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 1916baja
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| posted on June 19th, 2011 at 03:20 PM |
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update
Got my rims painted today, Will get the tyres on them Tuesday.... I also tacked in the mount for the harness, I'll trim it down and tidy it up once
its all welded in. All the rear end is now in including brakes, brake lines, shocks, Just waiting on my drums to be machined to take the short axles,
and my discs to finish the front then she'll be a roller! I have a feeling its gonna end up being a scramble to get to warwick....
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| posted on June 22nd, 2011 at 07:52 PM |
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Picked up my wheels today with slicks and formula vee tyres on... i think they look cool! bloody heavy wheels... I think a lighter set will be on the
cards in the future!
I also mounted the fuel tank, I bought the tank from Ben out of the Rat but as it turns out the earlier model bug had a different front end where the
tank mounts... I didn't think of that. I knocked up a mount for it tonight out of 25x25x3mm angle, It don't look real pretty but it'll do the job.
It's just tacked in at the moment, everything is getting fully welded on saturday.... fingers crossed.
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| posted on June 22nd, 2011 at 08:02 PM |
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Wow, sat alot lower in my car!!!
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| posted on June 22nd, 2011 at 08:05 PM |
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What size slicks are they???
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| posted on June 22nd, 2011 at 08:14 PM |
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Yeah, i found a pic of it mounted in the rat. That wall it mounts to seems to be higher and flatter in the earlier bug, there is only roughly a 3"
strip on mine and its definitely not flat! It clears the bonnet by a mile and it's all that will be in there so where it is will be fine. I'll pull
it out and polish it when i get a chance. The Slicks are 26'' x 8"
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| posted on June 22nd, 2011 at 08:16 PM |
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The slicks do look huge in that photo! They aren't as big as they look there...
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| posted on June 22nd, 2011 at 08:17 PM |
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Making some pretty good progress here mate. Cheers for the progress pics its great looking at what others are doing also.
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| posted on June 22nd, 2011 at 08:20 PM |
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Were did you see the pic????
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Yeah, i found a pic of it mounted in the rat. That wall it mounts to seems to be higher and flatter in the earlier bug, there is only roughly a 3"
strip on mine and its definitely not flat! It clears the bonnet by a mile and it's all that will be in there so where it is will be fine. I'll pull
it out and polish it when i get a chance. The Slicks are 26'' x 8"
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| posted on June 22nd, 2011 at 08:23 PM |
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Yeah, i really get a kick out of looking at other peoples projects too. It keeps me motivated. I think i'm starting to worry about not having it
ready for warwick so i'm getting out in the cold every night and getting a bit done!
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| posted on June 22nd, 2011 at 08:24 PM |
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VWMA feb-april 07
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| posted on June 26th, 2011 at 08:40 AM |
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opinions wanted!
Big day yesterday! Dave came around and fully welded everything, We also managed to get the car on the ground and mock up the guards to get an idea on
what it might look like.
I am chuffed with the front end, but i am in need of some opinions on the rear guards.... When i initially put them on with out the front guards on,
the guards i have always despised grew on me quite quickly! But since putting the front guards on i am now not so sure. Keep in mind it still needs to
come down a couple of inches in the back, and it will all be painted satin black.
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| posted on June 26th, 2011 at 11:28 PM |
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Keep up the good work.
My vote on rear guards...
But sometimes the ones you have are better than the ones you don't.
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| posted on June 27th, 2011 at 12:17 AM |
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| posted on June 27th, 2011 at 10:07 AM |
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^ what mat said, however whats a set of smooth wide rears worth to keep it as a closer match?
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| posted on June 27th, 2011 at 10:50 AM |
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About 300 bucks.... And thats if smoothies are wide enough. How wide is a stock guard? From the wheel arch in the middle?
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| posted on June 27th, 2011 at 10:52 AM |
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Looks good to me!
You could spend the extra 300 on more engine work!
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| posted on June 27th, 2011 at 11:01 AM |
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This is true dave.
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| posted on June 27th, 2011 at 11:16 AM |
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Theres the problem. i think we prefer the smooth rollover guards without the step... leave them for now, guards can change anytime if you don't have
funds spare at the moment
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| posted on July 4th, 2011 at 11:12 PM |
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love the guards I go with what Dave said. Less show more go. 
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| posted on July 5th, 2011 at 06:33 AM |
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Dosnt matter what we think! Its your car! If you like them, keep them. If you dont like them, get new ones. Either way, guards dont make your car go
faster!!!
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| posted on July 5th, 2011 at 02:23 PM |
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Yeah, I'm gonna use them for now... I couldn't decide if I liked them or not but daves right, if I had a spare 300 bucks I would spend it on the
donk!
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| posted on July 5th, 2011 at 07:59 PM |
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Love the way you guy's think
Every shed minute counts, good to see the enthusiasm. Keep it up!!
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| posted on July 5th, 2011 at 09:00 PM |
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Guards are Purdy! I have them on mine! When the paint is on, vehicle is sitting lower and providing the tyres fill the guards, they'll be fine.
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| posted on July 6th, 2011 at 06:18 PM |
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I thought they were the guards on your car, I couldn't see them properly in any of the pics to be sure....
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| posted on July 7th, 2011 at 11:08 AM |
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Dosnt matter what we think! Its your car! If you like them, keep them. If you dont like them, get new ones. Either way, guards dont make your car go
faster!!!
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however if you do decide to go smooth later on
talk to brad (westi) he has moulds for a couple of different widths
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| posted on July 7th, 2011 at 11:33 AM |
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Yeah, he was my next step as i don't think i can get off the shelf smoothies as wide as i need them!
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| posted on July 7th, 2011 at 12:41 PM |
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Do you think you will be able to do a good burn out with those big slicks to get some heat into them????
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| posted on July 7th, 2011 at 12:50 PM |
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Been told no burnouts with the superdiff anyway so not really an issue. I might be able to warm them up a little but no line locks or anything
silly....
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| posted on July 17th, 2011 at 11:57 AM |
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Dave came around and we bled the brakes so she now steers, and stops.... we just need to get her moving forward under her own steam  i also made up my dash during the week so we fitted it and the tacho.
It's all out again now for painting but i think it looks cool... I will have to find a use for all these switches
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| posted on July 17th, 2011 at 12:07 PM |
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I also got one of these 2 weeks ago....
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