u/BobsBug65

2017 and 2018 UltraLX

I've been thinking about what I want this to look like for a couple years. Oil pressure, oil temp, voltage, fuel, tach. The blue is VW blue, L633. The Gray is TCP Dove Gray. Both single stage. I had some pretty grand plans, but I have the Jbugs gauge cut outs in my other bug. They're actually great. I just got a set of those, sanded them down and repainted them. It's a pretty easy set up, but I really like it.

... and fetching some parts for the '65.

I am in CO. These came with the beetle I am working on. I will not be using them. I never really looked at the condition they're in, but they look solid. I just took them out and they've been in my storage. If you are seriously interested, I can take a closer look or get more pictures for you but I don't want to ship them.

Just thought I would share this. This is a fairly big topic of conversation in the various beetle communities. Main front body mount bolts were rusted and broken. I had to cut open here to get access to the bolt plate. Really didn't wanna weld it closed again so I figured I would just put access plates over the holes. I put closed cell foam on the back of the plates to hopefully keep water out, but I still plan on inspecting these during any regular maintenance that I do. One more thing I guess, this is the front end of the heater channel, so it does allow me to blow air into to the heater channel if I want to keep them clean or dry. We'll see how it goes.

About this paint job if you're interested... My goal has always been for this car to be a solid, safe, long distance warrior. I want excellent mechanicals, not a show car. I didn't want something so nice I would worry about. I decided to just paint it the best I could. I'm doing this all myself, no matter what. On top of that, I have another bug that the PO painted. There are runs all over it, but every time I take it out someone comments on the color. My paint job here, people will love it, but those who know would probably give it a C or less. My objective - no runs, full coverage and limit the overspray the best I could. I did that. Overspray was probably the biggest challenge for me and we'll see what it looks like in the sun, but pretty happy.

Bath and quick trip around town.