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June 6th 2007, 22:07
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Nice looking bug, veedub. Please keep us informed as the project advances!
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June 7th 2007, 02:38
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The parts I need to get in road worthy are the door rubber kits, undercoating which I'll be getting next week, and 2 bumpers, I was gooing to run T-bars but I keep racking my chin on them...  it dont feel very good.Then once my floors undercoated, I'll have my dads mechanic put redo my motor wiring since the PO of the motor clipped the wiring off, an put my clutch an acelerator cables in.Then my interior will go in. The car itself will be stock for a little while.Then as time goes, I'll buy a narrowed adj. beam for front an lower the front however low a 4" will let me.I'll buy chrome stockers like I said above, painting inside satin black, then lower the rear even with the front.Motor wise..Im not even gonna get into that yet, but it will be a 1641cc that revs to 7k with all the internals forged.
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June 23rd 2007, 00:30
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Guys I got my bumpers Wednesday so they'll be going on after the motor is in.
EvilAngel,Oasis an anybody else, I was thinking, how would my bug look if I kept the wheels that are on it and then lowered it low enough to close the wheel gaps.Like say 3" front an rear, think my tires would eat my fenders on the bumps , mostly the speed bumps at my job but I can avoid those  I guess then it would look like and auto crosser but w/o the wide rims lol
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June 24th 2007, 15:07
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 Assuming you meant lowering it by three more inches from the pic above, I think you will have fender fouling galore on bumps and curves. I would try different increments for the front first. I hope there are many intervals for you to try. From there, you can decide if you like the looks of what actually works best. If you do, you can try the different spline methods others have worked with for the rear. If not, you have more tweaking to do before attacking the rear..
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June 24th 2007, 23:52
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 plus the engine isnt in it yet.Question, airshocks in the rear, when blowing air in the valves for the airshocks for the rear, is it normal for the frontend to come up to?It does it, and I checked the frontend and theres no airshocks up there though.Whats up with that?Also Id like to drop front 3inches if its possible, although I will get 145/65's for the front, I just hope there wont be a big wheel gap.And if Im looking at the rear of my bug right, if I lower the rear 2 or 3" from the stock height, the fender lip should be even with the tires lip, you seeing what I mean? also the more an more I look at my wheels the more I want to stay with them lol
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June 25th 2007, 09:11
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Narrower tires will help with the plans you have. If you still have minor fender fouling, you may need to borrow a fender roller. (They cost about $250 -- kind of high for a one-shot deal unless you want to eBay it off later.) You can produce subtle but effective results.
As for the dynamics involved in raising or lowering one end, and that producing results at the other end, I don't know what to say about that. I can see something as heavy as an engine having a lowering effect on both ends, but air shocks? Surprising to me but it is all intuition on my part. I have no actual experience.
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