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Must not open the frunk much or mostly rides with a passenger to reset those mirrors.
I cant see having a safari front window where you drive freeways in the summer. Bug impacts sometimes really hurt.
The water A/C add on went out of style?
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06-08-2025, 01:23 AM
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I guess you already know about the Alabaster Beige (bege alabastro) in Brazilian VWs, which I'm more familiar with.
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06-08-2025, 01:42 AM
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I'd like to see a whole car in Silver Beige, a seat frame color.
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06-10-2025, 05:05 PM
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06-20-2025, 02:09 AM
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Did the body-colored bumper come stock? Did they fill the body trim holes and replace with that gold pinstripe?
There is a Beetle (for sale) down the street from here that has a set of those wheels. You don't see them often here.
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06-20-2025, 04:22 PM
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justacarguy.blogspot.com: one hell of a cool design for a roof rack. Only the 2 inch clamp in the middle of each side, is holding it on
I agree with JACG. My roof rack has four legs and a center clamp, but this one has six longer legs with triangulation and better side rails. I'm going to steal the idea of clear tubing on the feet.
I still prefer the Jim Dandy rack.
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06-26-2025, 02:52 AM
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Did the body-colored bumper come stock? Did they fill the body trim holes and replace with that gold pinstripe?
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It's an Itamar-era ('93 to '96) Brazilian Beetle, notice the cutout at the left rear fender for the exhaust tip. So, not only the body-colored bumper is stock, so is te adhesive pinstripe, and there were no trim holes to be filled. It's all standard for the Itamar |
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06-26-2025, 09:31 AM
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Plastic tubing on the feet doesn't makes sense if it stays installed long or often. The clear plastic tube goes hard in the sun super quick, and I can see wearing the paint in the rain gutter from collected dirt
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06-26-2025, 11:46 AM
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I currently have Plastidip on the feet. There must be some tubing that would work better. Brass?
Wear on the paint is common.
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