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6v to 12v conversion
monster - December 30th, 2008 at 09:42 PM

Hi all,

I am a newbee here and I am wanting to buy a 1967 or earlier bug. Most of them are 6v and I wanted to get some idea of price for converting them to 12v and what are the pros and cons of doing so.

Any advice is appreciated,

Cheers,
Blair.

vw54 - December 31st, 2008 at 11:35 AM

depends if you want to change the flywheel as well you would have to pull the engine

you need a generator or alternator, starter, coil, wiper motor, reguator, light globes, battery, 12volt flywheel if yr changing it and possibly a clutch and pressure plate as the size will be different

monster - December 31st, 2008 at 01:22 PM

so... safe to say that it will cost a bit... probably more than the car itself???

Bizarre - December 31st, 2008 at 01:36 PM

Its a piece of string answer

If you are doing it yourself the MINIMUM would be battery, bulbs, generator, coil and ???

You could get out for say $200??

Drive in / out of a shop and get everything done - $1500 at least

Joel - December 31st, 2008 at 05:53 PM

unless ur getting a bug thats been in storage for eons u probably wont encounter that many still 6 volt

most of them have been converted by now
6 volt batterys have been getting harder to get and big $$ for ages and replacement bulbs can be fun to track down not to mention gennys and regulators which tend to die after 40+ years

pod - December 31st, 2008 at 07:30 PM

dont forget the genny or alt stand as well;)

monster - January 1st, 2009 at 08:28 AM

I have come across several that are still 6v... whilst I would like to keep them original as possible, 6v is a pain in the butt. So I would like to do the conversion 100% properly and not cut any corners...

izac - February 1st, 2009 at 11:48 AM

i have a 65 type 3 that is still 6v. i am thinking about converting it but it does seem like a lot of trouble as everything is working fine anyway. the only reason i want to convert is so i can run a 12v stereo...

the previous owner looked like they were running 2 batteries (using a 12v for the stereo system and 6v for everything else)...
is this alright to do???

are there any other options?

cheers

davog1970dubstar - October 13th, 2009 at 08:52 PM

i a newbie to aircooled so far and have had some trouble with the dizzy on my 1500 burning points, is there any difference between 6v/12v dizzy set up????

i currently running 12v but have dizzy off old 6v engine set up??

any suggestions?.