replacing '87 Golf exhaust

mkl1 wrote:

> hello all
>
> After an exciting time in a ditch and after I was pulled out by the
> trailer hitch and a tractor I found I had lost my exhaust, to be
> accurate the rear section the first box is still on but he other box is
> gone.
>
> Question: the last exhaust was a midas cheapie and didnt last more than
> a few years but the caattemptging and I dont think we will be together
> much longer so a stainless steel number is out of the question Šwhat
> would be my best strategy in this? Get an original eqipment relacement
> from a dealership and pay to have it installed by Midas or a small
> independent shop or just get another Midas replacement OR is there some
> clever alternative I am not clever enough to think of?? Like getting a
> different type of exhaust straight through perhaps? I still need to pass
> emissions testing howeverŠ
>
> Thanks for so far
>
> Michael
>
> in Toronto

Order the parts on the web and take it to ma-pa shop to have it installed.
These places won't spend time shopping for you they will just quote OEM
parts. IF they say we need to make a profit on parts so we are going to
charge more for labor when you supply your own--GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.

Just install the parts your self. these are easy. There is basicly 3
sections. But if the exhaust manifold and cat section are gone or injured
do have someone else do the whole thing.

There is a clamping mechanism between the cat section and the middle
muffler. Remove and replace it with everthing new to the very end--both
mufflers and the tail pipe. It will be to difficult to separate or any of
old stuff in the two rear sections. These two sections just hang from
rubber and hooks so its easy to just drop them both if you can get up an
jack stands and under it.

You will have to replace with same looking, (not cheaper performance
replacements if you need to pass a visual inspection. At least that is the
way it is in the US. The hot rodders around here run a single pipe back to
a full flow universal muffler from the cat section out the backof the car.
Often this will pass a CO/HO inspection if a visual is not required. This
can be done for 1/10 the price. See ebay for Golf performance mufflers as
an example.
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