At 06:06 AM 11/25/96 -0600, you wrote:

>I'd stay away from aftermarket exhausts.....especially from Sears, Midas, 
>Meineke, etc.
>
>I had a friend who went to Midas to get his GTI done...it was all crap! The 
>mufflers were slightly different (for example the rear muffler has a "dent" 
>in it to clear the shock absorber...the midas one didnt)..the system was put 
>together using those cheap exhaust hangers you can get at any parts places - 
>the ones with the long strip of perforated stees...a piece of cut up tire 
>and then a u-bolt clamp...it vibrated, it sounded crappy...and probably 
>because of the difference in backpressure, the GTI ran like crap.
>

Been there/done that !!!.  Not only are they pure cr*p, but when you try to
get them (Midas, in my case) to honor their warranty you'll find out that
only the muffler is covered - not the lousy hangars ($10/ea) or the junk
tubing used (burns out in no time at all) - you can actually spend more on
the warranty than you did for the original installation !!!  (fortunately it
was on a '77 Rabbit, not on my beloved '87 VanGone).

Austin