[T3] Beauty Rings

[Jim Adney]

On 30 Jun 2013 at 17:53, Gary Forsmo wrote:

> 1)  And what's the #1 purpose on anodizing in the (OE) first place?
> 2)  Corrosion resistance?

Yes

> 3)  And do both sides of our Beauty Rings get anodized?

Yes, because it's an electrolytic dip process. It's hard to dip just 
one side. There are places who do anodizing in Milwaukee and also 
Green Bay. I don't think there are any in Madison. I don't know if 
there are problems with re-anodizing.

I probably have a few of these somewhere. They would just be Monets 
(as in, they look good from a distance, but not close up) but that's 
all you need for a car.

VW had different part numbers for trim rings for beetles and for type 
3s. The real VW ones have the # stamped near the inner edge. But they 
had at least 2 different versions, probably from different vendors 
and probably supplied in parallel at the same time. So just getting 
another original one from another '69 Type 3 does not guarantee 
getting a match.  

The major difference I can remember is whether they had the grey 
rubber grommet around the valve stem hole or not. Some did, some 
didn't. Both were OE.

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Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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