TheSamba.com :: View topic - Rear Hinge Covers, It's about time someone repro'd them!

Sat May 27, 2006 8:10 pm

I saw this in thier new catalog today. I was looking for these hinge covers a few years ago to no avale, but now they got them. Here's the link.
http://www.800luvbugg.com/shop?frame=5.57.7419

Sat May 27, 2006 8:30 pm

WolfsburgWest has had those for a while and they are nice.

They are cheaper too.

http://www.wolfsburgwest.com/cart/DetailsList.cfm?ID=211867529

Sat May 27, 2006 8:43 pm

:shock: NO SHIT!, I feel like a dumbass :oops: but then again, wolfsburg hasn't sent me a catalog in years & I'm never in their interior section of the web site

Sat May 27, 2006 9:58 pm

Those are what I'm rolling on my '64 deluxe. Bought them four years ago.
A nice match for the original, though they are "too white".

Sat May 27, 2006 10:11 pm

You can vinyl spray them an off white and that works pretty well. Latex aerosol paint is another good option.

Wed Feb 06, 2008 8:28 pm

I can't find any pictures of these installed. Can someone tell me if the screws should be visable (mounted over the headliner) or does the cover go on before the headliner goes in?

Wed Feb 06, 2008 8:39 pm

Headliner first, these cover the cuts in the liner around the hinge, so yes you do see the screw heads & I believe they are a counter sunk phillips, but may be wrong.

Wed Feb 06, 2008 8:41 pm

8-[ STOLEN FROM THE GALLERY!! :lol:

***Not a counter sunk screw, my bad :oops: ****

Wed Feb 06, 2008 8:46 pm

Your the man, thanks. I was trying to fit it in under the liner, after the liner was already installed :oops:

Thu Feb 07, 2008 6:17 am

j.pickens wrote: Those are what I'm rolling on my '64 deluxe. Bought them four years ago.
A nice match for the original, though they are "too white".

Ahhh, my eyes!!!

Thu Feb 07, 2008 9:11 am

When they first came out you had to drill your own holes. Don't know about now. They will "yellow" a tad after a few years.

Thu Feb 07, 2008 9:26 am

Too white? Wait a few months when the ultraviolet ray start to take their tolls.

Thu Feb 07, 2008 9:36 am

WCM makes their own and have been for a while......abs plastic. ill probably put some on soon but cant bear to remove the originals since they are nice , just yellowed. and i would hate to mess up the headliner in some way!!

Thu Feb 07, 2008 9:49 am

I have a Wolfsburg West set and one NOS one. There are some slight differences, mainly the appearance around the screw holes.

And of course they are too white but I painted them with some Ivory paint and they are much closer to the NOS piece.

Even the NOS one is yellowed a little.

Thu Feb 07, 2008 8:28 pm

AHH much better. Easier to intall when you do it the right way!

Wed Feb 19, 2014 12:47 am

I've searched and can't find a spec for what screws hold these covers on. Does anyone know the screw type? In looking at it I can't even tell if it's a machine screw or sheet metal type.

TIA

Wed Feb 19, 2014 8:20 am

Phillips head
not machine screws
og, not as good a pic as you'ld like:

Wed Feb 19, 2014 9:05 pm

hey that's the 2nd time clara used my bus in a photo....cool.

Wed Feb 19, 2014 10:15 pm

Is that your bus? I saw it at a show in Yakima and was very impressed.
Sweet ride!

Wed Feb 19, 2014 10:50 pm

Size screw? Thanks.