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Date:         Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:12:38 -0700
Reply-To:     TC <trclark@SHAW.CA>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         TC <trclark@SHAW.CA>
Subject:      Re: Rockford cv boots opinions
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> My friend's father opened a CV axle repair shop a while back; he rebuilt his > axles with Rockford boots. > > At the time I had a Scirocco and another friend had a MK1 GTI. > We both were in need of new boots and purchased Rockford boots from > above-mentioned friend's father. > > 4 of the 8 total boots we purchased failed after about 2 months on our > vehicles. > I could understand if one boot failed, but 50% is a bit high. > Needless to say, I would never buy Rockford again. wow good info that jives with some posts on thesamba it looks like some people think they are best thing since sliced bread then there are these type stories did those boots split down the seam ?

The rockford boots are heavier & are harder to get on I wonder if the bad results are some install issue ?


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