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supercharged spaniel:
im planning on buying a new vag back box at the crazy price they are but want a genuine one.  anyway, anyone got any pics of strengthening the rear support?  mine looks as though someone has repaired it previously as its obviously snapped as they do, but now has two hooks into the support block, welded on.  they look a bit weak now and i wouldnt be surprised if they die on my quite soon.  as a new back box is gonna be put on it'd be a good time to put something better in place into the existing block.

what have you lads done?  if anything?is there another way to support the back box?

PeteG40:
as its you dan - i'd suggest looking at ETKA and see if there isnt a repair panel part for that bit - wouldnt surprise me if there was!!

pete

supercharged spaniel:
ha.  actually there is.  just looked and it seems its only about 10 quid too???  will it be welded on?

PeteG40:
[quote pid=29 author=supercharged spaniel date=1204477236]ha.  actually there is.  just looked and it seems its only about 10 quid too???  will it be welded on?[/quote]

ye - probably will - grind off underseal, spot weld, then seal again with some underseal gunk - vw probably do that too!!!

supercharged spaniel:
ill buy the part, strengthen it like you did with a bar across, get it powder coated and then get it spot welded in and stone chip sealed.  i bought some vw stuff and its basically shutz, and is used for the sills to give them the 'blackness' on the gt's/g40's  its not paint on the sills as far as i can tell but sealer, thats what i was told anyway.  not sure if you can buy the rubber compound sealant they use for the underside though ive trawled etka but never found it yet.  anyway you can buy black rubber stone chip from most paint like places i would have thought and it should be spot on!

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