Deformation panel

Does anyone have any experience of buying deformation panels and are these two much of a muchness?

http://m.vwheritage.com/productDetails.cfm?iItemID=84033

http://www.justkampers.com/vw-t2-ba...71-deformation-panel-vw-t2-bay-1973-1979.html

They both say genuine and there's only the difference in postage between them.

 

I got one last year, same but from coolair. Good fit, just need to weld in captive nuts in the correct place for your bumper .

 

£100 quid and it doesn't come with nuts

I'll go and look for one on coolair.

 

If I remember it did have captive nuts but they're for Brazzaville bumpers so in the wrong place if you've got original bumpers

 

They're probably all the same whichever shop you go to

 

Ahh! So when they say it will fit a '74 van they're being creative with the truth.

Prices so far Heritage £105, JK £105 , Coolair £104.50. Price fixing perhaps.

 

Last time I did one, I found the repro one was slightly better pressed than the vw brazil one. Either way you have to weld the captive nuts in horizontally as they come vertically for brazilian bumpers.

 

Would you of expected any less?

 

That is really interesting because the repro one from Coolair is only £75

 

Have you tried Alan H Schofields?

 

No


But I will now.

 

£78. Does the late bay have a discount for Schofields?

 

nope!
pm @bigrich he'll tell you the difference between the repro and genuine ones! he's fairly honest for a cockerny!

 

Ok, will do. I'm ordering one from somewhere tomorrow. Dog just remind me again Bigrich is which company?

 

BigRich is Coolair

 

Thanks I'll give them a ring in the morning.
And thanks for the advice everyone.

 

I fitted the vw original one from JK
Fit was sound, the captive nuts used for the Brazilian type bumpers weren't the best so replaced them (wanted to keep by bumper options open) and added the ones for the original square bumpers , which i now think i have put in the wrong place

 

Only reason I suggested Schofields is that mine came from there and the fit was great. It was also a genuine VW part.

 

Oh no! Have you tried fitting your bumper on?

 

All ideas gratefully accepted old bean. It's one of TLB's strong points, getting other people's input. I'm going to phone Bigrich in the morning and order one.