yeah, months do not go by without you not checking your email. Especially since he is posting on other forums. Hopefully it gets returned to you. Let me know if my more interesting internets skills can be of further assistance. Its nice to help other people out in our community and you never think another enthusiast would burn you. Until he posts up with an explaination and appology, I call B.S. its not like it seems he is someone with out the means to pop a cover and ship one to you and your original back judging by the pics.
I once got burned by letting a guy who had been on the boards for a few years borrow a set of wheels (a nice rare set of wheels made by ATS in Germany) to bolt on his Rabbit while he got another set of rare wheels sent out for polish and paint. Months went by and he kept telling me he would get them back to me. Finally after hassling for a good 8 months, he disappeared and so did my wheels never to be heard from again, he also owned a CJ7.............