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Was 16V for sale-Deede. Now, Mk1, Mk2,Rabbit is stronger forpower...




Unfortunately, prices on steel have forced my fabricator to up the price
on the bars.  Now sitting at $165 shipped.

Don't blame me, blame China.  (yes, I am serious, they are sucking up
something like 80% of the worlds steel right now and causing some bad
price spikes)

-- 
Eric
www.vintagewatercooleds.com

79 VW Iltis
81 Scirocco S (TDI Swap project)
90 Corrado TDI
91 Cabriolet (2.0 Crossflow swap project)

Dan Smith said:
> That 'Fella' is our own Eric Soltwedel on the list here. $125 (shipped I
> think) for the crossmember brace. You'll have to talk to him about fitment
> on cars other than roccs, but from what everyone says, it does the job.
> Eric's email is: scirocco@vintagewatercooleds.com
> I'm sure he'll chime in soon.
>
> Dan
>
> David Utley <fahrvegnugen@cox.net> wrote:
>
>
> I disagree. My first GTI, I broke Rad support. Granted, it was my first
> VW, and I abused it badly, however, I think all of these cars are
> potentially weak up front with added power. Why? For the simple reason
> that they were never designed to take it. However, there is an easy answer
> to fix the trouble; a front-end reinforcement. On Vortex, there is a fella
> on the Scirocco Forum (IIRC) that came up with a reinforcement to try to
> minimize this problem. All who bought it said that they could feel the
> difference in driving (yes I know, not scientific, but give me a break). I
> do agree that the Scirocco seems more prone to this, but it can happen in
> the Rabbit as well. I am working with a friend here who is fashoining a
> few of these. I will need two. :-) (GTI, and pickup)...
>
> HTH
>
> David
>
> Cheers,
> David Utley
>
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