I'm thinking about swapping the indicator stalk to the other side in my 1959 beetle. It gets very confusing having it on the left when the Subaru I
regularly drive has it on the right! Is it going to be as simple as undoing the stalk at the base, swapping two wires inside the base, and swinging
it around to the other side of the steering column? Is the column just smooth all round?
[ Edited on 26-4-06 by Purple Martin ]
smooth all round undo the screw n slide
Or swap the Suby one around
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Yeah right it's my girlfriends 2005 Forester and she'd
kill me!
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Sell the subi and buy an Audi. Then all your cars will have it on the left side.
Rob....
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Round on the side facing down before you move it and flat on the upper surface. A few washers will fix the problem.
ive seen late model bugs with column assembly upsidedown blinker onthe right and key on left :duh
its wierd im always swapping from different cars and autos to manuals but for some reason when im in a bug i always go for the blinker on the left but
dont when im in a main stream car
same as when i drive an auto all day i get in the bug and never forget the clutch
i think its just u know ur in a vw csue its so confined LOL unlike any other car
Joel
I'm terrible when i go to drive anything else apart from the bug. I go looking for reverse where 2nd gear usually is, I try putting the key in the
ignition on the passengers side of the dashboard, I go looking for the radio in the glovebox...
damn, driving a v-dub is fun
I think all cars from europe have the blinkers on the LHS..
My Sister in Laws Astra convertible does....
& Her Husband switches the wipers on in their falcon every time they are going round a corner... LOL...
AS other people have said... its different driving a Beetle
so Your remember where things are.....
I wonder what the correct side is???
probably no correct answer.....
Sometimes it's about LHD vs RHD cars. A manufacturer puts the indicator on the correct side for whatever side of the car the driver is on... then when they make a few cars for other countries they use the same steering column / indicator assemblies.
Can the whole column be rotated (easily)? To reverse the wiper side as well.
i dont know if the dash in ur car would allow it as i havent seen it but it would be abit more difficult on a late column as they use push on plug
connecters and the wiper switch would end up pointing down at the gear stick when off and some where around ur left leg when switched to hi so i
wouldnt recomend it
Joel
My car is a kit and the column basically goes through a hole in aluminium plate, but thanks, I hadn't thought of the wipers on max. I guess I should do some measuring.
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