URO license plate light quality and best vendor to purchase from? |
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URO license plate light quality and best vendor to purchase from? |
doug_b_928 |
Jan 23 2018, 10:32 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 694 Joined: 17-January 13 From: Winnipeg Member No.: 15,382 Region Association: Canada |
It would appear that the early license plate light (914 631 601 00) is NLA. To purchase new it looks like URO is the only option. I did a search and found one negative view of the quality of these lights, but no positive comments either. Can anyone comment on their quality?
Also, Pelican, Stoddard, and Sierra Madre have them, with the latter having a slightly better price at the moment. Is there any preference for dealing with one of these vendors? I've bought from Pelican before, but not the others. |
Tom_T |
Jan 23 2018, 01:00 PM
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TMI.... Group: Members Posts: 8,318 Joined: 19-March 09 From: Orange, CA Member No.: 10,181 Region Association: Southern California |
URO in general across all car makers & models parts which they make are known for poor quality & QC problems. Some parts may be bad eggs, while others good - but the consensus seems to be lesser quality than OEM. Do a google search for URO to see wider comments on more cars.
If 914Rubber makes their own, then theirs are probably better than URO, but I have no experience, since I got mine from Porsche some time ago for my resto. Pelican, Stoddard & SMC are all good vendors, so for like-kind items, pick the best price. However, ever since Performance Products/Automation was sold to Eklers - they have nobody there who knows diddly-squat about Porsches - let alone 914s, so I don't bother with them anymore since they even know how to resolve an incorrect part shipped, for the correct one (3x tired). While any vendor can make a mistake - if one can't or won't correct their error in a reasonable time, then it's not worth the headaches. You might try calling any of the following known 914 & Porsche Parts Stashers: Rich Bontempi at HPH (High Performance House) in Redwood City CA, George Hussey at Auto Atlanta, Craig at CAMP914 in OR, Brad Mayeur at 914LTD in IL, AASE Sales in OH, - to see if any of them have any original ones in their respective stashes, but expect to pay top dollar for NLA items. Good Luck! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Tom /////// |
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