Hi guys thought i would post a pic of my new pan as i have made quiet a few changes to it ( lot of hours lol )
Full Custom pan 181 front end gear box ect ect


Hi ya fellas up for sale is my project baja really a very hard move
for pics check out my thread my updated thread in the offroad section

PAN SPECS -

-Complete Custom ground up Build
-Checkerplate floor halves 2.1mm
-3inch chassis reinforcemanet ( lift kit )
-Custom rolled and lifted center tunnel to compensate for lift kit and allow for Kombi box install
-Custom designed rear accsess panel large and easy to use
- LIfted alloy checkerplate foot wells ( compensate for lift kit ( allow normal driving postition)
-Pan set up to take CNC pedal cluster included for sale ,
- complete water pipe install to accomidate water pumper and front mount
- Custom accelorator set up
-complete hydrolic clutch already set up
- Custom hand brake brackets
-Sheathed protection for clutch and brake lines
- POR Cleaned , Primed and coated ( properly) ( 3 coates black)
- Pan is fully seam welded inside and out

Pedals
CNC billet alloy accelorator pedal
CNC Billet alloy Brake setup ( double resevour set up with front and rear bias control)
CNC billet alloy Clutch Setup including hydrolic Slave cylinder
(pedals where bought with no expense spared )

Other

181 font end ( arms and spindles and ball joints )
Custom front beam with adjusters
T handle Shifter
Kombi gearbox ( said to be in goodcondition )

optional 2.5 inch roof chopped body that needs completion ( alot of work put into it to get it to this stage )
all glass included
fuel tanks
many spares eg stearing box , wheels ( black sunraiser ) tyres ect ect to much to list

To be sold as a package deal ( not to sell sepratley) and a very rare buy as there are huge amounts of man hours required to even think about getting anything close to this standard .

$4,500 Brisbane stafford area


any ways mods made include
- checkerplate floor halvers
- 3 inch lift
- 3 inch raised tunnel section
- Raised alloy checkplate floor front sections
- Water lines ( for up front radiator )
- Custom rear pan/ tunnel section with large accsess pannel
- modified pedal assembly and reseviour mounting
- brake and hydro clutch tubing down side of tunnel
- repostioned hand brake

so this is it how it stands , still a lil bit more work to be done to it yet but that cannot start till i get the front suspension and body on .

Now thats looking really sweet great work.

Marc

that's pretty nice.
where'd you run the water pipes? Through the tunnel?

For the purposes of Queensland Transport, you'll want to refer to the floorpan modifications as chassis reinforcement, not a 3" lift kit. They only allow 2" lift kits. That rule is aimed at 4wd's where the lift kit raises the whole cab, therefore it isn't really the same as what the VW's do when raising the body a little on the floor pan

Oh cool thanks wes yeah i knew it was something like that as the lift kit origninally came of off Brads Blue subi baja although has been changed a lil .

Yeah Cram the water pipes run through the tunnel ,, they run in high pressure rubber water lines , the pan uses guides through the tunnel and out the front and rear section for them . i can take a pic of what i have done with the rear section where the water lines exit out to the engine bay and ill post em up ( something i havnt ever seen done before so it might be interesting to see what you guys think .

also thought it would be cool to weld my name and the year into the underside of the pan, heres a pic ( i mean why not right )

cheers guys

wow that is great!!!
but what is the Raised alloy checkplate floor for?

prob cause the new pedals are alot higher than standard ones

glad you guys like it been puttin galot of time and effort in and am starting to get somewhere with the front end now should look good bolted up to the pan.

riskybug the raised alloy checker is mainly becouse of the 3 inch lift ( therefore i lifted the tunnel section the pedals and floor where your feet rest , the seats , by 2 inches . also the cnc pedals are a tad longer then the originals . by doin this the car will still feel like sitting in a stock beele, and the windscreen wont be to high in proportion to driving postion ( in theroy). The driving postion will infact be slighlty lower still but not by much though, this is to help add a lil extra head room for the chop top .

hope that helps and makes sense lol

your welding writing is very nice

I have the standard floor height, I just raised the seat. I think it gives a more comfortable 4wd like seating position, and more leg room. The passenger floor is raised slightly as I have the air con hoses running under it.

nice work looks good

I'm interested to see your entry and exit points for the water lines, so more pics would be good. When you say guides in the tunnel for the water pipes are they all the way down the tunnel? Can you easily change hoses out later?

