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Our ECS Tuning replacement harness connectors include all of the necessary pins and wire seals for a complete harness repair. Whether you have broken harness connector or a you need a complete wiring repair, ECS has you covered with the correct parts you need at a price that is affordable compared to OEM. Each connector includes an additional terminal just in case one becomes lost or damaged during your install process. Please reference original part number from existing connector to confirm fitment, prior to ordering

Working on your own car is fun, but that degree of fun depends on how easy you make that work for yourself. With the right tools, you arm yourself with the ability to tackle whatever job is in front of you with ease and confidence. We created Schwaben Tools & carry numerous other tool brands specifically for enthusiasts like you so you'll never need to worry about doing something the wrong way. We have more than just the average hand tools, too. ECS Tool of the Week highlights specialty tools and equipment designed to help you complete any job your European car might require. From lifting equipment and garage organization to fluid service tools and specialty sockets and more, each ECS Tool of the Week will show you just what you need to handle DIYs that require more than the basic set of wrenches and sockets.

For many, driving a stick shift is more than just a rite of passage: it represents an understanding that some things are just better left to the driver and an unwillingness to relinquish any control over the driving experience. We feel the most connected to our cars when we change gears, so the first place to make that connection even stronger is right there on the shifter.  Our brand new Weighted Shift Knobs for your Audi or VW manual transmission are designed with the sentiments of connection, engagement, and satisfaction placed at the forefront of their development.

ECS decided that just because your car doesn't have a third pedal you shouldn't have to be stuck with the factory shift knob. This shift knob is made of forged carbon to give it a unique look compared to the other non three pedal shift knobs on the market. Installation is simple and utilizes set screws so you can maintain your factory shifter release mechanism. Instead of pressing the button on the factory knob you lift up on the collar on the bottom of the knob to put the vehicle into gear. For installation you simply to remove your shift surround and remove the old shift knob then use the supplied pieces in the kit to maintain your shift release mechanism functionality.

ECS Tuning is proud to offer an upgrade to not only enhance your driving experience but also to add a sporty appearance to your interior. Our engineers worked meticulously to create an exact-fit and easy to install extension for the OEM paddle shifters that increases the size of the paddle without compromising feel and operation. Made of a rigid injection molded polymer, our paddle shifter extensions are offered in flat black, satin chrome, or gloss black to perfectly compliment your Volkswagen's interior with an OE+ feel. ECS Tuning's paddle shifter extensions simply adhere to the factory paddle shifters for a quick and straight forward upgrade to your interior.

APR Ignition Coils are designed to be a direct plug-&-play upgrade to factory coils, & provide greater energy output, ensuring a stronger & more consistent spark. The commonplace replacement of factory ignition coils with those taken from higher output Audi RS models, such as the 2.5T, is popularly believed to provide greater energy output. However, testing proves that they are no more powerful than the factory coils that are found on 1.8T and 2.0T engines. APR Ignition Coils increase energy output by 10%. They are a direct upgrade or replacement, & come with the coveted red housing.

HPA Motorsports provides no-compromise, proven, and tested performance parts for your VW or Audi. With their roots in building competitive cars for track use, HPA continuously develops parts for their race applications in-house in their CNC shop and provide their tested components to you to improve the driving dynamics of your European performance car.

Our ECS Tuning in-house engineered billet aluminum shift knobs have been carefully designed and tested to bring you one of the highest quality and greatest interior enhancements available. Our shift knobs will enhance the shifting experience and pairs extremely well with our short shift kits to give a full shifter makeover! OEM shift knobs have an average weight of 95g; the substantially heavier weight of our ECS Tuning shift knob will smooth out shifts resulting in faster engagement and a much better feel.

Simple, cost-effective, and quite enjoyable all describe our new Muffler Delete Kit for your Jetta 1.4T. Give your MK7 Jetta the exhaust note it deserves with our straight-through design that eliminates the heavy and restrictive factory muffler and replaces it with our high-flowing unit for a more aggressive tone.

