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| posted on January 16th, 2013 at 02:26 PM |
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Headlight seals 67 bug
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 
Thanks in advance
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| posted on January 16th, 2013 at 02:38 PM |
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Aussie 67 takes the >64 US/Euro seal. Basically the sloped headlight type doesn't change seals.
Your problem may be the quality of the seal.
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| posted on January 16th, 2013 at 02:50 PM |
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^^^^
http://www.wolfsburgwest.com/cart/DetailsList.cfm?ID=111941191
You can get these from either Das Resto Haus or VVDS; both the suppliers have top quality goods
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| posted on January 16th, 2013 at 05:20 PM |
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The lip may be squashed on the guard that the seal fits into
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| posted on January 16th, 2013 at 05:27 PM |
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^ yep it's prolly squashed a bit
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| posted on January 16th, 2013 at 05:44 PM |
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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 
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| posted on January 16th, 2013 at 06:34 PM |
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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.
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| posted on January 18th, 2013 at 03:00 AM |
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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
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