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baja suspention combo front and back
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| posted on February 4th, 2007 at 05:47 PM |
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contact matty 64 as he has some coil overs for sale ,im getting a set for my baja ,they should be good for yours as well ,what year model is your baja
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| posted on February 4th, 2007 at 09:52 PM |
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Lots of ride height and plastic bushes!
Pay your debts, CxxT
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| posted on February 4th, 2007 at 11:34 PM |
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mine is a 1969
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| posted on February 4th, 2007 at 11:49 PM |
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I wouldn't go for coil overs, they make the suspension too stiff.
I would look at beam adjusters for the front and I would adjust the preload on the rear torsion bar to make sure that you are using the full
suspension travel. Apart from that, I would look at getting some decent shocks like Bilsteins or Konis if you can afford them.
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| posted on February 5th, 2007 at 08:54 AM |
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A VW will go along way off-road with just a modest lift of teh suspension: You will need to modify (cut and weld) the front beam with Selecta-drops
and lift the rear suspension by adjusting the torsion bars, as oulined in a service manual (ie Gregories/Haynes etc)
Add some knobby tyres and voila! :thumb
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| posted on February 5th, 2007 at 06:48 PM |
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i really like what Sandy has got at the front. what is it?
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| posted on February 5th, 2007 at 08:10 PM |
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i really like what Sandy has got at the front. what is it?
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Show us a picture, then I'll tell you.
I have to recommend the perfect book for you. It's "Baja Bugs and Buggies" by Jeff Hibbard. It will answer all of your questions. A lot of the
modifications in there are cheap and more importantly, they work!
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| posted on February 5th, 2007 at 08:39 PM |
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sandy has a king and link beam which is raised and he runs longer than stock trailing arms (illegal)........but yeah i like it too 
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| posted on February 5th, 2007 at 08:48 PM |
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im running a country buggy front and raised irs rear..........it aint a baja tho
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| posted on February 7th, 2007 at 08:43 PM |
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ha yes illegal stuff. it's beautiful though. i can't remember wher i saw the pic but nice.
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| posted on February 10th, 2007 at 02:37 PM |
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does a narrowed beam means you can use wider tires? (i know it's useless for a baja to have wide front tires)
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| posted on February 10th, 2007 at 08:14 PM |
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Here is a pic of Sandy's front end, and my thing type 181 front end. I think the thing is the best option.
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| posted on February 21st, 2007 at 07:50 PM |
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so sandy's suspention is actually illegal? so wes... what's the differance beteenw yours and snady's? i mean looks like sandy's got more
clearance?
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| posted on February 21st, 2007 at 07:54 PM |
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so sandy's suspention is actually illegal? so wes... what's the differance beteenw yours and snady's? i mean looks like sandy's got more
clearance?
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| posted on February 21st, 2007 at 08:06 PM |
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Wes runs stock VW parts.Sandy doesn't. The 181 and IRS combo would be the best IMO,stock legal parts and ample travel with street drivability.
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| posted on February 21st, 2007 at 08:14 PM |
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What he said 
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| posted on February 23rd, 2007 at 02:05 PM |
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I also run mine at standard height, it's not raised. I have my adjusters set in their lowest position.
This gives better steering (less bump steer) as all the steering geometry is still stock.
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| posted on February 23rd, 2007 at 04:21 PM |
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is it true that you have to modify(lengthen) the frame head to run longer arms??? and can you run long arms on a thing front end legality doenst
concern me as its all good here 
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its just a car for f*%k sake
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| posted on February 23rd, 2007 at 08:34 PM |
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Yes you have to lengthen the frame head or the tyres will smack into the body when the suspension compresses. I don't know if anyone makes long arms
for ball joint.
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| posted on February 23rd, 2007 at 08:52 PM |
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hm thanks guys all is good help.
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| posted on February 23rd, 2007 at 08:55 PM |
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i got a 1969 100 so i would need to convert to irs ... how much does it take to do all that? irs- 181suspention.
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| posted on April 11th, 2007 at 10:18 PM |
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what does it take to tranfer a thing front? also what shocks are recomanded?
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