I thought about getting some forged rods and apr fasteners when i was speccing my build originally, but upon doing some research and speaking to various people, the standard rods are perfectly fine to run as long as they are in good condition in the first place. All the G40 cup cars ran on standard rods with no problem and the same goes for a few circa 200bhp G40's as well. Unless you really want to go 'all out' then i wouldn't worry, the cost outways the benefit unless you running silly silly power. The same goes for the apr fasteners, they arn't needed, just ensure that you correctly use brand new genuine VW parts and they will hold up no worries..