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 camando
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| posted on July 10th, 2006 at 10:05 PM |
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Buggy Pan swap
I've got a LWB Buggy, it's got a K&L S/A pan.
It was suggested that I swap the whole pan for a later BJ IRS one.
How does this affect Rego?
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| posted on July 10th, 2006 at 10:23 PM |
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Yes and yes
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| posted on July 10th, 2006 at 10:28 PM |
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Options are you could convert original pan to irs and change bulkhead to bj one. or you could swap numbers on pans (I didn't just say that)
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| posted on July 10th, 2006 at 10:29 PM |
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If you.... ahhh... um... somehow retain your old chassis number there will be no change in rego status
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| posted on July 10th, 2006 at 10:31 PM |
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cough cough... restamp 
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| posted on July 10th, 2006 at 10:33 PM |
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OK then, where's a good source?
I've been looking around a bit, but don't really want to separate a good body just to get a good pan.
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| posted on July 10th, 2006 at 10:35 PM |
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i got an IRS BJ S/A pan with a crappy body, but would want a buggy for it... lol Haha
But don't worry mate, put in a Want To Buy post on here with what u want in the title, a few capital letters, smilies and exclamation marks for
attention, and u should be able to get an offer of something sweet. Cheaper than converting everything... just buy the whole pan.
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| posted on July 10th, 2006 at 10:37 PM |
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Thanks for your help guys:thumb |
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| posted on July 10th, 2006 at 10:50 PM |
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I would keep the K+L front end because you will have more travel. Just convert the rear to IRS.
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| posted on July 11th, 2006 at 10:13 AM |
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Could someone give me a link to a good source of info on doing the conversion? |
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| posted on July 11th, 2006 at 10:19 AM |
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May I tactfully suggest that if you have to ask how, you won't be able to DIY. A pan swap is far easier.
And I don't think the LP pan has any more travel than ball-joint in standard configuratin
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| posted on July 11th, 2006 at 11:16 AM |
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Thanks for that.
Wouldn't be DIYing anyway, just for my own understanding.
It sounds like a pan swap is the way to go.
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| posted on July 11th, 2006 at 12:26 PM |
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swap the pan, most people never notice the difference in front end travel between KP and BJ unless they are offroad racing, and the BJ is much more
tunable for street and dirt work. Also, swingaxle rear shock mounts need work to clear IRS arms, this is a pain too.
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| posted on July 11th, 2006 at 09:36 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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Could someone give me a link to a good source of info on doing the conversion?
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Have a look at "Baja Bugs and Buggies" by Jeff Hibbard, there is a lot of good info in that book.
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| posted on July 11th, 2006 at 09:48 PM |
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For irs conversion look on the samba, shoptalkforums and I think on the manx club site
http://www.manxgallery.org/gallery/album91
[ Edited on 11-7-2006 by mackaymanx ]
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| posted on July 25th, 2006 at 12:45 AM |
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Sorry this might be a very stupid question  but can
you bolt a 65 body directly on an Superbug pan?
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| posted on July 25th, 2006 at 12:52 AM |
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NO. '65 bug & Super bug have different front ends
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