Hi all, been throwing the idea around of doing a rodded beetle, chopped, no fenders, low and nasty. Can anyone point me in the right direction, have read a liitle about how they do them in the states, but dont have any info on any here in Australia.
eraser 路
well inshort after talking to engineers for 2 weeks and paying stupdi money i cant get the beam extension legal here, so the cars look a little stupid wit the wheels where they are meant to be, that said i have ordered a beam, extension from volksrodders to put on here (300 US + 170US shipping) ETA 8 weeks. Hope is that the Police dont know how the beetles work and i will just say its a smaller bonnet or something 馃槈..
-Marc
ran5 路
so we cant legally extend the front end, how difficult is it to do a legal chop? I suspect running with out guards is also not legal??? Can we get some sort of club or hotrod rego on a chopped fenderless vw?
eraser 路
yeppas depending on the state i know down here in SA you need the guards but those really little thin ones work fine (like motorbike mudflaps). As for roof chop, its a really big job, but one of the guys in this forum is actually working on a kit that will turn you old beetle in to a rod, all legal including chopped roof i think. If you cant find it i will take a look later.
barls 路
just a tip guys dont talk about doing illegal activities on here as there is members of the roads and traffic authorities of each state that have the job of checking forums for that sort of crap and seeking out the people responsible.
alien8 路
barls wrote:just a tip guys dont talk about doing illegal activities on here as there is members of the roads and traffic authorities of each state that have the job of checking forums for that sort of crap and seeking out the people responsible.
Jeez, I had no idea that the D.O.T did that. You would think that driving around in a rod would get you pulled up sooner rather than later. Damn, will they just let you guys have fun.You would think that these kind of mods are not super dangerous. Or are they?
Love the rod look though.
silver 路
Any Modifications that have not been certified, will probably not be disclosed to the insurance Company
therefore if you have an accident you will not be insured
this can be very expensive
If you shunt an rare Rolls Royce full of Barristers into an antique chandelier shop. believe me
it will be very expensive
spend some money do some work and certify everything with an engineer
ran5 路
barls wrote:just a tip guys dont talk about doing illegal activities on here as there is members of the roads and traffic authorities of each state that have the job of checking forums for that sort of crap and seeking out the people responsible.
i certainly am not promoting that, just asking what is and what isnt...i think they will not see an issue with that.
cheers
barls 路
thats alright mate there has been cases of people bragging on here about things that they have done, the best way ahead is to talk to your local department and an engineer
VWFREAK 路
Scary stuff building a volksrod, but worth it in the end.
Good luck
eraser 路
mmmm well my engineers are waiting to see the extension before they can say yes or no (could be a giant waste of money)
stoppa 路
the only way to do it in oz legally is to cut and lengthen the panhead
alien8 路
stoppa wrote:the only way to do it in oz legally is to cut and lengthen the panhead
Dang stoppa! More pics please.
eraser 路
sweeeeeet more pics for sure, have you got a pic of the pan extension? And where id you get the headlights from?
ran5 路
so thats your ride? very cool, do you have more info on this forum?
Wannavee 路
barls wrote:just a tip guys dont talk about doing illegal activities on here as there is members of the roads and traffic authorities of each state that have the job of checking forums for that sort of crap and seeking out the people responsible.
WHAT? Ya jokin aintcha?
What a crock.You'd think they'd have something better to do
stoppa 路
eraser wrote:sweeeeeet more pics for sure, have you got a pic of the pan extension? And where id you get the headlights from?
barls wrote:just a tip guys dont talk about doing illegal activities on here as there is members of the roads and traffic authorities of each state that have the job of checking forums for that sort of crap and seeking out the people responsible.
Yes and they will come and take you in your sleep and you will never see the light of day again.
p.a.r.a.n.o.i.a. 馃槀
I'm planning on building a rod to take to speedweek + drags, so for me it don't need to be road legal.
If anyone's interested in getting a rod together for speedweek next year come join our group over at vdubber.com I can let you know the lowdown on salt flat racing
there was 2 at the nationals last year very cool ad regoed in nsw the best place to start is with a sunbug that has the roof chop and the under body pan already engineer with papers
from there it is reasonably fuss free depending the final result that you want.
so ask and build