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Thu Sep 04, 2008 6:57 am

If I get a VW bug that has a ball joint front end I can convert it to a baja with little to no trouble no matter what year it is long as its not a supper beetle?

Thu Sep 04, 2008 7:16 am

Thu Sep 04, 2008 8:13 am

Some people might frown on cutting up an oval or split window, but the ball joint beam is the perfect candidate.

Cut n turn the beam, throw some big meats on there and youre set!

Thu Sep 04, 2008 8:22 am

I started with 74 standard, cut it up and turned it into a Baja. Now perhaps I went a bit overboard for a DD, but it's been fun, and it's on it's way to being the Baja I have always wanted. You can see it's transformation here:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=288766

Thu Sep 04, 2008 8:28 am

Ok I got another question is it hard to get a title for a bug if it doesn't have one ? Has anyone ever had to go this rout?

Thu Sep 04, 2008 9:10 am

Oh one more question how can you tell a basic beetle from a supper beetle by just looking at . What do I look for to make sure its not a supper beetle?

Thu Sep 04, 2008 9:25 am

anyone even make cut and turned beams already?..i was going to cut it up and do the link pin conversion..but i dont really want to just yet

Thu Sep 04, 2008 9:26 am

Don't know much about titling a bug with no title, I'll let others speak to that. As for being able to tell the diff, it's pretty easy: check out the front end. If you see struts, it's a Super. If it has a front beam, with two horizontal tubes tied into trailing arms, it's standard. Here's a pic of a standard (the disk brakes and spindles are not stock, but the rest is):

Thu Sep 04, 2008 9:29 am

neanders wrote: Don't know much about titling a bug with no title, I'll let others speak to that. As for being able to tell the diff, it's pretty easy: check out the front end. If you see struts, it's a Super. If it has a front beam, with two horizontal tubes tied into trailing arms, it's standard. Here's a pic of a standard (the disk brakes and spindles are not stock, but the rest is):

Thanks for clearing that up and posting that pic.