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Car window wind deflectors where to get them.

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  • 18-12-2007 6:02pm
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    ArraMusha
    Registered Users Posts: 589 ✭✭✭


    Got a price of €65 !! for two wind deflectors for a passat from a car accessory shop on Tuam road, Galway. Jessas they're just a lum of plastic and the profit they're making is in the 1000% region.

    Anyone know where to get these around Ireland ? I tried ebay price was reasonable €20-30 but they were from dodgy lookin german sellers.??

    Right now it would be cheaper to fly to Germany to the VW factory in Wolfsburg and get them.:o


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    Stephen
    Registered Users Posts: 18,484 ✭✭✭✭Stephen


    Most of these things seem to be made in Germany so I wouldn't let that put you off. I got my dealer to throw in a set when I bought my car, I'm sure it cost him next to nothing but it saved me a few quid.


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    mike65
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    I bought my last set from a German ebayer without problem, there is an online place in Dublin I'll try to remember its name.

    found it
    http://www.funkymotors.ie/Brands/Exterior-Styling-km111556/ClimAir-Wind-Deflectors-kb333787/page-1/

    Mike.


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    nytraveller
    Closed Accounts Posts: 76 ✭✭nytraveller


    try here:
    http://www.funkymotors.ie/
    I agree price is a rip-off. Germen ebayers may be your cheapest option


    You just beat me to it, Mike!


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    tossy
    Registered Users Posts: 9,590 ✭✭✭tossy


    Got mine form german ebay also and the were alot slicker than most of the bus shelter style ones ive seen for sale over here!


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    pburns
    Registered Users Posts: 2,423 ✭✭✭pburns


    What is it with VW owners and those wind-deflector yokes? Are you a member of Macra as well?

    What purpose do they serve in the modern age of air-con, climate-control etc.???

    The manufacturers fine-tune their designs in wind-tunnels to have a low drag coefficient ans owners feck it up with cheap bits of plastic...


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    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,978 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    Not all cars have air-con shocker! It rains in Ireland shocker!

    Mike.


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    tossy
    Registered Users Posts: 9,590 ✭✭✭tossy


    pburns wrote: »
    What is it with VW owners and those wind-deflector yokes? Are you a member of Macra as well?

    What purpose do they serve in the modern age of air-con, climate-control etc.???

    The manufacturers fine-tune their designs in wind-tunnels to have a low drag coefficient ans owners feck it up with cheap bits of plastic...

    Was your pet dog ran over by a VW as a child? :D

    Let me paint a scenario for you.....

    Its late august and its pissing rain but its still quite warm out,your window fogs up,you turn on the heat but it gets too hot,you open the window but you get wet-what do you do???????

    de de de de de de de(to the tune of batman) WIND DEFLECTORS!!!

    Or......

    or you are hurtling along the motor way at the prescribed 120 kmph it may or may not be raining,and you decide jesus id love a fag,but you are a conscious smoker like me you like a smoke but you dont like a smokey car,what do you do????

    de de de de de de de de de WIND DEFLECTORS!!!


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    Masada
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 11,001 ✭✭✭✭Masada


    theres a shop in capel street called mitchells car accessories, he can get them to suit pretty much any car and they cost around 34-40 squid.,


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    G Luxel
    Registered Users Posts: 1,407 ✭✭✭G Luxel


    I bought 4 of them for my car, a corolla, they were very cheap at 15 euros plus shipping. I bought them on ebay.com a few years ago and they are fitting perfectly. I could have bought two front reflectors from Toyota for almost 100 euro.


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    Darven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 80 ✭✭Darven


    tossy wrote: »
    Was your pet dog ran over by a VW as a child? :D
    Let me paint a scenario for you.....
    Its late august and its pissing rain but its still quite warm out,your window fogs up,you turn on the heat but it gets too hot,you open the window but you get wet-what do you do???????
    de de de de de de de(to the tune of batman) WIND DEFLECTORS!!!
    Or......
    or you are hurtling along the motor way at the prescribed 120 kmph it may or may not be raining,and you decide jesus id love a fag,but you are a conscious smoker like me you like a smoke but you dont like a smokey car,what do you do????
    de de de de de de de de de WIND DEFLECTORS!!!

    Macra! hahaha oh lads two very witty posts.

    i got mine on ebay from lado in westmeath and collecting them saturday all going to plan. €27. smoked ones, and i have to agree smokey car not nice at all! but some long trips or the mile to work in the morning require some nicotine! just to calm!

    hmmm i dont think deflectors are a requirement for owning a golf, that said theres three in yard at home and ill be the third to conform. they look good on most cars! and have a purpose unlike......no fear stickers!


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