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Fri Mar 05, 2010 5:25 am

I bought the car from my cousin ,ive always wanted baja , ive used it as a daily driver to get me to work i fell in love with it from the first few min of driving it, me and a buddy took it out to bowie hot well dunes for its initial shake down and broke it the first hour of play time lol (throttle cable)
right then i decided to do some repairs and upgrades to the thouroughly beat baja

Fri Mar 05, 2010 5:33 am

I forgot to mention that it blew off the oil pressure sending unit the first few min of driving it,( the begining of the love affair of workin on her)

Fri Mar 05, 2010 5:43 am

Im new to vw's, I been turning wrenches on cars and 4x4s for the past 15 years and this is my first vw im amazed how simple the design is and the ease of finding info here on samba and how helpful everyone is!!! im hooked!!!!

Fri Mar 05, 2010 6:23 am

welcome

Fri Mar 05, 2010 9:11 am

You're in trouble now! You have caught the ADDICTION! Have fun and welcome to the wonderful world of Volkswagens!

Fri Mar 05, 2010 1:39 pm

here is the 8 inch beam before i put it on

here is the beam with front disc brakes and 3 inch lift spindles

Fri Mar 05, 2010 2:20 pm

looks nice was it fairly simple to swap the two? looking at doing the same to my 65

Fri Mar 05, 2010 6:56 pm

yes it was very simple it costed me approx 500 for all of the front end minus brake lines, i found the beam on ebay with longer tie rods and i could prolly get you the info for the man who built it he said he was contemplating building more ??
only thing i had to modify was the longer tie rod was 3/4 inch to long

Fri Mar 05, 2010 7:00 pm

sweet baja man
how does it steer with the stock vw box?

Fri Mar 05, 2010 7:27 pm

im waiting on the trans to get here :evil: but i bought a new box and it turns easy ???

Fri Mar 05, 2010 7:31 pm

oh okayy i didnt know if the stock box would do good on a widened beam of not because alot of people use a r&p...

Fri Mar 05, 2010 7:41 pm

hey what year body is that? 71 has the crest vents behind rear side glass is that different body or was it covered up? if covered how cause i am looking into doing that

Fri Mar 05, 2010 8:07 pm

it has vents its covered by fiberglass tail piece ill have some pics up in a few

Fri Mar 05, 2010 8:10 pm

here is pics of what has been done this week

Fri Mar 05, 2010 8:15 pm

so with lifted spindles are you minus a spot for your speedo cable?

Fri Mar 05, 2010 8:33 pm

I had my Tweed's lifted spindle drilled for the speedo. Seems to work well. And, your front end looks like mine, only mine is 6in wider (instead of 8).

Fri Mar 05, 2010 8:50 pm

i like it, i want it!!!!, so how much total lift does it give you?

Fri Mar 05, 2010 9:08 pm

peterd3060 wrote: it has vents its covered by fiberglass tail piece ill have some pics up in a few

not below the rear window the quarter window, back seat windows what ever they are called

the black C

Sat Mar 06, 2010 8:26 am

bottom of the pan upfront is at 16 inches off the ground and the adjusters are at zero lift,id prolly be able to gain another 2 to 3 inches cranking them up , with this set up i was looking for down travel without comprimising lift too much, because the old beam was cut and cranked so it sat on the hook stops sitting level and no down travel(really spooky on high speed washboards :shock: ) im hoping this cures that and i get a little down travel.
As for the body year how do i find that??, i can tell the doors used to have wing windows but modified by a PO to take a full glass window?? and i cant tell that it had those little cresent vents on the rear little windows
the speedo hole is in the spindle but it wont reach now :cry: does anyone know of a fix ,do they make a longer one or do i buy another cable cut and tig a longer end piece to the end to fit?? having a speedo is not a major concern but it would be nice ?

Sat Mar 06, 2010 10:21 am

what does your dash/speedo/fuel gauge look like? this might help you figure out the year also.
as far as speedo cable length. i would also like to know about longer ones? cause i plan on widening my front end also, and someday pushing it out farther(longer wheelbase).