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Envious
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 Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2014 4:36 pm Post subject: Has anybody bought repro popouts from Concept 1/EIS? |
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I've been looking for some better than average rear popouts for my 63. I haven't been able to find any exceptionally clean ones on the market. Now that my car is nearly finished, I'm considering buying some of these repops to fill the hole until I find an authentic set.
Has anybody purchased and installed these from Concept1 (or anywhere else for that matter). Even though they're only temporary, I don't want them to look like crap in the meanwhile.
http://store.concept1.ca/Beetle-Complete-Popouts-58-64-EIS113898400A/
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http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=388225
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hitest
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Out of curiosity, that's an EIS Parts catalog par number. I looked on their website, and those are $400 pair USD. I don't know the exchange rate- but is buying from the maker better than a reseller (Concept1)?
I've seen a pair of these EIS windows installed- and they look great. I'd say the one thing they lack is the "genuineness" of old German knobs, depth of chrome, etc. Also, the sheen that the frames give off lacks the rainbow-ish reflection (that looks like petroleum sheen) on the originals. They are very nice. The people who buy these I bet all have Wolfsburg West bumpers, new wheels, etc. They complete the more expensive restorations.
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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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Joey
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| Out of curiosity, that's an EIS Parts catalog par number. I looked on their website, and those are $400 pair USD. I don't know the exchange rate- but is buying from the maker better than a reseller (Concept1)? |
With the exchange rate, duty and broker fees, yes, it would be cheaper buying from Concept1 if you live in Canada.
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Envious
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| Joey wrote: |
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| Out of curiosity, that's an EIS Parts catalog par number. I looked on their website, and those are $400 pair USD. I don't know the exchange rate- but is buying from the maker better than a reseller (Concept1)? |
With the exchange rate, duty and broker fees, yes, it would be cheaper buying from Concept1 if you live in Canada. |
That's what I was thinking as well. I figured that they were the same product as EIS.
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64 Type 151
63 Type 117 L469 Anthracite
64 Type 361 L575 Nutria
64 Porsche 356c
56 Type 113 L227 Strato Silver
52 BSA C11G
59 Heilite Single Wheel Camping Trailer
56 Allstate Single Wheel
84 Vanagon Westfalia
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jhicken
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Joey
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or not...
From the description:
"Because we cannot always guarantee availability from our main supplier, we now offer 2 different kits for each year break. Please note that these kits come with slightly different parts. Please check the pictures closely to view the difference."
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jhicken
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Based on the pictures, they appear to be the same kits.
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glutamodo 
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I've got several scans of old VW-sections of JC Whitney catalogs in my Samba Gallery, and remembered seeing a listing for such a kit in one of them. I don't know where they got the idea that late 64s came with these, makes me think it may be related to when VW started to predrill the mounting holes. (this is from a 1964 catalog)
Oh, and $27.95 in 1964 dollars, adjusted for inflation to 2014, is about $210 now. I wonder how the new 400 dollar kits compare to the ones that JCW sold back then...
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