French slammed earlybay

bobo31 · Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 9:37 am Post subject: French slammed earlybay

Hi samba folks!
I'm Boris, one of the BlackHands guys, from the sunny south of France, and this is my so sweeeet ride, 1970 8 passengers, before I started to work on her, one month ago...

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it had a middle drop set up I did one year ago, but still to high for me...so here is the build up:

for the front, I built a 2" raised, 4.5" narrowed balljoint beam (with OG bearings!), and 2.5"BJ drop spindles.

For the rear, I was inspired by KCW and the guys from Slamwerks Wink

, so I did a bug gearbox conversion...1302 IRS gearbox, with splitbus nosecone, OG axles, and big new boxed chassis section to allow a full travel for axles and arms with Creative adjustable springplates

and this is the final result, this weekend at a local swapmeet (Thanks to Tom, Mika and Mayane for the great pics Wink

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Hope you like her!
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1970 Slammed rusty Kombi

Notablecarrot3 · Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 10:10 am Post subject:

Heyyy Boris!

You already know what I think of your bay! It was kinda s*** before you slammed it! It's just so much better now! Very Happy

1 more pic!

Btw I <3 your rubber duck Very Happy

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srfndoc · Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 11:50 am Post subject:

Looks great. Is the camber adjustable on the rear setup?
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VWsArent4Hippies · Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 11:55 am Post subject:

Shit's bad!

bobo31 · Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 12:38 pm Post subject:

Quintus · Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 3:01 pm Post subject:

Cool bus!

DaKine · Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 3:22 pm Post subject:

nice fabrication skills. stance looks killer! Cool

durfeec · Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 8:53 pm Post subject:

you used type 2 axles on a type 1 irs trans? i thought you couldnt do that.
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1960 Bus Panel/Camper

bobo31 · Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 11:32 pm Post subject:

Yes, all you need is to install Bug CVs' on the gearbox side, and ride low so the axles are horizontal and have the good lengh Wink

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1970 Slammed rusty Kombi

DaleF4F · Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 1:53 am Post subject:

Damn that's a verry nice baywindow! Cool

durfeec · Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 7:29 am Post subject:

srfndoc · Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 11:04 am Post subject:

VWsArent4Hippies · Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 11:39 am Post subject:

westcoast-paul · Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 12:05 pm Post subject:

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bobo31 · Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 10:50 pm Post subject:

I knew it!!! at least you see my face Wink

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1970 Slammed rusty Kombi

durfeec · Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 7:14 pm Post subject:

What's the tire size your running?
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1960 Bus Panel/Camper

bobo31 · Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 2:38 am Post subject:

Front: 145/65 R15 on 1" narrowed Torque wheels
Rear: 195/60 R15 on 5.5 Torque

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1970 Slammed rusty Kombi

bobo31 · Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 2:56 am Post subject:

Forgot to add that I had to notch the front chassis too, for tie rods clearance because of the beam raise...
So we made some boxed "donuts", welded on the chassis for extra strenght

and found a temporary seat solution to roll the beast before tubes are done and OG seats modified... Wink

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1970 Slammed rusty Kombi

fastwagens · Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 9:20 am Post subject:

fantastic work.


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