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Old January 24th 05, 03:45 AM
D'Elbow
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Greetings back atchya, T-Hoff customer. I'm still driving my '85 GLI
with a Techtonics aftermarket exhaust. It's still hanging in there.
'twas never meant to be a show piece, merely functional. Check 'em out
at:

www.tttuning.com

Bruce Fraser
'85 GLI
'91 Passat

USENET READER wrote:
>
> Greetings!
>
> The center and rear mufflers on a 92 mexican Jetta GL have rusted out.
> They are not OE - they were installed on the car at 169 K miles back in
> 10/2000 by Midas in PA. I bought the car in 2001 and took it to NC, and
> the next year I took the car in for a sniffer test, the mufflers were
> leaking. Each and every year since then, the mufflers and pipes have
> leaked and have had to be sealed up wth a combination of high-temp epoxy
> putty and aluminum tape. Well I give up - there just isn't enough metal
> to hold together, so I want to replace the center and rear mufflers.
>
> My local VW supplier - T-Hoff in Raleigh, NC, suggests either ANSA or
> BOSAL replacement mufflers. I can get them at T-Hoff for about $200
> plus tax. I can of course return the parts from T-Hoff
>
> I can also get them on line from places like www.alloemcarparts.com,
> www.vw-auto-parts-wholesale.com, www.speedyperformanceparts.com,
> catalog.vw-auto-parts-wholesale.com, oem.thepartsbin.com,
> replacement.autopartswarehouse.com, etc. In fact - all these places use
> the same SKEW number and prices for the parts.
>
> At all the places, the two ANSA parts are about $10 cheaper than the
> BOSAL parts. They all offer free shipping over $50. They all have
> different 800 numbers to call - but seem to have parts warehouses in NJ.
>
> So can anyone tell me what experiences they have had with any of those
> suppliers or with those two brands of mufflers?
>
> Reply to the group please

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