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All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: Lewo on February 19, 2016, 11:42:00 am

Title: Anyone used AMD for cambelt change?
Post by: Lewo on February 19, 2016, 11:42:00 am
Thanks to richtung on other thread AMD have come out at least £100 cheaper than other places more local to me so it looks like it's a done deal unless people have had a bad cambelt experience with them?
Title: Re: Anyone used AMD for cambelt change?
Post by: FJ1000 on February 19, 2016, 11:50:10 am
Thanks to richtung on other thread AMD have come out at least £100 cheaper than other places more local to me so it looks like it's a done deal unless people have had a bad cambelt experience with them?

Not a bad cambelt experience, but on my RS they changed the clutch and left the subframe bolts not properly torqued up. They also fitted KW coilovers and left the dampers all on different settings. Both bits of work were done a couple of years ago by the last owner of the car.

Way back probably 10 years ago, on my Mk4 Golf GTi, they fitted a milltek exhaust but it was fitted really close to the underbody of the car so that it'd touch when it heated up (the bend in the exhaust meant the exhaust moved till it touched) causing a lot of noise in the cabin. Had it refitted by milltek themselves and it was fine.

I'm not going back.
Title: Re: Anyone used AMD for cambelt change?
Post by: fazi123 on February 19, 2016, 12:42:33 pm
Yes I have. I've always used them for all my servicing. I've never had an issue with them, but my cars are always standard.

I cant comment on their quality of aftermarket stuff but their workshop always has lovely (well modified) cars in there!

I forgot to add that this was at AMD Essex - near the Ikea at Lakeside..
Title: Re: Anyone used AMD for cambelt change?
Post by: Lewo on February 19, 2016, 05:46:35 pm
Yes AMD at Lakeside.
So that's 1-1 so far then......
Hopefully some more positives will come along!
Title: Re: Anyone used AMD for cambelt change?
Post by: Rob1 on February 19, 2016, 06:19:07 pm
I also used AMD Essex about three weeks ago also for servicing, all,seemed OK
Title: Re: Anyone used AMD for cambelt change?
Post by: welikeaps on February 20, 2016, 10:47:54 am
was about to post this same question as they are cheaper than vw and my local audi/skoda doesn't service vws.
Title: Re: Anyone used AMD for cambelt change?
Post by: FJ1000 on February 20, 2016, 11:09:56 am
If any of you guys are around surrey/south London then I highly recommend Tuningwerkes in south Croydon and Volks Autos in Sutton.


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