peddle set

My stock VW pedal set is a POS.

Is there any OEM alternative for use with a hydraulic clutch?
hanging pedals rather than floor mount may be nice

How about one of the off road sets like this - will it fit
http://www.cip1.ca/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=C13-16-2120

How a bout a little bling:

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=642445

Stick with stock, trouble free and Easy Peasy.

There's nothing up there to support hanging pedals but fiberglass. Even with reinforcement, you'll just be moving the stress to somewhere else.
More coin out of pocket, more stuff to let your down. Not worth it, really.

Stock pedals are nice but there are several manufacturers that make pedal sets that are actually trouble free. For instance, if you want to spend a bunch of money, install a Tilton set. Be prepared to do some plumbing and also be preprared to spend around a grand:
see: http://www.tiltonracing.com/content.php?page=list2&id=399&m=b

Another source is CNC and Neil:
http://www.cncbrakes.com/

http://www.funrunr.com/neal.htm

OK but how about covering up the VW ones that have no more rubber with the EMPI chrome and rubber verticle stripes? I saw them on somebody's unit and they looked good.

Bus pedal covers look nice, no VW logo. I have them on my Neal pedal set on my Spyder. The Neal is another alternative, I don't think as expensive as Tilton.

Stock Porsche brake and clutch pedal covers work, too. The stock VW gas pedal already looks like a 356.

I've had to recently answer this question for another person.

Pros & cons of using a stock pedal assembly vs after market:

pros:
price
referbed stock assembly under $100

Stock parts will always be avalable
(Even large companies like CNC go out of buiness, no more parts)

You can use a stock dual stage brake master cylinder
(most after market pedals are only single stage if it fails you don't have a second stage to fall back on)

Factory place for brake light switches
(most after market don't have a place for one)

If it goes bad almost everybody stocks them
Less parts to fail (clutch cables rarely fail when set up correctly)
Slave cylinders fail all the time

No drilling/cutting/fabbing, ect.
(After market pedals have to be custom mounted and plummed)

The list goes on......

Cons:

It does not look as good as a custom assemby and does not have the bragging rights as an exspensive one either.
But if you insist on having a good looking pedal assembly and bragging about something no one will notice anyhow, you go ahead if you can find one that is DOT approved since most after market ones will say for off highway use only. Basicaly because they do not pass US safety standards. Maybe because they fail or the manufacture doesn't want the liabillity for their own product if it does.

I am RHD, so the stock pedal set is different from LHD, and not so readily available in Canada when I visit next week. I also need new brake and clutch cylinders as the RHD ones I bought in ignorance are now NFG to me.

It seemed that an aftermarket set does not care about "hand" as it is not tunnell mount. Complete with cylinders at 200 bucks.
This is a custom installation and needs plumbing anyway so it still may be the way to go if there is clearance between the pedals and firewall.

The clearance issue is one thing I cannot tell from here.

" I am RHD, so the stock pedal set is different from LHD, and not so readily available in Canada"

Wanna pick up a spare assembly?

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=640164

Kevin, my Neal pedal set came with my Vintage kit, so no extra cost, and the brake lines were already run. It uses a stock type dual-circuit master cylinder(with pressure switch), not a buggy type single. The clutch master and slave have been on and in service since 2002 and over 12000 miles. Stock pedals would be more difficult to install in a Spyder.