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buzzboy
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 8:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

buzzboy wrote:
How do you go about drilling out the spindles? I really don't want to f up at all with my $250. I would just go for like a bicycle speedo but I want to keep the stock one and the stock odo.

Anybody?
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 8:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I took mine in to a local VW shop and had them drill it. I then brought it home, and using a couple of my tapered drill bits, widened the hole on the inside of the spindle, to give the cable the ability to go in at a bit of an angle. You can see it in this pic:

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