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 jabba
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| posted on November 9th, 2008 at 07:56 PM |
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Dash Question
Hey Guys,
My wife has a '74 dub with a plastic dash.
She is really keen to change out that dash for a metal dash from i think it is a 60's model dub. Can this be done and is it easy to obtain a metal
type dash?
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| posted on November 9th, 2008 at 08:37 PM |
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depends if its a superbug L or not
if it is an Lbug dash like this then no
but if its a standard pov pack flat screen like this then yea the metal dash is just hiding out under the padding
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| posted on November 9th, 2008 at 08:38 PM |
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Hey welcome to the forums !!!
If it's an L bug, then nope - you're staying with the plastic (L bug's are the ones with the really curved windscreen).
If it's a standard bug then the original steel dash is actually still lurking there underneath the plastic - just with extra holes in it here and
there to mount the crash padding, air vents etc. Not a simple job to get it all back to standard - bit of welding and painting involved - but do-able
I guess.
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| posted on November 9th, 2008 at 08:40 PM |
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Heh - got me by a few seconds there Joel !!!
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| posted on November 9th, 2008 at 08:43 PM |
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quick and dead around here Dave 
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| posted on November 9th, 2008 at 08:44 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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but if its a standard pov pack flat screen like this...
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Nice lookin dash - a "pov pack" with more instruments and buttons than most would know what to do with !!!
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| posted on November 9th, 2008 at 08:45 PM |
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Thanks guys, i think we are in luck as i am pretty sure it is not a Superbug..... |
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| posted on November 9th, 2008 at 08:48 PM |
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Oh - I should've said too - if it is a standard and you do go back to the steel, be careful when you're taking the crash padding off - I know of a
few people who've wanted to go the other way and update their steel dash to the later setup.
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