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• Dumb Hubcap Question
  Historical mailing list - Mike Ross
  Sun, 2 Feb 2003 14:22:37 -0600
  I have an 83 Vanagon (with stock steel wheels) and am trying to fit a set of hubcaps from a 71 - 79 Bus. I...
• FS: vanagon hubcaps, wheelcovers, wheels
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 6 Oct 2001 13:03:06 EDT
  for sale: vanagon hubcaps/wheelcovers 5 spoke alloy looking wheelcovers '81-'84 "fake "wire wheel" style wheelcovers p-mail if interested [text/html]
• Re: hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - Riley Kettner
  Sat, 5 Feb 2000 00:14:05 -0800
  ...hubcaps > Just to facilitate communication, I'd point out that "hubcaps" cover > only the center portion of the wheel, where the lug nuts/bolts...
• Re: Hubcaps
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 7 Aug 1999 00:11:34 EDT
  ...Does anyone know which hubcaps fit, and also where I can find some good quality hupcaps--preferably with the VW logo. I live in...
• Looking for hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - Ethan Fischer
  Sun, 8 Apr 2001 18:52:47 EDT
  Looking for a set of late model aero style hubcaps in good condition. Let me know if you have any for sale. Ethan Fischer...
• are new hubcaps available for 84 vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Owen
  Mon, 28 Jul 2003 14:35:55 -0500
  I lost two hubcaps for my 84 when Discount Tire mounted my new Agilis tires. The manager there is great and offered to refund...
• Re: Need a hubcap, what's the going price?
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Tue, 16 Nov 2004 17:39:59 -0700
  Entity jimt spoke thus: >> The tire shop neglected to put on a hubcap properly and it escaped. How much >> would I pay for a...
• 82 Westy exterior ?'s moldings&hubcaps?
  Historical mailing list - Phil Burton
  Mon, 21 Sep 1998 19:21:43 -0400
  ...1) What sort of hubcaps would have come with the vanagon(82) originally? Right now it has the old chrome hubcaps like the busses...
• Wheel/hubcaps "look" options
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 26 Nov 2012 17:23:01 -0800
  I pulled the silver-painted OEM plastic hubcaps off my '84 van and just painted the wheels with satin black rattlecan paint. With a...
• Re: Wheel/hubcaps "look" options
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Mon, 26 Nov 2012 17:57:02 -0800
  ...Wheel/hubcaps "look" options To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Date: Monday, November 26, 2012, 8:23 PM I pulled the silver-painted OEM plastic...
• hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - ~K~
  Thu, 3 Feb 2000 15:41:36 -0400
  Anyone in Ontario have any VW hubcaps (14" wheels) around? I just got the girl some new/used tires and i want it to...
• Re: What to do about hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 11 Jul 1994 06:16:14 -0400 (EDT)
  While you others are on the subject of hubcaps for your '84 I just remembered that my '87 is missing one (hubcap) that is...
• Re: Will new Golf hubcaps fit Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Dave
  Thu, 11 Mar 1999 11:43:37 -0600
  The 97 and 98 Golf/Jetta hubcaps are 14", I saw a Vanagon at BBTA 14 with them on, they looked really good. The...
• Hubcaps wanted
  Historical mailing list - Bryan Feddish
  Tue, 9 Sep 1997 10:19:07 -0400
  I'm in need of another one of those silver "spoked" plastic hubcaps with the VW emblem in the center. If anyone has one...
• '85-'91 vanagon hubcaps for sale
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 9 Mar 1999 12:36:57 EST
  i have a few '85-'91 vanagon hubcaps for sale. i just got 2 that are really nice, w/o any curbing. let me...
• hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - Rick Ferguson
  Sat, 19 Sep 1998 05:51:34 +0000
  I lost a hubcap for my 85 Westie, its the silver plastic one...anyone know where I might find one and the approximate cost...
• Re: Painted Hubcaps $24.95/set of 4
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 14 Aug 2000 22:30:08 -0400
  ...Then what holds them on them? The usual hubcaps (not > wheel covers) are mounted just outside the lug nuts. This is what results from...
• Re: hubcaps (wheel covers)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 21 May 1997 23:22:35 -0400 (EDT)
  In a message dated 97-05-21 20:01:28 EDT, tbill@startext.net (tbill) writes: > > For under 20$, KMart sells PVC hubcaps that...
• Re: Hubcaps?
  Historical mailing list - bueses
  Thu, 22 Sep 2005 15:18:35 -0600
  ...I would like to get some OEM types. > Aren't those later hubcaps? Tom 84 westy w/ plastic mag spoke type og hubcaps(in...
• Another hubcap hope
  Historical mailing list - Byron Spears
  Fri, 12 Sep 1997 06:12:39 -0400
  The first shall be last, and the last shall be first?? My entry in DrRufo's free hubcap contest, timestamped right now. Byron Spears...
• Re: expected life of the brazil chrome hubcaps?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 5 Jan 2008 23:58:33 -0500
  2 weeks? Mike Wesley Pegden wrote: > Hi all, > how long do the Brazil chrome hubcaps last in the salt belt if well > cared for...
