Re: black bar on underside

["Billy T." <btylaska@onramp.net>]

I tore mine off a while back(literally)...  no negative side effects as of yet.
I think it is supposed to pretect the rubber exhaust hangers.

Billy

Chris Phillips wrote:

> VR6'ers,
> Does anyone know what the black bar that goes across the underside of the
> car and under the exhaust does???  It looks like my exhaust clamps might be
> bumping into it because there appears to be a worn spot on it.  Anyone know
> what would happen if I removed it??  The only thing that I could think of
> that it does would be structural rigidity, but it seems kind of small for
> that.  I know that my old Jetta did not have them (well, maybe it did at one
> time, but not while I had it) and there was no problem there.
> Thanks,
> Chris
> '97 Jetta GLX VR6
>   "What the hell does that piece do" Edition