Re: exhaust replacement and 16v sighting (long, sorry)

["joseph Trussell" <joetruss@hotmail.com>]

Hi List,

Weird!  I just got an '85 wolfsburg 8V (the $200 one that I emailed about 
last week) to replace my '85 Vanagon as a daily driver (a wonderful new 1 
hour commute in Denver has made all of this possible.)  Oddly as it seems, I 
also need to replace the exhaust system and struts.  I've already done CV 
joints, a new front motor mount, and a bunch of little things...I'm also 
curious about the speedometer/odometer, as mine is also broken.  I guess 
these are just the usual things that you find wrong with older sciroccos.

I wanted to mention, I've been reading the list and noticed a few folks 
looking for 16V sciroccos...There are absolutely none in Colorado, but on 
Autotrader.com, if you search for cars anywhere (as opposed to within a 
certain radius from your zip code) there are several very, very nice ones, 
all of which I can't afford to go across the country to check out!

One question: does anyone know where to find the black/grey pinstripe seats 
(front and rear) in decent condition (or something similar,) or a way to 
refurbish the ugly white vinyl/white w/black pinstripe cloth seats that I've 
been graced with?  I've checked a ton of junkyard sciroccos and the seats 
are always either destroyed or gone...

Thanks!

Happy Friday!
Joe T.
'85 Scirocco


----Original Message Follows----
From: CHRISTOPHER FRYER <alienj@usa.net>
To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Subject: exhaust replacement and 16v sighting (long, sorry)
Date: 6 Jul 2001 10:14:21 EDT

alright, i finally got a rocco! (for $700 oh yeah!) its an 85 wolfsburg
edition stock 8v as far as i know. but it needs shocks and a muffler and a 
few
other little things. now i have never replaced a muffler on an a1 car, ive
done the exhaust on my 87 vanagon though. so since its 16 years old, should 
i
just replace the whole exhaust? or should i just do the muffler and check 
the
other pipes while im down there. if i go the whole exhaust route should i go
for performance? how much is that gonna run me? and do they sell stock specs
parts? sorry about all these questions but i just need to get this done so i
can find out what else to replace (too loud to hear anything else if there 
is
anything else) its got around 110,000 miles on it (though odometer is broke,
anyone on the list fix these?) so this is the prev owners guess + 10,000 
just
to make sure. so what should i look to replace on my mk2. i dont need it as 
a
daily driver untill late august, should i replace the head gasket? valves?
anyway, onto the sighting, black 16v mk2 and the drivers side front tire was
flat, saw it in clifton park ny (20 miles north of albany), i drove by late 
so
i couldnt see more
thanks so much
chris fryer

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