i have just bought a standard steering wheel with half horn ring, stupid me just found out my super bug is a 72 NOT a 71! do the old steering wheels fit these? mine has a 4 spoke rally wheel and it just doesnt suit my pink bug!🤪
should do the spline may be the same size
They ARE the same.....
1971 VW model year was from 1st August 1970 to 31st July 1971
1972 VW year model was from 1st August 1971 to 31st July 1972
Will fit - No worries....
LEE
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---
Thanks guys, i have been told by a couple of people it wont fit becausse of the collapsable steering column or something. I think i trust you guys more and will take the chance! Ta!
Hi
All beetles from 1968 had a collapsable steering columns
I think the flat plastic steering wheel did start being used in 1972 year model... 1302s super
so the earlier dished steering wheel will Fit....
the steering column was made smaller in later years
not sure when....1303 or 1976 models.
I'm betting 99% that a dish steering wheel will fit....
Your 1972 Beetle..
LEE
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---
if its a 72 bug then the old 2 spoke wheels will fit but u will have to learn how drive everywhere in a straight line
72 onwards bugs have the wiperswitch on the steering column and the 2 spoke wheels hit this when u turn the wheel
just for reference 60-73 bugs all have the same steering wheel splines and all after 74 are the same as watercooled vws up till mid 90s
Ok...so now im excited i can fit one of these wheels, but im once again confused if my bug is a 71 or 72!!! It doesnt have a wiper switch at all on the column, just a button thing on the dash, only arm on column is the indicators. What the!!!!
its a 71 then. they moved the wipers to the column in 72
also congrartes on owning a one year only model. although it does have its draw backs, ie the one year only parts
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ha! you got me all excited but then i was saddened by the next point you mentioned!!! it has a a flat windscreen and a 4 vent lid, does this still make it a 71?
still a 71. they didnt go to curved screen till 73
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the build date will be on the compliance plate
if it has the rotary dash mounted wiper switch then it would have had the old 2 spoke wheel originally
4 spoke wheel and column wiper switch both started together in 10/71
dont scare them barls LOL
the few 71 only parts are low back seats with T runners and the internal rear window vents, and 99% of supers dont have them any more and the other 1% only have remnants of them
im a little more at ease now! Now whats this boss kit thing for the steering wheel? Im hopeless! What can u expect when i bought a pink bug though!!!
boss kit is the round part that attaches an aftermaket sports steering wheel to the column
they're only for aftermarket wheels
factory steering wheels its part of the wheel
sounds like your bug has a sports steering wheel
yere spot on, has a sports steering wheel which isnt bad, i just like the look of the older ones. Are these kits easy enough to remove when i put the new wheel on?
no just pop the centre cap then undo the bolt on the shaft. pull whole unit off. replace with stock unit tighten bolt.
i didnt mean to scare you, i was just point in out about some of the parts being rare but that only matters if you want to keep it 100% original.
“We all pay for life with death, so everything in between should be free.” Bill Hicks
the chaos project - click me
that sounds like something i could do!
