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Justbuggin175 Samba Member
Joined: April 01, 2013 Posts: 85 Location: California
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Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2015 6:39 pm Post subject: My Baja bug class 11 style build |
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I'm turning my daily driver 73 vw bug in to a class 11 style Baja bug here's the car before I started
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Justbuggin175 Samba Member
Joined: April 01, 2013 Posts: 85 Location: California
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Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2015 6:46 pm Post subject: |
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Tweed 3.5 lift spindles
Installed the lift spindles with the stock brakes
Had to pick up a bearing race kit from harbor freight to replace some old worn bearings
Before on the right and after on the left |
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Justbuggin175 Samba Member
Joined: April 01, 2013 Posts: 85 Location: California
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Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2015 6:55 pm Post subject: |
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Before I pulled the rear apart
Pull the rear suspension apart and turned the torsion
Put it back together with new bolts I think I got like 2" + of lift in the rear |
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Justbuggin175 Samba Member
Joined: April 01, 2013 Posts: 85 Location: California
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Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2015 6:59 pm Post subject: |
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Post lift still need tire got 3.5" in front and like 2.5" in the back |
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Justbuggin175 Samba Member
Joined: April 01, 2013 Posts: 85 Location: California
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Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2015 7:15 pm Post subject: |
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I got some free 225/75r15 tire
Had to trip the bump stop about 1/2" to prevent rubbing
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71StandardReduction Samba Member
Joined: December 04, 2012 Posts: 707 Location: Louisiana
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Justbuggin175 Samba Member
Joined: April 01, 2013 Posts: 85 Location: California
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Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2015 7:56 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks man I'll post some interior pics and some pics of the roll cage I just installed soon |
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Brian Samba Moderator
Joined: May 28, 2012 Posts: 8340 Location: Oceanside
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Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2015 12:51 am Post subject: |
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Interesting. Don't know if you needed to grind that. _________________ Wash your hands
'69 Bug
'68 Baja Truck
'71 Bug
'68 Camper
Only losers litter |
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enjoyther1de Samba Member
Joined: December 19, 2010 Posts: 1279 Location: chino,ca
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Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2015 8:23 am Post subject: |
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Brian wrote: |
Interesting. Don't know if you needed to grind that. |
I was wondering what is going on there as well. Seems on my car I could use a little more length on the bump stop, as it is now my tires rub the fender wells on a good G-out.
Love the class 11 style though! Probably the coolest form of desert travel there is. But I may be biased.
_________________ HBB took me to BBV. |
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Bashr52 Samba Member
Joined: July 16, 2006 Posts: 5666 Location: On an island in VA
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Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2015 8:44 am Post subject: |
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Justbuggin175 wrote: |
Post lift still need tire got 3.5" in front and like 2.5" in the back |
Are you going to notch your spring plates to get the additional 1" on the rear to level the car out? |
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Brian Samba Moderator
Joined: May 28, 2012 Posts: 8340 Location: Oceanside
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Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2015 10:14 am Post subject: |
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Class 11 style is the best because bugs are damn sexy stock looking. _________________ Wash your hands
'69 Bug
'68 Baja Truck
'71 Bug
'68 Camper
Only losers litter |
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Bret2094 Samba Member
Joined: March 22, 2012 Posts: 665 Location: Linden, Texas or College Station Texas
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Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2015 11:27 am Post subject: |
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Brian wrote: |
Class 11 style is the best because bugs are damn sexy stock looking. |
That and if you want to go back stock, you dont have to reweld clips and track down new metal
Bret _________________ 1959 baja beetle ragtop( going back to Full body)
1959 beetle
1960 Beetle frame Custom buggy
1962 Karmann Ghia
1967 beetle( august 66, first car)
1967 beetle (parts car)
1977 Westfalia Camper
1972 Plymouth Duster
Just another 22 year old jackass who caught the bug, and lives by the motto " NO fatchicks allowed" , I've got too many cars as is (buses N/A) |
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Justbuggin175 Samba Member
Joined: April 01, 2013 Posts: 85 Location: California
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Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2015 11:29 am Post subject: |
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Bashr52 wrote: |
Justbuggin175 wrote: |
Post lift still need tire got 3.5" in front and like 2.5" in the back |
Are you going to notch your spring plates to get the additional 1" on the rear to level the car out? |
No I'm going to remove the bottom bump stops and run limit straps |
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Justbuggin175 Samba Member
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Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2015 5:09 pm Post subject: |
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Here's some pics of the cage being installed a couple weeks ago
The wire mess that I ripped out before the cage install
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nobuggybob Samba Member
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Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2015 6:43 pm Post subject: |
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enjoyther1de, What spindles are on your car? what size? _________________ You Can't Quit Poverty |
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enjoyther1de Samba Member
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Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2015 10:00 pm Post subject: |
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nobuggybob wrote: |
enjoyther1de, What spindles are on your car? what size? |
3.5" tweeds same as justbuggin's _________________ HBB took me to BBV. |
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enjoyther1de Samba Member
Joined: December 19, 2010 Posts: 1279 Location: chino,ca
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Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2015 10:01 pm Post subject: |
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nobuggybob wrote: |
enjoyther1de, What spindles are on your car? what size? |
3.5" tweeds same as justbuggin's _________________ HBB took me to BBV. |
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nobuggybob Samba Member
Joined: October 31, 2008 Posts: 415 Location: Monument Co.
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Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2015 5:30 am Post subject: |
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Thanks! Both cars look great! _________________ You Can't Quit Poverty |
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EnjoyNukaCola Samba Member
Joined: January 27, 2014 Posts: 491 Location: Santa Clarita
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Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2015 3:24 pm Post subject: |
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Wow, nice job on the cage so far. Someone's car used to be yellow _________________ "when i go to drive it i get to like 5-10 mph it is at high rpms and gets higher the faster i go when i shift up to second the rpms drop is this normal or what and this is my first vw please help" |
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gargamel Samba Member
Joined: December 20, 2011 Posts: 693 Location: Orange Grove, Texas
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Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2015 10:32 am Post subject: |
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Very nice work! I'd like to see more, as things go.
As time and money allow, I am also working on a class-11 style bug. I just need new bigger tires but I was taken back by something I was not aware could be an issue. Yes I am new but when you said you "had to trip the bump stop about 1/2" to prevent rubbing" I was taken a bit back. IS this needed only when there is rubbing? By this you mean tire to fender,etc? Sounds like something I need to also consider.
Man, I like that cage. |
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