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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: j_s on 03 June 2005, 21:01
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Hi guys
Are Volksbits handles proper VW handles or copies? What i'm really after are some that don't get so worn looking (after 17 years I suppose they would but still)
Also as i'll be replacing the handles I was thinking of adding the Volksbits safety plates, are they worth getting?
Seen a few pics of them but not up close and they look ok.
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look like originals to me but id say email them and ask unless someone here has purchased them as for the plates for the doors there a brilliant idea even if they look awful as they stop some idiot opening your door with a screw driver in 5 seconds flat.
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I'd recommend door plates, not necessarily from volksbits but in general, I found out the hard way as to why they are a good idea. :angry:
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same here i know have those silly big hangles of ebay on because they hide the damage better than old ones and the plates sit about 5mm off the door if i use them because its al bent up :S
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Think you'll find they Volksbits ones are copies..
You can buy some OEM ones from VW classic in Germany... But they aren't cheap...
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I take it they are NLA lol
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I take it they are NLA lol
Nah they have recently added a couple of the lock versions but I think they are 40.00 euro each...
UK dealers don't seem to have any tried to order a couple ages ago!!
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make that 54.00 Euro each...
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TPS have genuine in stock, about £30 each IIRC (9 months ago)
if you cant afford new genuine ones then head over to a scrappy/breakers as the genuine ones simply last and work straight away. Pattern ones are cheap for a reason. The trigger mechanism wears out within 6 months so you cant open the door. Oh and they snap if someone pry's them with a screwdriver. plus the lock barrel disintegrates if someone jams a screwdriver in it. AVOID!
Again like Gibby I found out the hard way. Use genuine handles and armour plates (any make plates will do)
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I had one snap on me when opening a door...
If I get any Chinese ones now they go straight in the BIN!!
Not a lover of armour plates but do understand why peeps use them...
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Fit yourself a toad alarm and immobiliser, and keep nothing in the car. If someone breaks in then fit the stupid horrible things to cover up the damage. What if you fit them and someone prises in above it- your door is wrecked
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Fit yourself a toad alarm and immobiliser, and keep nothing in the car. If someone breaks in then fit the stupid horrible things to cover up the damage. What if you fit them and someone prises in above it- your door is wrecked
My drivers door had armour plate, plus an OE handle. Thieves tried that first, to be fair they damaged the handle but it didnt snap. Door was fine, barely a mark.
Then they tried the passenger side with NO armour plate, and a pattern handle. Barrel snapped in 2. Handle snapped in 2. Door slightly more damaged than drivers, but not much. They gained entry on this side.
I reckon the armour plate saved the drivers door from more damage.
Oh and my TOAD alarm/immob sounded as the passenger door opened, and scared them off, so worth buying :afro:
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Fit yourself a toad alarm and immobiliser, and keep nothing in the car. If someone breaks in then fit the stupid horrible things to cover up the damage. What if you fit them and someone prises in above it- your door is wrecked
This is spot on, I have repaired doors in the past, that only have minor damage to the skins, and easily fixed, safety plates look crap, and don't work, your door will be scrap after a forced entry!
Thom
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Fit yourself a toad alarm and immobiliser, and keep nothing in the car. If someone breaks in then fit the stupid horrible things to cover up the damage. What if you fit them and someone prises in above it- your door is wrecked
This is spot on, I have repaired doors in the past, that only have minor damage to the skins, and easily fixed, safety plates look crap, and don't work, your door will be scrap after a forced entry!
Thom
Damaged doors or not, without armour plates you stand more chance of your car being stolen :sad:
It depends which you value more, a damaged door or an entire car
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No, that's why I said alarm and immobiliser. How does an armour door plate stop the window getting smashed? If someone wants to get in, they will, so remove as much chance as possible by leaving nothing inviting on show, and alarm + immob. They'll have to tow/crane my car away- and hopefully the alarm wouldve notified someone by then