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Parts for a VW Supa '75
Jeff-VW-supa - January 1st, 2005 at 01:24 AM

Two small items I am after. I have seen them on USA web sites but we must have them here. One is the impact rubber for bumper bars, some VWs had them as standard. The other is the small plastic plug that goes on the door hinge. You remove it to oil the hinge, but mine does not exist so water gets in!!!
Any Oz suppliers??
thanks Jeff

1303Steve - January 1st, 2005 at 10:39 PM

Hi

I bought the rubbers from a dealer a few years ago, they are expensive, dont bother with the US, they used different bumpers over there. The little plastic caps can be bought from Vintage Vee Dub supplies or other VW places, they are not hard to get.

Steve, go the strut bugs

Jeff-VW-supa - January 2nd, 2005 at 10:16 PM

Thanks Steve.
I was unaware that the impact rubbers were different in the US to Aust, though I was aware the US had different bumper mountings. My VW has the turn signal in the bumper, so do you know the part No (?) and I'll check the local VW supplier. I was amazed they still carried the plastic centre wheel caps and wheel nut cases for my sports wheels, so if they carry this I will also be amazed (and moreso at the price?).
cheers
Jeff

1303Steve - January 2nd, 2005 at 10:30 PM

Hi Jeff

Im pretty sure the US only had blinkers on the top of guards and never put them into the bumper. I have a copy of the VW parts program EKTA, I will try to get it to work again on my new PC. I f I get it to work I will get the part numbers for you.

Steve

1303Steve - January 3rd, 2005 at 12:37 PM

Hi

Couldnt get ETKA to work, had no problems with Win 98, XP it wont work on. I found a Russian site with ETKA on it, you dont need to download it, its in Russian until you get into it and then its in English. The aprt number for the rear strip is 113807425B and it says the front ones are no longer available.

Steve

The site is here http://www.elcats.ru/ 

Jeff-VW-supa - January 9th, 2005 at 05:26 PM

Thanks Steve
I have seen on other VW sites (SBO) pics of VWs with blinkers in the bumper bars, so I think they were produced in US. I also have seen the impact strips for these on web site. As the last of the beetles in Australia had the impact strip, I thought someone here might sell them.
cheers
Jeff

1303Steve - January 9th, 2005 at 11:09 PM

Hi Jeff

They were an option only down here. Drop superman aline on superman@superbeetlesonly.com he had the part numbers on the site a while ago.

Steve

Jeff-VW-supa - January 22nd, 2005 at 09:27 PM

Steve
Yes, you are right. The US beetle never had the blinker in the bumper. But the Mexican beetle did, however, it never came with an impact strip. So I can only look to Europen suppliers which I have done.
Thanks
Jeff