Joel, I cannot believe how helpful your videos are, even all these years later. I just watched this one as well as the LED headlight one and the window scraper one. All will be necessary for me very soon
One of the only videos that actually tell you how to do that job. Thanks. My car was home for squirrels or raccoons for some 40 years and was full of peach seeds and snail shells.
Nice to see you back, Joel! please post more content of the suba beetle, your original videos are what motivated me to swap my 74 super. Life has kinda gotten in the way though and ive been building subarus ever since. I need motivation again to get to work on the super
Syd Lewis unfortunately I did not do a video of my dashboard. I was quite lucky mine was in good shape and I installed it. I do have a video up of before the installation so you could see the ductwork. But.... I have a dash on hand that is all cracked up. I’m going to do a video showing on how to refurbish it. You might want to stay tuned for that. And thank you for being here.
Hey Man. I'm not sure where you are in Oz but I'm just hoping that the fires are keeping away from you, your family and your property. Stay safe mate. Pete
Thanks, unfortunately no one makes new factory style ones, you can get various fibreglass versions. You need to get an original one restored or get lucky and find a good used one
Dalton Leonard no one makes new stock padded ones, Jbugs was selling fibreglass copies for a while but have I haven’t seen them on the website for a while.
Dalton Leonard unfortunately getting originals restored is the only way at this stage, not a cheap process but modern vinyls last much longer than originals.
Oh right, someone had installed hydraulic, I’m putting 6 inch smoothies on mine, not sure how it will handle as you know they are a bit twitchy a the best of times, How wide are the wheel on the white beetle?
Thanks for the video. I do have a question/comment. The bezel/collar around the vent knobs that you removed very easily with the circlip pliers were exactly the same looking in my ‘73 SB, but unfortunately didn’t come out the same way. I damaged them in my attempt to unscrew off that way (live and learn I guess). It wasn’t until much later down the process of removing the dash that I saw that there are two metal tabs on the inside above where the knobs are with two screws that have to be removed. Then and only then was I able to push the knobs thru and finish removing the dash. Is that normal for this model or was there some aftermarket mod done? It doesn’t seem like it’s aftermarket.
I saw your pics on the Samba, that’s pretty common, the knob bezels have a very fine plastic thread which people often damage so just glue them back in place.
@@BoostedVW No kidding! This is my first VW ever, and my first time working on a car ever, so definitely a steeper learning curve than most, but I’m definitely enjoy! I do have a few more questions, hopefully when you have time I can pick your brain, if you don’t mind.
