VW aftermarket performance exhausts always presented a bit of a problem, given the lack of space to add a muffler downstream from equal-length headers. I’m thinking this isn’t actually a muffler designed for this application; but how else to support it? A loop of heavy wire to the rescue. Oh; and the straps…
Needs no further explanation.
Paul, you forgot duct tape!
Really? A fart pipe on a Beetle? If I met the douche that “installed” that POS I’d punch him in the nose…
Damn things sound like they’re farting even with the stock exhaust…
Do they not have vehicle inspections in Oregon? That muffler has to be a safety hazard, in addition to being an eyesore.
No.
Obviously that VW would fail here for rust alone.
After the muffler rotted off of my VW Rabbit, I replaced it with a straight pipe made from the chromed steel tube of a vacuum cleaner hose. I ran it that way for about a year.
Gawd almighty , that Beetle looks stupid with that garbage wired to the bumper! Find the owner and see that he/she is neutered at once!
Take one Gold Bug, add some scrap to the tailpipe, and say goodbye to sidewalk pedestrian kneecaps.
The muffler must have been sitting around looking for a home (perhaps in that plywood-fronted, Ford PU bed/trailer across the street); surely it wouldn’t have been intentional, since that first kink bend in the pipe looks like it would cut the flow significantly.
Maybe it’s a street leaf blower in disguise?
That actually looks like an aftermarket sportbike muffler.
I was thinkin it was lookin like a stock sportbike muffler myself
Scooter… and now your VW sounds like a large bore scooter…
Today on Handyman Corner….
I reversed my Sunbeam Rapier auto at speed into a telegraph pole when my foot slipped off the brake when wearing wet high heels.I found a table lamp left out for the bin men and pulled the wire off it to keep the boot closed.I ran it like that for the last 6 months I owned it.
Why in the world would someone put a garbage disposal on their VWs exhaust? Oh, because it looks so darn attractive! Silly me.
“Remember, if the women don’t find you handsome, they should at least find you handy.”
Nice grapefruit launcher on that VW .
Tie- wraps saved me many times
I tie wrapped the front bumper on to my Ford Sierra when the tinworm chewed through the mounts.
And don’t forget zip-ties, the modern baling wire. I think my teenage son began to finally think I might know what I was doing when we successfully returned the headlight of his Saturn back into place after a little parking lot mishap with zip-ties. Good for securing batteries, too.
With the plethora of exhausts available for aircooleds, this is just stupid.
Someone blew up his riced up Civic and got stuck with the old hand me down Beetle.