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Subject:Re: Rusty hubcaps with pictures
From:The Bus Depot
Date:Wed, 6 Sep 2006 15:08:07 -0400

> Hello there,here are some  pictures of poverty caps
> I bought two years ago. Mileage is zero.These are on
> my parts van.The rust appeared within 1 month.This
> with no driving. These are the $8.95 caps that are
> commonly avalliable. They are single chrome
> plated.What you and me want ,but dont want to  pay
> for are triple chrome caps. They are about $40 each.

A good way to keep the cheap chrome hubcaps looking better longer is to wax
them regularly. However there is no getting around that the chrome plating
is nowhere near German quality (not surprising for about 1/5 the price), so
this will only delay but ultimately not prevent the rust. We do sell them,
because many people just don't want to cough up $40 each for the German
ones. We do also sell the German VW ones when we can get them from Germany,
which is not all the time, so they tend to go on and off of our website as
availability dictates.

- Ron Salmon
  The Bus Depot, Inc.
  www.busdepot.com
  (215)  234-VWVW

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