I have had no problems with them in the past but there is a pretty intensive thread on theSamba regarding them.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=95624&highlight=bfy+obsolete Bill Pieretti, Luis A Mr CIV USA FORSCOM wrote: > Classification: UNCLASSIFIED > Caveats: FOUO > > This was my last and final experience with them. > Ordered a few items for my 63. Call before hand to check availability, items > were available. Place the order online and after a week of not receiving any > shipping documents I called for status. My order were not yet pull, that was > my status. They ask for a few days before shipping the order. Since I was not > on the hurry I agreed. A week pass and no word from them. I called and this > time they claim only 2 persons were at the store and they were doing the best > they could. I went on and gave them a hand...I cancelled my order and placed > it Wolfsburg West. Four days later the UPS guy was at my office delivering > the goods. > > > Luis A Pieretti > Contractor, XOtech, LLC > Fort Hood DMT, SARSS Manager > Army Sustainment Command > Bldg. 40001, Ft Hood, TX 76544 > Office (254)286-6802 DSN 566-4294 > [email protected] > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bert Knupp > Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2010 4:52 PM > To: 'Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List' > Subject: [vintagvw] BFY Obsolete Parts and brackets > > Volks, > > In the past, I'd occasionally sought stuff from BFY Obsolete Parts, and was > thinking of searching again. But from various online discussions, it looks > like they've fallen on hard times, leaving some really angry customers. > Does anybody have any recent experience with them? I'm now leery. > > For years, the VW factory offered its European customers optional foglights > on the beetles. They came with a custom VW bracket manufactured for VWAG by > Hella and bearing the VW logo. My usual European sources are clueless where > a pair for 68-72 beetles might still be found. Does anybody have any ideas? > I could even do with Hella. (I have some Hella NOS foglight brackets for > earlier bumpers through '67 -- be willing to swap.) > > Bert Knupp in Music City USA > > |__n__ > (_____)º > (Ô\_|_/Ô) > ü ° ° ü > > Polizeikäfer '70 > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature > database 4740 (20100103) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > vintagvw site list > [email protected] > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw > Classification: UNCLASSIFIED > Caveats: FOUO > > > > _______________________________________________ > vintagvw site list > [email protected] > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw > > _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
