Yeah, mine came from the factory with combination pried and "will freeze in winter" door handles.
<OT RANT> What the HELL was VW thinking? VW/Audi/Porsche used the same goddamn design for the door handles for about 15 years. It's a nice simple design, but those stupid things are way more trouble than they're worth. A neat side note: Porsche 944's used the same basic design as the VW handle, which costs less than $20. The 944 handle costs $200! The handles on my 924, which are the SAME handles that I have on my '91 Jetta, cost (get this) $100 at the dealership. When I got the new one, it had a FILED DOWN VW EMBLEM and a sticker saying "genuine Porsche part." Bastards. The same basic gouging technique was seen in the brakes, switches, relays, accessories, etc throughout that car. </OT RANT> At 02:38 PM 1/26/00 -0500, [email protected] wrote: >Everyone knows VW radios are just sitting there... Is there a VW without the >pried metal underneath the door handle, or do they come like that from factory? > >Jorge > > > > >"Osborne, Brice D, GRWMK" <[email protected]> on 01/26/2000 02:13:28 PM > >To: [email protected], [email protected] >cc: (bcc: Jorge A Gonzalez/MFG/CoulterUS) > >Subject: RE: A2_16v V1 #1602 > > > >I gott be honest with you, mine is just sitting there as well, but VERY >flush and looks like there really is not even a radio there. > >The way to hold it in is the metal thing that will come with a new stereo >and you just bend the little "tabs" into and around whatever you can to hold >it. In terms of securing it to make theft more difficult- get an alarm. If >someone wants your stereo, they're going to get it, and if they can't, or >it's difficult, they'll just trash your car. Personally, I'd rather they >were just off with the head unit. > >Brice > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2000 9:40 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: A2_16v V1 #1602 > > > >> Anyway, the key to getting that done is to >> drill out the factory head unit support in the back of the dash. It's >that >> metal bracket that sticks out and makes it so the head unit won't go all >the >> way in. It is riveted, and getting a drill in is a little bit of an >issue, >> but once I got that out, I had no problems. > >My bracket was ripped out, it looks like it was only riveted into that >cardboard/fibreboard stuff. How do I hold my head unit in? Right now anyone >could grab my nice pioneer in 5 seconds flat (its just kinda resting in >there) The stereo looks flush and its kinda nice that whenever I need to its > >real easy to take it out. How would I go about making a new bracket or what >could I secure my head to? >mark Diederich >'86 GLI >_____________ >List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com >To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with >'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message >See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com >Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org >_____________ >List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com >To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with >'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message >See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com >Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org > > > > >_____________ >List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com >To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message >See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com >Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org > > ************** Patrick Austin [email protected] (617)493-6636 ************** _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
