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shortride
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hitest
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 Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2014 8:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Meaning aftermarket new- not factory, right Shortride? |
Pre 1961 the reinforcement brackets are Black. '61 and up are supposed to be L91 silver. These are the colors whether there aftermarket or factory. The ones I bought are new but exact copies of the factory ones. |
That's what I was asking- because my factory original brackets on my '63 were painted silver- not zinc like you bought. If you had NOS VW-made brackets- they would be silver or black painted.
I bolded your text because most aftermarket companies don't give a rip about what should be- and I've never seen a company give you a choice- let alone the right shade of silver. I hope you are using German bumper brackets (or at least WW) if you are assembling bumpers right now (especially the rear one).
By the way- those reinforcement brackets came out nice!
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I wonder what the nut looks like.
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'62 L390 151, '62 L469 117, '63 L380 113, '64 L87 311, '65 L512 265, '65 L31 SO-42, '66 L360 251, '68 L30k 141, '71 L12 113, '74 ORG 181
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shortride
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| Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2014 4:05 pm Post subject: |
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| hitest wrote: |
| shortride wrote: |
| hitest wrote: |
| Meaning aftermarket new- not factory, right Shortride? |
Pre 1961 the reinforcement brackets are Black. '61 and up are supposed to be L91 silver. These are the colors whether there aftermarket or factory. The ones I bought are new but exact copies of the factory ones. |
That's what I was asking- because my factory original brackets on my '63 were painted silver- not zinc like you bought. If you had NOS VW-made brackets- they would be silver or black painted.
I bolded your text because most aftermarket companies don't give a rip about what should be- and I've never seen a company give you a choice- let alone the right shade of silver. I hope you are using German bumper brackets (or at least WW) if you are assembling bumpers right now (especially the rear one).
By the way- those reinforcement brackets came out nice! |
I'm guess but I would think the after market manufacturer plated them because it may be hard to sell rusted parts off the shelf and plating is cheaper than painting in manufacturing quantifies.
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