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if you are changing the oil at specified intervals it won’t make a difference over the life of the vehicle. I guess if you want the diff to remain pristine for the junkyard while spending more money… go for it.

Put on new tires when you get home. There’s nothing on that drive in June that’s gonna make a difference. I just did it in January with and 5/32nds remaining. I put new tires on when I got home to California.

I use a shallow 24mm 3/8 drive socket to torque my Tacomas transmission fill plug and service the rear diff. Otherwise at 17mm and above I’m usually reaching for a longer 1/2 ratchet or impact. Anything above 19mm in 3/8 would be a one off purchase for me. I’m a rank amateur, ymmv.

Valvoline grey synthetic. Used Mobil 1 red before that. The Valvoline doesn’t leak.

Not sure about the caliper design, but a quick clean and lube of the pins and pad ears might be warranted. I had to completely get rid of the OE VW semi metallic pads to stop my brakes from squealing at low speeds.

The Defender 2’s have been great so far on my 2021 VW Atlas. Stable at speed and under braking.

I’m a week into Bosch quiet cast pads on my VW Atlas. Still silent, and braking performance is same/same in everyday traffic situations when compared to the unbearably noisy OE semi-metallic pads. The Centric premium rotors looked to be high quality with good coating on the hub and vanes...

Finally got around to replacing pads. Went to Bosch Quiet cast ceramics and changed the rotors while I was at it just to be safe. Went with centric high carbon premium rotors. It was squealing the brakes as I pulled into my garage for the change and has been dead silent since the change...

Just put centric premium rotors and Bosch quiet cast pads on my VW. Immediately got rid of the brake squeal I had for 30k miles. We’ll see how they hold up.

I just purchased front pads and rotors for my VW Atlas via Rock Auto. Pricing was comparable to other online retailers even with shipping. Still came out to less per part than an auto parts store. The ability to cross reference and compare multiple parts is hugely advantageous for me...

The freedom when you unload a maintenance pit is so wonderful. Congrats.

We went into VW looking at the Tiguan, ended up buying an Atlas. I think ride quality and overall front seat size and experience were the defining characteristics. Neither feel particularly big to drive. My wife test drove the Tiguan, then an atlas. As soon as she pulled back up in the atlas...

I run 87 in my 2021.5 2.0T. Runs fine.

It is finished. Painful to pull off the factory VW rotors and pads that had tons of life left, but that first squeal-free break in drive was music to my ears. Went with Centric high carbon premium rotors and Bosch quiet cast ceramic pads. Hopefully this ends my 30k mile torture from VW...

Finally bought new ceramic pads and rotors for the atlas. Trying to get rid of that **** embarrassing brake squeal (already replaced once under warranty).

You are changing the substrate, no? A better test would be cold engine old oil, cold engine new oil. Otherwise you are introducing a substantial uncontrolled variable with engine temperature, not to mention any recency bias, location differences, etc. I do noise monitoring regularly as part...

5-30, 10w-30, 5w-40. Should be fine.

Mityvac is a game changer for my atlas. Can skip the dealer.

Goldman CEO brought in to push environmental responsibility metrics… Outcome irrelevant - the right people got richer.

Landcruiser.