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Hi all. Having spent a while looking for alloys I've now decided a cheaper and more straightforward option might be a refurb of the steelies and chrome hubcaps I have.

Will get the wheels done professionally but will probably attack the hubcaps myself. There's a bit of rust on them and the chrome is starting to peel on some of the caps so will give them a good rub down. Does anyone have any recommendations for primers/rust inhibitors/top coat that I should use to get them looking like new again? Cheers

they will never look like new again
i bought stainless for 100 quid a set and they look like new every year
not sure who is selling them now co. I bought from is no longer trading.

oh, that's not great to hear. I've seen the half moon ones done by JK but like the originals with VW embosting. Also trying to keep costs down! Might have to rethink.

Pity you have just missed the last batch Sunflower had, they all sold in under a month.

bigherb wrote:Pity you have just missed the last batch Sunflower had, they all sold in under a month.

thats where I got mine thought they had ceased trading

They went quiet for a while, then I saw them on eBay last month for £30 inc PP or their website was £25.95 inc PP so I bought some more as spares and they arrived in a couple of days.

https://sunflowercamper.co.uk/products/ ... less-steel" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VW-T2-Bay-T2 ... 663.l10137" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Thanks bigherb, some useful links

Stainless ...

P1080398 by Paul_Barr, on Flickr

Sunflower Stainless.

Now they look nice. Might have to see when sunflower will have some back in stock...

I'm curious as to whether the use of the VW device (logo) has something to do with the availability?

Nah, none of the hubcaps currently available are really vw parts are they? Would make things very expensive once you add main dealer tax.


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Google gives the likely answer

https://www.copyrightaid.co.uk/forum/vi ... 1666#p4227" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

These would most likely fall under the spare parts piece.

My gut is they are making a batch and selling them before getting more


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Spare parts and trade marks are two separate issues. Spares with or without the device.....