Aircooled VW South Africa

Hey guys,afther working on the ''almost dead bug'' i had to get myself a project again,so i bought a 73 beetle from ferdi(buggoff),im sure a lot of u will reckonise the beetle,it has been standing for a long time,so the weather took its toll on the body.got it to my house,and started stripping the front sus,and cleaning it,replaced the tie rod ends,king & link pins(thanx ferdi),havnt done a lot so far,but will post pics as i go along

glad to see some pics at last. edit the pics and give some detail dammit.

It looks very familiar... the odd cut out for the exhaust, half the vents closed on the engine lid... Wasn't all that in a different thread?

Aaah-yes...

http://www.aircooledvwsa.co.za/viewtopi ... &start=105

Lovely!

as the money comes in''let me rather say''as the over time comes,im collecting accesories for my bug,heres the seats im going to fit,i was going to buy my disc brake kit this weekend,but afther blitz posted the rims,ill whait,wanna find out if i can fit std rims,with discs, i love those fuchs mags,def want a set

nice seats ,did you get them from bugoff aswell?

Yip,my ol buddy ferdi,i just hope he feels sorry for me and sponsor me that adaptor plate,otherwise ill tell everybody he wants to put a water cooled motor in hes d cap

Phillip wrote:Yip,my ol buddy ferdi,i just hope he feels sorry for me and sponsor me that adaptor plate,otherwise ill tell everybody he wants to put a water cooled motor in hes d cap

i think you just did

hope you have life insurance.... I have heard too many stories of those cheapy seat breaking and taking someones back with it.

Tony Z wrote:hope you have life insurance.... I have heard too many stories of those cheapy seat breaking and taking someones back with it.

Indeed - You are better off buying a set of Golf or other OG seats and mounting them properly.

hey tony,how much did the guy weigh thats good to know,but i must say,the seats are quite solid.the cheapies are the non reclinable seats,they dont have steel structure,i bought a set couple of years ago,felt like it would just snap,

hate to brake it to you... the reclinables are the cheapies. Look at the cost of fixed recaros vs the cost of reclinable recaros - reclinable is about 3 times the price.

I wouldnt touch those reclinables with a pole. My choice tho, the ones you have might be much better than the ones I have seen in the past.

I wouldnt touch anything with Autostyle branding on it with a pole

U dont understand,firstly,im not gonna pay R8000 for seats,for my beetle,then,, like u say autostyle sell's s@#t,but these are the better seats,the non reclinables they sell are crap.any reclinable or non reclinable brand name seat,like bride or recaro or what have u is obviously better....this is only a hobby,not gonna drive with it every day,,,,gheeeeze, hang me by my nut ,for putting autostyle seats in my beetle

Personly i feel a beetle is not a safe car anyway as it crummbles like a cookie when in a serious prang,so sitting in a set of recaros at that moment is going to help you not one bit...its not a race car this so the seats should be just right...i like them they are going to look good with the look of this car...