new beam in place.. got a bit scratched, so I'll have to touch it up...
nice and clean with new tie rod ends and tie rods - both are adjustable now. With the old ones, the shorter righ hand tie rod was of a fixed length. I don't know how you'd do a proper alignment like that...?
all bolted back up
notice the castor shims. I think they'll be needed as i'm dropping the front by about 3.5" AND have a bit of rake.
Brakes back together - note the early style with the diagonal shoes and 3 retainer springs - not horizontal and two springs
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and now...
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Still got some small adjustments to make coz i'm anal. Shocks still need to be installed (need new upper bolts), brakes need to be adjusted and bled, a wheel alignment done and then it's off to someone to get checked over.
Can't wait to get her back on the road...
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Awesome! Bet all those changes will make driving the Tofu soooo much better! :P
now fit a sway bar from 61 onward too
easy now u have done all the hard yards...good pics
Karmen
56 oval resto 60 Cal KG
58 & 62 beetle parting. 74 panel parting
63 Baja 80 GLD parting
58 donor split 11 window 63 Splitty sgle cab /son's
96 Seat Cordoba GLX daily drvr.
Thanks Laura! It'll
look heaps better, that's for sue! I got a couple rolls of sound insulation that is waiting to be installed next.. that should make long drives more tolerable with out ear plugs...
now fit a sway bar from 61 onward too
how much of a difference do they make?
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Lookin good Pikaju killer.. and about bloody time too.
Come on over fo a beer some time.
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With the non-adjustable tie rods, all 54's should be like this. That is how they came out. Looks good lowered. keep up the good work
T54
C'mon kids gather round,
there's a new sensation hitting town,
It's moving straight, low to the ground,
it'll pick you up when your feeling down.
ok dudes here is a way to reduce noise esp the whine of the fan harmonics at certain speeds.
change the fan to a 40 hp or later it has a few more blades should also cool better.
i tried lining the lid in my 55 in 66 and made the thing too heavy
reckon checkerplate etc will be an option
Karmen
56 oval resto 60 Cal KG
58 & 62 beetle parting. 74 panel parting
63 Baja 80 GLD parting
58 donor split 11 window 63 Splitty sgle cab /son's
96 Seat Cordoba GLX daily drvr.
looks good. is that beam narrowed or standard width?
Thanks for the kind word guys and gals. It IS about bloody time I got her off the high heels innit? The front end will probably ultimately end being a bit lower, after it settles down and has a full tank of dino juice and the spare tyre...
I can already feel the street cred surging through the car when I sit in it under the verandah and make dakdak noises...
54 drums are thinner than 60's ones - combined with smaller tyres, the beam looks looks like it's been narrowed 😉
I'm running a 40HP already, so it's 'quieter' than a 36HP.. Still pretty noisey though. Hopefully the 1/2" thick insullation will help somewhat. What's checkerplate gonna do besides weigh the car down Karmen? 🙂
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Hahaha, the thought of you 'playing cars' in your driveway and 'dak-dakking' made me laugh! :P
MAN, that looks tres wicked. exactly the ride height i had in mind for the 56. now youve had some practice when would you like to do mine?:P:P:P
weapon wrote:MAN, that looks tres wicked. exactly the ride height i had in mind for the 56. now youve had some practice when would you like to do mine?:P:P:P
lol, it's really not that difficult. I'd say removing an engine from an oval more of pain in the @$$ than doing a beam swap. There's only lots of crud to deal with if it's dirty... with the engine, there's more rocking this way... rocking that way... jack it up a bit more... slide it... watch out for the clutch fingers... ouch my fircken finger!.... dam, we DID need to take that off first to get the engine out...
you know I WOULD love to help... pity you're so far away...:P
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chris you know im proud of you doing that all by yourself, good job, but mate i wont be happy till that gap is gone above ur front tire! slam it i say! now its time to get rid of those front blinkers and whack on a set of oval tails.
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Thanks Sam. It does feel great to be able to say that you did it all yourself - which ai literally did! Balancing a beam on a trolley jack and moving it into place, all by one's self is a baich!
If I can get out my my driveway with no scraping, I'll lower it untill I touch the concrete...! It's my daily remember!
The exile of the front blinkers and rear 60's lights will be the next project.. and my sound insulation..
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awesome dude! well done 🙂
you got another 3cm to go on the front 🙂
i wouldnt go "tres" or "hella" sick, but getting there lol
i quite enjoy the nascar look too - a nice, tidy looking oval - and well done on the lowering job!
nick
bond wrote:you got another 3cm to go on the front 🙂
i wouldnt go "tres" or "hella" sick, but getting there lol
i quite enjoy the nascar look too - a nice, tidy looking oval - and well done on the lowering job!
nick
yeh yeh yeh... that's what VWFOOL is telling me too... :jesus LOL
We'll see..
I did my final inspections on all the nuts and bolts, greased all the nipples and joints and bled and adjusted the brakes (nearly drove out the driveway without adjusting the brakes coz I was antsy to get it on the road!) And everything seemed to be ok. I took it out for a drive tonight - even though it was about 1230 at night.. And all was fine. The steering doesn't return to the center very well, even with my castor shims installed. But with more diving, it led me to believe I've got excessive toe-out. I nearly brushed the keb going around a round-a-bout that i'm used to only using a flick of the wrist to get past. I knew I couldn't get the alignment correct by myself, so it's off to the tyre shop tomoro for a proper alignment.
:thumb:thumb:thumb I'm stoked! Now it just have to drop the right hand rear spring arm one more fractoin to get it level with the left side, and I'll be all savvy!
Am i in the Lower Class now?
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Great result Chris. Good on you for doing it all yourself and documenting it. Pics are exc too. It's come a long way huh?
savvy! haha thats awesome!
good stuff chris... now all we need is a cruise organised so we can all see your handywork up close!
see.... air and water do mix 😉
1974 1300
1997 MK3 Golf GL
2003 NB Cabrio
2012 Golf VI GTI
2014 Audi A4 Quattro
Did someone say cruise? 😉 I'll be in that!
Should have a few more chromey additions to my Bug over the weekend, so she'll need showing off sometime soon after that! 😂
well we are up for a cruise for sure... just got our oval back from mechanics and she's running shweet now... 😂
see.... air and water do mix 😉
1974 1300
1997 MK3 Golf GL
2003 NB Cabrio
2012 Golf VI GTI
2014 Audi A4 Quattro
Yup, in the words of Fatboy Slim, "You've come a long way baby!"
Who's up for another Dandy Cruise? I wanna take you through a special way this time too.. KKK knows what I'm talking about.. maybe this time, Laura and Eden will get off thier butts to join us!
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your cars so hot right now
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I'll be there for sure, and I'm sure I could entice Eden to bring his Almost-Evil Bug along too... :P
VWFOOL wrote:your cars so hot right now
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would be up for another Dandy cruise for sure!
see.... air and water do mix 😉
1974 1300
1997 MK3 Golf GL
2003 NB Cabrio
2012 Golf VI GTI
2014 Audi A4 Quattro
sweet!
Just had my wheel alignment done: 28mm toe-out on the LH and 11mm toe-in on the RH. LOL that was all done by the ruler from the old tie rods... not very accurate was I now?! Drives very well now. It drives straight, steering is light and it pretty much returns to the centre after turning a corner.
I haven't been this excited since April O'Neill changed her clothes in the cartoon TMNT series!
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more...
With the front end lowered now, the muffler has some clearence when i back out of the driveway now.. no more scraping for me.
just because...
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