Where to buy VW style hood latch
 

Ok so I know Screamin Performance has a bolt in for Camaros, but I am looking for a place to buy just the upper and lower latches.

Someone has to know an easily accessible place to buy them??? I know the hot rod supply places sell them for 80 bucks and up, but I found a post that shows the earlier upper latch is beefier.

Anyone know a good supplier?

Jbugs.com has them.

Found a Porsche place that has the nicer beefier style.

944 style porsche latches.

Also, the VW Thing latch is the beefier design. Go figure?

Got mine on eBay brand new for $35 :thumbsup:

what's the benefit of swithcing out?

I bought mine from THE THING SHOP in Chandler AZ.

Upper: part number 175823507 $80.00
Lower: part number 411823509 $90.00

Yes, a little pricey but I wanted the heavier ones for piece of mind.

I bought a Lokar cable assembly.

You can see more comparison pics of the various light duty and heavy duty pieces available in my "Lou's Change" build thread - link below.

Light duty / cheap / knock off upper:

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/.../191823507.jpg

Heavy Duty / expensive / actual VW upper:

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/...i/IMG_3311.jpg

Light Duty / cheap / knock off lower:

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/.../191823509.jpg

Heavy Duty / expensive / actual VW lower:

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/...i/IMG_3316.jpg

Hope this helps.

Thanks buddy I found your post on Pro Touring and tracked em down, also found a place to buy the p0rsche version. Thanks for the numbers!