Incidentally, if they dented the dash board itself you can often fix it with a heat gun / hair dryer. James B
--- Mark Reda <[email protected]> wrote: > Denis, > I have a complete 16V dash with cluster (260km/h, 8K > tack). > As far as I know, the cluster will only work on > CIS-E. > I also have a trunk lid, hood, doors, etc. > > I'm in the midst of parting out a 89 Jetta Trophy > (German Built). > If anyone is interested in any parts, let me know. > > I'm located in Toronto. > > Mark. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "denis p goldman" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 10:54 AM > Subject: [a2-16v-list] Golf vs Jetta Dashboard Trim > Piece?? > > > > My GTI was broken into a couple of months ago, and > I > > am just finally getting around to fixing it now. > > > > The jackasses that stole my radio (who also pryed > in > > both door handles, the trunk lunk, and cut my > battery > > cable) obviously ripped out the dash bezel/trim > piece > > surrounding the radio and heater, as well as the > gauge > > cluster. > > > > Not realizing the Golf version and the Jetta > version > > were different, I grabbed one on eBay for about > $10. > > Turns out I bought a Jetta version, or a German > Golf > > version, as it is very nicely made, older looking, > and > > doesn't fit my GTI dash (Westmoreland PA made). > I've > > played around with it, and tried to get it to fit > by > > clearing out everything that would block the piece > > from squeezing in there. But, it looks like it is > > sized slightly differently and does not sit flat > in > > the dashboard. > > > > Questions: > > > > Am I crazy? Are there different small variations > of > > the dashboards between German/Mexico&US cars? > > > > Anyone have a GTI trim piece/dash bezel laying > around > > they want to sell? > > > > How much do they go for at the dealer? > > > > As usual, thanks for any help. > > > > Denis G. > > 1987 GTI 16v 2008cc 3.94rp > > 2001.5 A4 1.8tqmsxc > > http://vw.dpgoldman.com > > _______________________________________________ > > a2-16v-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > > For list archives, see listinfo link above. > > > _______________________________________________ > a2-16v-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > For list archives, see listinfo link above. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo http://search.yahoo.com
