Product Pulse 15June August2025 SINGLE PAGE

Welcome to Product Pulse 15! Summertime and the weather is sweet! With the summer now well and truly here, air conditioning is a great product to focus on, especially gas and machine sales. The Workshop Solutions team work tirelessly to bring you all the product you need so don’t miss out on some great sales opportunities. We have some great new product coming through from our suppliers, and none more so from our European business, Emotive. You will see from this latest issue of Product Pulse filtration from OPTIMAL will be huge for us, whilst replacing the outgoing Crosland brand. Read up on this as this is going to be very important for us in the coming months and years. To continue the OPTIMAL theme, we have new introductions coming in shocks and springs, priced above Starline and below OE, this will be a great addition to our range. Read on and get the lowdown of what’s happening this summer! Take a look at what’s inside... EMOTIVE What’s new and what’s coming from Emotive for 2025 . . . 3 AROUND THE WHEEL Pagid-Boostyourrevenue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Brembo - New to range & Disc comparison 6 NGK - Ignition parts - spark plug . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 KWP - SIL - New range of water pumps to replace Airtex . 21 Bosch-EVOsparkplugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 OPTIMAL - Turbochargers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Remante - Reman Adblue Tanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Klarius - Exhaust Systems 23 Elring–NewtoRange. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 SERVICING PRODUCTS

Brembo - Xtra brake pads comparison . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Brembo Expert - A NEW braking opportunity . . . . . . . 8 Pagid - Statistics that speak volumes . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Eicher-Brakingnews.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . 9 OPTIMAL - New to range coil springs . . . . . . . . . . 10 OPTIMAL - New to range shock absorbers . . . . . . . . 11 Lemforder - Range expansion . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Stabilus-Newtorange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Arnott - New to range air suspension products . . . . . . 13 OPTIMAL Bearings 13 FAG-Bearings .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . 14 AROUND THE ENGINE Jargonbusting-clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 LUK - Double clutch technology DSG / DCT . . . . . . . . 16 SACHS - Now with 3-year warranty . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Aisin-Didyouknow?.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .18 Mitsuboshi - Our new belt partner . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Varta Batteries - The new product portfolio . . . . . . . 19 Starline - 21 new to range around the engine products . . . 20

Seriousaboutservicing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 MPM - New to range Stellantis oil . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Castrol - Difference between edge and magnatec oils . . . 25 Shell - What’s in the range? 26 MANN FILTER - Premium filters 27 OPTIMAL - New to range of premium filters . . . . . . . . 28 Bosch - Aerotwin universal blade . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 ERA bulbs - New to range ��������������������������������������������������������������������� 31 TQX - New to range – CrystalGuard ������������������������������������������������ 31 WORKSHOP SOLUTIONS Summer Ready �����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������32 LKQ Remote Support ����������������������������������������������������������������������������33 LKQ Academy �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������34 Workshop Solutions – Q3 Offers �������������������������������������������������������35

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Need contact details, then head to SharePoint RTM’s Regional Technical Managers

• Concept customer support for braking • Technical support for Pagid products • Support growth in braking products (Pagid). Regional Technical Managers Meet our updated team of RTM’s. Each member of the team has a wealth of experience and are here to support with all things braking related for when you need it most.

Simon Cork

Matt Maclaren

Jason Smith