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ECS Tuning now offers an online returns solution! To get started, simply log into your ECS Tuning account, Click the "View Orders" button on the homepage and select the order that you wish to make a return on to begin! You have a choice of using a prepaid return label for convenience, or you may choose to return it using your own return label. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to our Customer Service Team for assistance!

We've heard your requests loud and clear. ECS has resumed our local pickup option for our customers. How it works? Simple! Contact our sales team by phone or live chat to place your order so that we can confirm product fitment, availability, and more. Once your order is ready for pick up you will receive an email with the pick up time and location. Customer parking is up front. Just walk in to our front lobby and use the phone to let us know you're here.

While forest critters are gathering seeds before a long hibernation, Audi owners who keep their cars on or off the road have to make their own preparations. Detailing your car before you put it away, or before it sees salt and snow, is just an important first step. Coolant service, Jump packs, Battery Tenders, and even travel mugs are a Audi owner's best friends as the cold months approach. Don't neglect your Audi or yourself this winter!

If you have a VW and are producing more power, or want to, an important factor to consider is your spark. With B9 S4 or 8v RS3 Ignition Coils, you can be sure these will fire under high HP and high boost. The importance of keeping up with your power output is paramount in upgrading your ignition coils. These coils are designed to spark with high enough energy to fire the spark plug in engines producing upwards of 400BHP with extreme boost pressure. If you are looking for the perfect way to keep power where it should be in your VW, this is it!

Today's modern cars were made with complex tools that only dealerships have on hand. This forces one to take their vehicle to a dealer in order to get routine service. With these tool sets from Schwaben, you can do this service yourself. With Schwaben's wiper arm extractor kit, you won't have to insert a pry bar between your windshield and the arm and try to painfully remove them! Simply slide the tool around the base of the wiper arm, tighten the adjuster and remove the arm.

Let's face it, sometimes life gets ahead of us and we let our cars become disorganized and cluttered. Change, receipts, and other clutter fill up our cupholders and center consoles. If this happens to you, don't worry, we're here to help add a bit more order to your interior. Our new storage tray for your VW MK7 offers compartments of varying sizes for you to easily index the contents of your center console and stop living with a big random box of all the stuff you forgot.

Do your stock wheels look sucked in? The ECS Tuning Flush Kit was researched and assembled to bring your OEM 17" Trenton or Tornado wheels out for the best fitment and look. This kit will give your car the flush look it was missing from the factory and gives optimal fitment for vehicles lowered with aftermarket spring setups. This kit provides the necessary hub-centric wheel spacers and lug bolts to bring your stock wheels even with the fenders, providing the "flush" look.

Today's modern engines were made with complex tools that only dealerships seem to have on hand. This forces one to take their vehicle to a dealer in order to get routine service. With these new tools from Schwaben, you can do this service yourself. Whether you need to do up your brake calipers, remove lug bolts and trim, ignition coils, or tighten your timing belt, Schwaben has the tool for the job.

When it comes to doing a job on your car there's nothing like having the right tools for the job. That's why Schwaben wanted to offer some essentials at a price just right to begin your summertime projects.

All too often OEM components sacrifice performance in an effort to appeal to a wide variety of customers. While an enthusiast typically wants better boost response and more power, all while hearing the turbocharger breathe, a non-enthusiast may give up these characteristics for a quieter ride. Give your 1.8T/2.0T Gen3 equipped VW MK7 Golf, Alltrack, GTI, Golf R, Atlas, Tiguan or Audi 8v A3/S3, MK3 TT the performance it deserves and engage with your car for a more enjoyable driving experience!

Add push button convenience; raise your rear hatch effortlessly. The ECS Tuning Hatch Pop Kit makes it easy to open your rear hatch, whether your arms are full of groceries or golf bags. Just push the hatch release button on your key fob, and stronger-than-stock lift struts raise the hatch for you, automatically. You'll be pleasantly surprised at how easy it is to add this great convenience. No frills, no black magic, just simple engineering.

