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| posted on October 21st, 2010 at 04:26 PM |
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Herbie... Unloaded?? (My *66 Herbie Convertible)
Hey pplz,
This is my 2nd beetle.
Im 25 and also own a '64 with my Dad that we are re-doing the engine of.
This one was bought about 5 years ago and I love the convertible for the nice Perth summers.
I added a Carrera Kit from an old beatup vehicle after a year
This ended up with stripes and numbers:
The current situation is that its back off the road while my Dad and I rewire it.
Currently I have the standard of the vehicle + Radio (front and rear speakers) + ~12 undercar lights (lol) (blue/changing colours) + Front foggies
Have nearly rewired after the below pic (cleared out and sprayed front)
Have remade the dash panel to allow for a on switch + starter button + wireless immobiliser + all my light switches + horn!
Current situation:
-Need to remake interior. Need new seats and carpet + seatbelts.
Anyone have any clue where I would start looking?? (PERTH)!
[size=5]16mb Video of new front panel with starter switch/button[/size]
Cheers for reading and any ideas welcome!
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| posted on October 21st, 2010 at 04:35 PM |
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Hey Gangel... welcome to here.
The carrera treatment actually suits I think, but man... that wiring... good onya for tackling it !!!
Oh and btw - Herbie's definitely a 68 or later, rather than a 66...
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| posted on October 21st, 2010 at 06:05 PM |
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hehe oops!!
Yeh the main part IS 68 (re: the oops) however, when the mechanic got to the engine + other bits and pieces when I put new engine in, he said most of
it was '66 and shouldnt be there!
So in the end, poor little bug-ger is a bit confused
Wiring is now at the stage of evertyhing standard is back in it.. now just my undercar lights, interior neons and foggies to go in.
BTW anyone know the foglight law? I was going to change them for "spotties" but I just want to see if i can even use them!!
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| posted on October 21st, 2010 at 07:52 PM |
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Welcome mate
Herbie REALLY is confised - his number plate thinks he is a BUS 
Good to see you getting stuck in
Futue te ipsum!!!
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| posted on October 21st, 2010 at 08:40 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Gangel
BTW anyone know the foglight law? I was going to change them for "spotties" but I just want to see if i can even use them!!
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Before you use spotlights, just think what your thoughts are when you have a car driving towards you with them on. Are yours adjusted right? Do you
really need them? Do they look out of style?
Foglights are amber in colour and are to be used "In adverse weather conditions" (Fog)
Spotlights are used with high beam
Driving lights are low power, and diffused beam lights
Anyway my opinion is that unless you really need any of the above, they are out of style.
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| posted on October 21st, 2010 at 11:43 PM |
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Cheers for the opinion. Im not a street bogan, but Im thinking towards driving lights for the pure face that I have the spaces on the bumper. Hence,
if I have them, may as well have them plugged in, however they will be attached to my undercar lights which come on ~5 times/year LOL
Cheers for the info helbus and ty for the comments Bizzare
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| posted on October 22nd, 2010 at 12:03 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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Foglights are amber in colour and are to be used "In adverse weather conditions" (Fog)
Spotlights are used with high beam
Driving lights are low power, and diffused beam lights
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This is not necessarily true. White foglights are very common, they don't have to be amber at all. My family's old Nissan Pintara was factory
delivered with white fog lights, and they were a very useful feature to have as we lived in Canberra at the time and there was quite a bit of fog.
They really do cut through the fog brilliantly, much better than headlights.
I don't know what you would call driving lights, but everything which I have seen referred to or sold as "driving lights" should be wired up to
come on with high beam only. The factory headlamps are all you should need when using dipped beams. Driving lights, in my opinion, are for use with
high beams, and can be differentiated by the type of lens, either spot (pencil) or spread (wide-angle) beam. Many kits contain one of each, so that
you get better vision around corners and to the side of the road as well as longer distance vision on straights.
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| posted on October 22nd, 2010 at 11:40 AM |
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hmmmm
that does put my in a fix then RE: the last response.
As I said, I'm really after something to fill the gaps that may as well be plugging in and a bit "showy" rather than actually required.
Perth doesnt get fog...!
Any idea which i should go for?
It would be illegal to drive with normal driving lights without highbeam?
I always see sports cars just plodding about with their foggies/driving lights ONLY and no headlight. Is is just that they arent getting caught?
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| posted on October 22nd, 2010 at 12:12 PM |
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As far as I know, the only auxiliary lights which can legally be switched on separately from the headlamps are fog lights, and even then fog lights
may only be operated in hazardous weather conditions. Some of my friends with modern cars have been pulled over by the police and cautioned about
having fog lights switched on in good weather. Basically, if your headlamps are off and there is no fog or driving rain, then you should not have any
lights on.
Here's an interesting article on driving lights also. http://autospeed.com/cms/title_Fitting-Xtra-Lights/A_110476/article.html
The article explains what I was talking about before regarding spread beam and pencil beam driving lights.
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| posted on October 22nd, 2010 at 12:14 PM |
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ya ok. cheers for the help.
Ill prob leave the same ones i have in there and just hook them up separately for the rare rare situation of the bad weather. No point getting new
ones 
Thanks a lots waveman, needed that info!
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