Re: Scirocco jacking points

["Jonathan Miles" <jem@clara.co.uk>]

Daun,

Thanks for the info.  I agree with you on the rust thing, it's the same over
here at this time of year, roads saturated with salt.
I'm not to sure about using the trailing beam as a jack point, I'm sorely
tempted but my Haynes manual advises against it.  Other listers and my
manual (Haynes & VW) suggest using the sills but this results in the
problems you have mentioned plus the fact that its way too easy to damage
the body kit on the sills.
Any other views on this anyone?

Cheers,

Jonathan
Scirocco GTII '90
Triumph Spitfire '77

>In my opinion, the best place to jack the Scirocco is by the small round
>jack pads (front) and the trailing beam (rear).  My theory is that using
>the jack points on the sills tends to promote rust, especially on the Mk
>I, but it's showing up in Mk IIs too.  My theory on this is that
>eventually the paint / rust proofing material in this area is worn
>through exposing bare metal, which in turn gets exposed to moisture and
>rust starts.
>
>Everybody go check their 'roccos for rust here - especially if you live
>in the snow belt like me!!!  :-)
>
>hth
>
>Daun
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