Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 01:15:34 -0400
Reply-To: Gary McEachern <GlmceN@NETSCAPE.NET>
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From: Gary McEachern <GlmceN@NETSCAPE.NET>
Subject: Re: Need to replace Muffler and Tailpipe on '91 Westy
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I don't believe you can purchase an original quality muffler through a VW dealer unless they have old inventory. I tried a year ago and the only mufflers I could find were aftermarket and were noticeably louder than the originals. I want quiet not noise. The original VW muffler has an offset between the intake and exhaust which i believe helps to baffle and quiet the exhaust. The aftermarket mufflers I found have a straight shot through the muffler (you can look straight through it!) The VW dealers had the same mufflers as the FLAPS.
Gary
tmiller <tmiller@VCMAILS.COM> wrote:
>If you are going to go to all that trouble and expense for a muffler and
>ceramic coating to make it last longer, you might as well get Frank
>Condelli's stainless steel muffler and be done with it. It comes with
>the tail pipe welded in place. No special hangers to buy to install it
>either since it has it's own hangers attached. No change in sound or
>performance as far as I can tell. Just good, solid, construction that
>will last a long time. 17000 miles on mine so far.
>
>Joe Federici wrote:
>
>> It's not that hard of a job. Most of the work is in removing the old
>> muffler. You might also consider getting the new muffler and tailpipe
>> ceramic coated to help prevent rust in the future. Depending on where
>> you get it done this can add about 100.00 to the cost of things. This
>> can add as much as 6 times the life but near me on the east coast it's
>> more like 2 or 3 times. Either way it's worth it in the long run to me.
>>
>>
>> JFF
>> On Oct 15, 2004, at 12:26 PM, Yoel and Tina Crane wrote:
>>
>> I've got a slightly rusty tailpipe and our muffler needs replacing
>> (pardon my French!) Is this a difficult job to undertake?
>>
>> Our local VW parts dealer has a stock muffler for about $150 and the
>> replacement tailpipe for about $15. I saw the previous thread about
>> high performance exhaust and .. well, we just want the stock exhaust.
>> This is no performance vehice :-)
>> --
>> Tina and Yoel Crane
>> mailto:yoelandtina@gmail.com
>>
>>
>
--
Gary McEachern
Reading, Ma
'90 Westy Subavanagon
'87 Wolfy Subavanagon
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