My Son & I have both visited Volksbahn on two occasions...
When We asked the cost of some of the items on Show...
the reply from Leanne was "they are very expensive"....
I did have My engine align bored there and had bought parts from there but Now We wouldn't touvch them if they were the last people on earth... We had travelled 330 kms to their shop..... I bought some WCM outer door hand grommets or seals [4] from VVDS $14 on special.... two of them cracked overnight when placed on car..... I bought replacements from Mick Motors for 55 cents each... they weren't made from the same material but I'm sure Micks hard plastic seals will last longer than one night...
When restoring a VW, We only want to do the job once....
the only exception being the door seals on a beetle , they aren't hard to put on so cheap ones will do there... but all the very hard installation jobs only want to be done once....
Barls, I bought those gauge cutout plates from CB Performance in the USA ... they were the steel ones with the flat tabs... I was hoping they would be able to be turned over & used... but they are Not, plus the LHD versions are a slightly different shape to the RHD!!! price was something like $2-95 & $4.95US.... so they are cheap... So I made My own.... It looks like Classic VW Pacific are doing great work and see Us as fellow VeeDubbers and NOt just someone to be ripped off at every given opportunity....
Lee
68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --
11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---