Hi all, I have a question about the older Rabbit style Cabriolets. What
model years came with the 4 headlight grill and factory body kit(side
skirts and big bumpers)?

Thanks for your help!

Pat

81 VW Pickup
86 VW Iltis

My site: http://personal.nbnet.nb.ca/trek8000/Iltispage.html

1988 & newer i belive. all 90's have them i know for sure.

-Lee

"IltisVW" <trek800099 (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote

What was the last year for the Rabbit body style?

84 is offical last year of Rabbit Mk1 in the us, how ever the Cabriolet used
it until 92

-Lee

"IltisVW" <trek800099 (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote

How VW still makes the Rabbit in some countrys, here is the link to the
newset one.. rabbit body, brand new interior, and it's called a Citi Golf

http://www.vw.co.za/models/citigolf/


"IltisVW" <trek800099 (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote

1988. That's what I have. The 1987s only had 2 headlights, not 4.

"Lee" <weblee (AT) zipcon (DOT) net> wrote

1993 actually.

I have an 89 I've been fixing up. I had it all fixed up and went
to pass the MASS inspection last month and you know what - it passed.
The car was not even running when I bought it, had it towed home by AAA.
So the wife takes it out for her inaugural spin and guess what - the
brake master cylinder fails. She's only going 2 mph at an intersection
and the grill of the car gets impaled by some guys open pickup tailgate.
Broke one of the driving lights in the grill too.

To make a long story short I had to replace the radiator and the
grill (since the grill pushed into the A/C condensor with pushed into
the radiator cracking the plastic where the bracket goes into it). I
searched far and wide and could not find a cheap (<$100) grill with the
lights in it. So I went to the local junkyard and found a perfect '87
grill ($25) and screwed it on. The headlamp have high/low anyways so you
don't need the driving lamps.

But walking out of the garage this AM my 11 year old daughter says
you know dad I liked the old grill (cracked and sitting in the garage)
better.

Anyone know where I can get a used four lamp grill? The prices on
ebay for these things is rediculous.

Dave



Papa wrote:

On Thu, 5 May 2005 19:24:08 -0700, "Matt B." <noway (AT) hellno (DOT) com> wrote:


While we're on the subject, there wasn't actually at 94 Model
Cabriolet/Cabrio here in the U.S. was there?

--S. John

"S John M-M" <a.t.a-s (AT) intrex (DOT) net> wrote

Nope. It returned for '95.