cheap and strong; a great replacement for the original 2001 Golf TDI (395,000 miles) which is soft, compressed, worn and broken; They're a bit bigger than the originals, but in my opinion they're good; can now drive right over possums and raccoons and avoid hitting a low-hanging oil pan; No side effects from CV joints etc were noticed when riding at a new angle - which is probably closer to real than what I've endured for a while.