If you own a Golf, GTI or Jetta, and you're looking for some inexpensive upgrades, read on. We'll start with two volkswagon performance upgrades that are going to make the biggest impact for the lowest cost. The first area of topic will be your VW's suspension.

An upgrade to your suspension is one of the biggest performance upgrades and  will make  night and day difference from stock. Let's start at the strut towers. When you turn corners, your strut towers do not move in sync, they move independently. That movement is called stress.  When the your car leans, different stresses occur to each strut tower. To reduce give in your car, it's best to install an upper stress bar. Take for instance the performance Upper Stress Bar. It's got a twin tube design which helps reduce flexing and twisting when cornering. The install  an upper stress bar is relatively simple. Set stress bar into place, mark holes for drilling, drill, drop hardware into holes, place in stress bar, and bolt down.

For the test drive, head out to to the freeway and take a spin. The first thing you're likely to notice is that bumps will feel more stable and even. Without a stress bar in place, you'll feel one corner of the car rise up when bumps are hit. With the stress bar in place, it should be  obvious that one side of the car no longer flexes and gets pushed up. The whole front end now disperses the shock of a bump more evenly. When cornering, you'll find that there's not as much lean in the car. This will add to the 'ride on rails' feel as you continue to upgrade suspension parts. If you want to stiffen up the back end a bit, a rear stress bar is about the same price as a front.

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