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pre 67 chrome strips on late bugs
killakornkobb - July 8th, 2005 at 05:18 PM

can these be fitted without drilling new holes? or do the old holes have to be made bigger? or do you have to braze them up and put new holes in?

would like thick trims on my late bug


akean1 - July 8th, 2005 at 05:42 PM

ive done this on my 71super,i just got the clips for the early chrome, and drilled 7mm holes.doors and back fit fine, but the early front chrome strips were a bit short for the super body, so had to modify some early back pieces to fit the front


killakornkobb - July 8th, 2005 at 06:50 PM

nice one.. super front panels the same as 1500s?


68AutoBug - July 8th, 2005 at 07:09 PM

No Damien, the supers are different, and have different front guards too.....
You May be able to fit the original early chrome strips on the 1500 beetle....
I believe the early strips were actually stainless steel wheras the late ones were aluminium....

cheers
Lee Noonan


68AutoBug - July 8th, 2005 at 07:11 PM

You can fit the wide stainless strips to the running boards too.....

Lee