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Fri Dec 19, 2008 8:16 am

X2 on the welding. the fumes comming off that welding is NOT GOOD. be careful.

Also, great work guys. Very awsome. :D

Fri Dec 19, 2008 11:14 am

hey ido great build, i would suggest some padding on your trans straps, they sell it, it fits between the straps and the trans, it cuts down on the vibration, also a small thing i think your car would look better without the white letters on your tires facing out, they always get scrathched up when there out so you might as well turn them now

Fri Dec 19, 2008 12:42 pm

I personaly have always liked the white lettering, but hey, to every man his own.

Fri Dec 19, 2008 5:51 pm

59type2vw, thank you, it's goor to hear that.

TIMMA and BugMan114, about the galvanized. it just was some points of welding, now i'll need to take this plates off the car, to grind the galvanized coating down and welding it, after that i will take it place again and weld it to the body.

twistedbug wrote: hey ido great build, i would suggest some padding on your trans straps, they sell it, it fits between the straps and the trans, it cuts down on the vibration, also a small thing i think your car would look better without the white letters on your tires facing out, they always get scrathched up when there out so you might as well turn them now

i thinking about it, but where can it found this padding for the trans straps? any shops?
and thank's for the tips.

SpenceSuper11 wrote: I personaly have always liked the white lettering, but hey, to every man his own.

as you say, i like the white lettering on the outside.

thank's for your suggestions, it's helps a lot!

Ido.

Fri Dec 19, 2008 6:06 pm

i made my own padding useing a rubber hose, i read that you have had some problems getting the right parts, i would try and stick with one dealer beacuse you are so far away, but still compare prices, some shops charge alot for some parts, i use my hot vw magazine to compare prices most shops will meet the other dealers prices

Mon Dec 29, 2008 5:09 am

today i'm continue the build for the pedals.
all the holes and the spaces are close now and the hatch close perfectly.

pics.

the hatch before:

Ido.

Mon Dec 29, 2008 11:02 am

Sick build, keep up the good work. I love the way the pedals are mounted.

Wed Jan 07, 2009 12:07 pm

this pictures are from today, first time we taking the baja out from the garage.
also first time to see that it's real huge!!

some pictures:

Ido.

Wed Jan 07, 2009 7:57 pm

so what are you going to do next on the car?

Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:30 pm

damn, how many v dub's you have. it looks like a vw junk yard..............

your baja is lookin really goos guys. keep up the good work.

Sat Jan 10, 2009 8:28 am

Mikegyver wrote: so what are you going to do next on the car?

we're waiting for the engine parts (engine adapter, flywheel, clutch parts) and the rear fox shocks, to continue with the work and to bolt the engine on the car.

bajahucks wrote: damn, how many v dub's you have. it looks like a vw junk yard..............

your baja is lookin really goos guys. keep up the good work.

yeah, is some kind of.. but a little one, just 12 bugs. :wink:

Ido.

Fri Jan 23, 2009 2:59 pm

Nice Build! You have great skills!

How much higher does the shift shaft sit on the bus trans compared to the stock bug trans?

How far back did you drill you holse for the front trans. strap?

Thank You!!

KJ

Tue Jan 27, 2009 8:59 am

What a great build! Rather than buy a pad for your transmission strap, you could just cut a section out of an old tire. All your trying to do is reduce the amount of vibration being transferred to the rest of the car through the solid trans mounts.

And definitely weld the holes you drilled through the frog legs for the middle trans strap. If you don't weld the holes, they have a tendency to crack the wishbone causing the engine to sag down.

Where are you planning to mount your radiator?

Sun Apr 26, 2009 10:09 am

Hi,

we decided to try finished the baja until Aug 12, the memorial day of Sasha.
to succeed with that we are doing a one big delivery of parts that the most of the parts will be in this shipping.

now we're seaching for a arms straps, to limit the limit the suspension and keep on the coilover safty.

the front suspension is linkpin 6" wider with 3/4 inch more wider and 1.5 inche more longer arms, and the front shocks are fox 2.0 with 10" trevel coilovers.

the rear suspension is 3x3 arms with 930 cv's and coilover spring plates and the shocks are fox 2.0 with 14" trevel coilovers.

i need the lenght of the straps that will be the best to work with my front & rear suspension.
please anwer only if sure about it.

thank you,
Ido.

Sun Apr 26, 2009 6:02 pm

Each vehicle is a little different. Figure out where you can mount them. They need to stop the suspension form reaching its last inch of travel. The adjustable clevies can help you get more adjustment as they stretch .
From TheOffRoad.com shop catolog.
Adjustable Clevis
RED-18901 Adj. Clevis, Single Mount
RED-18902 Adj. Clevis, Double Mount
RED-18903 Adj. Clevis, Triple Mount
RED-18911 Single Bushing for Clevis
RED-18912 Double Bushing for Clevis

McKENZIE'S Limit Straps
LIM-2008 8" Double Limit Strap
LIM-2009 9" Double Limit Strap
LIM-2010 10" Double Limit Strap
LIM-2011 11" Double Limit Strap
LIM-2012 12" Double Limit Strap
LIM-2013 13" Double Limit Strap
LIM-2014 14" Double Limit Strap
LIM-2015 15" Double Limit Strap
LIM-2016 16" Double Limit Strap
LIM-2017 17" Double Limit Strap
LIM-2018 18" Double Limit Strap
LIM-2019 19" Double Limit Strap
LIM-2020 20" Double Limit Strap
LIM-2021 21" Double Limit Strap
LIM-2022 22" Double Limit Strap
LIM-2023 23" Double Limit Strap
LIM-2024 24" Double Limit Strap
LIM-2025 25" Double Limit Strap
LIM-2026 26" Double Limit Strap
LIM-2027 27" Double Limit Strap
LIM-2028 28" Double Limit Strap
LIM-2029 29" Double Limit Strap
LIM-2030 30" Double Limit Strap
LIM-2031 31" Double Limit Strap
LIM-2032 32" Double Limit Strap
LIM-2033 33" Double Limit Strap
LIM-2034 34" Double Limit Strap
LIM-2035 35" Double Limit Strap

picture of bracket for adjuster you could make (superduty-hq.com)

http://www.superduty-hq.com/images/products/thumb/weldonclevismount.jpg

Mon May 04, 2009 9:56 pm

some of the last job on our baja.
in the last week I made a new top shock mounts, it's from 4mm of metal and the front cage tubes are 1-1/4" with 3.25mm thickness so it's very strong.

the shocks are in slope of 74 degrees. is it fine?

Thank's for the replies,
I'll upload more pics when the rollcage will be in work.
Ido.

Tue May 05, 2009 12:12 am

i dont want to bring you down here, those shock mounts you made look sweet but . . . you want to make sure that the shock is 90 degrees from the trailing arm at full compression. meaning they probably need to get moved forward. especially because they are coil overs, which means the entirety of the front suspension is going to be dependent on the coil over mounting position.

here is a rough example.

Fri Jun 19, 2009 1:14 pm

Hi Everyone!

I'm back to work on the baja after few weeks. meanwhile, few parts arrived from far away, USA.

the parts:
KEP engine adapter.
KEP perssure plate stage 2 9".
KEP flywheel 9".
fox C/O 14" 2.0
and bolts kit to the adapter.

Great weekend,
Ido

Sun Jun 21, 2009 5:51 am

Nice to see the improvement on the pictures.

Sasha is proud of you guys!

Sun Jun 21, 2009 1:27 pm

thank you..

today the adapter and flywheel bolted on the engine.

Ido

pics added