OEM mufflers are still available for the 2.1's. List is about $200 and
they still offer lifetime warranty.

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of Gary McEachern
Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 1:16 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Need to replace Muffler and Tailpipe on '91 Westy

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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