1991 Etienne Aigner - solid but needs some TLC

[FolksWaggin]

Picked this one up for $500. She ran okay but the tires were bald, and the whole car was filthy. I cleaned her up and put on some nice 15" 7 spoke alloys (cheap, no-name wheels, but they look cool) with 205/50 15 Kumho Ecsta ASTs. I'm in the middle of adding new springs and Boge gas struts. Very happy so far - great replacement for the 1980 Rabbit Convertible I had back in the late 90s.

[Briano1234]

welcome nice find.

[FolksWaggin]

Thanks! I'm glad I found this site. I found it through a link to your great post on replacing the front strut inserts, which I'll be doing shortly:
viewtopic.php?f=27&t=1783&hilit=strut+mount

And yes, I'm glad I found this one. She had been owned by two college girls over her life -- well, really by their fathers. Seems they maintained the car so their girls would be safe. I hesitated at first, even with the low price, because I wanted a 5-speed, but I'm actually having fun driving the automatic. Not sure if I'll do a 5-speed swap one day.

[Briano1234]

Thanks! I'm glad I found this site. I found it through a link to your great post on replacing the front strut inserts, which I'll be doing shortly:
viewtopic.php?f=27&t=1783&hilit=strut+mount

And yes, I'm glad I found this one. She had been owned by two college girls over her life -- well, really by their fathers. Seems they maintained the car so their girls would be safe. I hesitated at first, even with the low price, because I wanted a 5-speed, but I'm actually having fun driving the automatic. Not sure if I'll do a 5-speed swap one day.

You do know that automatics are more rare...... less of them made.

[FolksWaggin]

Funny thing is, growing up in the NY metro area, and now living in CT, I'd seen so many EA editions over the years that I didn't realize how rare they were until I bought one. I'm guessing most of the daddy's-little-girl editions sold in NY, and probably California too. Makes sense.

[CajunSpike]

Welcome to the EA club. By definition there are few people in it...lol.
Your's looks pretty awesome. Is it the green model?

Heres mine!

[FolksWaggin]

Thanks! I haven't had the car very long, but I've had a lot of fun with it. It's Bordeaux Red -- it's just hard to tell because of the bad lighting in the photo.

P.S. I need a power window switch, if anyone knows where to find one.

[CajunSpike]

I've been saving those power window switches from junk cars. I might have one for you. I'll check.

[eric4321]

On the power window switch I was looking for one for my car. Bozo Zone Advance or Ocraplys can't get them. They are approx $60 at the stealership. I was able to clean mine and get it working again. (For now anyway). I took electical harness cleaner and spayed it through twice and then Tuff Stuff interior cleaner and sprayed that as well. It is worth a shot.

[FolksWaggin]

CajunSpike,
Thanks. If you find one, I'll be willing to pay a reasonable price for it.

eric4321,
I've thought about prying my switch open and seeing if I could do anything with it. It works down but not up. You think I might just be able to clean it?

My daughter's mad at me because the broken switch was originally on the driver's side, but I moved the good one to my side, and now she's stuck with the stuck window!

[CajunSpike]

If the switch isn't working, you can't make it worse by opening it. Its a simple momentary contact switch.
I like his idea too.. open the broken one and check it out/clean it. Can test the results with a meter.

[eric4321]

The switch on my 93 would raise the window but not lower it. I DID NOT pull it apart at all. All I did was shoot the cleaner in and all around it. I had to do it 3 times and it finally worked. I was going to order a new one from VW and figured I had nothing to loose.

[Briano1234]

heres a nifty how to.

viewtopic.php?f=7&t=1597&p=15851&hilit= ... tch#p15851

[FolksWaggin]

Thanks Guys,
I'll try the spay cleaner first, and if that doesn't work, I'll move on to more drastic measures.

[kamzcab86]

Welcome! Pretty good deal for $500.