Crossmember Bars

[roccit_53 at scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca (C Boyko)]

On 9:16:08 pm 06/14/05 "Dan" <danws69@earthlink.net> wrote:
I'll play:
'87 16V Scirocco- Euros/no cracks/ 315000km/salty bar as insurance
>
> '87 16v Scirocco - had US bumpers, had crack starting by 145k mi...now
> has Euro's and the Saltyweazle bar (crack stopped, handling stiffer)
>
> '87 16v    -occo (? car-trailer) - no crossmember :)
>
> '82 DIESEL Scirocco - US bumpers, no cracks (yet!!!), plan on
> installing bar prior to any developing
>
> '87 16v Scirocco (back-up shell) - US bumpers, no cracks, but, the
> front-end was replaced at some point
>
>
>
>
> Hope that helps,
>
> Dan (^^^^ that was my sig....)
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: scirocco-l-bounces+danws69=earthlink.net@scirocco.org
> [mailto:scirocco-l-bounces+danws69=earthlink.net@scirocco.org] On
> Behalf Of Larry Fry
> Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 20:30
> To: Brian McGarvey
> Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: Re: Crossmember Bars
>
>
>
>  Meaning some sort of stress was put on them... Like not changing your
> motormounts for 20yrs..., getting in wrecks, taking the strong a$$
> front bumper off and replacing it with a decrotive peice of
> eurotrash. :-)... Brian
>
>
>
> Hmmmm. Very interesting point.  The Euro bumpers, I mean.  Brian may
> have
> something
>
> How about a nice, constructive poll?
>
> How many have Eurobumper?
> How many have US-spec bumpers?
> How many have cracked crossmembers?
> How many don't?
>
> I'll start:
>
> US-spec.......no cracks......220,000miles.  (But I just put
> Eurobumpers ON!!!...this may get interesting.)
>
> Larry
> sandiego16v
>
>
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