[Ric-Ko]

Hi all -- New NB owner and was planning on replacing my gummy center bezel on my 2006 convertible. And then I saw this product:

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Its a plastic cover for the center bezel that may be painted in the exterior car color. Has anybody found something like this in the states? It would be a huge improvement to the interior!

Thanks in advance!

Ric

 

[Ric-Ko]

Just purchased...

Hi All-- I just ordered a couple parts at the bugs gogo site (japanese) last night. What a cool site-- and many of the issues with the car have corresponding parts there. Of course the biggest issue is the japanese language for me, but I went to the shipping overseas portion and was able to order.

Note: not affiliated with these folks.

I ordered a center bezel/dash cover, that I will have painted the color of our beetle, and door handle covers, to cover up the awful sticky rubber. I expect I will order other things as well. I'll let everyone know how they go when they arrive.

 

[Ric-Ko]

OK-- the parts arrived very quickly, and I put the door handle covers on today. They look fantastic. I was expecting cheap plastic, but they seemed to be metal...

I am having the center bezel cover (which fits really well) painted by a body shop to be the color of our car (platinum gray)/

 

[XavierNusum]

Huge thanks

Thanks Ric for updating this thread even though there hasn’t been much response. I sub’d right away and really appreciate the updates. I’d like to hear more about the international shipping experience. They do seem to have the perfect answers to typical VW interior issues!

 

[bb61gunner]

Checked out the site and once you convert the prices, not worth it.

 

[Ric-Ko]

prices and experience.

I don't remember exactly what the prices were, but I did not think they were terrible. What I was able to do was to cancel an order for a new center bezel, and buy instead from this site the bezel cover.

It was much cheaper and easier to buy the cover rather than the new bezel. I was able to get it painted at an autobody shop for cheap and it looks great.

Also, I bought a new interior door handle (anybody want it?) and was going to buy another, but instead bought metallic covers at the japanese site instead. Also a big savings.

The issue, of course is that the interiors of these cars are prone to melting. I think these covers are very economical, if you are trying to fix them, instead of buying new parts.

 

[Ric-Ko]

Oh-- here is a picture, (and I don't think it is a great picture), but it shows the work. I replaced all of the rubber around the handle and steering column (pricey), and you can see the bezel cover and the chromey door handle cover I got from bugs go-go. I also got a half dash cover, which I have mixed feelings about, but is still a HUGE improvement on the sticky top of the dash that collected dog hair and dust.

 

[Ric-Ko]

see if this posts -- the interior

 

[Ric-Ko]

one last thing-- the items arrived in absolutely NO time. They were VERY nice to work with.

 

[XavierNusum]

Thanks for the follow up Ric-Ko! At least we have another viable option to help with the nightmare that is the NB interior!

 

[Ric-Ko]

The half dash cover can be found here:

Dash Cover - Volkswagen Beetle 1998-2011 Top of Dash Only