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Advance retard/horn/dipper switch for R12

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spider rust
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Advance retard/horn/dipper switch for R12

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I see many repros on the market, but which is the best quality available? Can anyone recommend a supplier, no polish parts please.
Original if possible? Many thanks.

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For original parts, I'd watch

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For original parts, I'd watch German eBay.

My experience with Polish and Czech repop parts has been that they can be quite serviceable but usually need to be finished to an acceptable standard.

For example, I bought an entire new exhaust system for my R52 - headers, mufflers, tailpipes - from Oldtimer Garage in Poland. It cost me $250 at the time. It fit perfectly, but I spent at least 40 hours grinding down welds and sanding out scratches before it could go to the platers. It then cost me $450 to have the system nickel plated locally.
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Re Polish Parts

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Thanks Darryl. Of course the German site could be selling Polish parts for bigger mark ups! But good advice.

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Of course a German site might

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Of course a German site might be selling Polish (or other eastern countries) parts, and the buyer has no way of knowing this.
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spider rust
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Best quality German manufactured pre war parts source

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Does anyone know from experience?

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DasMotorrad
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poland reproduction

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Hello,
you can find easy a lot of reproduction from Poland in Ebay,but in my opinion sometimes the quality isn't good
Andrea - Modena - Italy
R only R of Munich

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Horn dipper advance retard switch

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Thanks Andrea.

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