

| Subject: | Re: VW obscene parts pricing |
| From: | Chris Mills |
| Date: | Wed, 4 Sep 2002 16:45:19 -0500 |
A-ha!!! Learning stuff all the time. My source was a Chrysler man - - wonder who was B.S.'ing who? <grin!> > > Knew a fellow that worked for the local Chrysler dealership parts counter. > > I asked him what the difference was between the FLAPS brake pads and the > > dealer brake pads. >Incidentally, I asked the same question to an OEM supplier of brake pads to >VW last year. His answer was that the pads they sold to VW were identical to >the ones they sold under their own name, except that the ones sold to VW >were pre-scuffed to prevent brake squeal when first installed. Chris M. <"Busbodger" of "TEAM SLOWPOKE"> Cookeville, Tennessee ICQ# 5944649 scm9985@tntech.edu '78 VW Westfalia (67 HP -> that is...67 Hamster Power) '65 Beetle - Type IV powered '99 CR-V AWD station wagon '81 CB900 Custom moto-chickle 2.5 Corvair engines for my Trans-vair Conversion
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