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Online Shopping VW Parts..
ikube - April 19th, 2004 at 08:01 PM

Seeking for Online Shops for VW parts. Best Price and Safe ?
Please let me know if you have any recommendation or sucessful purchase stories..

Thanks.


helterskelter400 - April 19th, 2004 at 08:06 PM

dunno about online but have had good u2u dealings with volkspower & good email dealings with mickmotors & volksfactory & good face to face dealings with my local bloke (dont forget to give him a go too)....


ikube - April 19th, 2004 at 08:14 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by helterskelter400
dunno about online but have had good u2u dealings with volkspower & good email dealings with mickmotors & volksfactory & good face to face dealings with my local bloke (dont forget to give him a go too)....


Thanks!! You're right!! Will contact some of our locals :)


Dasdubber - April 19th, 2004 at 08:14 PM

I've had good experience with wolfsburgwest and cb performance and aircooled.net


helterskelter400 - April 19th, 2004 at 08:21 PM

forgot to add that the best deals i've had were from a freind who lives down the road and also the 'funny' guy who lives out of town on the highway with sheds full of bits but who is a sort of a hermit...

oh, and i got a good deal from some guy who turned up on my doorstep and bought an old parts bug i'd forgotted about basically unseen & undriven and unadvertised.

gotta love VWs


ikube - April 19th, 2004 at 08:26 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Dasdubber
I've had good experience with wolfsburgwest and cb performance and aircooled.net


Great! Thanks, checked the sites out .. lots of cool goodies :)


ikube - April 19th, 2004 at 08:28 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by helterskelter400
forgot to add that the best deals i've had were from a freind who lives down the road and also the 'funny' guy who lives out of town on the highway with sheds full of bits but who is a sort of a hermit...

oh, and i got a good deal from some guy who turned up on my doorstep and bought an old parts bug i'd forgotted about basically unseen & undriven and unadvertised.

gotta love VWs


Any chance there's a Alternator kit for sale out there ?

Thanks!


helterskelter400 - April 19th, 2004 at 08:36 PM

alternator... whats an alternator..

oh yeah. its one of those things you steal off datsuns and mount onto the veedub with liberal use of slotted angle and weird belt & pully assemblys retianing the gutted genny to run the fan...

if you want something "factory", go to a shop. the hermit on the highway will be no good at all...


ikube - April 19th, 2004 at 08:45 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by helterskelter400
alternator... whats an alternator..

oh yeah. its one of those things you steal off datsuns and mount onto the veedub with liberal use of slotted angle and weird belt & pully assemblys retianing the gutted genny to run the fan...

if you want something "factory", go to a shop. the hermit on the highway will be no good at all...


Cool,

Thanks!


56astro - April 19th, 2004 at 10:01 PM

I've learnt the hard way

I bought some stuff in, on my own, from the US .....

then I bought some stuff in through a mechanic (contact me for details) by ship, HEAPS CHEAPER!!

Do group buys, or if you're not in a hurry ship it.


jnr356 - April 19th, 2004 at 11:01 PM

in australia vintage vw supplies are the best(cheap shipping too)
from the us you'll have to shop around ,be careful cause alot of them burn you big time on the shipping.


helterskelter400 - April 19th, 2004 at 11:06 PM

have heard good about vintage vw but havent had the chance to give them a go yet.

meebee soon...


Bugged Again - April 19th, 2004 at 11:24 PM

Heres a couple of German sites to have some fun with.
really depends what you are after!!
Bought toys from germany and they were very efficient in typical German fashion

http://www.csp-shop.de/shop2/frame_nachladen.php?func=main&wkid=8890606124 

http://www.hoffmann-speedster.de/us/products.htm 


VolksFolks - April 19th, 2004 at 11:30 PM

i have had dealings from the states, no worries, happy to ship sea which comes a lot cheaper, ebay usernames

pimppride

and

waltwalt1

Andy


Cruzin in a Golf - April 19th, 2004 at 11:33 PM

i never quite understood why people dont get parts from south africa they love cars over there...and the exchange rate is terrific! maybe i am missing something.


lugnuts - April 20th, 2004 at 02:24 AM

My last two packages from aircooled.net went by sea mail and took 9 weeks and 10 weeks,but they hafta go by sea because US postage is double Aussie Post rates.And they also are always insured,because they need a signature for proof of delivery.:o


ikube - April 20th, 2004 at 12:14 PM

Thnanks!


HotRodMatt - April 20th, 2004 at 12:30 PM

Try classic vee dub.

Heaps cheaper than their competition!

They do mail order.