The MK7.5 GTI brings edgier style to the already angular design language of this generation, but there is still room for improvement. Our new Gloss Black Rear Diffuser lets you add an even more aggressive element to your hot hatchback with an attractive, yet affordable, visual upgrade designed right here at ECS for the perfect look you’ve been chasing.

Finally, a visual upgrade for your MK7.5 Golf R that helps accentuate its underlying performance. The new ECS Gloss Black Rear Diffuser adds a motorsport-inspired element to the rear of your hot hatchback for a dramatic change in attitude. This in-house designed diffuser directly replaces the OE diffuser with perfect fitment for seamless integration. Give your MK7.5 Golf R the aggressive improvement it deserves with our new diffuser designed for any budget.

Remember the days of old fighting games when you�d hit the ol� Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start combo for a bunch of extra lives so you could beat the game stress-free? Sometimes, that�s more fun than doing it on hard-mode. Why work harder when you can work smarter? That�s what we did. We're ready to help one of you lucky enthusiasts unlock a real-life cheat code: this BMW F22 M240i 6spd powered by the already legendary B58 paired with an M Performance LSD. See the full build list we threw at this car below!

Designed and engineered by our in-house engineering team to fit directly on your factory front bumper, our lip will provide a much more aggressive visual appeal and the appearance of a much lower ride height. An exclusive design only available through ECS Tuning, this front lip spoiler will be sure to catch attention and turn heads.

Our brand-new in-house designed Gloss Black Rear Diffuser for your MK7 Golf R is here to make your hot hatch look even hotter. Grace the rear bumper with a high-quality accent that draws attention to the underlying performance potential in your European hatchback.

Raise the level of style on your VW MK7 GTI (2015 - 2017) with our in-house designed and engineered Front Lip Spoiler. Designed and engineered by our in-house engineering team to fit directly on your factory front bumper, our lip will provide a much more aggressive visual appeal and the appearance of a much lower ride height. An exclusive design only available through ECS Tuning, this front lip spoiler will be sure to catch attention and turn heads.

For vehicles with factory direct tire pressure monitoring sensors only The Foxwell TPMS sensor integrates 315MHz and 433MHz dual frequency and can replace more than 96% of the OEM sensors on the market. Sensors can easily be activated and programmed by any TPMS tool on the market.

The factory rear subframes in the VW MK5, MK6, and MK7 are perfectly capable of withstanding everyday commutes but are woefully ill-prepared to handle beefier sway bars, stiffer suspension components, and aggressive driving. We found a sturdier solution: With the ECS Rear Subframe Brace you can reinforce the subframe at the sway mounting points to ensure the added pressures of hard driving and stiffer components will be deflected through our brace rather than deflecting the rear subframe.

Purchased 650 miles away from home while vacationing in S.C. by our VW Project Coordinator's father, it was one of the first Limestone Gray Metallic MK7 Golf R's available (it is #342 of 1,767 units built in 2015). Immediately after returning home it received a full detail, oil change and ceramic coating. This exact vehicle helped bring life to the many ECS products for the MK7 R community. It is as showroom-ready as a MK7 R can get, having only 9,600 miles on it as of October 2021. It gets out only for car shows and drag races, having gone a best time of 11.71 @ 116.45mp (1.72 60').

It’s time for a change. Your MK7/MK7.5 GTI or R needs a new look. Our brand new Gloss Black Rear Hatch Spoiler Extension is a perfect improvement. This sporty visual upgrade gives your rear end a more weighted appearance and helps set your hot-hatchback apart from the rest of those commuters on the road. Use it to pair with other motorsport-inspired exterior changes or make this the start of your overall build.

Upgrade the exterior styling on your VW MK7.5 Golf R with our ECS Tuning In-House designed and engineered Carbon Fiber Rear Diffuser. An exclusive design only available through ECS Tuning, our rear diffuser will be sure to catch attention and turn heads! Featuring a deep profile, an aggressive vein design and extending the entire width of the rear bumper to maximize it's aggressive appearance, it will be sure to turn heads! Make a bold statement and let your VW stand out with our Carbon Fiber Diffuser!

