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On 26 Jun 2006 at 15:03, Nico Tewinkel wrote: > Jim wrote: > >I stock them, but I'll bet your local NAPA store has them or can get > them in a >day or less. OE ones were very good quality but now appear > to be totally NLA >from any source, so you will have to make do with > Brazilian, regardless of >where you buy them. > My local VW shop will have them here tomorrow morning. They actually > have one original VW switch still in stock, but it's about $50 instead > of $7, so I opted for the cheapies. Are you wanting those original > VW-made switches? They can probably just send it to you, or else I can > easily pop it in the mail for you. There's also another vintage VW > shop in town that might still have some original switches too. I'd love to get my hands on some good OE switches, as they seem to last a lot longer than the replacements, but I'm not willing to pay $50 for them. I'm not interested in your old dead ones, either. ;-) > How long do these switches usually last? The OE ones seem to last 20-30 years, while the Brazilian ones last from 1 to 4 years. > ps. Calimports (cip1.com) has the switches for 5 bucks, whereas the > Napa type places are asking $18 and $14 for the same thing... do you > think there might be differences in the actual parts, or is it all > just markup? There appear to be several makes/versions of the Brazilian ones, but I don't see a quality difference between them. My guess is that it's all just markup. I'm surprised at the difference, but that may be mostly the difference between an online and a brick & mortar purchase. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~