A-pillar Fairings (NEED A PIC)

Re: A-pillar Fairings (Lunitixx)

Wow, nice n clean Rabbit there....I likes

Re: A-pillar Fairings (Lunitixx)

can't see it too well, but what spoiler is that?... that is a nice rabbit...

Re: A-pillar Fairings (PDX Cabby)

What's the purpose of an A pillar fairing?

Re: A-pillar Fairings (80rabbitc)

It was wicked fast too. He hand built that motor. It was a 2033cc 8v. It would dust any ABA swap car I have ever driven.
He runs a shop here in Portland now called Double J Motorwerks Give him a call and he'll build ya one.
The spoiler was just a rabbit GTI one with an additional bit of ABS plastic down there.
The A-pillar fairings cut down on wind resistance so you can go faster, quieter, and use less gas getting there.

Re: A-pillar Fairings (Yellow Rabbit)

It's supposed to reduce wind drag and therefor less noise, better mpg(highway), and I guess maybe a better top speed.

Re: A-pillar Fairings (8416V)

Hmmm, I'd argue that folding in your mirrors would do as much for aerodynamics.

Re: A-pillar Fairings (Yellow Rabbit)

Someone used to have the windtunnel test sheet on their website showing the results on the comparison. It was a pretty big diff. I can't remember which site it was.

Re: A-pillar Fairings (Lunitixx)

Where can I get a set?

Re: A-pillar Fairings (CLM)

now that is the question!

Re: A-pillar Fairings (bluerrrabbit)

Will they fit on a Rabbit GTI?

Re: A-pillar Fairings (vwvapors.com)

that's what they originally came on....

Re: A-pillar Fairings (bluerrrabbit)

I almost broke mine getting them off to get the car painted, they were on there tight.
Does anyone know if these have ever been accused of causing leaks? I know that they are wedged pretty deep under the windshield rubber. Also, for obvious reasons these cannot be fitted to cars with the eurothane'd/glue-in windsheilds.

Re: A-pillar Fairings (beetlevdubn)

They were standard issue on the first GTI's, meaning the mid to late 70s German GTIs. However, they were not able to be installed on the first(or last, for that matter) US GTIs due to the glued in windshield as beetlvdubn correctly pointed out.
Unless you replace your windshield and seal with the earlier version....
Oh, these paired with the "euro" duckbill front lower airdam was reportedly worth 10% improvement in fuel mileage, not too shabby..


[Modified by Andrew Stauffer, 12:43 PM 2-8-2002]

Re: A-pillar Fairings (metrowdub)

You could shave the rain gutters altogether. Also someone was talking about making some in the classifieds, I don't know if they are exact replicas or different to work with the glued in windshield.