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 boristherat
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| posted on April 13th, 2006 at 08:42 PM |
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Wow! Just beautiful! An absolutely gorgeous ride! Top job mate!
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| posted on April 13th, 2006 at 09:09 PM |
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Thanks Boris!
Avi: "Why do they call him Boris the Bullet Dodger?"
Bullet Tooth Tony: Ludicrous look on face- "Coz he dodges bullets, Avi...
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| posted on April 13th, 2006 at 09:43 PM |
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Looks great, well worth the wait for sure
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| posted on April 13th, 2006 at 10:28 PM |
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Nice to see it down, good work Chris.
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| posted on April 13th, 2006 at 10:45 PM |
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Thanks Raf and Ol... It's certainly been worth the wait! I get a massive grin across my face each time I even look at it, let alone drive it. It's
been a pretty long journey and so many people have helped me get to where I am now - you all know who you are.... Thanks guys
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| posted on April 14th, 2006 at 10:13 AM |
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Looks cool, hopefully i see her one day, gee! the rego is even hell long b4 i was born
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| posted on April 14th, 2006 at 12:39 PM |
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Definitely looks awesome Chris! :thumb
I smile when I see my Bug too, it's so nice when they make us happy! :P
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| posted on April 14th, 2006 at 12:44 PM |
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nice one bruh.. room in the carport for adolf now eh? come round when ya free, i wanna ride in the tofu
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| posted on April 14th, 2006 at 02:06 PM |
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one super sweet, well wicked, bad as, awesome, kick ass oval. love it.
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| posted on April 14th, 2006 at 08:07 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Pretty_Blue_Bug
Definitely looks awesome Chris! :thumb
I smile when I see my Bug too, it's so nice when they make us happy! :P
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Yeh, it's about time she returned da love!
Damo: Yeh, there's room for Adolf now..:thumb I bet my dad will be impressed when there's another beetle in the carport.. meh.
Thanks again for the comment guys and gals, it really makes it all worth while in the end...
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| posted on April 14th, 2006 at 09:36 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by killakornkobb
i wanna ride in the tofu
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| posted on April 15th, 2006 at 09:28 PM |
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I just spent about 2 hours custom fitting my bamboo parcel tray in. I had to unravel 3 sections of bamboo away to get to the 'core' and whittle away
at it so it would fit under the dash. It was just way too tite to be abel to get it to fit properly... so stay tuned, pics coming...
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| posted on April 16th, 2006 at 12:07 AM |
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Lowering the rear suspension, again
Being the anal person that I am.. (not in the date-pushing sense) I lowered the right rear suspension 5mm to even it up with the left side. Here's
how I did it. This is MY way of doing it. There ARE other methods..
First, with the car on the ground and the handbrake up, crack the wheel bolts (alternating sides like in the way you would draw a 5 sided star on
paper without lifting your pen off), then jack the car up until the tyre is about 10mm off the ground. THEN take the bolts off all the way and roll
that wheel outta the way.
Now you have a nice clear view of the spring plate and stub axel, it's time to mark where these two join up. This is very important as it attributes
to your rear wheel alignment. Use a cold chisel and bang in some indentations - I did 3 per end bolt.
To be extra accurate, I lightly sprayed the stub axel and spring plate with some contrasting silver paint to mark exactly where they meet.
For some (like me) you won't have to undo you're brake line. You'll be able to swivel it back and out of the way of the spring plate. You can
loosen the axel boot on the axel tube slightly so it'll rotate without having all the stinky gearbox oil pour out onto the floor. if you can't
achieve this, un bolt that brake line to give yourself clearence.
So undo those three bolts holding the stub axel to the spring plate and the lower shock bolt too.
Next, undo the four bolts holding on the spring plate cover and also the 4 bolts holding the front part of the guard to the body. You'll need the
room to withdraw the spring plate and torsoin bar.
Normally when you're suspention is at stock height, it'll sit tightly on that lip. You'll need to hammer it off the lop from behind with a hammer.
It's a good idea to get a jack under the end of the spring plate so it doesn't give your arm or shin a nasty suprise if it's too close when you
dislodge it from the lip. I found, as long as you keep your limbs out of the way, it's not going to cut anyting off you body. When the plate is off
the lip and unloaded, note where it's resting in relation to the mount, or whatever you wanna call it. In this pic, you can see where I oriignally
scribed a line to mark the angle of the torsion bar when it was under no load.
Now some people use a protractor and a plumb line, I used a plumb line on the end of the torsion bar splines. I marked the vertical line on the top
and bottom of the bar. (note the two dots where the plumb line sits - same goes for the bottom)
Next, slowly pull the torsion bar out. If it hasn't been moved for over 20 years, chances are that it'll be sliiiiiiiiiiiiiightly stuck. It'll need
some convincing with an adjustable wrench and hammer. Otherwise, just wiggle it out slowly until you can [just] feel it come out of the splines in the
torsion bar housing. (The edges of the splines are chamfered, so you'll feel the torsion bar drop slightly when it comes out of the inner
splines.)
