Freshening up an older 914-6 conversion:, Making a 914-6 Conversion your own Options

[Root_Werks]

Turning attention to interior a bit more. Using VW Bus door pulls which I've done in the past. Roughly 6 1/4" between holes in the handle seem to give a good spacing so the handle isn't pulled too tight or the loop isn't too tall. About 1 3/8" off the original square hole. Just move the square speed nut thing and done.

Not planning on using any of the factory pulls or door pockets. I like these, very simple and strong.

[Root_Werks]

I goofed on two things with door panels:

Didn't realize 914Rubber pre-punched some of the holes through the vinyl. Super cool, but had to use two little plastic plugs.
I put the interior handles on the wrong side. You don't realize how hard it is to get your finger under the handle to open the door when you come from the bottom instead of the top = oops!

Easy fixes and happy with the nice, clean look:

[Root_Werks]

Snapping on door panels and laying down carpet is one thing, actually trying to stretch material and make it look good requires skills I may not have.

Just using Duct tape to stretch the new vinyl which works amazingly well. On the fence if I should start gluing, or just find a shop and have them do it?

Anyone have any tips or tricks?

[Root_Werks]

This seems to be the limit of my skill:

[PanelBilly]

Put the material in a box with a small space heater and let it warm up. Stretches much better then. Roll the fabric over your thump and pull 3”-5” at a time and staple. Having a commercial stapler makes it much easier. Next time you do this let me know and I’ll loan you mine.

[Root_Werks]

Put the material in a box with a small space heater and let it warm up. Stretches much better then. Roll the fabric over your thump and pull 3”-5” at a time and staple. Having a commercial stapler makes it much easier. Next time you do this let me know and I’ll loan you mine.

Good tips, thanks! This is a fiberglass backing, don't think staples will work. PO glued the edges which did work well.

I didn't think about getting the vinyl warm. The shop is basically outside temp which is probably making things a lot harder.

[914werke]

steam!

[sportlicherFahrer]

3M 90 Hi-Strength spray adhesive is your friend for gluing that stuff down. Spray both surfaces, wait a few minutes for it to film over, and then mate surfaces with slight pressure. Stuff held great when I reskinned my seats.

[Root_Werks]

Still waiting on parts for the next can of worms - replacing the windshield.

Figured I'd clean, paint and install the wiper arms. Why not?

I didn't notice this until I went to install the drivers arm.

Anyone take a guess what's not correct?

[scallyk9]

Uh, driver side wiper is on passenger side and visa-versa. Check the workshop manual for the correct placement and factory spec on outer tip of passenger wiper blade in inner edge of driver side blade. I think it is 22 or 25 mm. Passenger side outer tip sits higher.

[Root_Werks]

Two passenger arms, poor pics, sorry about that. Pet peeve of mine, most install reverse.

[Root_Werks]

@bbrock

Thank you for the cupholder/ashtray detials:

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...p;#entry2880139

I think I'm pretty close to done. I messed up the carrier/guide part that mounts to the dash. Sort of goofed up the ashtray as well, but think I salvaged it. Got a used carrier/guide on the way ( thank you @914werke ). Once I get that, I'll finalize the fit and epoxy the cover on the cupholder:

[Root_Werks]

Pretty happy with the fit. Lots of Dremeling away little bit at a time, test and repeat until the ashtray cover sits nicely.

Do we need an "Ashtray/Cupholder" thread?

[autopro]

Pretty happy with the fit. Lots of Dremeling away little bit at a time, test and repeat until the ashtray cover sits nicely.

Do we need an "Ashtray/Cupholder" thread?

That's great! This is definitely something that I will want to do with mine. Keep up the great work.

[bbrock]

That looks GREAT! Any tips for improvement to pass along? I still need to make one more and am going to try rivets instead of welding for the carrier parts.

[Root_Werks]

That looks GREAT! Any tips for improvement to pass along? I still need to make one more and am going to try rivets instead of welding for the carrier parts.

Brent,

Not really anything to improve. I did have to add little tabs as the carrier (former ashtray) would push back too far. Had to experiment how to stop it. Also wound up grinding a lot off the Audi holder face. It stuck out too far.

Here's a shot with epoxy finally showing the end of the little project. The ashtray cap actually fit on pretty snug, but gooped epoxy to ensure it didn't fall off.

[Root_Werks]

Pulled the windshield last night. I'm lucky the paint around the edges and where the butyl tape sits is almost perfect. Both the painter and myself forgot to remove the windshield before paint. So I just got lucky.

You can also see what a terrible job I did on the backpad. Yuck! The seats are at a shop getting redone. I might see if the shop can redo the backpad as well.

Lesson, when you don't have the skill to do something correctly, get someone who does.

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[Root_Werks]

Installed new dash vinyl and pad along with new rubber trim strip:

[Root_Werks]

Installed new windshield.

It's about 58 degrees in the shop so you can see I set a radiant heater in the 914. I learned many years ago not to force glass on or off butyl. The glass is perfectly set side to side and top to bottom (you can maybe see spacers on the bottom). Going to let things warm up a bit, gently exfoliate the glass a little deeper into the butyl and install the new trim.

I'm not putting the old dash back in. Hoping @Mikey914 gets the new run of dash tops ready soon.

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[autopro]

It's good that you were able to get the dash vinyl without having to take the whole thing out. Looking very nice, like you say hopefully you will be able to get the new dash soon, that will really make your interior look great. Good job on the das and windshield (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)