Mesh guards, made by slaves in China

 

Here's the link.

 

$16.

Those aren't stone guards , those are ramen strainers.  I can almost see them rusting before my eyes.

Ted

Click on the link - its not in China but in Mexico?  So who wants to go in on a carton of 25 pairs?

Hold on.  Those things appear to be round.  Our headlights require oval shaped mesh guards.

 

Wolfgang.  Where did you get that they are in Mexico?  Sure looks to me like thay are in China.  http://www.webwirecloth.com/

The Samba ad says Hebei, China

Click on MAP IT next to address and you get MX map for address at:

 

Cuajimalpa, Cuajimalpa de Morelos

I'd be very careful about ordering from them.  The original Samba ad is now gone, but there are other ads from the a same person.  Also, I emailed them at their listed email and it bounced.  Then there is also the question about why the map-it shows them in Mexico and the web site is China.

www.beckspeedster.com

My guess, Troy, is they're just having them made in China?

I just installed a pair that I purchased from Sierra Madre for about $110 for the pair. Very satisfied with the quality and fit.

I wonder what third world sweat shop Sierra Madre purchases them from?

Hebei, China

     So I've got a choice of purchashing a set of polished stainless steel mesh headlight stone guards from Julia 122 for $32 bucks. Add maybe another $15 for shipping from China for a total of $47 ....OR...I can purchase Sierra Madre's China made stone guards for $100, plus shipping?....Hummm!

 

     I imagine that the bean counters at Sierra Madre aren't too happy with Julia 122

The Sierra Madre Collection stone guards are excellent. They will fit your 356. You pay a premium for the confidence in knowing the seller. Troy already spotted problems with Julia 122.

What Troy didn't spot is the fact that Julia 122 also markets a stone guard for the vintage years VW's...which is exactly the same elliptical geometry as our 356 replicas. 

OK. You first.

Oh, and by the way, my confidence is reinforced by knowing the manufacturer...not necessarily the retailer.

JULIA 122!!

We want beehive tail lights, can you hook us up?

...ask for nude photographs first.

Hey Carl,  its $16 bucks for a PAIR!  They still probably won't fit.  I didn't like the way my chinese deck lid grille looked so I bought one of the nicer chinese ones from Sierra Madre. It looked nicer than the one from Vintage but it didn't fit the deck lid near as well as the Vintage one. I took it to a fabricator buddy of mine and he bent and twisted it into submission. Now it fits pretty well. If I didn't hate buying chinese stuff so much, I would chance the thirty bucks or so and try one.

 

 

Carl.  I looked at every picture in all of her Samba ads and didn't see any elliptical guards.  Can you please post the link?

Our elliptical guards are 220mm across horizontally and her picture of the 220 version sure looks round to me.

Troy, you're correct. Her photos don't show an elliptical guard.

 

But her lengthy ads on The Samba lists applications, and the early Beatles are specifically mentioned by years.

 

BTW, I've got to steer clear of browsing The Samba...It's playing havoc on my food budget and keeping me on a diet of rice and beans! 

I really hope she does have an elliptical version, I'll order a case of them, but I'd sure like to see a picture first.  I know what you mean about the budget going out the window.  Between Samba, eBay and the SOC I'm always spending more than I should, but that's what credit cards are for....right?

It would be a great deal, and I'm sure (as a group buy) we could get rid of 25 pairs (I'd be in, for sure), but as always, if they don't fit...