Hi there guys just wanted to ask a quick question as to why i cant seem to find anybody running a custom swingarm front end in their vw.

It doesnt seem all that hard to do using an old holden or ford double whishbone front end thats been been modified a bit. If any one has any info on a similar type setup i would be extremely glad to hear from you as i am currently looking for a new project for my baja.

Cheers

Thud - I seem to recall there's a thred somewhere on this site where someone's done exactly that using a cutdown standard beam and fabricating their own A-arms and mounts. For the life of me I can't seem to find it - but if I do come across it I'll let you know

Kimbo

These ain't the ones I was looking for, but they may be of some help:

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=41039#pid377393 

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=34162&page=1#pid293538 

Kimbo

http://www.ricola.co.uk 

He made some for a ghia.

no-one does it because of the extreme pain and cost involved with getting it approved for road legal use.

Offroad people make front ends all the time.

Retro-fitting holden parts would be silly, as the VW stuff is better and stronger for offroad use. If it was a good idea then the offroad racers would be doing it.

Thanks heaps for the info guys the websites provided awsome info and detail. hopefully sometime onm the future i will have somthing like that only longer travel .

Pete/Thud - that's the one I was originally looking for, so I shall look no more.

Kimbo