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firewall insulation(engine bay beetle)
lugnuts - December 24th, 2002 at 10:10 PM

ok,so i pulled off the stainless steel louvred trim and ive pulled off the original tarboard insulation now what are my options on replacement,has to be quality,whats out there any german stuff left or is brazil ok,what about west.co.met.anygood i prefer something that is replaceable not sprayed on thanks.


Che Castro - December 25th, 2002 at 10:19 AM

i think VVDS has replacement tarboards that are replica ones... possibly West coast metric replicas?? anyway they were $150 for a set, so i thought that i might as well buy my own tarboard or similar and cut it myself :)


vw54 - December 25th, 2002 at 10:32 AM

yeah the WCM replacement ones are not bad.

make sure all the retaining clips are in place and fix this if not


KruizinKombi - December 25th, 2002 at 10:25 PM

That looks DAMN good!! :thumb

Just the thing for those rusty floors too!


kombi_kid - December 26th, 2002 at 07:49 PM

daves firewall idea is good and looks good in the smoothie!!! come one dave show us a photo of it
cheers
rhys


vw54 - December 26th, 2002 at 08:10 PM

yeah must do that one day.....

i removed all the clips . trim bits n sprayed it wit Aquafleck which hides heaps of sins ( not that theres any on the smmmootthiee ) but it gives a blan overall appearance
its a little noisy but i just added more insulation on the inside of the car.

one thig it does do is stop the insulation from being sucked into the cooling fan and over heating your engine.