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Subject:Blue indicators
From:Andrew Grebneff
Date:Wed, 14 Jan 2004 23:01:16 +1300

Got my blue indicators from VW ISP West. They're a bit brighter than
the two tones of blue on my Caravelle, but ought to give a nice
touch. It'll be triple-tone blue!

Oddly, they are not Hella, so are not genuine VW parts (I know Hella
DOES make body-colored taillight lenses for Golfs etc). Unlike my
stock orange units, these have a 3cm-high notch on one corner.

Quality is not good... the surface of the lens is not dead-smooth,
and shows mold-tooling marks (sandpaper??); the chroming of the
poorly-cast inner is suspect and there are threads & blebs of glue
around the seams.

I hope the chrome doesn't peel, the bases don't break and the lenses
don't craze or oxidize!!!

I might get the lenses polished before I install them. Meanwhile they
can sit in the box for another year or two until the SVX/G50
conversion is done.
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Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin, New Zealand
64 (3) 473-8863
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
Fossil preparator
Seashell, Macintosh & VW/Toyota van nut
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