits can cost quite a bit of money and are hard to install on your own. These headlights will upgrade the look of your vehicle, while keeping it simple and some might even improve your nighttime lighting.

Get the best floor mats available for all-weather protection to endure the harshest conditions from WeatherTech and Genuine VW. Deep grooved mats hold anything that mother nature can throw at them. Snow, slush, dirt, and debris are hidden away and kept from underneath your feet. WeatherTech mats, available in tan, black, or gray complement virtually any interior color while preserving your interior to keep it looking new.

Horn blasts and sideswipe near misses during lane changes are scary stuff. If you're lucky, all you get is a massive dose of horn before swerving back to your own lane. Where did HE come from? Heated Blind Spot mirrors expand your rear vision area to include that guy shadowing your quarter panel. These are easy to install, look good, and make merging with traffic a non-contact sport.

Are you serious about looks and performance? Is your car always on the cutting edge of both? If you've answered yes to these questions, then our ECS Wheel Spacer Fitment Kit is for you. When you don't have time for second best, you've got to have the right tools. Eliminating all guesswork, this wheel spacer fitment kit will allow you to quickly and easily test multiple different thicknesses to get your wheels right where you want them. With a quick test fit, you'll have the right spacers the first time, every time.

Schwaben's Professional Spring Compressor Kit is a safe and efficient way to compress strut springs. This set is supplied with every thing you need to get the job done like a pro. Each jaw has safety lips to eliminate slip and is designed to fit the pitch of the spring to ensure maximum surface contact between the jaws and the spring. Interchangeable jaws are easily changed to correct size for the application. Maximum jaw opening is 300mm.

Get the best floor mats available for all-weather protection to endure the harshest conditions from WeatherTech and Genuine VW. Deep grooved mats hold anything that mother nature can throw at them. Snow, slush, dirt, and debris are hidden away and kept from underneath your feet. WeatherTech mats, available in tan, black, or gray complement virtually any interior color while preserving your interior to keep it looking new.

Swap wasted space for a brand new face. Install our bumper grille fog light kits in place of those dummy plastic factory grilles. Add great looks and improve lighting at the same time. These bumper grille kits come with all the good stuff: exact fit grilles with built-in fog light mounts, wiring harness with relay, crimp connectors and twist ties. Add parking lights with front fogs as well as rear fog options with the easy plug and play euro switch. Our installation PDF makes it fun and easy to do the job yourself.

If you've been putting off required maintenance on your car you surely shouldn't wait much longer. There are only a few more weeks left before the weather turns for the worse, leaving the DIY'er only a short window to get your vehicle back to maintenance standards before you're left out in the cold. At ECS Tuning we've assembled multiple kits of all the major services to help you avoid troublesome hang-ups and costly repairs. Most kits include additional components that should be replaced at same time of service to avoid doing the same repair twice.

First we have these in stock; then they're gone--again. That's because these smart looking tail lights add a touch of style to any color MK5. Direct fit assemblies, complete with sealing gaskets, mount easily with simple tools. Order soon, these go fast: better light than late.

Ideal for the Euro enthusiast enjoying an aggressive lowered ride height, Schwaben Low Profile 2 Ton Aluminum Floor Jack allows you to sneak under the ground-hugging rockers on your car. Constructed from lightweight aluminum, this exceptionally durable floor jack features a long and low profile curve for extended reach under the car. The specialty tool experts at Schwaben have designed this jack with a max lift height of 20" and a low height of just 3.25". Dual pump pistons raise the saddle to its maximum height in only 5 pump strokes with minimum effort.

Features of convenience and ease of use define this latest Schwaben Specialty Tools release. The Schwaben Telescoping Round/Rectangular Mirror offers an 9-1/2" to 29" extendable handle with a stainless steel shaft, plus a 2-1/4" mirror head mounted on a dual swivel for a full 360 degree rotation. The Schwaben Telescoping Magnet is rated to pick up 3.5 lbs. Its stainless steel shaft is 7" collapsed and 26" extended, while its powerful magnet is encased in a aluminum sleeve to help prevent side of magnet from sticking.

ECS has developed a series of Suspension Refresh Kits to repair or restore your MK5Rabbit & GTI suspension and steering. Whether your car suffers from battered ball joints, bashed bushings, or tired tie rod ends, we'll help you rein it in and head it in the right direction again. Three stages of front refresh kits are available - pick the kit that best suits your particular needs. Steering feel and handling are not only restored with these comprehensive kits - you'll notice a significant improvement over the original factory handling dynamics.

Schwaben has just released new additions to their ever expanding tool catalog that continue in the superbly engineered fashion as their older tools. Schwaben has added a 4pc Extension Set, 4pc Plier Set, 15pc Deep Impact Socket Set, and an 8pc Long Torx Socket set – all are sure to become your go-to tools when you’re working on your European vehicle. All come with that great Schwaben quality that you've come to know and expect.

Make night time, the right time. Let your MK5 look great after hours with new LED lighting upgrades from Ziza. Light a little; light a lot. Choose individual zone lighting changes at glove box, trunk, license plate, dome, door and vanity mirrors. Or grab our complete interior lighting package and banish dirty yellow light from your interior, once and for all. These LEDs are as easy to install as standard bulbs. Their improved illumination and upscale look will be a welcome addition to any interior. Each kit has its detailed photo tutorial to make light work of your installation.

Fresh coolant is paramount to safe & reliable engine operation. Unfortunately, the process of bleeding air out of your cooling system during a coolant refresh is tedious and therefore often neglected. ECS offers a highly convenient solution to the tedium & frustration associated with a coolant servicing – the Schwaben Coolant Evacuation Kit. The unique kit resolves several common cooling system issues: - No heat or overheating, or erratic temperature gauge readings after a cooling system service - Problems with coolant uptake or circulation - Cooling system leaks