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bajatex Samba Member
Joined: January 27, 2009 Posts: 18 Location: San Marcos, CA
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Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2013 11:46 am Post subject: Another A arm Baja |
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Thought I would show the progress of an a arm conversion I am doing for a friend. Long story short is I cut the front end off of my "mini" buggy because I wanted to make it wider and lengthen the wheelbase so gave the old clip to a friend with the idea of converting his baja. well the time has come so here is where I am. I kept the a arms for my new front end so I had to make new arms for his baja. I still have to put one more lower arm together But I'm close. I mocked up the clip just to see what I need to do to grfat it on the baja. progress should be fast and I will try to take lots of pictures.
Bajatex |
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mkparker Samba Member
Joined: October 12, 2004 Posts: 332 Location: Sherman, Tx
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Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2013 11:53 am Post subject: |
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Very cool! Keep them coming! |
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greg mgm Samba Member
Joined: October 07, 2004 Posts: 573 Location: Pine Cove/ IdyllwildCA
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Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2013 12:30 pm Post subject: |
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Really nice! |
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bajatex Samba Member
Joined: January 27, 2009 Posts: 18 Location: San Marcos, CA
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Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2013 5:53 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks guys!! |
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Ian Samba Moderator
Joined: August 28, 2002 Posts: 4932 Location: 713
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Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2013 9:28 am Post subject: |
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Damn, that's badass!! _________________ All your Buses are belong to us.
Love and good roads!
IN LOVING MEMORY OF ROB CRESS 1968-2012
**ACHTUNG DO NOT USE AA BRAND PRODUCTS OR BUY ANYTHING FROM PACIFIC PARTS INTERNATIONAL IN CALIFORNIA** |
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cmiller95 Samba Member
Joined: August 04, 2010 Posts: 1232 Location: Illinois
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bajamike560 Samba Member
Joined: December 11, 2009 Posts: 544 Location: Vancouver WA
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Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2013 12:07 am Post subject: |
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Looks great, were did you come up with the idea?
I ask because I have thinking about this myself.
Mike _________________ Jackpot motorsports |
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yummi Samba Member
Joined: May 02, 2013 Posts: 101 Location: Mesa, AZ
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Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2013 6:11 am Post subject: |
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Hey Baja, Good to see an old name from MBN.
How will you tie it into the body? Does not look like frame / cage extends that far? |
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flashho Samba Member
Joined: August 11, 2012 Posts: 240 Location: Mulege, Baja
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Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2013 8:02 am Post subject: |
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Wow!!! Anxious to see more. Nice work. |
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flashho Samba Member
Joined: August 11, 2012 Posts: 240 Location: Mulege, Baja
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Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2013 8:02 am Post subject: |
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Wow!!! Anxious to see more. Nice work. |
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bajatex Samba Member
Joined: January 27, 2009 Posts: 18 Location: San Marcos, CA
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Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2013 10:12 am Post subject: |
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yummi wrote: |
Hey Baja, Good to see an old name from MBN.
How will you tie it into the body? Does not look like frame / cage extends that far? |
Ya nice to see you here also. There is tubing as far forward as the a-pillar. I will tie into that at 3 levels, floor, door bar, and up at dash level. diagonals and x's where needed.
I will be able to get some more photos tonight. |
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bajatex Samba Member
Joined: January 27, 2009 Posts: 18 Location: San Marcos, CA
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Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2013 10:13 am Post subject: |
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bajamike560 wrote: |
Looks great, were did you come up with the idea?
I ask because I have thinking about this myself.
Mike |
Not sure which idea you are referring to? a-arm baja? lots of people have done it. |
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bajamike560 Samba Member
Joined: December 11, 2009 Posts: 544 Location: Vancouver WA
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Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2013 6:33 pm Post subject: |
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bajatex wrote: |
bajamike560 wrote: |
Looks great, were did you come up with the idea?
I ask because I have thinking about this myself.
Mike |
Not sure which idea you are referring to? a-arm baja? lots of people have done it. |
The mounting points for the arms. Tubes are closer together on others I have seen.
Mike _________________ Jackpot motorsports |
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bajatex Samba Member
Joined: January 27, 2009 Posts: 18 Location: San Marcos, CA
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Posted: Thu Dec 19, 2013 10:10 am Post subject: |
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bajamike560 wrote: |
bajatex wrote: |
bajamike560 wrote: |
Looks great, were did you come up with the idea?
I ask because I have thinking about this myself.
Mike |
Not sure which idea you are referring to? a-arm baja? lots of people have done it. |
The mounting points for the arms. Tubes are closer together on others I have seen.
Mike |
The mounting points are driven by the movement of the upright as it moves throughout the travel based on what your goals for that movement are, camber change, scrub, etc.
If you have the upper pivots and lower pivots in line you will have a ton of scrub. |
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mcmscott Samba Member
Joined: March 12, 2010 Posts: 4858 Location: sanger ca
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Posted: Sat Dec 21, 2013 9:48 am Post subject: |
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A-arm bajas are fun, we built this one a couple years ago for a friend. _________________ There are no stupid questions, only stupid people,
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bajatex Samba Member
Joined: January 27, 2009 Posts: 18 Location: San Marcos, CA
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Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2013 3:34 pm Post subject: |
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mcmscott wrote: |
A-arm bajas are fun, we built this one a couple years ago for a friend. |
Looks killer. do you have a build thread on it? |
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bajatex Samba Member
Joined: January 27, 2009 Posts: 18 Location: San Marcos, CA
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Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2013 3:50 pm Post subject: |
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So progress hasn't been as fast as I thought. I did finish the last arm and we hacked off the front thingamajigy. There was a rust issue going on so we cut out part of the front panel which will help with access to welding the new tubes in. When I was making the upper a arm I notched the cross bar a little short and said f-it and welded it in any way. Sure enough I measured it compared to where the pivots sleeves are and put it in my solidworks model to check for interference just to find out it hits the spring. I hate cutting shit out and re-doing it. I know better and should have trusted my instincts. I am letting the kid do his own welding on the chassis as well as fit the tubes.
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1fastbigguy Samba Member
Joined: June 06, 2012 Posts: 310 Location: Ojai, CA
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Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2013 4:17 pm Post subject: |
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The work you have done looks pretty awesome! Looking forward to watching the build! _________________ Cheers!
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http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=545394 |
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mkparker Samba Member
Joined: October 12, 2004 Posts: 332 Location: Sherman, Tx
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Posted: Sun Dec 29, 2013 1:28 pm Post subject: |
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Still looking great! Thanks for posting pics and info! |
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bajatex Samba Member
Joined: January 27, 2009 Posts: 18 Location: San Marcos, CA
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Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2014 11:01 am Post subject: |
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So we got the front clip married to the car. I fixed the upper arm and welded
some cracks on the spindles as well as adding a thicker plates where the snout welds on. We still have some more tubes to add but it is tying in real nice. Of course we had to temporarily put the arms on and set back and admire the look. It's funny how you cant help yourself from doing that through out the build process even though it is counter productive. Steering is next. |
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