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RE: Front cross member braces from Ron Wood
Oooooh... now that makes more sense. But, why not just seam weld the
crossmember? Has anyone thought of that? Where do these things crack,
anyway? I've never seen the failure before. Thanks.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Deede [mailto:rdeede@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 4:06 PM
> To: sfwilliams@home.com; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: RE: Front cross member braces from Ron Wood
>
>
> Scott, this bar is not a replacement for the front sway bar. It's an
> additional bar that is simply meant to take the brunt of the
> force that the
> front cross member normally takes. This should hopefully prevent the
> cracking that is becoming common on Mk2 roccos and maybe other A1's. This
> will bolt in behind the front motor mount, run along flush with the front
> cross member and then bolt in at the sides using the front bumper bolts.
>
>
> Rich
> -88 Scirocco 1.8t
> -00 GTI VR6 - SOLD
> -88 Scirocco 2.0 16v - R.I.P.
> -87 Scirocco 16v - R.I.P.
>
>
>
> >From: "Scott F. Williams" <sfwilliams@home.com>
> >To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> >Subject: RE: Front cross member braces from Ron Wood
> >Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 15:50:16 -0500
> >
> >Hmm... What is the benefit of reversing the swaybar mounting points
> >relative
> >to the factory method? This inquiring mind wants to know.
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> >Scott F. Williams
> >Account Manager
> >GENUiTY - Eastern Region
> >100 Wall Street, 10th Floor
> >New York, NY 10005
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> >scott.williams@genuity.com
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> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > > [mailto:owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Richard Deede
> > > Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 3:48 PM
> > > To: jarrett@rpa.net; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > > Subject: Re: Front cross member braces from Ron Wood
> > >
> > >
> > > Ron mentioned that Mike would be handling the sale of the bars.
> > >
> > > Rich
> > > -88 Scirocco 1.8t
> > > -00 GTI VR6 - SOLD
> > > -88 Scirocco 2.0 16v - R.I.P.
> > > -87 Scirocco 16v - R.I.P.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > >From: Jim Jarrett <jarrett@rpa.net>
> > > >To: "Richard Deede" <rdeede@hotmail.com>, scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > > >Subject: Re: Front cross member braces from Ron Wood
> > > >Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 15:36:28 -0500
> > > >
> > > >At 1:52 PM -0500 11/2/01, Richard Deede wrote:
> > > >>Well I just got off the phone with Ron Wood at VW Specialties. He
> > > >>said that Potterman had just finished giving him the measurements
> > > >>for some A1 cars and it looks like they are going to be able to make
> > > >>a front cross member brace that bolts in using the front bumper
> > > >>bolts. This is great news. He said it will take another week or two
> > > >>to get al the measurements sorted out but they think this should
> > > >>work on all A1 cars.
> > > >>Great news!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Awesome! So is Mike gonna be the contact or Ron Wood to buy them?
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