Do drivers and pedestrians ignore your wimpy horns on your MK7/MK7.5 GTI or Alltrack? Tired of the soft sounds and wimpy tone that left the factory? We had the same concerns with the OEM VW horns and decided it was time for an upgrade! Introducing our in-house designed and engineered Supertone Horn Kit, made specifically for 2015+ Volkswagen GTI and Alltrack. These massive dual tone Hella Supertone horns will allow everyone on a city block know that you are upset at that less-than-stellar driver in front of you while adding attractive styling to your VW!

We've all been in that helpless position when your car dies and there's no one around to help. What if you had a tool to remedy being stranded with a dead battery? Something so small it fits in your glovebox. The Schwaben Micro Jump Start Kit is the remedy, the days of looking for cable and another car to jump from are over. As a bonus, it even works as a phone charger for those days where both your car and phone are both drained. Jumping Independently

Clinched offers universal fitment overfenders, hardware, and more for your vehicle! With fitments for just about anything out there, the problem of finding an affordable way to go wide with a quality product you can trust disappears. Classic and 'New School' style overfenders are available to give your car the perfect look and stuff wider wheels with a more aggressive offset under your now beefier wheel arches! Don't be the only car rocking factory wheel arches this year: grab Clinched universal fitment flares to bring your car a wider stance and head turning style.

The 034Motorsport Turbo Muffler Delete is a bolt in replacement for the OEM turbo muffler. The OEM piece is designed to reduce the level of sound generated by the turbocharger. The 034Motorsport Turbo Muffler Delete replaces the internal baffles of the OEM part with a sealed, smooth-walled, machined billet design, allowing the driving enthusiast to hear more of those wonderful turbo sounds.

It's time to take the guesswork out of car repairs. Our powerful scan tools help create a map to the issue at hand. Schwaben by Foxwell has an assortment of brand specific tools that all have the ability to read both brand specific trouble codes and general OBD for all other OBDII vehicles. The next step up is our tablet, this isn't only for shops at this price, it's perfect for the multi-brand owner or side mechanic. Our scan tools give you the power to know what's going on before going to the shop or DIY.

Bilstein has long been the trusted suspension choice for VW owners everywhere, but their popularity can make them hard to find in-stock. When you need to replace your shocks and struts in your VW, you will want to make sure the car rides great again as soon as possible. Bilstein is now back in stock for your BMW so you don’t have to wait for the best ride quality out there. Bring back your VW’s incredible handling and driving feel with Bilstein performance suspension components.

The MK7 benefits from incredible tuning potential that we naturally want to maximize. That's why we developed these new Performance Air Intake Scoops to integrate into your grille and direct more air to your intake. Even if you aren't totally power hungry, the Performance Air Scoops are a turbocharged engine's best friend, regardless of modification plans. These attractive black or red scoops hide behind your grille for the perfect addition to the already aggressive front end of your MK7 and provide an invaluable increase to your car's respiratory abilities.

The APR Cat-back Exhaust System personalizes your vehicle’s looks, sound and performance. Beautifully hand-crafted 304-stainless-steel components adorn the system with stunning TIG-welding throughout. Their straight-through satin-finished mufflers are configurable to your desire, smoothing the exhaust note to a deep growl, without adding restrictions, rasp or drone. Strong, high-quality bracketry and OEM-style clamps hold the system steadily in place, making the install or removal a snap, and fitment simple, yet precise.

EBC Brakes are made in Bristol, England, and have been designed to accommodate the needs of daily drivers to track day enthusiasts. They've created a color-coded lineup of exceptional brake pad offerings for your Mercedes, expanding upon ECS's already stellar catalog of performance upgrade options. Ultimax Premium Brake Pads are intended as a better alternative to expensive OEM replacements. A high performance street pad, featuring Kevlar technology, RedStuff Performance brake pads from EBC are for those that privilege brake bite & power over dust reduction and NVH reduction.

