I am looking at changing the miles speedo to a nice mechanical smiths kilometres gauge. Has anyone done it? Is it easy to do?
Auto barn are going to charge around $400 for it...
J
bought mine from german ebay
there cheap there,the dearest part is postage ,about 15 euro
i just have a clear km sticker that goes over my speedo...
dubless. 🥲
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but thinking of trying a trick i saw somewhere else...
which is to change background only.....
was it done in the rides forum, when someone changes their background to white (so it was more trendy), but thought we could get it changed to different color, and into KMS...
just thinking out loud I guess.
will see if i can chase up thread for u.
dubless. 🥲
🥷 And who the helled parked the Mitsubishi "Prancer" under my house??? 🥷
I thought about the sticker but I really wanna a klms speedo. Are the good quality from germany and do they speak english? lol
Cool, thankx bug eyed babe. I had a thought about that a while ago just changing the background, itd b awesome if i could!!
they're geniune vw speedo's thats what they came out with in europe
(in german a speedo is called a tacho)
ooh cool 🙂 I am having a look on the german site now thanx
mine has kms... the sticker is easy and you can find cheap as km speedos lyin around places...
Mmmm, its not coming up with much on ebay...what should I put in the search
there is a guy on here who sells them occasionally, about $85 I think. mine is perfect, bolted srtaight in with no mods. now i even have the distance in kms. something cheap as crap stickers can't do. all fo rthe price of about 2 tanks of petrol
[Edited on 8-3-2005 by lost]
are we there yet?
Who sells them on here?
tacos perhaps....
dubless. 🥲
🥷 And who the helled parked the Mitsubishi "Prancer" under my house??? 🥷
Hi Jo,
I have a German kmh speedo in My beetle.
I bought Mine on ebay... about $125....
a couple of years ago.... as they were rare...
there has been a few on ebay lately....
around $85 each.....
Keep looking on ebay.....
look under 'VW' in Cars Trucks & boats...
they can be rewound.... back to zero....
I left mine as it is.....
Lee
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---
go to ebay home page
click on germany at bottom of page
enter vw tacho
348 matches
1970 tacho ending in 8 hours ,1 euro
sorry don't know how to post links
my last 2 speedos have come from germany and both cost $50 each to my door
looks cool, i might still want teh white/pink/green background...hey i can't even work out what colors i want on the car, let alone inside.
dubless. 🥲
🥷 And who the helled parked the Mitsubishi "Prancer" under my house??? 🥷
68AutoBug wrote:Hi Jo,
I have a German kmh speedo in My beetle.
I bought Mine on ebay... about $125....
a couple of years ago.... as they were rare...
there has been a few on ebay lately....
around $85 each.....
Keep looking on ebay.....
look under 'VW' in Cars Trucks & boats...
they can be rewound.... back to zero....
I left mine as it is.....
Lee
hahahahahaha
rare
as in a german beetle speedo.
about as rare as mossies in queensland
[Edited on 8-3-2005 by lost]
are we there yet?
I forgot to tell You Jo, the speedo is the easiest thing to replace in Your Beetle.... just 2 screws plus unscrew the cable
after You have pulled the lights out from the old one...
there are 5 or 6 bulb holders to pull out... all these have wires connected to them.... You just push them back into the correct holes in the KMH Speedo...
Probably best to label each wire with some masking tape...
Just write on the tape where it goes- top left - etc...
and wrap the tape around the wire...
Its Not too difficult as the wires are just the correct length to reach where they go...
There are a few plastic hoses You will have to remove under the bonnet to get at the Speedo...
Lee
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---
"Karmann Cruiser"(avd username) has them for $90 including postage australia wide
I only use ebay in AUSTRALIA.....
I went to a VW show in Sydney a few years ago and a fellow there had a KMH SPeedo for sale....
wanted $200... for it....
I tried to get Him down.... but He said how many have You seen? I said NONE !!!! thats why it was $200.
but people are bringing them into Australia & selling on AUSTRALIAN ebay....
even the early 68 models with the chrome rings inside the speedo, same as the original one... or
Black & white as in the late model ones...
I actually drove My Sons 69 Beetle down the highway yesterday and I didn't have a clue how fast I was going....
I just kept behind the truck in front of Me..... 🙂🙂
Lee
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---
Cool thanx lee I am writing down all the information I get from you and others on this forum 🙂 It's great to see VW people are sooo helpful. And I have always missed that they always wave to each other if you're driving another VW, I always thought it was great a few years back when I was just 18 and had gotten my first car/bug.
I called Matt who sells the VW speedos, he said he imports them from Germany. He sells them for $80 + postage which is good. I really want a klm speedo. 🙂 So thanx for that lost!!
Hi Foxy, i have one for sale, $120 inc post, you may have a later model though?
Excellent Condition
Andy
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Got one in my bus that has the fuel guage in it as well, that way I didnt have to cut the dash for the fuel guage.
Cheers
Dave
Thanx heaps andy, but I have a later model bug.
Thanks tho 🙂
We took our mph speedo to a speedo testing workshop along with an L bug KMH face and he changed it over for us. Now the face looks original and the dials click over in KM not miles. Cost about $60 + the old speedo from a wreckers.
Yogie
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Even some NOS.
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They are all tested.
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