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79SuperVert
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People have been dressing up their Beetles ever since they started buying them. Why not?
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shortride
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79SuperVert
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Try this for lots of pics of Beetles with many different styles of fog lights:
https://www.google.com/search?q=1966+vw+bug+fog+li...CAkQ_AUoAg
The ones in your pic look very classic, but maybe too old-style for a '66.
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KTPhil 
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VW was not a fan of gingerbread on their homely Beetle...
But then again...
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60ragtop
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Ugly
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stale air
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They are a little gaudy in my opinion, but honestly, I think they would look better on an early car, rather than on a 66. 
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shortride
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Bob Loblaw
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Gaudy is in the eye of the beholder.
I like 'em.
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iowegian
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| They are a little gaudy in my opinion, but honestly, I think they would look better on an early car, rather than on a 66. |
What if someone found a stash of N.O.S. mid-thirties Mercedes accessories and put the lights on his brand new '66 Beetle, hoping to give it a touch of Old World class?
(probably just as absurd as the o.g. Talbot/Berlin mirrors I have on my '61 Ghia, huh?  ) |
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They would look great on an old Harley.
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Gaudy is in the eye of the beholder.
I like 'em. |
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hitest
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They complete the look of fender skirts; visors and the little translucent hood bug deflector thingies. Gawdy as they get. They belong on American sleds and lowriders.
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| They complete the look of fender skirts; swamp coolers, visors and the little translucent hood bug deflector thingies. Gawdy as they get. They belong on American sleds and lowriders. |
Oh wait! You have a swamp cooler on the Bug in your avatar 
Just poking fun  Accessories are all a matter of personal preference.
I don't mind the fog lights myself.
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hitest
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touche'
Indeed, they are a matter of taste- I guess aside from the swamp cooler and American luggage, I prefer German or at least European accessories on said cars.
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I wonder what the nut looks like.
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