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Lachlan VL Officially Full-On Dubber

290 posts · joined Nov 2008 ·

#831607
hi guys just wondering how much it would be to rewire my 12v 69 bug can anyone give me an estimate

Lachlan VL Officially Full-On Dubber

290 posts · joined Nov 2008 ·

#831811
just striped out all wiring out of stock 69 bug and i wont it just basic wiring for a 12v coz atm im having issues with the car keeping charge in battery tryed all possible thing that could be wrong but it has to be a short in the wiring just wont it to look and work good

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#831853
what is Your location?

LEE
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---

barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,473 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·

#831875
im thinking somewhere around the 10-15 hours maybe more depending on problems but at about 90 bucks an hour roughly its going to be about a 1-1.5 grand.
“We all pay for life with death, so everything in between should be free.” Bill Hicks
the chaos project - click me

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#831879
Yes
to rewire a Car is VERY EXPENSIVE.....

to use the same colored wires is ULTRA EXPENSIVE..

You can buy them in the USA but they are NOT RH Drive..
so don't fit..
would have to be modified...

about $450-$500 with freight..
then need to be modified....extended...

LEE

used to be someone making VW wiring harnesses to order in RHD... from memory $800...??
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#831880
barls wrote:im thinking somewhere around the 10-15 hours maybe more depending on problems but at about 90 bucks an hour roughly its going to be about a 1-1.5 grand.
what about at $21-55 an hour??
$215-50 to $323.25 ??
PLUS wire and connectors of course..

LEE
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---

Lachlan VL Officially Full-On Dubber

290 posts · joined Nov 2008 ·

#832012
yer thats cheap um coffs harbour nsw is where i am
all i got is a stock bug with cd player and speekers
i dont need it a sap coz only 16 and working on my bug to get it ready for my p's

barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,473 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·

#832019
68AutoBug wrote:
barls wrote:im thinking somewhere around the 10-15 hours maybe more depending on problems but at about 90 bucks an hour roughly its going to be about a 1-1.5 grand.
what about at $21-55 an hour??
$215-50 to $323.25 ??
PLUS wire and connectors of course..

LEE
when was the last time you were at an auto elect lee?
standard rates for the motor trade is about 80-90 bucks an hour, specialists charge more.
“We all pay for life with death, so everything in between should be free.” Bill Hicks
the chaos project - click me

Camo Custom Title Time!

1,936 posts · joined Oct 2007 ·

#832031
barls wrote:
68AutoBug wrote:
barls wrote:im thinking somewhere around the 10-15 hours maybe more depending on problems but at about 90 bucks an hour roughly its going to be about a 1-1.5 grand.
what about at $21-55 an hour??
$215-50 to $323.25 ??
PLUS wire and connectors of course..

LEE
when was the last time you were at an auto elect lee?
standard rates for the motor trade is about 80-90 bucks an hour, specialists charge more.
I think Lee is saying he will do it for $21.55 an hour, correct me if wrong Lee.

I am still making my own complete wiring harness from scratch. I think I have bought about 25m of single wiring and also a 6m of heavy duty 7 core trailer wiring. I have done more since this photo, but you get the basic idea. I have made the wiring longer and going to try and have most of it hidden. Also using mainly black wiring so as to make it a little (and I mean a little) harder for the thieves. Will also be adding a 3 point immobilizer alarm.



Kev
I thought rebuilding a VW would be cheap - Shit I was wrong, just don't let the wife know !!!!

Click here for my (slowy) modded 1961 Beetle build.