anyone had much luck fitting a rack to a BJ front end? any advice would be handy! found a rack that fits like a glove but bump steer is always a fun thing to get sorted.
Ooo ooo - this sounds like could be an interesting topic !!!
I've never tried doing it, but have wondered about putting a rack in a BJ bug for a while.... what sort of rack is it you're trying ???
Iam sure there are some posts, maybe in the tech mods and freq questions or the offroad forum. Had a great dscussion about bump steer and a few
drawings about how it all works....
You could always jsut buy a early super and fit it!
Hi
I fitted a R&P to 72 Superbug, a lot of work but the results were very good, the steering ended up so sharp that I felt I needed to learn to drive
the car again.
The really good thing with a rack is that you don't get slack when off centre.
I was lucky that a 75 L bug rack fitted, there are much more pitfalls when fitting one to ball joint car, as you must take into account Ackerman and
bump steer.
So my advice is research to find out what other people have used and make sure that the results suit you.
Steve
I did a search and found baja wes did a heap of drawings on this topic and had some great calcs so am going to start there and see if i can make it work. the rack now doesnt fit like a glove mounted like wes suggests but can make it work with some little mods its out of a 95 diahatsu little car that i cant remember the name of
im about to convert my Lbug over
steves sending me a rack, was gonna document the process but being a superbug isnt much help to u
there is a mob in the US the making a full bolt up new front end for ball joint bugs that has rack and peanut
but its pretty trick setup up and i havent seen one for ages but from memory used a wishbone setup
make sure ur sitting down when u see the price of it
Yeh, US$2.5K from eyeball engineering.
Certainly looks the goods.
yah that be it
check out what the formula vee guys now run. surely something they use could be adapted for street use and could certainly be cheaper than 2.5k
although that does look impressive!!
Hey, can you get a rack and 'peanut' for 3 bolt strut supers??
Nils has fitted one to his baja and will be getting it aproved I believe. Think its Hyundai