Date:         Thu, 18 Nov 2004 10:35:25 -0500
Reply-To:     The Bus Depot <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM>
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From:         The Bus Depot <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM>
Subject:      Re: Need a hubcap, what's the going price?
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>  From what ive heard and seen personally, the non-OEM ones 
> WILL chip and rust very quickly. I had a few of the cheaper 
> ones for about 2 years before they started to chip off and rust.


The aftermarket ones do rust quickly. This process can be slowed down by
waxing them regularly. The OEM ones are better but are still not original VW
quality. I sell the aftermarket ones mucht cheaper than GoWesty - $8.95. I
no longer sell the OEM ones because at $50 the price difference is just too
hard to justify. They'd have to last six times longer to be worth that kind
of money, and frankly they don't.  If I could find a supply closer to the
$25 or so I used to sell them for, then I'd sell them again. 

Note that what we are discussing here are old style chrome hubcaps (also
used on a Bus), not the newer style plastic ones.  The plastic wheel covers
originally found on most later Vanagons are now discontinued by VW (and were
a pricy $69 each when last available).  These chrome ones will fit, as will
some generic plastic ones available at your local FLAPS.

- Ron Salmon
  The Bus Depot, Inc.
  www.busdepot.com
  (215)  234-VWVW

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