Date:         Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:29:59 -0700
Reply-To:     Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Source for Bilstein HD shocks?
Comments: To: Shawn Wright <vwdiesels@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <1250b1e91003201735l788a4a2dt6ca676e68f5eef54@mail.gmail.com>
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The VolksCafe price is the same as eshocks.com and I'd rather support them
than some faceless online retailer.

And I'm not convinced that the Bilsteins at PartsGeek are the B46 HD
shocks.
They give the list price as $142.00 whereas EShocks calls it $131.00

On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 5:35 PM, Shawn Wright <vwdiesels@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I'm about to finally replace my KYBs with Bilstein HDs, and the two ebay
> vendors who had them for <$300/set are out of stock. Next cheapest is
> partsgeek.com at $311/set, then Van-cafe and others for around $340. Any
> other good sources to consider? I'd prefer to deal with a list vendor, but
> unless there's a discount I'm not aware of, Van-cafe's a bit steep, since
> their shipping costs are also more than partsgeek. Although I'm in Canada,
> I
> plan on shipping them to my parents in Yuma. Busdepot only seems to carry
> the touring class Bilsteins...
>
> For those who don't remember, as I rarely post these days, this is for my
> '88 Westy TD. I plan on finally ripping the dash out soon to replace the
> heater fan... any other things I should check while I'm in there, aside
> from
> foam seals on the airbox?
>
> Thanks,
>



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Jake

1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"

Crescent Beach, BC

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