You need to park in the bad part of town? Take the anxiety out of leaving your car alone with ECS Tuning Conical & Ball Seat Wheel Lock Kits. Factory length OEM wheel locks will not support ANY size wheel spacer - ECS recognized this and created Locking Wheel Bolt Kits in several lengths for compatibility with a wide range of wheel spacer sizes. Wheels can set off your entire vehicle's appearance - we know that's why you invest so much in them to begin with. It's wisest to go the whole way and provide for yourself some genuine peace of mind with a premium security measure.

EBC Brakes are made in Bristol, England, and have been designed to accommodate the needs of daily drivers to track day enthusiasts. They've created a color-coded lineup of exceptional brake pad offerings for your Mercedes, expanding upon ECS's already stellar catalog of performance upgrade options. Ultimax Premium Brake Pads are intended as a better alternative to expensive OEM replacements. A high performance street pad, featuring Kevlar technology, RedStuff Performance brake pads from EBC are for those that privilege brake bite & power over dust reduction and NVH reduction.

Ideal for the Euro enthusiast enjoying an aggressive lowered ride height, the 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.

Make sure your plugs are firing at voltage levels that ensure optimal combustion and peak performance. If your old coils are tired and unable to do the job, an ignition service kit from ECS Tuning will put some zap in the gap when you need it most. Our ignition service kits are easy to install and come with everything you need to restore secondary ignition efficiency firing at voltage levels sure to get the most from each and every power stroke.

Raise the level of style on your Volkswagen MK7 GTI with the ECS Tuning Carbon Fiber Front Bumper Grille Flares. This quality addition was engineered and designed in-house to fit directly to your factory front bumper cover, with no modifications required. These were designed to provide the vehicle with a more aggressive look by accentuating the area around the inlet grilles, providing a bold, aggressive styling similar to that of the VW R400 Concept Car. An exclusive design only available through ECS Tuning, these will be sure to catch attention and turn heads.

Just as the Europeans have finally added useful cupholders to their cars, we've added another indispensable item to our everyday arsenal: the cell phone. This problem is especially noticeable in VWs, and it's hard to find a safe, secure spot to keep our cell phones within easy reach. These secure mounts from Rennline attach securely without damaging your interior trim, and are made with key components in metal to promote durability.

Milltek's Audi offerings exude the engineering rigor and attention to detail that come from experience developing prototype exhaust designs in highly demanding circumstances for race teams throughout the world. Every single Milltek product offering is designed and manufactured in-house in the UK. Milltek tests each system on their own Dynamometer through many miles of subjective analysis, fine tuning each component of each system for its specific application. Milltek's collaboration with ECS Tuning allows unprecedented access to these exceptional performance exhaust systems.

If you are a performance-minded enthusiast looking to save weight wherever possible or just want a set of very high-quality wheel bolts that won't rust, ECS Titanium Wheel Bolts are exactly what you need. ECS Titanium Wheel Bolts are 50% lighter than steel bolts of the same size, thus reducing rotational mass on the vehicle. They are CNC'd from annealed titanium alloy and when tested to class 10.9 fastener proof load requirements, they showed no signs of fatigue or failure.

If you've recently unlocked your MK7 Golf R's center console then you know how wonderful it is to finally have a place for storing your loose items. However, the factory console is very deep and does not provide any organization for loose change, pens or pencils or a flashlight. We quickly discovered this issue after developing our in-house designed and engineered "MK7 Golf R Center Console Access Kit." The console tray features four varying size compartments to isolate items from contact and maintains a neat, organized storage solution.

Bolt on the ability to make big power while retaining your current intake, downpipe, and intercooler with this IS38 turbo kit! We're offing brand new IS38 turbos from the Golf R and S3 along with all necessary hardware and pre-installed components to give your GTI or A3 the legendary power of the Golf R and S3! ECU tuning is required to utilize this upgrade and ECS recommends APR's IS38 software upgrade which makes up to an asphalt pounding 386 horsepower and 403 ft/lbs of torque on 93 octane pump gas depending on accompanying mods! The perfect pairing for huge gains!