Caribbean German Looker [Archive]

onixbonilla

August 30th 2010, 16:25

Hi everyone! It had been 5 to 6 years since my last post here.Let me show my
1303. This car had been in our house since new, I get it when I was at high school. Then I went to college and post graduate studies on it. It stopped to be my daily driver in 1997, when I began to transform it until 2005. Since then I had not worked on it until last week!
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Steve C

August 30th 2010, 18:31

Hi

Sweet car, where are you located?

Steve

NO_H2O

August 30th 2010, 19:55

Nice ride. Cruising in the Caribbean air in that will be cool.

Lazarus

August 30th 2010, 20:26

orange is the only way to go. very nice, i was checking it out over on shoptalk earlier. i agree with NoH20 rolling that thing in the sea breeze would be sweeet.

onixbonilla

August 30th 2010, 20:28

Pablo

August 31st 2010, 02:41

Wow what a stunning colour! What you have done so far looks great.

Steve C

August 31st 2010, 09:17

Thanks for the words! I live in Puerto Rico. Believe it or not Steve, but you were the one who bring me to the German Look! How? The 1303 was to be built as a Sleeper, then a late night in 1997 I was searching the net when link after link I ended on your page. After that I never looked back!!!:D

Hi

I'm glad that I had that influence on you, you certainly have jumped in the deep end. What are your plans for the motor, it looks like it will stop and handle well

I'm thinking about doing my new 1303 in Orange as well.

Steve

maniac

August 31st 2010, 10:43

nice clean car....

greets from germany

ricola

August 31st 2010, 14:06

Very nice, got the stance just right I think... How wide are those wings? Is there a radiator hiding behind that grill up front?

volkdent

August 31st 2010, 15:13

Wow! Welcome back!!! I havn't seen your name on here forever, was shocked to see it, glad your back on it.

Jason

onixbonilla

August 31st 2010, 17:34

I'm glad that I had that influence on you, you certainly have jumped in the deep end. What are your plans for the motor, it looks like it will stop and handle well

I'm thinking about doing my new 1303 in Orange as well.

Steve[/QUOTE]

Thanks! Well the engine was bought before the German Look. It is a 86x90.5 from Gene Berg. Then the look came and received a little of it. Here is a picture of it. But right now I installed the original 1600 so I can work on the suspension and brakes polishing.
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onixbonilla

September 1st 2010, 19:12

Very nice, got the stance just right I think... How wide are those wings? Is there a radiator hiding behind that grill up front?

Hi Ricola! The front are 2.5 inches and the rear 3 inches. The front grill/hole was for the condenser of the air. Not sure if I will finally use it.

onixbonilla

January 6th 2011, 17:08

Had been a little since I resume the work on the 1303. Had not been able to do much. A lot of cleaning, adjusting and electrical work. At least is moving now. Some pictures of it after the cleaning and a couple of bits I received.
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T5WOB

January 6th 2011, 17:36

the car looks stunning .love the engine well done

LOAF

January 6th 2011, 20:32

Seats are awesome
Alex

wrenchnride247

January 6th 2011, 21:57

Man that is looking good!!! :yes:

oasis

January 7th 2011, 01:14

Man that is looking good!!!

x2 :clap: :notworthy: :woohoo: :notworthy: :clap:

Jim

January 7th 2011, 03:49

A piece of art!!! Great Job!

B-rock

January 7th 2011, 17:52

What kind of mirrors are those?

NO_H2O

January 7th 2011, 19:27

Looks like it is coming together nicely. I'll second the mirrors.

onixbonilla

January 8th 2011, 12:53

Thanks for the compliments. Still a lot of work to do.
The mirrors were bought around 10 years ago. Really
not remember the name, but were cheap. They look similar
to the Vitaloni Sebring. If not wrong I get those from a
Mini Truck magazine.:)

Xellex

January 8th 2011, 16:30

they look exactly like the opel manta ones. Only the mounting bracket is a little bit different.

dub_crazee

January 8th 2011, 16:33

very funky!!

onixbonilla

January 10th 2011, 22:21

Here is a picture of the rear 993 TT brakes and MBT Uniball. As you may notice it lacks a good dose of detailing!
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onixbonilla

January 10th 2011, 22:30

Here a shot of front 993 TT brakes, custom coilovers, custom camber plates and custom caster plates.
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ricola

January 11th 2011, 14:11

How do the caster plates work for you, do you have any problems with them slipping? I'd thought about something similar but that was my worry...

Rich

onixbonilla

January 11th 2011, 20:58

Hi Ricola! Your Cab is coming very, very good looking!
With all the mixed parts I used on the front suspension it ended with
a lot of positive caster, so I made those plates. Right now is spot on.
Really after the plates had not drive to much on street, but not problem yet. If I detect slippage I will build a not slidding/adjustable clamp.:cool:

strokeit

January 12th 2011, 16:51

Hello Mate.
Just checked out your ride, very nice indeed, keep up the good work:)
Cheers.
Dan.

onixbonilla

April 6th 2011, 21:27

Last week the 1303 was at Flower Power show! Here is a peek of it.
See more pictures at the section Events and Calendar of this website!
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5061/5596864758_556e11d362_b.jpg

No, it is not my son. It is a little boy that jumped in!!!:lmao:

onixbonilla

April 7th 2011, 21:44

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Steve C

April 7th 2011, 23:18

Hi

I couldn't find it in your post, what size wheels are you running?

