Cabin : Club Location : West Essex Posts : 918 Join date : 2010-03-28
Subject: Chrome fittings Tue Apr 17, 2012 11:37 am
Having considered changing mirrors, light rims and hubcaps to chrome I have found it confusing on who to buy them from. Have seen the light rims on JK which would suit a BBay however, the hubs and mirrors on JK, C&C and VW Heritage say they are not for BBays. If you've sourced them yourselves where did you get them from? Any help will be appreciated
TimV Admin
Cabin : Flight 001 Location : Brighton, East Sussex U.K. Posts : 14337 Join date : 2009-09-27
Subject: Re: Chrome fittings Tue Apr 17, 2012 11:53 am
Mirrors from C&C - buy the best quality. Headlamp rings from VW Heritage - again best quality.
Smother in wax before installing.
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olive
Cabin : Club Location : West Essex Posts : 918 Join date : 2010-03-28
Max came with chrome hubcaps that have the roundel. They have no part number so I doubt they're original. However all the time they were 'active' they stayed rust free - either because they are good quality or because the coating of wax I regularly gave them was working.
I've got a feeling there's a supply issue at the moment of flat hubcaps with the roundel. Could be worth seeing if a generic supplier like gsfcarparts.com or eurocarparts.co.uk have the cheaper variants. Then Hammerite the backs and wax them like crazy.
________________________________________________________________________________ Max SportsKombi - The Bay Racer @brazilianvwbay
olive
Cabin : Club Location : West Essex Posts : 918 Join date : 2010-03-28
Update: just checked veewee.co.uk which is the dedicated Aircooled section of gsf - they do have the flat hubcaps for £16.80 each. They'll be cheap chrome but if you look after them they'll be effective. They should have the roundel but I'd phone to check before ordering.
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TimV Admin
Cabin : Flight 001 Location : Brighton, East Sussex U.K. Posts : 14337 Join date : 2009-09-27
Sure - that's an option but it'll be expensive to do them properly ie triple chromed. Plus if you want to revert to Olive's current look it won't be so easy.
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olive
Cabin : Club Location : West Essex Posts : 918 Join date : 2010-03-28
