To sell or not to sell.... 98 A3

Hello everyone.........just wanted some advice. My 98 A3 with 335,000mi has strut tower cancer as depicted in this post.

http://forums.tdiclub.com/showthread.php?t=297257


So is it worth the hassle or should I just send her to tdi heaven? THX

Buy another shell and swap everything over.

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Would the time and effort be worth it you think?

NYDEDC said:

Would the time and effort be worth it you think?

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That depends if you want to keep it or sell it. If your plans are to sell it in the next 3 years the answer is no on a swap. Personally, you should have a good body shop fix your towers.

the other post looks like you fixed it?

greenskeeper said:

the other post looks like you fixed it?

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think he used the guy from nh as an example of what his car has.

i'm for fixing it.

Be being someone who likes toys would go for the swap into a GLX body. But I'm also sort of handy with a wrench and have friends who would help, so the labor cost would come down to pizza and beer.

-Jason

87turboquattro said:

think he used the guy from nh as an example of what his car has.

i'm for fixing it.

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Du-oh!

MK3s will always rust. Fix one hole and another will pop up. These things rust easier then the heater channels on an aircooled.

meh. don't bother. Get an MK4 or newer. They're much better in the rust department.

The floor was done on my 96 TD in 2002.... it only lasted 6 years before it was done....

At this point its more like what is it worth to you?

I personally really love my MK3. I do think if this rot happened to my car, I would be stripping it and putting it in another car (prob a rabbit)

NYDEDC said:

Hello everyone.........just wanted some advice. My 98 A3 with 335,000mi has strut tower cancer as depicted in this post.

http://forums.tdiclub.com/showthread.php?t=297257


So is it worth the hassle or should I just send her to tdi heaven? THX

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That's a fairly easy fix with a plasma cutter and welder. Just find a donor car with a decent tower, cut it off using the plasma cutter (the one I use is the Drag Gun, which is 110V and has its own air supply, so it can be run off a generator), then weld it in place when you cut the other one off.

If that's the only issue, it's not a big one in my book. There are several A-3's up here with mint bodies in the junkyard.

Wow

Thanks for the input everyone. I decided to fix her. The replacement vehicle a (Prelude) disgust me. Barely 320 miles before the fuel light comes on! Thx again!