[Mvy]

Just a heads up for those who care. I have the non extra clearance VAC bearings. As the extra clearance bearings were released not long after I replaced mine in 2015, I considered if I had made a mistake using VAC bearings. To my surprise, 3.5 years and 20k miles later plus a super charger, my car runs great. No strange wear in the oil reports which have been done every time since the bearing change. Checked the filter every oil change for flakes from the coated bearings, nada. As others have stated, the wear that causes the bearing problem may occur early on then stop. As long as you replace them with something, you probably dont risk catastrophic engine failure from the rod bearings.