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 Rural Baja
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| posted on April 11th, 2010 at 01:36 PM |
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| posted on April 11th, 2010 at 02:36 PM |
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I like it
A cross between a baja and a super maybe?
Or is it just my imagination seeing a higher than usual stance
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Rural Baja
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| posted on April 11th, 2010 at 04:11 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by ryana89
I like it
A cross between a baja and a super maybe?
Or is it just my imagination seeing a higher than usual stance
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Certainly an odd one thats for sure. Im still unsure how it came to be "Ruralised" and in tasmania. She came down from QLD 5 years ago.
Had her up bush and on the beach, does the job thats for sure
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| posted on April 11th, 2010 at 04:26 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by ryana89
I like it
A cross between a baja and a super maybe?
Or is it just my imagination seeing a higher than usual stance
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Tis a Super Baja :P
Good Buy mate!!
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| posted on April 11th, 2010 at 04:35 PM |
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Will that looks like a beetle shell on a landcruizer chassisits got
me stuffed where you keep finding all these veedubs cheers
shane.
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Rural Baja
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| posted on April 11th, 2010 at 07:39 PM |
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Will that looks like a beetle shell on a landcruizer chassisits got
me stuffed where you keep finding all these veedubs cheers
shane.
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Haha G'day Shane,
Yea funny how these things just turn up! Got my eye on a little 1300 deluxe and a lowlight devon camper at the moment, ah decisions decisions
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| posted on April 11th, 2010 at 07:53 PM |
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A lowlight devon camper sounds good
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| posted on April 11th, 2010 at 08:12 PM |
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those minilite rims only have an offset suitable for lifting anyway
scrub to much on a lowered super
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| posted on April 12th, 2010 at 01:27 PM |
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Gday again,
I keep coming back and liking the look of this bug more and more.
Do you know whats been done to make it look the way it does?
Any suspensions mods or playing around with offsets or have the Minilite rims been simply bolted on?
One last question, do you know what size Minilite rims they are?
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| posted on April 12th, 2010 at 09:15 PM |
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G'day mate! Nice Super. The high-altitude ride height reminds me of mine.
Were they really this tall from the factory? Mine doesn't look quite right, but I highly doubt that it would have ever had any suspension mods to
lift it. I'm planning to drive mine around a bit first and see how it handles before I worry about lowering, but they do seem awfully high! I've got
a minimum of about 25cm ground clearance.
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| posted on April 13th, 2010 at 01:02 PM |
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Mark, yours and Will's are both stock height at the front
its just oversize tyres exaggerating it
but looking at the back both of them look like there lifted 1 outter spline, probably to stop the tyres scrubbing
Ryan i think 4x130 minilites only come in 15x6
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| posted on April 13th, 2010 at 06:35 PM |
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I reckon she has been lifted at the rear, makes it good on the beach thats for sure! Only thing is it makes it a bit wild in the wet ive found.
probably not a great tyre combo either.
It looks bloody neat that red bug, any more pictures?
And the rims are 15x6. With nice Wiiide tyres 
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| posted on April 14th, 2010 at 12:41 AM |
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Thanks Joel, that's an interesting bit of information. I wouldn't describe my tyres as oversize though, if anything they're slightly smaller
diameter than stock, 195/70R14 on 14x6" rims. I don't think mine would have been lifted at the rear either though, as it came on stock rims when I
bought it and in my experience 195s don't scrub anyway.
Rural Baja, I've got plenty more pictures mate, the build thread link is in my signature. The Superbug is mostly on page 2: http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=80860&page=2 The car hasn't been driven in several years, but it
should be ready to hit the streets by the end of the month. I'm very excited!
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| posted on April 14th, 2010 at 09:27 AM |
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Forgive my naivety... but what is that little round plug looking thing on the bottom of the c pillar? .. nearly looks like an aftermarket LPG filler
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| posted on April 14th, 2010 at 10:08 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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Thanks Joel, that's an interesting bit of information. I wouldn't describe my tyres as oversize though, if anything they're slightly smaller
diameter than stock, 195/70R14 on 14x6" rims. I don't think mine would have been lifted at the rear either though
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bad choice of words i should have just said wider
the wider rims but thinner sidewall makes the gaurd gap look bigger
it would have in 38 years had the rear torsion bushings replaced, some mechanics oftern reset the tosion bars when doing this as they tend to sag over
the years
cos IRS bugs dont camber out as much as swingers with weight in the back tyres often rub on the gaurds with 2 people in the back
mine even with 185/70 14" used to
pretty sure will said that thing was on LPG in a passed life in another thread
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| posted on April 14th, 2010 at 01:31 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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Forgive my naivety... but what is that little round plug looking thing on the bottom of the c pillar? .. nearly looks like an aftermarket LPG filler
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Your right! It was LPG believe it or not. Was fitted in 2001 (Got the mod plate still) and im not sure when it was pulled off.
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| posted on April 15th, 2010 at 04:16 AM |
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Thats a nice super you got there, there is something about S beetles that make them more apealling than L's
I hate to say it but I must really be living at the wrong end of the state when it comes to VWs
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| posted on April 16th, 2010 at 02:25 PM |
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Thats a nice super you got there, there is something about S beetles that make them more apealling than L's
I hate to say it but I must really be living at the wrong end of the state when it comes to VWs
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blasphemy!!!
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| posted on April 16th, 2010 at 04:59 PM |
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cos IRS bugs dont camber out as much as swingers with weight in the back tyres often rub on the gaurds with 2 people in the back
mine even with 185/70 14" used to
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Very true Joel, and actually now that my Type 3 is back on stock cheese-cutters it does look a lot lower.
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| posted on April 26th, 2010 at 09:13 PM |
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Wow! The old girl handles the paddock and the beach pretty well, she really is a SuperBug!
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| posted on May 7th, 2010 at 10:52 PM |
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Whoops.
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| posted on May 7th, 2010 at 10:56 PM |
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lol you should of been able to get her out of that lol 
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| posted on May 8th, 2010 at 07:32 PM |
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Thats only one side of her haha, wish i had the baja there!
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| posted on May 11th, 2010 at 09:11 PM |
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You buggering up your dad's back yard again Will. volma1
They are still there, just have faith you'll find one.
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| posted on May 12th, 2010 at 07:30 PM |
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You buggering up your dad's back yard again Will. volma1
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Haha well, i know a better backyard with a certain new lawn that needs to be ripped up
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| posted on April 6th, 2011 at 11:11 AM |
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So an update! Almost a year after i sold it, i bought it back to use as my daily again! Time to park old Herb in the shed!
Prepare to see an update on this old girl when i pick her up this afternoon!
And this is the second car i have sold and bought back
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| posted on April 21st, 2011 at 10:59 PM |
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You just gotta stop selling them. Super looks the goods but hope you didn't scratch the paint on the drive.
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