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 Golde60
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| posted on June 5th, 2005 at 01:47 PM |
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oops. you can see the extra knobs that are in better in this pic. i decided to keep them off the timber to have a smoother look to the dash
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| posted on June 5th, 2005 at 01:50 PM |
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and of course some progress shots showing the car now that it has over riders on.
makes it look heaps better i reckon.
back bumper still needs to be 'tweaked' a bit, as it looks like the top of it is leaning back too much. spent a fair bit of time getting it this far
as the old irons where badly bent, and the new ones didnt fit the bumpers.
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| posted on June 5th, 2005 at 01:51 PM |
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Golde60
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| posted on June 5th, 2005 at 01:57 PM |
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still more engineering bits and peices to go.
most of the interior is out so that floor plates can go in under the carpet.
additional mods to the braking system, including t3 rear drums (bigger).
rear inertia reel seat belts (2)
still some stuff to do on the stereo, but i might end up doing this myself after rego.
biggest drama is getting the correct information from CB performance regarding the dropped spindles so that my engineer will sign them off.
i have another post going for this, but i wonder....
... has anyone had CB dropped spindles go through an engineering certification?
i need all the help i can get at solving this problem, otherwise there will be serious time and expense (on top of what i have done so far) getting
the car engineered.
link to other post is here:
http://www.aussieveedubbers.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=39721&page=2#pid...
[Edited on 5-6-2005 by Golde60]
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| posted on June 5th, 2005 at 04:53 PM |
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Love the tones of the woodwork you've done Kim. Nice and smooth mate, makes the whole thing ooze 'cool' (in a good way :thumb) |
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| posted on June 6th, 2005 at 09:54 AM |
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Nice. How about a side on shot to look at the wheel combo?
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| posted on June 11th, 2005 at 02:47 PM |
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lookin hot  What's with the camera in the last few photos? Its very
green 
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| posted on June 23rd, 2005 at 02:01 AM |
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very nice, i love the dash |
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| posted on June 23rd, 2005 at 06:22 PM |
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...Kim the Dyno Day is July 30th now...plenty of time??
How's it going?? Sorry had to ask...is the paper work done now?
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| posted on July 3rd, 2005 at 05:21 PM |
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just back from holidays jen
i can only hope that things have been progressing....
the dilema of the engineering and paperwork persists i presume, but i will know more with a few phone calls tommorrow
heres hoping for the 30/7 :thumb
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| posted on July 4th, 2005 at 10:04 AM |
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....cool you've still got most of this month left :thumb
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| posted on July 10th, 2005 at 05:02 PM |
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Progress:
still got dramas with engineering paperwork on the spindles
i m hoping that i can get info from CSP in Germany, as CB are 'still looking into it'...... great.
anyway, all the other engineering stuff has been done:
floor plates
seat belts in the rear, including mounting points
guages
wiring (head unit, front tweeters and amp)
speedo (t3 orange needle KMPH, just for something different, matches the guages)
glovebox
spare wheel (still gotta put repro hazet in)
brake system upgrade (t3 rear drums)
shes getting close
heres some pics
dash with guages in and custom speedo
speedo has lLEDs hidden in for all the functions that u usually find on a beetle speedo, or on the dash. i think it has come up real well
spare
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| posted on July 10th, 2005 at 05:14 PM |
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and of course the new mirror, which needed a bit of work. theres not much point in having a mirror if you cant see out of it!!
makes me glad that we waited until the seats (and me) were back in before it was fitted.
close up
far
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| posted on July 10th, 2005 at 05:15 PM |
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Looking great Kim. Have you sneakly driven it round the block yet?
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| posted on July 10th, 2005 at 05:55 PM |
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was planning on doing that on sat, but hasnt been tuned yet, and was running on 3 (fouled plug)
until i get the carbs jetted and synched, its only gonna be run on the dyno.
......... dyno next week?? i hope so
getting close!!
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| posted on July 10th, 2005 at 08:03 PM |
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...Dyno day is on the 30th July plenty of time 
Even if we're not going on the dyno we'll be there to see your beetle
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| posted on July 11th, 2005 at 02:50 PM |
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Fantastic Kim, sorry I haven't been able to help more with the engineering certification of dropped spindles - I am yet to go through that but the
engineer I have been dealing with didn't seem to be too concerned when I showed them to him before bolting them on. Have you called and spoken to CB
directly?
