jr Posted September 1, 2009 Report Share Posted September 1, 2009 (edited) I was under the impresion they were ? Not now not sure ? Any idea ? Edited September 1, 2009 by jr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike_M Posted September 1, 2009 Report Share Posted September 1, 2009 Nope! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobblers Posted September 1, 2009 Report Share Posted September 1, 2009 Is it the 3l that is? one certainly is, ELSA specifies special sealant and wiring connectors for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfbr Posted September 1, 2009 Report Share Posted September 1, 2009 Is it the 3l that is? one certainly is, ELSA specifies special sealant and wiring connectors for them.I think the 3l one was magnesium or something daft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver! Posted September 1, 2009 Report Share Posted September 1, 2009 I think the 3l one was magnesium or something daftI htink I read that even the above was only true of the early 3Ls as there were corrosion problems and they moved to a steel boot lid. I may be wrong though.3L boot is, however, a different shape, but that may just have been the alloy one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unheard Posted September 1, 2009 Report Share Posted September 1, 2009 As far as i know the early 3l had a magnesium alloy boot but they went over to using the standard one. Too little weight at theback was causing stability problems. The alloy boot was a diffrerent shape also it was slightly extended at the top. Obviously that was to give it a sligt kammback to reduce the aero wake that causes a lot of drag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoopyLing Posted September 1, 2009 Report Share Posted September 1, 2009 I htink I read that even the above was only true of the early 3Ls as there were corrosion problems and they moved to a steel boot lid. I may be wrong though.3L boot is, however, a different shape, but that may just have been the alloy one.My reliable parts guy says the same. The list price of the mag ones is horrific though!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfbr Posted September 1, 2009 Report Share Posted September 1, 2009 I htink I read that even the above was only true of the early 3Ls as there were corrosion problems and they moved to a steel boot lid.Nah, I think they stopped it more as a result of the incredibly bright white/purple light you got when someone accidentally put a flame to it! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unheard Posted September 1, 2009 Report Share Posted September 1, 2009 The engine is also magnesium alloy but its all good. In a 3l you will be driving so eco that any crash will be like slow motion and never cause a problem My science teacher took great plesure telling us about race cars that had magnesium wheels that burst into bright flames. Odd chap. He always loved it when things whent wrong. He was in heven when they installed smoke detectors in the lab. Every lesson we were burning magnesium or doing some other experiment to set off the alarms as directed by him haha. I dont think the alloy mix used in the automotive world would actually give you much of an interesting result if you tried to burn it shame really as it would make rubber necking far more interesting. This book covers quite a bit about magneisum and car use / design, although it looks interesting i have not read much yet click Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derv Posted September 1, 2009 Report Share Posted September 1, 2009 I believe 3Ls had magnesium tailgates until the end of MY01.The high level brake light is mounted behind the glass in the tailgate, rather than in the tailgate frame. I find that the easiest way to spot them.I read somewhere that the bare magnesium/aluminium tailgate weighs 2.7kg, a saving of 4.5kg according to VW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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