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 Camo
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| posted on February 16th, 2011 at 08:58 PM |
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get Craig to cut a THICK plate with center hole that goes over the heater box.........with mounting tang on each side
send him the bars to be shortened and tapped for clevis joints
4 bars
could be nuts, but just a different take on it
yeah heater boxes are cool, recently borrowed a beetle with them in tact and absolutely loved it with the heat on tap!
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I think this could be done, but the hole would have to be about 8" x 4" I think to get around the heater box on the correct angle.
I can not see it being possible to make a dog leg around the heater box as it would be such a big deviation. I wish you could see how much these
heater boxes are in the way and then you may have a 2nd thought about it. Anyone welcome to come and look if they want.
Also the drivers side isn't as bad as the passengers side, for obvious reasons.
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| posted on February 16th, 2011 at 09:01 PM |
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Could a couple of tabs be welded to the very top bar, just inside the clevis joints, and the diagonal bars you have connect from the new welded tabs
to the bottom tabs on the forks?
Let us know if there is room to do this as I'm not sure if this would allow you to get around the starter motor.
Cheers
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| posted on February 16th, 2011 at 09:26 PM |
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dont mean to infect your dub with rice but....
perhaps that could work, well similar, that specific example is an S13 camber arm, available in there millions in any colour u want probably, just
thought that could work, was doing s13 related stuff for a mates car today 
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| posted on February 16th, 2011 at 09:54 PM |
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STIDUB, bloody good idea and it would be rice if it were on a VW it would be a beautiful piece of engineering 
I was also thinking of something like this (excuse my photo shop skills or lack of). This is only a thought and I haven't done any measuring and it
may be to close to the ground to actually work. The 'X' is to mark where the heater boxes would be. I think this would still stop the horns from
flexing or twisting.
Kev
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| posted on February 16th, 2011 at 10:08 PM |
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Hi Kev
You just need to re engineer the location tabs, I got them to fit OK on David's bugs. Just place the rod where it clears the heaterbox and that's
where your tabs need to be
This is the drivers side.
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| posted on February 16th, 2011 at 10:37 PM |
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easy
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| posted on February 17th, 2011 at 05:28 AM |
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that's what i was trying to convey in my second idea
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| posted on February 17th, 2011 at 06:45 AM |
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Steve,
The first thing I notice is that your upper mount is on the outside of the body, where as mine are on the inside so this would greatly change the
angle. And your lower mount looks further forward to mine. My kits is pre-made so I cant move the upper mount and I had the rear lower bracket welded
as per supplier guidance. Anyway, gives me other ideas to work on thanks.
Kev
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| posted on February 17th, 2011 at 06:45 AM |
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Kev, whatever you do, the important thing to remember is TRIANGLE.
Any rod should connect at each end to what's known as a 'hard point', and form a triangle.
Email if you want some help.
Cheers, Greg
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| posted on February 17th, 2011 at 07:31 AM |
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Hi Kev
I think the body on the later bugs is different to your car that why the bar appears to be outside.
I had the greatest issue with the heater box on the 3&4 side, I got it to work OK but then when I went to a sidewinder header without heater boxes
it was really close to the bar on the passenger side, so going sans heater may not help.
Steve
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| posted on February 17th, 2011 at 08:06 AM |
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Steve, isn't your's an overseas kit? not one of Craig's kit?
Mine is the same as Kev's, even the body area around the shock is the same
By the way Kev, your car is disgustingly clean underneath
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| posted on February 17th, 2011 at 12:47 PM |
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I thought the idea of coming in from outside the body was a good one, but pay pose rubbing issues. What if you got a fabricating mate around and tried
the following:
Cut the existing tab off. Bolt the tab to the arm and locate it insitu where you think it would best lie, closest to the mount triangulation at the
top of the shock.
Then bend weld and secure a new mounting point that reaches the arm in its new position.
the idea of the bar is to reduce movement and firm up the loose original rear end. If you can make a substantial mounting point then there shouldn't
be too much of an issue.
There are pleant of other bars out there that are welded solid, or follow different paths. I will try and post some photos (and yes i know some of
them do not do what craigs kit does. But we are looking for solutions right.)
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| posted on February 17th, 2011 at 03:39 PM |
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| posted on February 17th, 2011 at 08:50 PM |
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Camo, I'm happy to give you a full refund if you're not happy.
Regards
Craig T
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| posted on February 17th, 2011 at 10:44 PM |
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Steve, isn't your's an overseas kit? not one of Craig's kit?
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My kit came from Lanner at http://www.vdubengineering.com/ in Canada, I went
that way because I was bringing in some other stuff from him and it made the freight cheaper.
My shock tags where not all joined together like Craig's kit, the final angle and position of the tabs is left upto the installer. I just got the
cross bar in place and then fiddled around with tags to go down to the forks from the shocks to make it all work.
Steve
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| posted on February 19th, 2011 at 11:20 AM |
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I note on CIP that on one unit they sell (looks weaker though) the long down bar is a couple of inches in away from the top mount and is actually
mounted off the cross bar.
Is this how they get around the clearance issue?
Newt
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| posted on February 19th, 2011 at 09:10 PM |
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When I was designing my K bar kit I used a 74 beetle with heater boxes...........and it fitted 
The kits that have the short bars going up to the long cross bar will still flex, so the shock towers are the best location point IMO.
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| posted on February 20th, 2011 at 01:33 AM |
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Craig,
No doubt there is les flex in your system.
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| posted on February 20th, 2011 at 05:52 PM |
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I am glad i am going type 4 and hopefully a Eberspacher heater.
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| posted on June 17th, 2011 at 05:55 PM |
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Camo, I'm happy to give you a full refund if you're not happy.
Regards
Craig T
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Thanks Craig,
I will now except your offer and get a refund.
As you know I have attempted another option, but the mailman has failed a 2nd time to deliver.
Just let me know when you would like me to meet up with you at your work place, if this is suitable.
Regards, Kevin
P.S. I am really sorry that they didn't work out for me, bloody heater boxes 
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| posted on June 19th, 2011 at 08:42 PM |
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Camo, I'm happy to give you a full refund if you're not happy.
Regards
Craig T
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Thanks Craig,
I will now except your offer and get a refund.
As you know I have attempted another option, but the mailman has failed a 2nd time to deliver.
Just let me know when you would like me to meet up with you at your work place, if this is suitable.
Regards, Kevin
P.S. I am really sorry that they didn't work out for me, bloody heater boxes
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No probs Kevin, happy to refund.
The mailman only failed once, I failed the second time by not getting to the post office......long story.
Anytime during the week at Camellia is fine with me, just let me know what day.
Regards
Craig T
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| posted on June 21st, 2011 at 06:42 AM |
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DON'T bend the bar. Thats a thick ALi or chromoly bar that'll be a shit to bend for one and once bent will introduce fatigue if used in anger.
Looks like 40-50mm clearance needed to get the bar to fit. I know you spent money on the ceramic but is only need be part done. It's only 0.6 or
0.8mm steel for the heater casing so measure, cut, new metal and weld to move the outlet sideways, up, down or two of those directions. It's just ali
sprayed on and then baked so a touch up can't be that much 
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