• (Fwd) lost a hubcap.....
  Historical mailing list - John Grazul
  Tue, 29 Apr 1997 13:49:06 -0500
  ...lost a hubcap..... Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 13:43:46 -0500 All I just noticed that one of my hubcaps is really gone...
• Re: anti theft for hubcaps?
  Historical mailing list - SStones
  Wed, 29 Oct 2003 14:07:58 -0500
  At 01:08 PM 10/29/03 -0500, you wrote: >Is there any available device to lock hubcaps to a vehicle? Or is there...
• Bug Hubcaps on a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - charles fladger
  Fri, 13 Aug 1999 07:26:22 -0700
  ...Someone was asking about Bug hubcaps. These 68 - 77 Bug Hubcaps are essencially the same as what was used on base model Vanagons. As...
• Where's the hubcap? F
  Historical mailing list - Todd Francis
  Sat, 05 Apr 1997 09:35:13 -0800
  > > > WHO HAS THE HUBCAP? > In Germany, the young assistant pastors do not live in the > main rectory. That is reserved for the Pastor and...
• Re: Vanagon CV noises?
  Historical mailing list - Tracey Choulat
  Fri, 11 Oct 1996 16:04:24 -0400 (EDT)
  ...It was the plastic hubcaps. Took the hubcaps off noise went bye-bye. If it's a squeeky noise and if you have hubcaps...
• Hubcaps needed
  Historical mailing list - Bryan Feddish
  Tue, 25 Feb 97 13:11:48 UT
  Does anyone have any of those light brown "spoked" hubcaps that were used on early 80's Westfalia's? I need 2 of them...
• Re: Hubcaps - chrome moonies ( not )
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
  Mon, 4 Feb 2008 16:29:48 -0800
  ...Hubcaps - chrome moonies ( not ) Re " any chrome moon hubcaps for a '71 up bus or beetle will work." Just for your automotive and cultural...
• WTB plastic "spoke" hubcaps for 83
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Sat, 20 Jul 2002 14:42:43 -0400
  I'm still looking for nice used plastic VW spoke hubcaps for my 83 Westfalia. These are the hubcaps with the spoke look and...
• Re: hubcaps (wheel covers)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 21 May 1997 08:04:01 -0400
  ...On this subject, I use the chrome hubcaps off my old '73 bus. Still the best looking, I think. That's on the winter...
• Audi Hubcaps (free)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Chen
  Tue, 9 Sep 1997 14:41:14 -0400
  I have four 14" Audi hubcaps for the taking, they're the silver plastic with the "spokes" around the perimeter and the Audi emblem...
• Re: Need a hubcap, what's the going price?
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Tue, 16 Nov 2004 13:21:31 -0700
  On 11/16/04 12:48 PM, "Gnarlodious" <gnarlodious@EARTHLINK.NET> wrote: > The tire shop neglected to put on a hubcap properly and it...
• The Hubcap Thread --- I need one too
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Wed, 6 Dec 2000 13:11:07 -0500
  Hi gang, Anyone have a hubcap (the silvery plastic kind with the slots around the edge) for my '84 that they can sell me...
• Re: Wheel/hubcaps "look" options
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 26 Nov 2012 18:36:17 -0800
  Painting plastic hubcaps can work ... sort of, and espcially if you use 'Fusion' spray can paint that is for plastic. Their colors are not...
• Re: Hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Mon, 4 Feb 2008 10:36:28 -0500
  Michael Sullivan <sandwichhead@YAHOO.COM> writes: > Thinking about replacing my plastic hubcaps on 91GL and was thinking > about the chrome domes from a beetle...
• hubcaps (wheel covers)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 20 May 97 16:16:02 CDT
  ...822 Clinton Street Buffalo, NY 14210 http://www.hub-caps.com/VW.html (716) 856-6923 which has a bunch of different vw hubcaps...
• Re: ?Need Painted Steel Hubcaps/Part No.?
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Tue, 8 Jan 2002 11:12:06 EST
  Does anyone have 4 mint/very nice, German-issue, painted steel Vanagon Hubcaps for sell or can anyone supply me with the VW part...
• FS: vanagon hubcaps/wheelcovers, disc style $25ea for 1, $20 ea for 2, etc
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 2 Feb 2002 20:30:30 EST
  i have 3 vanagon hubcaps/wheelcovers, the silver plastic disc style used from '85-'91. pmail me if you're in need of one...
• Re: Correct hub caps
  Historical mailing list - bueses
  Tue, 31 May 2005 17:21:47 -0600
  > "Basket Weave" hubcaps?!? Jeepers, that's a new one to me. > > Anyone got a picture of those things? > Ahhh! Basket weave hubcaps-just sent...
• wheelcovers/hubcaps for sale was Re: Hubcaps?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 24 Sep 2005 12:08:36 EDT
  ...I would like to get some OEM types. > > i have a bunch of OEM vanagon wheelcovers/hubcaps.. i have: early chrome moonie style 83...
