Disclaimer: I'm not sponsored by these companies, bought everything myself, and installed everything myself. If you mess up something its not my fault



2013 Mk6 GTI 4dr DSG



This is my first review so Ill just apologize a head of time.



Neuspeed:



Installation:



There are tons of reviews on how to install these so I wont go too far into detail, but basically lube it up, push it in by hand as far it will go, get your jack, put the big washer on top of the jack and jack it in the rest of the way. This is the fastest way I figured out how to do it, after its in torque the bolt to spec and youre done!



Performance/NVH:



So Ill start with the NVH, not as bad as I thought, being that its the softest durometer of all the dogbones it surprised me a bit, there is some nvh between 700-1300 rpm and after that its gone, its not the kind of vibration that will piss you off, I actually liked it, made it feel sporty. But ... reverse feels like a god damn earthquake, like you can live with it, you barely use reverse and it does subside over time but it might get on your nerves depending on how sensitive you are to NVH.



Now onto performance, fucking night and day, 95% of the transmission slop is gone, absolutely no wheel hop just wheel spin, you notice this the most in 1st and 2nd, you can feel the tires claw into the road and just propel you forward. The other benefit I noticed is when downshifting, before there use to be some jerkyness but now if shifted in the correct rev range, its seamless.



I had roughly 300km on it and I did notice the NVH drop besides the reverse vibrations, I totally forgot it was there in normal driving circumstances.



Removal:



Pain. In. The. Ass.



Had the gti on jack stands on the control arms and it was such a pain to get it out, the front two sticks came out fine but the larger piece in the back was the hard part, spent about an hour and a half prying it out. Best tip I can offer is use tons of wd40 and grab some flat head pliers, after lots of wiggling it will come out, dont worry about ripping it, it will take a beating.





034 Motorsport:



Installation:



Push it in, put the bolt+washer in, torque it, and done.



Performance/NVH:



So again Ill start with NVH, barely noticeable, and when I mean barely I mean next to nothing, there is some again in that super low rev range, nothing insane, kind of a sport vibration, reverse is so much fucking better, there are some but nothing close to the Neuspeed one.



The 034 Motorsport dogbone insert is equal to if not better than the neuspeed insert, shifts are still seamless, and since its a solid insert you can feel it make the wheels claw into the road even more. The best benefit to the 034 insert is you never have to replace it, it will last you for the life of you car.





Conclusion:



Buy the 034 Motorsport Insert.