That's why I bought my muffler from the dealer for my 1.9.  Unfortunately
within two years they were no longer available and the dealer replaced it
with a Dansk I believe.  And that was the end of the warranty.

Jeff

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dennis Haynes" <dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 5:15 AM
Subject: Re: Need to replace Muffler and Tailpipe on '91 Westy

> 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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