TheSamba.com :: View topic - Thinking about buying/building a street legal Sand Rail...

Thu Oct 22, 2009 7:22 pm

Very slick! Nice ride! We'll have to meet up some time and go riding (on some twisty backroads). On a side note, I installed motorcycle headlights which are a little more compact and MUCH brighter than the squares. Again, nice find!

Fri Oct 23, 2009 5:09 am

hey, I saw that on Craigslist the other day and scoffed at the $7k they wanted for it. The purchase price was more resonable.

Fri Oct 23, 2009 5:38 pm

vw_nick wrote: hey, I saw that on Craigslist the other day and scoffed at the $7k they wanted for it. The purchase price was more resonable.

Yeah, I saw the price. I emailed him and basicly said "would ya take $5k cash?"

He replied "how about $5,500?"

I think the bargaining went well :)

He seemed to be a real nice guy, just didnt want the buggy anymore.

Fri Oct 23, 2009 5:42 pm

By the way... with the red and black color scheme (which I like).. my boys and I decided that the car was meant to be themed with Black Widow spiders and skulls :)

Mwaaahahahaaha! The ideas are just spewing here!

Fri Oct 23, 2009 6:01 pm

That's a killer rail! We need to get a "where to ride in Ga. Tn. and surronding areas" post started. All the places I used to ride are now subdivisions.

Sat Oct 24, 2009 11:44 pm

Questions:

My suspension (front) is really really tight. I can stand on front and the car lowers maybe a 1/2 inch. I am around 280lbs is this right? should I put on some softer shocks for road use?

Rear suspension is looser but air shocks will not let air out. How do I bleed the shocks? Rancho RS9000.

Sun Oct 25, 2009 5:42 am

here is mine , i only have to do a couple of minor thing to be street legal, like a wind shield , wiper ,and e-brake,

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Sun Oct 25, 2009 9:22 am

we had the same problem with my buddies rail. since a bug body is much heavier, the suspension is fine, but with an extremely light rail, the suspension is too stiff. we just removed the shocksand it rides much softer now, and there isn't any bounce. its actually still a little stiff, lol.

Sun Oct 25, 2009 3:36 pm

BugMan114 wrote: we had the same problem with my buddies rail. since a bug body is much heavier, the suspension is fine, but with an extremely light rail, the suspension is too stiff. we just removed the shocksand it rides much softer now, and there isn't any bounce. its actually still a little stiff, lol.

I have a set of Napa shocks for my truck (ford ranger) that I am going to put on the front. They are new and I am sure they will be softer for the fronts.

Mon Oct 26, 2009 7:07 pm

baja72 wrote: That's a killer rail! We need to get a "where to ride in Ga. Tn. and surronding areas" post started. All the places I used to ride are now subdivisions.

http://www.lbl.org/OHVTrails.html Land Between the Lakes, Turkey Bay OHV park, "approx 100 miles of trails"

http://www.coalcreekohv.com/ - Coal Creek OHV park, Oliver Springs, TN 72,000 acres!

Both of these are about 2-2.5 hours from me.