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Subject:Re: Headlamp adjusters
From:Stacy Schneider
Date:Sun, 8 Sep 2013 22:44:33 -0700

Still cheaper than Bus depot even with shipping at that price.

    Stacy

On Sun, Sep 8, 2013 at 10:29 PM, Stephen Engel <sengel543@yahoo.com> wrote:

> In my experience, when Van Cafe physically puts a small package together
> they will make a judgement to send it cheaper or for the same website
> generated price they will upgrade to speedier shipping.
>
> Steve
> 87 Syncro GL
> --------------------------------------------
> On Mon, 9/9/13, David M <covrambles@YAHOO.COM> wrote:
>
>  Subject: Re: Headlamp adjusters
>  To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>  Date: Monday, September 9, 2013, 1:20 AM
>
>  Anyone know where I can get these and
>  not pay an arm and a leg for shipping?
>  I was all set to order them from Van Cafe until I got to
>  checkout and they were going to charge me $13 to send them
>  by UPS. I mean they would fit into an envelope!
>  Bus Depot does not list them but I'm in AZ and parts take
>  forever to come from PA.
>
>  David (1987 Wolfsburg)
>
>
>
>
>  ________________________________
>   From: Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@GMAIL.COM>
>  To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>
>  Sent: Sunday, September 8, 2013 6:41 PM
>  Subject: Re: Headlamp adjusters
>
>
>  That's because there is no Adjuster or Pivot Piece on the
>  Bottom Outside of
>  the Low Beam.
>
>  Top Outside Adjuster Assembly:
>
> http://www.airheadparts.com/vintage-vw-parts/vanagon-headlight-adjusters/low-beam-adjuster-assy-top-outside-255941141-c
>
>  A few years back I pushed through the project to have all of
>  the adjusters
>  to be reproduced by Airhead/VWG because.Volkswagen started
>  obsoleting them
>  and have been very popular with the Vanagon crowd.  In
>  addition to retail
>  sales, they provide them to the well-known Vanagon parts
>  vendors.  Even the
>  dealer 2 blocks down the street buys them.
>
>  In addition to Van Cafe, I take several tech calls a week
>  involving these
>  adjuster pieces.
>
>  As far as used pieces are concerned, forget it.  It's not
>  so much they've
>  been cannibalized, the nylon piece(s) have become so brittle
>  with age they
>  become worthless trash.
>
>  --
>  Jim Thompson
>  84 GL 1.9 "Gloria"
>  84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
>  72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
>  75 914 1.8 "Nancy"
>  Full Timing From March 1999 To January 2012
>  oldvolkshome@gmail.com
>  http://www.oldvolkshome.com
>  Find me on Facebook:
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>  ***********************************
>
>  On Sun, Sep 8, 2013 at 3:01 PM, David M <covrambles@yahoo.com>
>  wrote:
>
>  > Totaly confused by the terminology on the Van Cafe
>  site. I need the
>  > passennger side upper outer plastic thing. Neither of
>  my headlamps have
>  > anything in the outer lower hole. Is that normal? I
>  felt the back of the
>  > headlamp and there is nothing for the thing to mount to
>  there either.
>  >
>  > David (1987 Wolfsburg)
>

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