RE: Desert Wind

[Bradley Peet <btpeet@effervescent.com>]

The rear wing on a 85+ Scirocco II is quite heavy.  A friend of mine took one 
off the hatch to start making a mold for a fiberglass wing.  I couldn't 
believe how heavy it was.  It weighs at LEAST 10 pounds (although nowhere 
near 50).  I'm guessing, obviously, but there is only *one* way to find out 
for sure:  put it on a scale and weigh it!

It's funny... when you pop the hatch, the gas charged hatch lifters REALLY 
seem powerful because they don't have the weight of the rear wing to support. 
 Damn thing almost took my head clean off!  ((just kidding)

-Bradley
1986 Scirocco 16V 2.0 liter, Quaife, mods, mods, etc., etc.
1987 Quantum Wagon Syncro FOR SALE now.
http://effervescent.com/btp/vw.html

On Tuesday, September 23, 1997 11:25 PM, SHAWN C MEZE 
[SMTP:skerocdriver@juno.com] wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Apr 1997 23:53:58 -0700 Jason Brunberg <stoopid@idirect.com>
> writes:
> >Ryan Schuermann wrote:
>
> >	50 lbs?!?!?!?!?!?  Whoa, i had absolutely NO idea.  Looks like
> >I'm
> >going to have to find a lighter alternative to the stock wing.  Just
> >imagine the difference in performance... :)
> >
> >jason
> >87 16V
>
> I think he meant the whole rear hatch weighed 50lbs total. The rear wing
> weighs only a few pounds at best.

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