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Not only is it hard to find, if you can find one you'll have spent a lot of time looking for one and if it isn't local, you'll have to add shipping to that. The point is that the cost is of the na rearend swap is a lot higher than most realize once you add up the unthought of related costs. You also have to consider that there are many more things that can go wrong with the na swap. Granted, on the direct replacement option you're at the mercy of how good the shop is, but for the most part, people have been getting excellent results. I initially thought I'd do an na swap, but after getting quotes for labor (and I had to source the materials), my time, which would have been considerable added to actual costs of parts and labor make this absolutely a no brainer. It's not even close. After my research 3 years ago, I decided not to do the rearend swap and just live with stock tt gearing even though I had larger diamater than stock wheels. Another thing to consider is that the TT is starting to become collectable. TTs are going up in value especially for clean *stock* looking cars. An na rearend swap is going to signifcantly hurt resale value for those clean TTs that have been restored to showroom condition or even for those that are just clean and look and drive stock. Granted, mine isn't stock, but it sure looks like it (except the wheels). I was going to pimp out the engine bay(polished plenum, hard pipes, etc), and I've seen lots of engine bays that bling and look amazing, but they won't have resale value. Instead, I focused on restoring my engine bay to new stock looking condition. Stock black painted pieces powder coated to the same color, just a lot more durable now(like the balance tube), EFI harness, new boost hoses, water hoses, all vacuum lines replaced, all parts removed and cleaned, engine bay cosmoline completely removed with Mark-V decos, and the list goes on. It's getting closer to looking like a factory new stock engine bay. That's what collectors will want.
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