nah sorry, i think it may have been nectar that i saw mention them, he's prolly the best person to ask about low as bug's 😉
have i mentioned your beetle is awesome as :cool
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Not me about the sealed bearings. Ive gone IRS....But Will be going back to swing axle with notched plates...So I too would like to know who does sealed bearings, If there is such a thing?
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They just look so good SLAMMED don't they...!!!
I hate to admit it, but man, I think you're right....
never too low, my oval isn't as low at the back i only drope it by one notch but the front is slammed, can't fit a can of coke under the car, not even a packet of cigarette......
scrap.....scrap.....scrap....
Be sure to fit a skid plate.. :duh
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Wes, don't worry about the rubber. Just cut the back of the headlight housing and weld a piece with minimum clearance for the light housing and you'll be sweet.
no i need the rubber. as im about an inch or slightly less out. so the 145s would bring it down a bit more.
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well i took it out for a cruise today, after trying to sort the play in the steering, and change the starter.
gotta say. it aint staying down in the basement. going to play a little and try and get a slight increar. jsut bouncing everywhere.
still cant sort the steering. has heeps of play.
is there something i am missing?
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Low and lots of camber thats the way to go !!!
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Hey tg. Have a look at that tyre calculator thing. My 175/65 are only a little wider than 145s and around the same height, so you may have to go 135s if you want more clearance.
http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.htmli htink hte 145s should be about 30mm smaller in diameter. will double check though.
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Na looks good, thats about as low as my 65 will be.
145 will not do you are gonna have to get 135x15 or even better 125x15 or go smart car tyre 120x15
bummer.i htought 145s would be a smaller diameter. pity my 195/50.15 rims and tyres from the old bus look dont fit. tey are perfect daimeter.
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you will sort it out.
good luck tg. I've only just sorted out my tyres after a month and a half of rubber-burning stuff ups.
talking to a mate. and we are going to reset the centres on my 5.5s to cope with the front.a nd then set it on 195/50 rubber up front and 205/60on the back. and see how that goes...
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man am i sooo pisssed off and dissappointed...
today i managed to sort the steering out and get it all tight. had a bit of a play around and then thought, 'sweet.. lets go for a quick spin and see how it is'. so i hope in back out on to the street and get stopped by the red light not 50m from my house. sitting there with a big grin thinking this should be good, when all of a sudden a cop car pulls up beside me. starts looking at my bug and as the lights go green i wait a second to see if they will go, but no they wait... so i move off thru the intersection, only to have em fall in behind and flash their big tough blue light.
i pull over not 100m from my house, and get out. they climb out of their big shinny poolicce car, and start looking around my grubby little bug. now when i say grubby i mean it. big greasy paw prints everywhere and tools in the cabin.
well the bloke comes over and says 'so what ya up to...' i reply 'jsut about to test drive it, ive been doing some tinkering. jsut tryign to sort a few things out'
he goes yep sure looks like it. his mate trying to look under the back. pops his head up and goes 'what on', 'its pretty damn low'.
after a bit of discussion, mostly by them. i had to take it straight round teh bloke and back into the garage. got threatened with a defect if i dont raise it up. and problem being they are locals,a nd this is a smallish town. they both know bus80y.
can you believe that. not two minutes and done for.
anyway i have now raised it about 2 inchs more. bummer really, but gotta say, the first 'very brief' drive it was a bit rought to handle but now it does feel a bit smoother.
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You reckon they would have better things to do like finding whose been lobbing rocks at purfleet
jsut couldnt believe it htough. jsut real bad timing... and thinking about it, i shouldve taken a bit of time and cleaned to grease prints off.
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twoguns wrote:man am i sooo pisssed off and dissappointed...
today i managed to sort the steering out and get it all tight. had a bit of a play around and then thought, 'sweet.. lets go for a quick spin and see how it is'. so i hope in back out on to the street and get stopped by the red light not 50m from my house. sitting there with a big grin thinking this should be good, when all of a sudden a cop car pulls up beside me. starts looking at my bug and as the lights go green i wait a second to see if they will go, but no they wait... so i move off thru the intersection, only to have em fall in behind and flash their big tough blue light.
i pull over not 100m from my house, and get out. they climb out of their big shinny poolicce car, and start looking around my grubby little bug. now when i say grubby i mean it. big greasy paw prints everywhere and tools in the cabin.
well the bloke comes over and says 'so what ya up to...' i reply 'jsut about to test drive it, ive been doing some tinkering. jsut tryign to sort a few things out'
he goes yep sure looks like it. his mate trying to look under the back. pops his head up and goes 'what on', 'its pretty damn low'.
after a bit of discussion, mostly by them. i had to take it straight round teh bloke and back into the garage. got threatened with a defect if i dont raise it up. and problem being they are locals,a nd this is a smallish town. they both know bus80y.
can you believe that. not two minutes and done for.
anyway i have now raised it about 2 inchs more. bummer really, but gotta say, the first 'very brief' drive it was a bit rought to handle but now it does feel a bit smoother.
Simply Cruzin'...
That looks mad. How adventurous are you feeling, could always install bags or hydros?
As for the bearings on swingaxle cars... The bearings take oil from the trans through the axle tubes. Really good, simple and effective design. However it doesn't work when your axles are pointing up at an angle, unless ofcourse you want to corner really hard and fast, but in a swingaxle car though 😉
i guess with the school holidays being over and everything they didnt have any teenagers in their dads WRX to bust. Thats some really harsh luck!!
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this made alot of people very angry and is widely regarded as a bad move.
starbuggy... s'pose its not as bad as your bumper. i didnt break anything. hope you have it sorted.
overall i think they were kinda impressed, and certainly liked it. they like my splitter. i think that if it was cleaner i mighta *innocent look here* got away with it.
so in a few weeks i might play with it again, but for now its pretty good.
[Edited on 28/1/2005 by twoguns]
Simply Cruzin'...
come on it was only a warning 😉 clean it up and dump her back down :P when they metion it just say yeah it is higher then b4, that way you'll get ANOTHER warning :sandrinen after that its up to you.
whats the penalty 4 a defect notice in regards to ride height ? (wheres the rice boyz when ya need em LMAO )
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thats my plan. i will leave it for a few days or so, and then change it again. defect means blue slip inspection, so it opens up other problems.
Simply Cruzin'...
ooo that sucks badly.................on that note i will be avoiding defects like the plague in my beetle, prolly sumtin to do wid me skipping engineer reports on the narrowed beam im goin to install 😉 (thats until i can afford it)
i know!!!!!! paint it and say it a different car LMAO
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