...the tail, tail pipes are rust-yyyy. Everything that I have seen and heard about changing rusty pea-shooters makes it sound like a major pain. So, why not give it a go. What's the worst that could happen. I ordered a cheapo Empi replacement set, hoping for the best. The clam...
After AAA and their mysterious Fletcher locksmiths wasted half of my precious weekend, I decided to reach out to a local locksmith one evening last week. He met me in a parking lot an hour later and cut the new keys for me. There is something entirely strange going on with the...
Since I was able to successfully break into my Beetle earlier after losing my only key, now I have to swap the old ignition switch and door handle with ones that I have keys for. Once I get a new key made, I will be able to swap the matching set back in. As mentioned in the Re...
I'm an idiot. We have established this. My key ring is a Harbor Freight carabiner. Keys fall off of it in my pocket all the time. While I was out of town at my mom's house, one day I happened to notice the Beetlebug key was nowhere to be found. I searched all through my dirty...
I made a trip back to my parents' in Thomasville for the weekend. It was my birthday. Now I'm older than I was then. I was googling around to see if there were any Beetle Boneyards in the area that were open to the public. My dad and I like walking around junkyards and I need...
One of the first projects I took on was to buy new door handles (Amazon link). Neither door lock worked when I got the car. The key would fit in the driver's door, but wasn't keyed the same. The passenger side was frozen solid and wouldn't even allow the key to be inserted. Wh...