Give your MK7 Golf R the cornering control it needs to handle everything from a tough track day to a hard back-road blast with the new ECS Tuning Sway Bar and End Link upgrade kits! Designed to replace your factory setup with beefier sway bars, adjustable end links, and stiffer bushings, these kits will improve your cornering by reducing body roll which means your tires can spend more time gripping and less time slipping.

Give your MK7 FWD the cornering control it needs to handle everything from a tough track day to a hard back-road blast with the new ECS Tuning Sway Bar and End Link upgrade kits! Designed to replace your factory setup with beefier sway bars, adjustable end links, and stiffer bushings, these kits will improve your cornering by reducing body roll which means your tires can spend more time gripping and less time slipping.

ECS"s Racewagen! Known for its trip across South America, then transformed into a track car, this MK7 GTI has been around the world. Literally. After completing the build on this GTI, which included a custom cage, rear bucket seat conversion, and MK7.5 E-Golf front end swap, this dedicated race car now lives on the track where it demonstrates the incredible performance potential of the platform with the help of upgrades developed right here at ECS along with a host of our favorite partners like H&R, StopTech, HAWK, CSF, and more. Find everything we've done to this GTI right here!

After turning my MK5 R32 into purely a summer/weekend car I needed a new daily. Lucky for me the newest chassis of Jetta had just landed and touted 45mpg! Knowing ECS would take an interest I decided to buy it hoping I'd get some goodies. Boy was I right. ECS outfitted Rhonda with their full carbon kit (wing, diffuser, front lip, fog flares) along with installing a set of Solo-werks S1 coils and Borla's dual-quad tipped exhaust specifically designed to fit ECS's diffuser. Then I threw some Rotiform LAS-R's on her and boom that's one good-looking daily!

With a high-strung S54 inline six under the hood, a manual 6-speed transmission, LSD rear end, and competent suspension, the E46 M3 is a great platform out of the box. That isn’t to say it can’t be improved, however, which is exactly what we did. Below, we’ve listed everything we upgraded on the M3 before it was delivered to the lucky new owner who is surely enjoying our tasteful upgrades provided by our partners that help bring out the full potential of this incredible machine.

Are you ready to get behind the wheel of a brand-new MK 7.5 GTI? Every $50 spent* on ECSTuning.com is an automatic entry to win the chance to take home a heavily modified GTI. We partnered with excellent vendors like StopTech, Racingline, LIQUI MOLY, and more to make this GTI truly special for the lucky winner. Nearly every corner of this hatchback has been extensively upgraded to perform better than any other GTI on the street and catch more attention with its striking stance and livery. Don't miss out on your chance to be the lucky owner of this MK 7.5 GTI! *See official rules

This is the Audi 8V A3 we gave away with the help of Bilstein, LIQUI MOLY, Rotiform, Milltek Sport, and so many other lovely partners who helped us create the ultimate version of the platform. Find everything we added to make this A3 incredible right here to take inspiration from our build and apply it to yours!

The MK7 Golf R sports a Haldex AWD system and more robust version of the 2.0T found in the GTI to produce more power and astonishing handling characteristics. Naturally, we've given our MK7 Golf R project tons of goodies we develop right here in-house to make it even more impressive. Our Golf R features ECS touches inside and out, from visual to performance upgrades, that you can add to your own MK7 R. Find everything we've developed on this car right here for your next upgrade ideas to make your Golf R exactly the way you want.

The MK7 GTI took the VW community by storm and improved upon the well-loved MK6 in all the right ways. Our MK7 GTI that we use to develop all the parts you've come to love features everything from exterior and interior visual improvements to our latest Fabricated Aluminum Intake Manifold, a big turbo, custom tune, our ECS coilovers, Tekniform wheels, and much, much more. If you're looking to build a killer MK7 GTI, everything you need to transform it inside and out is right here in the list of upgrades we've performed on our own MK7 GTI.