Downpipe & Exhaust & Springs

[ydrogs at gmail.com (Gordy Stedman)]

On 8/15/06, Kevin Brosha <kjbrosha@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Is it possible to buy just the flex joint and get that welded
> in?  Replacing
> the entire downpipe would be pretty expensive, I'd rather avoid that if
> possible . . .unless there's some benefit to that.


Just about anything can be welded.  Cheap route in the short run would be to
reweld it but it will just end up breaking again since it can not flex.  You
will also end up spending more money in the long run having it done over and
over.  I am sure someone on this list has a spare they might sell to ya.
Wonder if I do?


> I can't afford to do any of this now beyond fixing the downpipe - just
> looking for more information  for my "if I had money" wish list.  It's a
> 2.0L engine too, but I don't know if that makes a difference for choosing
> an
> exhaust.


I bought the 2" cat back Techtonics system from Peter
(peter@thescirocco.com) for
my 8V and would recomend it highly.  Super easy to install in the driveway
in a few hours.  You might want to get a 2.25" for your 2.0L 16V.  You can
get it cheaper in galvanised steel but the stainless system has a warranty
and will last longer.  I am on the fence with the Borla muffler though.  It
is actually too quiet for my taste.  But it is a lot more mellow than the
super trap I use to run :)

Lastly, to steal as much info as I can from you Scirocco wizards, I need to
> get new springs sometime in the medium term.  I replaced the struts 2
> years
> ago with fairly cheap stock replacement Monroe struts - also had to
> replace
> bump stops and so on . . . it cost a lot more than I planned.  To save
> money, I didn't replace the springs at the same time.  A mistake, I think
> -
> the rear end bottoms out going over any moderately hefty bumps.  What
> springs would any of you suggest to pair with these struts?


Get these springs:
<http://www.parts4vws.com/catalog/product_detail.asp?PartNumber=54708>

Then when you blow the Monroes get these shocks: <
http://www.parts4vws.com/catalog/product_detail.asp?PartNumber=BLSA1>

Thanks a million to all of you - this list is amazing for both the depth of
> the knowledge so many of you have and your willingness to help out those
> of
> us who are only beginners on our Scirocco journeys! Mine started June,
> 2004
> . . . how long will it last?


Hopefully a life time.  Good luck!

-- 
Gordy
MK1 x 4
MK2 x 1