One of my friends directed me to Wolfsburg West, an American company, that has been in the business for more than 20 years, making Wolfsburg West the ultimate source for Volkswagen Beetle and Volkswagen Bus restoration parts.

They maintain a very easy to use and up to date web shop, which makes buying at Wolfsburg West a piece of cake. My personal experience was more than satisfactory: I bought a couple of bearings, bushes and door seals, that were delivered at my place in the Netherlands only 3 days later!

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http://www.wolfsburgwest.com/

Specialised in anything related to restoring classic Volkswagen vans. Contact them for used, NOS and new parts, exchange engines, maintenance and restoration.

At the time of my own restoration this little company was runned by Hans, in the meantime Classic VW Restoration has grown and Sjef runs the place now. I have ordered several new parts with Sjef and they have all been delivered perfectly at my home. Great contact, helpfull and motivated people. 

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http://www.classicvwresto.com/

Stop your search for those Samba trims, that Westfalia imperial or those Safari windows. Do not get ripped off by ruthless merchants that will try to make every last penny out of their trade. All of these gadgets can be found at Creative Engineering: Dave will personally guarantee the quality of his products.

His deliveries could use a little more organization as I heard from word of mouth and the products from Creative Engineering are far from cheap, but the quality of their products is truly, world-wide unmatched!

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http://www.creative-engineering.com/

Although Paruzzi is a specialist in bug parts, they do deserve to be mentioned as an approved supplier because of their superb web-store and postal services. Orders placed via the web-store will be delivered the next day if ordered from within the Benelux.

I ordered a diversity of parts for my engine, but also a new headliner and visors. They do have a small selection of split screen sheet metal available. Contact them for more details or special requests, since they have a lot of contacts in the Volkswagen scene.

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http://www.paruzzi.com/

Chrome plating will probably never come cheap, at least not if you want it to be done well. Now a day, a lot of new chrome parts come from Brazilian factories or other countries that have underpaid personnel. The drawback from this cheap chrome is that the quality is pretty poor. I have seen stuff started to rust within half a year.

Metamorfose is a Dutch company that chrome plates anything, whether it is small or big. You can request for a proposal by sending a picture and mentioning the sizes of the object you would like to have chrome plated. They guarantee that you won’t survive the quality of their product. Delivery might take some time, but it is worth the wait. Contact them for details on international orders.

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http://www.chroomtechnologie.nl/