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Sat Nov 01, 2008 7:59 pm

This is a very interesting reproduction. Color and detail seems very good, as Johnny mentions. Anyone seen these before?

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=687664

Sun Nov 02, 2008 7:49 am

I saw some of those buttons at the last octo bus meeting in Huntington beach high school. There were cheaper than $100

http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/486977.jpg

Sun Nov 02, 2008 9:43 am

This picture is from Koch's diaplay :D
http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/486977.jpg

Sun Nov 02, 2008 10:16 am

I guess my computer needs to be adjusted. :(

Sun Nov 02, 2008 10:50 am

The GTV Logo is fine it's just the outer gold ring on it is abit weird Look carefully :lol: 8) The re-pop I have a few O.G. ones but no one would pay me what they are really worth.

Mon Nov 03, 2008 1:02 am

i made one for a wheel i have. heres some pics.
in the first few pictures the real buttons on the left and the one i hand painted is on the right.
http://s26.photobucket.com/albums/c127/vw62rag/project%20button/

Mon Nov 03, 2008 5:20 pm

i propose a consultation with the resident fake empi horn button expert - glenn pablowme.

Mon Nov 03, 2008 7:14 pm

will those fit on my escalade? it has 22" rims if that helps.

Thu Nov 06, 2008 5:53 am

Gave it a shot here too, mixed results, I won't offer it that way. Original left, our copy right. Theres just no way to offer just an ok version and try to charge what it truly costs to produce. The fine details cannot be captured in a mold without basically ruining an original. If it was my original I might have done it but didn't want to ruin someone elses. The issue is the original backsides are already plated and enameled in, making the acrylic 3D details very vague to try and capture a mold image out of it. So making a copy from that surface gives you considerably less detail.

There are safe ways to remove that material without damaging the acrylic as we've come up with a formula to do it, but occassionally there are risks with 40+ year old plastic, and the gold details are vacuum metallized chrome which can be testy to fully remove, it takes many tedious hours to carefully strip a button down like this.

But thats the tip off right there if you are looking at a button and don't have an original to compare it too, if you don't see what looks just like genuine gold chrome with the trim and lettering, its a fake. Its a guarantee no one is going to mark them as a repro, so watch out.