Dirtbag What the hell does standard mean?
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It looks bad at the moment because I haven't fatigued the paint yet, but trust me, I'll have it looking old and tattered in no time.
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Sid Vicious the soon to be volksrod
Dirtbag What the hell does standard mean?
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More blue.
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Here's Sid with the front cut off getting the approval of my daughter, who has adopted Sid as her own.
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DaveCarter Officially Full-On Dubber
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coming along nice man
gsa2at Slammed & Awesome Dubber
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looking good timbo
can;t wait to see the beam extension on and those hot wheels
can;t wait to see the beam extension on and those hot wheels
jack the beetle rides again !!!
Dirtbag What the hell does standard mean?
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Here's a close up of the paint in the wheel well.
It's just the same trick I did on the head lights.
Once the front beam extension is in and I've trimmed the front sheetmetal properly I'll be able to have a look at it side on to see exactly how I want the rear cut to look. That's why the cut still looks so bad. : )
It's just the same trick I did on the head lights.
Once the front beam extension is in and I've trimmed the front sheetmetal properly I'll be able to have a look at it side on to see exactly how I want the rear cut to look. That's why the cut still looks so bad. : )
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Dirtbag What the hell does standard mean?
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Today Sid got his ass dumped : ) Thanks to everyone who posted info on how to lower the rear as I've never done it before. I don't know if it was beginners luck but the whole job took less than an hour. I guess having the guards off already helped.
I expected the spring plate to be really hard to get over it's "stop" but I used this thin jimmy bar and it just slid straight over the stop. I also used the same bar to lever the plates off the splines. Slid straight off. I have no idea of the history of this car, but it certainly didn't look like any of it had been undone for a very long time.
I expected the spring plate to be really hard to get over it's "stop" but I used this thin jimmy bar and it just slid straight over the stop. I also used the same bar to lever the plates off the splines. Slid straight off. I have no idea of the history of this car, but it certainly didn't look like any of it had been undone for a very long time.
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Dirtbag What the hell does standard mean?
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You can see the line scribed into the metal behind the spring plate. I scribed that at the very start when Sid was still on the ground so there was full tension on the rear suspension. Now, after rotating the plate 2 inner splines, the plate is higher than it was when it was fully loaded, only in this photo it has no load on it at all. This thing is going to be LOW!!!!!! : )
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Dirtbag What the hell does standard mean?
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Tada!! I wasn't going to fit the proper wheels but I felt I had to as I wasn't 100% sure the tall profile tyres wouldn't hit the body with all the negative camber. Luckily they don't. I don't really like the negative camber look, but hey, it's a swing arm, what can you do? : ) I just knew I wanted the tyre right up near the edge where the guard used to bolt on, and that's where it is and I like it. It's come down about 4 1/2 inches. I can't wait to do the front now!!!!!
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Dirtbag What the hell does standard mean?
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He's starting to show a bit of volksrod attitude now.
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I love how close the tyre now is to the body. I thought 2 splines would be too much, but alas, it was perfect : )
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I can't finish a job until it's been given the once over by my daughter. I think she likes it.
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DaveCarter Officially Full-On Dubber
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That looks badass. Perfect height on the back. This is going to be such a cool car
Dirtbag What the hell does standard mean?
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Thanks Dave. It's starting to show it's true colours now. I've just started pulling the front apart to clean up, fit adjusters and the beam extension. I just wish I didn't have to wire wheel it all : ( I'm tempted to just throw him together and do the paint on the suspension later.
alien8 Wolfsburg Wizard
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Just gotta say DB that the W lid you made is F'in cool as shit mate.
You just need a Barbie Doll hanging from a noose from the rear vision mirror 😂
You just need a Barbie Doll hanging from a noose from the rear vision mirror 😂
Dirtbag What the hell does standard mean?
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Thanks alien8. Barbie ornament would be funny : )
I thought it was time I started on the front of Sid, so here he is with the body section removed but all the grease and grime still in tact.
I thought it was time I started on the front of Sid, so here he is with the body section removed but all the grease and grime still in tact.
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Dirtbag What the hell does standard mean?
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I yanked the whole front end out in one piece so I could give it a bit of a bath before I pull it apart. I don't want to get my nails too dirty : )
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Dirtbag What the hell does standard mean?
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I also gave the area under the petrol tank a good clean as well as it will be getting a coat of shiny black too.
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Dirtbag What the hell does standard mean?
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After a lot of cleaning you can actually see the seal where the swing arm goes into the beam. There's still more cleaning to do though, then I can strip the beam and fit the adjusters. I hope to get some work done this weekend, but now I've said that, I probably wont get a chance : (
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Dirtbag What the hell does standard mean?
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Here's the front section painted and the beam extender painted and fitted. This is what I've been waiting for : )
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I stripped the trailing arms and stubs off the beam, but left the steering box and arms on as I'm only adding adjusters. I did undo the steering damper from the top beam to allow room to get the grinder in to cut the beams.
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Unfortunately one of the grub screws that holds the trailing arm on was stripped inside where the allen key goes. It was buggered, so I ended up just drilling it out until I could just see the teeth of the thread then used a tap to remove the rest of it. Bloody thing. Took be half an hour just to get this one screw out. Could have been a lot worse though, it could have happened to all of them.
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Dirtbag What the hell does standard mean?
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This is only the second beam I've modified, and I have to say, just fitting the adjusters and not narrowing the beam is so much easier. It took around an hour to do the adjusters. I'm sure people who know more than me (not hard) would be better at it, but I'm new at this so it's still all exciting and interesting : )
Being able to just do one adjuster at a time and having the other beam keep everything in line sure was a big help too.
Being able to just do one adjuster at a time and having the other beam keep everything in line sure was a big help too.
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Dirtbag What the hell does standard mean?
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Last night my daughter and I fitted these funny billet hinges. I thought they'd be good to go against everything a rat rod beetle stands for. I like to mix things up a bit : )
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Dirtbag What the hell does standard mean?
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Well, there's still a good sized list of things to do, but here's the general concept. Personally, I like it, and I know others will hate it, but it's not my fault others have no taste : )
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Dirtbag What the hell does standard mean?
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He still needs head lights and tail lights fitted, indicators fitted, steering shaft and brake lines extended, fuel tank put back in(once steering and brakes are done), front seats de-headrested and trimmed, cool looking but cheap exhaust, stripe painted on decklid and bonnet and decklid latches fitted. I'm sure there's more to do but that's a start.
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Dirtbag What the hell does standard mean?
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It took a bit of modifying to the door frame but I got the peep mirrors on today as well.
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Dirtbag What the hell does standard mean?
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Here's just a few more pics purely because I like it and want to make you all look at it too.
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Dirtbag What the hell does standard mean?
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I had to notch a bit out of the bonnet for the steering box.
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Not sure when I'll get a chance to do the jobs on the list, but at least he's looking pretty funny and cool for the time being.
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