Hello all,
You guys are lucky. Have the choice to choose between the good, bad and
the ugly. Over here in Pakistan we get the ugly, uglier and the ugliest!!
We get brand new brazil bumpers but mostly the Europa types are imported.
The blade ones have comparitively less demand. Post 68 beetles are more en
vogue here, interestingly. Towel rails have never been seen here brand new.
Over the years, at the shops I have seen at least three qualities of bumpers,
all Brazilian.
Over the years (Yes that reads YEARS) I have managed to source a very nice
rear original towel rail and a fair to acceptable front towel rail for my 59
ragtop beetle project.
There was this plan to get local chrome done on old brightwork by a better
process than what is usually available here. The local old car club members
were god fathering the process setup. If memory serves right, it was supposed
to be a three stage process..... copper, nickel and then chrome. The chemicals
required were quite expensive and a minimum customer base was needed. Plus the
chemicals were said to get spoilt if the process was not kept in circulation.
Best regards,
Asad
Karachi
Pakistan
> Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 11:40:59 -0800
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Triple plate chrome bumper blades (UNCLASSIFIED)
>
> A sent an email to Wolfsburg West and this is a portion of the reply that I
> received in response to my query:
>
> ... We make our own bumpers, our own product. The chrome is as original, as
> is the thickness. If you're looking for replacement bumpers for your Beetle
> that are like the original, you have found the source. Here's a few links:
> http://www.wolfsburgwest.com/cart/DetailsList.cfm?ID=113707001ww
> http://www.wolfsburgwest.com/cart/DetailsList.cfm?ID=113707002ww
>
>
> These will be my next purchase.
>
> take care,
> Greg
>
>
>
> --- On Fri, 2/27/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> From: [email protected] <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Triple plate chrome bumper blades (UNCLASSIFIED)
> To: "Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" <[email protected]>
> Date: Friday, February 27, 2009, 10:19 AM
>
> The set of bumpers I bought about 5yrs ago from Wolfsberg West for my '65
> came wrapped in what looked like velvet ski bags (still have the bags). Will
> be
> buying another set from WW in a couple of months for another '65 I am doing.
>
> Bill
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Sharkeys Garage <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected], 'Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List'
> <[email protected]>
> Sent: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:55:13 +0000 (UTC)
> Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Triple plate chrome bumper blades (UNCLASSIFIED)
>
> Can't remember, since it's been close to ten years. I do remember
> having a
> lot of stuff custom plated while building my car, and a lot of that stuff
> was expensive and took a long time to complete. I remember the bumpers
> being somewhat less than I expected, and the turnaround time was only 2-3
> days. I'd wager that a single Euro-blade will cost something like $100 to
> have plated if used, and likely less if brand new (because there would be
> very little pre-polishing involved). Still expensive, but I've seen
> complete "German" bumpers with overriders that have been
> "professionally
> plated" selling for five times that (CIP once sold a set that even came
> wrapped in velvet to keep them from getting scratched during shipping,
> although I don't see them on their site anymore).
>
> http://www.cip1.ca/SearchResults.asp?Search=798-053-073
>
> FYI, professional plating is at minimum a three layer electro-plating
> process (I *hate* it when people refer to it as "dipping" -- this
> isn't a
> simple painting process). The cheap stuff is merely chrome over bare metal,
> but the minimum is a layer of copper, followed by a layer of nickel, and
> then the chrome.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Greg
> Sent: February-26-09 6:36 PM
> To: Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Triple plate chrome bumper blades (UNCLASSIFIED)
>
> The bumpers at bfyobsolete is the same price that I payed for mine and
> it appears they have the same plastic spacer between the over riders and
> the bumper blade.
>
>
> So....if I may ask, how much to have the bumpers "professionally"
> done?
>
> Greg
>
>
>
> Sharkeys Garage wrote:
> > When my old non-German bumpers began to show the first signs of rust, I
> took
> > everything to a local chrome plating shop to have it all *professionally*
> > done. Haven't had a problem since, although rocks canstill chip the
> surface
> > sufficiently enough to create a point where rust can start.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected]
> > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Pieretti, Luis A Mr
> > CIV USA FORSCOM
> > Sent: February-26-09 1:15 PM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: [vintagvw] Triple plate chrome bumper blades (UNCLASSIFIED)
> >
> > Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
> > Caveats: NONE
> >
> > How much difference is between, the subject above, Brazilian and German
> > made?
> >
> > Luis A Pieretti
> >
> >
> > Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
> > Caveats: NONE
> >
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