I only needed to rotate it clockwise one inner spline (and counter clockwise one outer spline - this will result in an approx 5mm drop)
Liberally grease up the bushes with specialised rubber grease. Normal stuff will break down the rubber and turn it into a Slurpee. Not good for your
suspension or ride quality.
..with the spring plate back on. You'll see that the plate is only raised very slightly on the lip. This will translate to much more at the end of
the spring plate where the stub axel as bolted. so don't fret that it's no much.
Now bolt up that stub axel back to the spring plate. tighten up all the bolts until theres only a 0.5 mm gap, then tap it into alignment with the
chisel marks and spray paint from earlier. Remembe to do this accuratly. You may have a small flat section on the lower shock mount. I think these
were cast to facilitate the hammering of the stub axel to align it properly. Torque it all up to 70lb's. Reinstall the lower shock bolt too - 30lb
would be enough. **Don't forget to tighten up the axel boot too! Make sure that it's not twisted.**
Bolt up the guard and wheel to the drum.. drive around the block and over some speed humps to settle the suspension and hopefully... you'll have done
it properly! It initally took me about 5 tries to get it correct. I can now do this whole proceedure in under 45 mins. That's because every is
greased up and compliant. When it was the first time, it took about 2 hours per side as those torsion bars can be a real bitch to remove!
Sit back and enjoy the sunset... a beer wouldn't hurt either...
[ Edited on 15-4-06 by oval TOFU ]
[ Edited on 15-4-06 by oval TOFU ]
[ Edited on 25-4-06 by oval TOFU ]
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| posted on April 16th, 2006 at 12:45 AM |
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that was an awesome little read that last bit you sound copy and paste it into the tech section so it can be used by all for further reference 
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| posted on April 25th, 2006 at 01:05 PM |
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oh, and remember to tighten up your shock munting bolts properly - I just lost mine on the M1 somewhere.. only the bolt - not the whole shocker
luckily!
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| posted on April 25th, 2006 at 08:48 PM |
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looking good mate
Mate shes looking good!
they must be wide guards on the front?:thumb
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| posted on April 25th, 2006 at 08:54 PM |
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I'm assuming narrrowed beam.
-Staggers.
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| posted on April 26th, 2006 at 12:07 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by BUGBOY
Mate shes looking good!
they must be wide guards on the front?:thumb
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I took some more pics to see whether I like the fat tyres on the rear, or the skinnys...
And this is for VWFOOL....
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| posted on April 26th, 2006 at 03:58 AM |
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you amaze me mate, well done on the DIY.
ps. skinnys for sure
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| posted on April 26th, 2006 at 05:39 PM |
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skinny
Go the skinny mate.
Looks sweet, hows she turn? no problems.
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| posted on April 26th, 2006 at 06:46 PM |
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Skinny. Just so sweet. Great pics too.
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| posted on March 19th, 2007 at 06:51 PM |
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Well, i've been a slacker - nearly a whole year without updating this thread. Well, plenty has happened during this time (in my mind anyway) but
thankfully, nothing bad...
I'll let the pics speak...
Somewhere on the Great Ocean Road...
on the way to DOTVW 06
there...
poseurs...
Random...
there should be more to come when i can scan some of my film...
Enjoy. Not Emjoi.
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| posted on March 19th, 2007 at 07:17 PM |
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i love belle
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| posted on March 19th, 2007 at 08:14 PM |
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looking good wang!! see ya soon when we catchin up for cafe ass master
A candy coloured clown they called the sandman tip toes through my room every night just to sprinkle stardust on my pillow go to sleep everything will
be allright
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| posted on March 20th, 2007 at 08:56 AM |
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| posted on March 20th, 2007 at 01:24 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by jhp1
Hey mate the Black and red Beetle with the scallops is that from Bendigo Im sure Ive seen it before, either way it looks cool as does yours.
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That'd be mine. I'm usually up in Bendigo every coupla months to see a few mates up there!
Or to get parts off Rhett/Phatbug :thumb lol
edit: Ahh so that's your Commo Ute with the 20's! Nice!
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64 Beetle. Like a beaten up 70's speedboat.
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| posted on March 20th, 2007 at 01:37 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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looking good wang!! see ya soon when we catchin up for cafe ass master
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That's Mr Wang to you!
I'll be down in GTown much more at the start of April.. we'll toast some roast then yeh?
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killakornkobb
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| posted on June 27th, 2010 at 10:19 PM |
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this threat needs a revival 'yo
hey chris u got any more piks from that shoot with dan? them was some good times
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| Quote: | Originally
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this threat needs a revival 'yo
hey chris u got any more piks from that shoot with dan? them was some good times
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Wow, that's going to take some serious grave digging of some photos! I know I have them somewhere....
When are you getting your semi back on the road mate?
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