Father and Son Baja Bug- Daily Driver

HERC · Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2013 7:54 am Post subject:

That car is so bitchin it doesn't need seat belts Cool

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truckstuff55 · Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2013 12:43 am Post subject: Rear trailing arm bushings

This thing is turning out awesome! Just picked mine up from Crumco last weekend. I was just wondering what bushings you used for the rear arms?

1fastbigguy · Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2013 7:38 pm Post subject:

truckstuff55,

We picked the bushings up from Dave Bonner over at Kartek 951-737-7223. Kartek is a great resource for parts. Dave is very helpful and has an amazing amount of off road knowledge.

*Race Pivot Bushing Part# PRM-600 You will need 8

*Long Inner/Slv for 60414 Part# KTK-ISL100120L You will need 4
On our car they were a little bit long (about 1/16th) making it difficult to get the arms in but once we trimmed them down the arms went in nice and smooth.

Good luck on your build and I look forward to watching the progress!
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truckstuff55 · Posted: Thu Dec 19, 2013 7:24 pm Post subject:

Awesome. Thank you! Yea i'm going the same route you are with the aluminum pan and ecotec. the parts are slowly piling in so i can start the build

BajaRag · Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2013 9:39 am Post subject:

Merry Christmas!

BajaRag · Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2013 11:15 pm Post subject:

I have had 1 of my two weeks off school for the holiday break. We have invested quite of the bit into the car so far. We made monumental progress today when we put the body onto the car for the last time. In two days we are going to start welding it in place. This is a HUUUGE step, and I am very happy. It is a pain in the ass to take the body on and off. Here are some pictures of our progress.

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This is a broad picture of a bunch of triangulation we did onto the body.

we also bent a metal plate to protect the passengers in the rear seat from getting fingers pinched in the coils.

and this is our cutting/steering brake.

Island Bumpkin · Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2013 11:36 pm Post subject:

Are you not going to paint the cage?
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BajaRag · Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2013 8:17 am Post subject:

We still have a lot of welding to do on the cage in order to secure the body, so we cant paint the cage until the welding is done. In order to weld it you need clean metal. It seems like it will be difficult to paint it with the body on, but my dad said that this is how you do it.

HERC · Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2013 8:26 am Post subject:

clear it
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shawn407 · Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2013 10:53 am Post subject:

This is a real nice build ! I Built my Baja but I built my cage inside the car and the body doesn't come off.. haha

BajaRag · Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2014 11:56 am Post subject:

I also have some pictures of some nerf bars that we made, but unfortunately they wont load onto the samba. I'm going to try and take them again and see If i can get them up for you guys.

westcoastbug&baja · Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2014 10:39 pm Post subject:

Looking Awesome! Just started my ecotec swap.

bajatex · Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2014 12:51 pm Post subject:

Great Build and documentation!!!

dfunkesq · Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2014 1:24 pm Post subject:

Just got done reading the whole thing great job guys, I too wish that I would have had the time and money to do a build like this with my sons and now they live to far away and I am trying to get my son into this again so he can do it with the grandson.

I was wanting to see the updates on the steering dampener and what you decided some pictures, I am wanting to do something like this to my dune buggy.

1fastbigguy · Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2014 7:33 pm Post subject:

westcoastbug&baja, Looks like you may have to give the Kid a ride so he has an idea of what he has been working so hard on.

Thanks Bajatex! My Son has done a great job keeping up the thread!

dfunkesq, I have to say despite it taking a lot longer than we had hoped and despite the many frustrations we have worked through the car is turning out great and we have learned a lot!
We are going to use the electric power steering without a steering dampener as it has dampening built into it. We won't be able to give you any feedback for a few more months on it but as soon as we ( and several of my buddy's that want to try it) get some driving time, we will give you our opinion. For what its worth... With the system turned on I was able to easily steer the car in the garage by the splined steering shaft with my bare hand.
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WrRider · Posted: Sun Jan 05, 2014 1:09 pm Post subject:

Nice build guys! I'm curious to see how well two people fit in your back seat, I'm building a similar car and can't decide on a bench or singleseat in the back I'm worried about headspace. Also did you get the 220watt steering kit and do you know if this is the same one they sell at Pacific customs?
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BajaRag · Posted: Sun Jan 05, 2014 6:16 pm Post subject:

WrRider;
Our power steering is the 220 watt universal kit from SuperAtv.com. We got ours from Dan's Performance. I'm not sure if Pacific Customs carries the same one.

The back seat is very tight. We can safely fit two smaller sub-5'6" people in the backseat, but I doubt we could fit anybody much bigger.

WrRider · Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2014 11:22 pm Post subject:

OK more curiosity what size are your tires?
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1fastbigguy · Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2014 7:11 am Post subject:

WrRider, We are running 33X10.50R15 tires, the fronts are mounted on 5" wide wheels and the rears are on 8" wheels. We plan to run 4-5" wheels with beadlocks at all 4 corners when the budget allows.
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WrRider · Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2014 9:16 am Post subject:

They look good. I thank I'm going to run the same thang on 6.5" wheels.
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