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Champagne on Beer Budget
 
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VW parts sources...too bad Pelican don't sell them!

Oh I have become spoiled dealing with Pelican for Porsche parts....!!!

I need to order a disc brake kit for a 71 superbeetle and have been waiting for 6 days for socalautoparts to ship...so I started a paypal dispute and now have to find these parts again...

Can you guys recommend a aftermarket VW shop that comes close to the level of service provided by Pelican?

WAYNE....I wish you sold VW parts!

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Old 05-14-2012, 06:34 AM
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Wolfsburg West, Parts for VW Beetle and Bus
I use these guys for most of my parts.
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Old 05-14-2012, 06:43 AM
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ECS tuning is good for newer VAG stuff, no idea if they support the classic Beetle.
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Old 05-14-2012, 06:59 AM
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I use WW a lot, and love them. Their online catalog is a model of how this stuff should work.

There are a lot of little podunk, fly-by-night VW parts outfits that seem to have sprung from nowhere, selling schiddty Chinese-made crap.

By far the worst experience I had was with BFY; I ordered some 36hp engine bearings, and after a month or so on not receiving said bearings, I inquired as what was going on. Paraphrasing: "yeah, we got your order. we don't actually have the bearings, but if we get a set, we'll send them to you."
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Old 05-14-2012, 07:00 AM
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Another vote for Wolfsburg West for air-cooled parts. Reliable, ship immediately, and they stand behind their products.
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Old 05-14-2012, 07:04 AM
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I've had many vintage VWs over the years and have found the following places to be good sources for parts and information:


GENE BERG ENT. Welcome to GeneBerg.com

CB PERFORMANCE CB Performance Products, Inc. sells CNC ported cylinder heads, dune buggy parts, dropped spindles, disc brake kits, turbos, electronic fuel injection systems and turnkey engine kits
(Check here for the disc brake kit)

AIRCOOLED.NET VW Parts Aircooled.Net - VW Bug. Bus, Ghia, Thing, Type 3, Type 4 VW Parts and VW Tech from Aircooled.Net

CALIFORNIA IMPORT PARTS Cip1 VW Volkswagen Aircooled Classic, Vintage Restoration parts | Accessories, Free shipping.

And another vote for Wolfsburg West for stock replacement parts.
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Old 05-14-2012, 07:18 AM
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I have ordered from WW but lately it's been j-bugs.

Helmethead,

I have a set of functional calipers. I replaced them just because . . . If you want them, let me know.
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CB Performance screwed me on shipping and handling once. Never used them again.
Old 05-14-2012, 08:57 AM
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Thanks Burnin'...I have been out of the VW game for two decades

I just placed my order with texasaircooled.com Parts will be ready later today 8-)
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Old 05-14-2012, 08:58 AM
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dont you guys go to the top of the page?
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I've used jbugs.
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Old 05-14-2012, 06:26 PM
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cip1 is the pelican parts of vw.

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