Looking good James, a few questions for you:

- are you going to add some front end braces to help keep the front end from bending ?
- have you had the rubber pipe through the tunnel yet ? I notice that your front pipes are on a pretty serious angle and will make it pretty hard to get em in
- what are you doing for seat mounts ? front and rear ?
- where are you running your fuel lines ?

lots of good points there so ill answer them the best i can

- yes there definatley will be front end bracing that will ties into the chassis braces ( lift kit ) and roll cage ( the fron braces will also support things such as radiator spare wheel fuse box ect ect
- Yes the rubber hoses have been through the tunnel , and were used when fabricting the exit and entry points . although it looks quiet a steep angle when the hoses are inserted there is no kinking or elongation in the hose which is a good thing . ( that was my main consern but it appears to have worked out well .
- seat mounts , really should have had these in by now but the surface rust was starting to get away on me from the time taken to build the pan , the seat set up modified vw seat brackets with aftermarket Adr seat specific slide rails mount on top of the seat rail ( directly under the seat )
- and as for the fuel lines this baja will be similar to my maroon baja, in the fact it will be a 2 seater , thus giving me more room to box out the rear section and have the fuel tank in the back with a cbr1100 style filler cap moulded into the body ( lil ways before that appears lol ) Goin by my measurements ( put a fair bit of time into it so im really hoping it will all work out well and go smoothly , everything shall fit nicley including a swirl pot.

and last but not least no the water line guides do not go all the way down the tunnel as there is no need for it to , and yes the water lines are easy to slide through ( had a few goes at it now and seems to slide through quiet nice.


oh and also i did think about lifting the seat on the drivers side and leavign the stock height floor but i kinda feel like the steering wheel is a lil close standard without having to move the seat a lil but further forward to reach down to the pedals properly . but thats just my preferance , and one extra step i thought i would through in to help build the car to suit my specific driving style ,

cheers for the feedback guys any help or hints and lil tips along the way is very mych appreciated ,

If you wanted to take my car for a spin to see what a raised seat on stock a floor feels like, your welcome to. See if it felt weird or comfortable. Although it looks a little too late as your pedals appear to be mounted rather permanently.

lol yeah thanks heaps for the offer wes appreciate it , but like said yeah the checker floor mounts and pedal mounts are all in possition and same with the reseviour holes ect ect .

ok so a few peeps have been askign for some more pics of the fabrictaion of my pan so her goes ill post a bunch of them up some from the build and some after paint hope this helps


pic # 1 the early stages pan halves cut out and starting the checker floor install ( and yes always wear protective gear ( had a few to many unplanned visits to the doc from this project already )

pic # 2 shows the other floor half and a good pic of how the tunnel used to look

pic # 3 lift kit sitting in place , good pic of what i did up the back area (where the battery normally siits )

pic # 4 is befiore i cleaned up and raised the throttle tube and

pic # 5 is what i did in order to clean up the front section and lift the throttle tube ( the linkage is now installed also but not in pic)

pic # 6 starting progress on modifying the rear tunnel section and water lines

pic # 7 rear setion coming together ( and yes the body will be modified to suit ( not a big deal compared to what else is planned for the body )

pic # 8 part of the hand brake assembly i made which is now in place in the lifted tunnel section

pic #9 is a pic of the front section and trial fit of pedals , can see the raised tunnel nose section ( was hard to get just right due to the curves ) front checkerplate panals with rounded edges welded on for looks and strenth gear shift mount done also and alloy shecker section

and painted -- pics arent to good as it i only just took them and it was dark but here ya go

pic 1 is tunnel and rear section
pic 2 front section
pic 3 rear section ( real crappy pic sorry )

any one want to buy a pan for their project lol ,, tryign to get rid of it

So what happened to the spindles.....

lovebuggy where are you
you should be all over this like a fat kid on a cupcake

terry

james where is your phone number

people are trying to ring you

terry

How much do you want for the pan? And what is included?

everything in pics is included , plus kombi box , and some other parts floating around if you rinterested pm this website, selling on behalve of my son

ps willing to consider offers,, front beam also included , adjusters , modified shock towers ect ect

What happened to the stuff we were buying last time?? And why wouldn't anyone return calls or messages??????

I hate being stuffed around by people

check your email biatzsch 2

Would a buggy body fit on???

it is a standard bolt pattern , as far as buggy bodies im not sure , my son had to move interstate on very little notice i shall call him tonight and see what the deal is with the spindles .