Hey Das, you really should run a Tacheometric Relay for the Fuel pump, or at least run a relay off the oil pressure switch so that the pump stops in the event of an accident, most chances are you won't be in a state to turn off the pump yourself after an accident.
Graham
65 Meyers Manx
68 Country Buggy (KO 367)
68 Country Buggy (KO 669)
68 Country Buggy (KO 789)
68 Country Buggy (KO 815)
68 Baja Bug
76 Baja Kombi Twincab
True, I did think about that - how do I wire one up and are they available from auto electric stores?
Managed to do a little work today (along with more renos - hence the pile of stones and mulch next to the beetle!)
Laid down three coats of base coat on the sub box....
Give Geoff at K3 Auto Electrics a call, he does all the Porsche & VW dealership stuff and really knows what he is talking about.
3256 0701
He's at Albion just behind the Albion Hotel
[Edited on 21-5-2005 by 11CAB]
65 Meyers Manx
68 Country Buggy (KO 367)
68 Country Buggy (KO 669)
68 Country Buggy (KO 789)
68 Country Buggy (KO 815)
68 Baja Bug
76 Baja Kombi Twincab
Cheers...
After base coat came a few coats of clear...
...the cups are hiding in the background - all will be revealed tomorrow arvo 😉
Nice work on the tray no dout many hours of work, must way a tone.
Yep many many hours....doesn't weigh all that much actually - 16mm mdf skeleton is not that heavy.
Arrrrghhhhh! I wanna know what you're doing with those cups!
ruckus wrote:Arrrrghhhhh! I wanna know what you're doing with those cups!
Here is a before shot :P - that should give you a hint...
Ahhhh, so colour-coded is the thing then?
lookin good das! cant wait to see the cups tomorrow
'73 Bay - Fergus
ruckus wrote:Ahhhh, so colour-coded is the thing then?
time will tell :kiss
hehehe you tease!
Ah well you've deserved your pleasures
Colour coding is too much of a cheap option for you,
but its certainly spray painters masking off material.
Possibly chrome plating them?
You have expensive taste! What can you do with wheels
that is effective but expensive. 😉
1958 Beetle, 1966 VW Beetle, 1996 Holden Statesman!
Its an obsesion for engines and fuel.... 😏
I know. but I'm not telling.:thumb
blue 62 is half right.. kinda... but not really
let sleeping dubs lie
painted matt black?
naaaaaaah
that polishing rig is on the way again...after the paint
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Some people may hate them, but I love em.....I wanted something different.....and since I will be the one driving it, who really cares what others think eh? Hehehe...:thumb
Firstly I took them to a machine shop (where I had the spacers made) and had the lips of the rims machined off so they were a flat profile rather than rounded. Because there were some casting marks I then hit them with 360, then 600 then 1200 grit wet and dry to gradually abolish the marks and sanding scratches. Next onto the buffing wheels to polish them up.
Next came the masking tape and paper....followed by some grey metallic base coat followed by four coats of clear. I wanted something a little more agressive than the stock treatment, and something different as I said - I have been looking at the same wheels for a year now and it was time for a change :P
So love or hate em - this is how they will stay!
Vinyl sub box insert was popped in place and sub positioned just for the pic (still have to screw it in place).
So there ya have it....hopefully more work during the week.
Absolutely love the cups!!!!! I want rims that colour on my bay and on my silvia! Awesome!!!
'73 Bay - Fergus
yeah that looks much better, a heap more agressive. wats the paint code u used on the wheels by the way?
[Edited on 22-5-2005 by VWFOOL]
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One man's junk...
Anything painted dark, with nice polished metal looks a treat. You've done well. You might wanna be using some lock nuts on them as i think a few people might wanna make them walk!
😉
1958 Beetle, 1966 VW Beetle, 1996 Holden Statesman!
Its an obsesion for engines and fuel.... 😏
You've done well. You might wanna be using some lock nuts on them as i think a few people might wanna make them walk!
shhhhhh
😉 that was my idea!!!!
[Edited on 22/5/05 by Davecho]
'73 Bay - Fergus
looks great. Is that an anthracite/gunmetal metallic?
Jon
*phew* I have just sat here for I don't know how long... reading ALL 35 pages of postings..... and I just have one thing to say:
HOLY CRAP!!
You are dedicated, patient, and talented..... just look at this bug if you ever doubt that. It is absolutely amazing.
Wow.... makes me glad I just bought a Beetle that someone else did all the hard yards on!! Tehehe 😉
Cheers everyone - I am stoked how the wheels have turned out especially for a home paint job (these were easy compared to painting a whole car though!!). I just went through colour charts at the paint shop until I found something that I liked - would be easy to do the same to choose your own colour 😉
Hey das you were talking baout the cut off for your fuel pump before. I have one that works of pulses from the coil. So when the pulses become to faw apart the power is cut. ITs for LPG applications, but works great on teh elec fuel pump. and also when ever i switch the ignition on it primes the fuel pump for 5 secs. I got it from leons.
I have no sympathy for my car, only the wallet that pays for it!
Go hard or go home!!!!
