Final touches to to 81

[camron at worldaccessnet.com (Camron D. Crouse)]

Damn, you boys know how to Git 'R' Done!

- Camron from Vancouver, WA USA
    '86.5 Black 16V 2.0L


Gordy Stedman wrote:
> Added 4 more pictures http://picasaweb.google.com/ydrogs/81SciroccoBlack
> Splurged for full set of Boge shocks with new rubber bumpstops and dust
> guards last weekend.  I did not want to invest the money but the ride was
> hideous and unsafe.  A job that should have taken a couple of hours 
> ended up
> taking more than half a day.  First major problem was that one of the strut
> cartridge external threaded caps would not come off.  Ended up taking the
> cut off wheel to it and making relief cuts along the cap and pounding it
> off.  Then when it came to the rear shocks the passanger side bolt was 
> fused
> to the shock (see picture).  Made enough room to get the cut off wheel 
> along
> side it and saw the bolt off on each side.  Then Sean noticed the front
> brakes were not a matched set.  One 81 larger bannana brake caliper and the
> other was a brake from an early scirocco with the square pads.  Explained
> why the car pulled to one side when braking.  We scrounged up another
> bannana pad brake caliper and pads and upgraded to a set of 8.5" vented
> disks that were laying around and bled the brakes.  We also cut 2 loops off
> the stock springs to make it look better for the sale.  Just have to get 
> the
> cold start issue ironed out this weekend and then it is off to Craig's 
> List.
>