• Re: Painted Hubcaps $24.95/set of 4
  Historical mailing list - Garrett Adams
  Mon, 14 Aug 2000 15:48:31 -0700
  ...Painted Hubcaps $24.95/set of 4 > I just obtained some painted VW hubcaps, which are stock on cargo vans in > Europe. These are...
• Re: anti theft for hubcaps?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 29 Oct 2003 18:20:53 -0800
  ...anti theft for hubcaps? Is there any available device to lock hubcaps to a vehicle? Or is there a method? It seems to me...
• Re: ok here we go...
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 5 Oct 94 17:53:42 MDT
  > >Anyone seen any of the plate-like vanagon hubcaps at a salvage yard? > > check the yellow pages for Hubcaps (might be under Automobiles - Used...
• 14" Hubcaps?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Christensen
  Thu, 2 Apr 2015 20:42:56 -0700
  Anyone have some extra hubcaps hanging around that they dont want to use as plates anymore? Our '83 came with two, one rusted beyond...
• Re: Hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Sat, 7 Aug 1999 14:51:27 -0400
  The old Beetle hubcaps are still being made. They look ok but the difference from the origionals is obvious in that the "VW" is...
• Re: Hubcaps - chrome moonies
  Historical mailing list - Gary Bawden
  Mon, 4 Feb 2008 18:07:08 -0800
  ...on my hubcaps, waiting for the dreaded rust! :o) Gary (in the salted-road portion of Nevada) > > > > any chrome moon hubcaps for a '71...
• Re: hubcaps (wheel covers)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Catlin
  Thu, 22 May 1997 06:56:33 -0700
  Watch out for those bug hubcaps on a Vanagon. They are cheap and look good, but on the left front, where the speedo cable...
• Re: Gof/Jetta Hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Fri, 7 Jun 2002 13:49:37 +0000
  ...I tried hubcaps from a '95 Jetta this and couldn't make them clip into my the wheels. Hmmm.... So I went to a...
• Re: wanted:hubcaps in SoCal
  Historical mailing list - Loretta Abbott-Kennon
  Wed, 18 Apr 2001 03:03:08 EDT
  There are 2 junkyards in SoCal where I have seen vanagon hubcaps. They are both in Irwindale, one is Russ's Recycling and the...
• FS: 3 1990 vanagon hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - Reggie Rainard
  Fri, 9 May 2003 04:47:30 -0700
  Three 1990 hubcaps, two scratched and one in good condition. Buyer takes care of shipping. Best offer wins them. -Reggie 1990 Vanagon Maryland __________________________________ Do...
• Anyone ever painted their hubcaps?
  Historical mailing list - BajaLeo
  Wed, 28 Jul 2004 21:40:13 -0700
  I have the original silver/grey disc hubcaps on my '84 and they are kinda scuffed up. Anyone have any luck painting them? They...
• chrome moonie "old school" OEM VW vanagon/bus hubcaps for sale
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 19 Oct 2004 19:58:01 EDT
  ...chrome "moonie" "old school" style OEM VW bus/vanagon hubcaps for sale. these fit any bus or vanagon from 71-91. decent used $25...
• Need a hubcap, what's the going price?
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Tue, 16 Nov 2004 12:48:27 -0700
  The tire shop neglected to put on a hubcap properly and it escaped. How much would I pay for a replacement, say, at a...
• Will new Golf hubcaps fit Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Wed, 10 Mar 1999 01:01:33 EST
  Will the new (like 97, 98, or 99) kind of vented around the edge 14" Golf or Passat hubcaps fit the Vanagon 14" wheels...
• 14" steel rims & hubcaps for sale
  Historical mailing list - Sytsma, Cory
  Thu, 9 Sep 1999 11:10:26 -0700
  I have 4 - 14" steel rims and 4 hubcaps from a 83.5 vanagon for sale. The hubcaps are not the solid ones, but...
• Re: dead speedometer
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Fox
  Tue, 4 Jun 2002 08:56:11 -0600
  Sure its the speedometer and not the cable or hubcap. The hubcap on teh drivers side has a square hole that the speedo cable...
• Hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 1 Jul 2021 19:48:10 -0500
  I don't really remember how it came about, but I have managed to accumulate ten (YES, 10) extra stock hubcaps for the stock...
• FS: Aero Hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - Cory Zumbrennen
  Thu, 24 Jul 1997 11:45:11 -0600
  Hi All, Since I upgraded to Alloy wheels I have a set of the later model Aero Hubcaps, and steel wheels for that matter...
• hubcaps
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Aug 1997 21:33:48 -0400 (EDT)
  Greetings all! Anyone out there have a source for hubcaps? I need at least two, possibly as many as eight for '84 GL's...
• WTB grille, hubcap for 86 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Ian Webb
  Thu, 2 May 1996 08:54:03 -0400
  A friend of mine is in search of the lower front grille for an 86 vanagon, as well as a hubcap for a GL...