1303 dash.. the whole deal

[trevorbrady]

Originally Posted by super vw

They ARE the dash, not a cover. at least on the 1303's, now i have seen some for the metal flat dashed beetles and they cover over the existing dash.

so to fit this GRP or CF 911 style dash, you have to cut out the original steel dash in its entirety?
Is the dash not kinda structural in beetles? I would have thought that some kind of rigidity would be lost by cutting it all away below the windscreen and above yer knees...

Am I wrong??

[super vw]

Well, looking at your signature i noticed you stated you have a 72 1303... i dont think they make such a thing. the 1303 started in 1973 with the curved windows.
Do you have a flat window or a curved one? if its a flat window super you have a "1302" a curved window is a "1303"

You dont have to do any cuting of the stock dash. stanadard or not.

[Racelook]

Originally Posted by super vw

They ARE the dash, not a cover. at least on the 1303's, now i have seen some for the metal flat dashed beetles and they cover over the existing dash.

Yep this is true.

I have a 911-style dashboard for mine bug (not installed yet) it isn't a cover it just the dash.

Wiebrand

[Racelook]

Originally Posted by trevorbrady

so to fit this GRP or CF 911 style dash, you have to cut out the original steel dash in its entirety?

You'r sure that you are talking about an 1303.. they don't got a steel dash!! You just kick out that really boring "safety" dash and put in the new one!!

Wiebrand

[barbe]

Wonderful if cover.Yo is not one I have 1303's, where it has seen that something to escarabajos[kafer ] that covers on the existing spraying. Where I can find this to tablier?

[trevorbrady]

I have a 1303 (complete with curved windscreen ). It's a bit of an anomaly, it's got later 2-bolt front struts and later 3-point seats but is on a '72 registration. It has had some resto work done in the past (by previous owners, I'm the 8th!) so it may have had a body/chassis swap at some stage. Check my site for pics etc... (www.geocities.com/veewrx)

I saw a pic in Kieth Seume's "new custom handbook" of a bright green 1303 with a painted steel dash (i.e. looked like the rubber "safety" dash had been removed from the steelwork.) this is why I presumed the 1303 had a steel structure going on under the rubber moulding.

I'm still confused though. To fit one of these 911 style dasboards, do you remove the rubber safety padding from the 1303 (curved screen) and fit the 911 one in its place, or do you fire up the grinder and cut away the steel sub structure? This is why I ask, because the '03 has a raised binnacle for the gauge, and I also presumed that it would have been steel. It looks like this might interfere with one of those 911 style dashboards.

[super vw]

Originally Posted by trevorbrady

I have a 1303 (complete with curved windscreen ). It's a bit of an anomaly, it's got later 2-bolt front struts and later 3-point seats but is on a '72 registration. It has had some resto work done in the past (by previous owners, I'm the 8th!) so it may have had a body/chassis swap at some stage. Check my site for pics etc... (www.geocities.com/veewrx)

I saw a pic in Kieth Seume's "new custom handbook" of a bright green 1303 with a painted steel dash (i.e. looked like the rubber "safety" dash had been removed from the steelwork.) this is why I presumed the 1303 had a steel structure going on under the rubber moulding.

I'm still confused though. To fit one of these 911 style dasboards, do you remove the rubber safety padding from the 1303 (curved screen) and fit the 911 one in its place, or do you fire up the grinder and cut away the steel sub structure? This is why I ask, because the '03 has a raised binnacle for the gauge, and I also presumed that it would have been steel. It looks like this might interfere with one of those 911 style dashboards.

LOL, well like we said, the 911 style dash replaces the existing dash. You dont NOT need to strip the stock dash to metal, you simply un bolt it and take some part off (go to superbeetlesonly.com on how to do this, its in there tech section).
The beetle you saw in the book ( i had that book, dont know what happened to it though) had its STOCK dash striped of all foam and plastic and was smoothed out and repainted. i have seen a few people do this, but its hard work and takes some time to do it right. I striped mine down to metal before i got my 911 style dash, i was going to graph in a 914 gauge pod, but that project ended once i found a 911 dash for cheap.