Steve

onixbonilla

April 8th 2011, 10:47

Hi. Those are IForged Essen 20x10 and 20x8 custom offset.

Steve C

April 8th 2011, 20:56

Hi

I've never seen 20s work has well as they have on your car.

The cars with 20s often looked jacked up or like a paying mantis.

Getting the stance on the front makes it look right I think, the top of the tyre is up inside the fender/wing/mudguard lip that's what does it.

Steve

onixbonilla

April 8th 2011, 22:09

Thanks Steve. You are right, how good a car looks depends on the stance. The relation of fenders/tire and rake front/rear makes or destroy it. I build the front 8 inches wide, but should build them 7 and reduce the front lip. So the front tire would be farter from the fender lip and the car front could be pushed down more. Also the the Spoiler helps on this.

Here you can see a car with 19inches at the same show.
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5267/5601562961_c234526af4_b.jpg

Mine with 20inches, I reckon 19inches at front would make it look better.
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Steve C

April 12th 2011, 07:21

Hi

Hate to knock other peoples cars but the tyres on that blue bug don't seem right, maybe the profile of the tyre is to too high.

Steve

volky00

April 13th 2011, 23:41

Great job , love the stance. really nice color and wheels.
greetings from santo domingo. dominican republic.

Xellex

April 14th 2011, 07:49

onixbonilla

April 15th 2011, 21:16

Hi

Hate to knock other peoples cars but the tyres on that blue bug don't seem right, maybe the profile of the tyre is to too high.

Steve

Hi Steve! The front wheels are too wide to the fenders, so owner can not get down the nose. Tall tires not help too much!

onixbonilla

April 15th 2011, 21:18

Great job , love the stance. really nice color and wheels.
greetings from santo domingo. dominican republic.

Thanks! Any pictures of your Super Beetle?

onixbonilla

April 15th 2011, 21:50

man, your car is amazing! One of the cars on this forum, that I just can't stop staring at the pics of it :)
I was wondering what is the front tire dimension on the 20inch wheels? I guess I could use a taller tire in order to be able to install the kamei front spoiler... right now it would be hanging just too low.

Hi Xellex! You are not alone, me too!!! :D Thanks for the compliments!
I always like to read about your work because you do your work as I always used to do on mine. Buying parts, installing, modifying,etc!
My car suffered what you realized some time ago. With so many agresive modifications it ended been unpractical on the streets!
Right now will like to return some practicallity for the streets. Thinking of downsizing the wheels and more comfort suspension. So will like to know your experience with the LAPerformance struts?
The front tires are 225-30-20.:)

Xellex

April 16th 2011, 21:14

Hmm so your tire size would give 23mm more radius than what I have right now (205/40/17) which looks nice but is too damn low. Right now with the kamei spoiler on, I have 3-4cm ground clearance. What I have in mind is a 215/45/17 tire for the front. I think I could get away with it then.
About the LA Performance fron suspension, all I can say is that it's a great kit, awesome on the street also, thanks to the adjustability, but the downside in my case is that I can't adjust it a bit higher... I mean in the highest setting, it's still too low... I could use about 3-4centimeter more. But maybe I'm doing something wrong :P

onixbonilla

April 16th 2011, 21:57

Thanks. I am seriuosly considering those struts. Unfortunatelly load work had not allowed me work on the projects.
On the Kamei, I would made a shorter one on fiberglass based on the original one.:)

Xellex

April 17th 2011, 08:48

yeah that's probably the best idea, considering that I've been meaning to start playing with some carbon fibre, to see if I could make something out of it or not :)

ferfre007

April 17th 2011, 15:10

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5027/5599520296_7b6d1f8ff8_b.jpg
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measures which are the wheels?

onixbonilla

April 17th 2011, 21:48

Hi. Those are IForged Essen 20x10 and 20x8 custom offset.
:)

volky00

April 17th 2011, 22:57

Thanks! Any pictures of your Super Beetle?

not as nice as yours but trying..
http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/712769.jpg
http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/712772.jpg

onixbonilla

April 21st 2011, 00:01

Hey man very nice! You should do a thread about it.
Also post some pictures of the VW scene in Republica Dominicana!:)

Xellex

April 21st 2011, 07:25

hey volky, your bug looks very nice, it deserves a topic here! Oh an I have to say, your country is amazing! I sure hope to come back!
A bit offtopic, but this is all the VW action I've had out there: :P

onixbonilla

April 21st 2011, 18:36

Is that the Top Secret VW Beetle Zero emmisions?!?!?:lmao:

volky00

April 25th 2011, 22:00

hey XelleX!! great you have been here. sorry about the lack of vw activities, but i tell you now, you have a brother over here.
about the Dominican Republic thread ill start it right now...

onixbonilla

November 12th 2012, 23:42

Had been more than a year since we began to work on the engine. The work was veeeery slowly but we finally did it. The present engine configuration is as follows:
Berg 86 crank
Carrillo 5.5 rods
90.5 Bergs
Berg 870 heads
Berg 311/FK10 cam
Berg 1 5/8 header
NOS Dellorto 48 Tri Jets
Type 4 oil cooler
009 Pertronix
Stock modified cooling

I must say it needs some tunning but is it running a lot better that expected. I am just enjoying it before any further tunning. Every time I drove on the streets it gets compliments even money offers for it!!!