Re: WTB Brand New Teardrops

[Jan Folkson <jfolkson@optonline.net>]

Check out Rapid Parts, they have Brazilian made teardrops from the original
VW molds for about $150 each, no centercap though.  They're kinda pricey,
but if ya gotta have em...



- Jan Folkson  http://www.janfolkson.com
NYC

'86 16V
'99 Passat GLS 1.8t
'00 Beetle GLX 1.8t

"If you're not passing traffic..you ARE traffic"




on 7/27/01 12:16 AM, Daniel Wolfson at daniel@datawide.com wrote:

> Hello fellow scirocco lovers,
> 
> Introduction:  I've been off the list for a few years but basically I have a
> red '87
> Scirocco 16v that is lowered with HOR tech springs, bilstein in the front,
> spax
> adj in the rear, a schrick 268 (I think) cam, TT exhaust, and a few other
> misc mods.
> I bought the car in 1993 from my ex-girlfriend when the timing belt had
> broken
> causing all the intake valves to bend.  $2000 later I had an almost
> brand new 16v.  At the time, my previous car was a green 82 Scirocco... the
> one with
> the 1.7L engine (unfortunately) so this was quite an upgrade.
> I'm a scirocco enthusiast at heart and all my friends think I'm crazy to
> keep the car but it is
> in very good condition and with all the modifications
> to it will actually out handle my new car, an Audi TT roadster
> (225hp/quattro)
> (except in the rain).
> 
> Anyway, so I would like to buy a brand new set of teardrops for it
> because the original ones are beat to hell.  The clear coat is completely
> stripped off so everytime
> the car is washed they turn white.  I know they aren't the best performance
> rim in the world
> but I like their uniqueness.  They looked damn good for the first 10 years
> at least.
> So does anybody know of a place that sells these still?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -dan
> 
> 
> 
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