Hi
Does anyone know if the headlight seals to body on a 67 Aussie beetle are different to seals for 65-67 beetle? The new ones seem a bit thicker (yes I know they are new...) and there doesn't seem to be enough room to 'hang' the headlight on the lip at the top - if they are different which year should I buy? I'm confused as to what parts I should get sometimes since the Aussie 67 is not the same as a European 67 馃樀
Thanks in advance
Wendy
matberry 路
Aussie 67 takes the >64 US/Euro seal. Basically the sloped headlight type doesn't change seals.
You can get these from either Das Resto Haus or VVDS; both the suppliers have top quality goods
vw54 路
The lip may be squashed on the guard that the seal fits into
h 路
^ yep it's prolly squashed a bit
xerxes 路
Thanks guys - the place I got them usually does good quality stuff it seemed more like the old ones were a bit narrower and therefore left more room between the seal and the lip - I'll do the other headlight tomorrow and see if the problem is the lip or the seal I didn't think of that - they were 65-67 seals though so if not the lip I'll order some more earlier ones thanks for the links
Your advise very appreciated thank you 馃檪
matberry 路
Speaking of the lip, often there is such a build up of excess paint from not being taken back to bare metal during repair that there is no room left for the seal.
xerxes 路
Don't think the paint has been touched there but could be wrong I gave it a good clean...I'll check again - but I tried the other headlight seal and that worked okay so will dig around and see if I can pull the lip back a bit on the problem side too hot to do much other than lie around today 馃檪