Bought this 88 Cabriolet as a B Day gift to Myself back in March.... 1st time VW owner
When I bought it
Did the motor mounts...Installed new front speakers.... still had the original 1988 magnets in the doors(cones had disinegrated) and of course new wires had to be run as the old ones were broken in a few places... So a 1/2 hour job turned into a 2 hour job
Also swapped in some new plug leads... runs much better (the PO had the wrong ones on it)
Bought some Centerline wheels with almost new tires for $200.... Sold the Snowflakes and shot tires for $150...
Polished them up (2hrs work for all 4)
Sorted a rough running cold start issue... A disconnected vacuum line running into the drivers fender... Reconnected and runs way smoother... Also cleaned out the rain tray and "stitched" the plastic cover back into one piece... Musta been 1/2 a pound of crap in each side... used a stick to clear the rubber drains as they were packed solid... Added a "billet" gas cap too
Added a fairly rare KAMEI "Hood Scoop" .... Found it on eBay.de..... Need to find a colour match paint...
New horn button.... the old ford one just didn't do
Did the front rotors and pads as the old ones we're shot (rotors we're heat cracked and OE)
Replaced the antenna with a stock one... Much better reception
Changed out the stock crappy dash lights for blue LED's
Just finished a road trip accross Canada.... Vancouver to Toronto.... 4602 km's.... in less than 60hrs.... And thats after losing 5th gear about 1/2 way
Whatcha think??
New Guy from Canada
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- What year is your cabby?: 1988
- Do you own a Cabriolet?: Yes
- Location: Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
New Guy from Canada
Triple Blue 88 Cabriolet
- Briano1234
- Whats that smell?
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- Do you own a Cabriolet?: No
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Re: New Guy from Canada
Welcome to the most personable Cabriolet site on the interweb.
Nice .
Nice .
Briano
Yes as matter of fact, I have the Luck o'the Irish...everything I touch turns to fertilizer of the bovine variety.
You can lead a user to a link, but you can't make him Click....
Yes as matter of fact, I have the Luck o'the Irish...everything I touch turns to fertilizer of the bovine variety.
You can lead a user to a link, but you can't make him Click....
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- Frozen Guy in the Northern Country
- Posts: 2012
- Joined: Thu Aug 12, 2004 11:10 pm
- What year is your cabby?: 1987
- Do you own a Cabriolet?: Yes
- Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Re: New Guy from Canada
Another person from The Great White North. Actually the rainy coast.
Welcome to TRF.
Too bad we are only meeting you now. You could have made a pit stop here in Calgary on your tour east. Next time .
Love your car. Looks great!
Welcome to TRF.
Too bad we are only meeting you now. You could have made a pit stop here in Calgary on your tour east. Next time .
Love your car. Looks great!
Phil
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'87 Cabriolet, "Topless Bunny"
'88 Cabriolet, "Posh Bunny"
'04 Golf
'12 Golf Wagon TDI
'69 Manx type Dune Buggy (New Toy)