Dash Question

jabba Learner Dubber

3 posts · joined Sep 2008 · 9 Nov 2008, 7:56 pm

#678864

Hey Guys,

My wife has a '74 dub with a plastic dash.

She is really keen to change out that dash for a metal dash from i think it is a 60's model dub. Can this be done and is it easy to obtain a metal type dash?

Thanks

Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 · 9 Nov 2008, 8:37 pm

#678876

depends if its a superbug L or not
if it is an Lbug dash like this then no

but if its a standard pov pack flat screen like this then yea the metal dash is just hiding out under the padding

Sides Veteran Volks Folk

2,220 posts · joined May 2007 · 9 Nov 2008, 8:38 pm

#678877

Hey welcome to the forums !!!

If it's an L bug, then nope - you're staying with the plastic (L bug's are the ones with the really curved windscreen).

If it's a standard bug then the original steel dash is actually still lurking there underneath the plastic - just with extra holes in it here and there to mount the crash padding, air vents etc. Not a simple job to get it all back to standard - bit of welding and painting involved - but do-able I guess.

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Sides Veteran Volks Folk

2,220 posts · joined May 2007 · 9 Nov 2008, 8:40 pm

#678878

Heh - got me by a few seconds there Joel !!!

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Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 · 9 Nov 2008, 8:43 pm

#678880

quick and dead around here Dave 😂

Sides Veteran Volks Folk

2,220 posts · joined May 2007 · 9 Nov 2008, 8:44 pm

#678882

Joel wrote:but if its a standard pov pack flat screen like this...

Nice lookin dash - a "pov pack" with more instruments and buttons than most would know what to do with !!!

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jabba Learner Dubber

3 posts · joined Sep 2008 · 9 Nov 2008, 8:45 pm

#678883

Thanks guys, i think we are in luck as i am pretty sure it is not a Superbug.....

Sides Veteran Volks Folk

2,220 posts · joined May 2007 · 9 Nov 2008, 8:48 pm

#678884

Oh - I should've said too - if it is a standard and you do go back to the steel, be careful when you're taking the crash padding off - I know of a few people who've wanted to go the other way and update their steel dash to the later setup.

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