Otherwise might be worth posting on http://www.cal-look.com in the forum because I
think there are a couple of CB employees there who may help??
The car is looking sweet - your head unit mod on the dash has come up a real treat too - good stuff! :thumb
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| posted on July 11th, 2005 at 05:51 PM |
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Nice mirrors, got some of them on my buggy, I know what you mean about not be able to see stuff too...
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| posted on July 16th, 2005 at 12:55 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by jenz58
...Dyno day is on the 30th July plenty of time
Even if we're not going on the dyno we'll be there to see your beetle
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thanks for that jen, i take that as a huge compliment considering how nice your bug is.
i m still going through engineering dilemas, so i m hoping they will be solved soon enough to get to the dyno day
cheers
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| posted on July 24th, 2005 at 03:26 PM |
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dilemas continue
dyno day appearance is appearance is unlikely now
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| posted on July 24th, 2005 at 09:34 PM |
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Kim what's happening....the engineering paperwork :jesus
I hope you get it sorted soon so you can get out and enjoy driving
We'll miss seeing you on Saturday and know you must be disappointed....it is a frustrating time I can still remember what it was like 
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| posted on July 25th, 2005 at 07:45 AM |
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hey kim what cam are you running in that 2L of yours if you dont mind me asking
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| posted on August 13th, 2005 at 07:05 PM |
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got another spindle from CB today
only way this is gonna get engineered is with a failure test on the CB spindle compared with the VW unit.
so we've got to set up a system that will allow the engineer to test both to failure. its gonna be alot of weight to break them i think
it has basically taken me 3 months to chase down all the possible leads for other options, none of which amounted to anything. the test option was my
last resort scenario which i was hoping to avoid.
i have realised that virually no one gets their cars engineered.
please.....
..... lets hope that it can pass the tests and get certified.
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| posted on August 13th, 2005 at 07:08 PM |
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good luck mate its just some of us that get engineered the rest are just happy to risk it
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| posted on August 13th, 2005 at 11:46 PM |
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Would you be able to keep this test report so others with drop spindles can later use the same report to get their car certified? or does it have to
be one test per certification?
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| posted on August 14th, 2005 at 01:46 PM |
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i will talk to the engineer about this.
i will definately be keeping it, but from what i understand, each vehicle has be to certified on an individual basis.
the testing that i am going through will likely make things easier for others. will probably end up costing around $1000-$1500 on top of what testing
would have cost me anyway, which will be around the $1500 mark.
damn, it adds up quick.
i ll have a chat to the engineer and see what he thinks about passing the info on to others
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| posted on August 14th, 2005 at 01:47 PM |
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previous idea was using the ball joint spindles.
appantley the link pin ones have never been engineered in australia, and from what i can gather to date, any where else for that matter.
nothings easy..
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| posted on August 14th, 2005 at 03:48 PM |
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Did u end up Calling CB for the information on the spindles?
Adam
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| posted on August 15th, 2005 at 09:09 AM |
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yeah spoke to them many times
the only way they ended up helping me was encouraging me to buy more parts.
my assesment of their position was that (being from the good ol' US of A) they were not able to send me any information to verify the strength,
materials, design or testing.
great
that leaves me to do all the hard work myself.
take this as word of warning, everyone: be careful of the words 'for off road use only'
not happy, but then again, life wasnt meant to be easy
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| posted on October 5th, 2005 at 01:29 PM |
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ok, looks like step one of the engineering tests has been completed and passed.
on monday, i arrived out at Dandenong to see that Andrew (DubCustoms) has built be the biggest piece of apparatus possible (as requested by the
engineer) and was ready to test the spindle.
i had a bit of a chuckle, as this was almost as big as the car and was placing up to 2 tonnes of load via a jack at a leverage of up to 4m - it ended
up that we only needed a lever length of 1.5 - 2.0m
anyhow, i am yet to receive it, but i am now FINALLY confident that the CB dropped spindle that suits the wide 5 disc kit will be ticked off by my
engineer. what a huge amount of greif this has caused, but finally we have progress.
to cut a long story short, the original spindle failed at a far less load than the CB item.
will post pics in the next few days.
and for all those that are interested, i will be passing on the information to others who want to get this kit engineered - for a cost.
not yet determined, but it will be a fraction of what the whole ordeal cost me, and is not profit making, just to offset some of what i have spent.
will keep you all posted.
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