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warwgn Samba Member
Joined: November 18, 2014 Posts: 260 Location: central Mississippi
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71StandardReduction Samba Member
Joined: December 04, 2012 Posts: 707 Location: Louisiana
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EnjoyNukaCola Samba Member
Joined: January 27, 2014 Posts: 491 Location: Santa Clarita
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Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2014 10:42 pm Post subject: |
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Cool, I was thinking of painting my bumpers white like that to go with the wheels. Like a Twinkie. |
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Swamprat79 Samba Member
Joined: December 05, 2014 Posts: 1 Location: Intersection of I-20 and the Mississippi River
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Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2014 12:32 am Post subject: |
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Nice looking bug. Hoping to run across one myself come March or so. |
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warwgn Samba Member
Joined: November 18, 2014 Posts: 260 Location: central Mississippi
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Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2014 3:54 pm Post subject: |
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Picked it up, got a lot of work to do on it to make it road ready but it's in my driveway now. Got it for 2300 and my 05 raptor 350 ATV as a trade. Think it was a fair deal, the engine runs good it seems for now so will just go with it and use the rest of the budget to get the rolling chassis how I want it then work on more power.
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warwgn Samba Member
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EnjoyNukaCola Samba Member
Joined: January 27, 2014 Posts: 491 Location: Santa Clarita
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Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2014 10:24 am Post subject: |
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AC Industries was my first and last experience with China made parts. Everything leaked. Stay far away from that brand. |
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71StandardReduction Samba Member
Joined: December 04, 2012 Posts: 707 Location: Louisiana
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Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2014 12:30 pm Post subject: |
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AC Industries is sold by SoCalAutoparts.com.
Cheaply priced brake kits, almost unusable quality.
Chirco probably sells EMPI kits which are hit and miss.
The rotor may come apart on the braking surface, have seen other problems.
For the front:
I would buy the tweeds lift spindles with caliper brackets.
Then build your own disc brake kit for the front using ghia calipers and rotors.
If you have to buy new calipers then find trw / varga name brand calipers.
4-lug rotors can be bought at local auto parts stores , rockauto pretty much anywhere.
The same applies to the calipers but I wouldn't buy a "preferred house brand" from a FLAPS like master pro or parts master. _________________ One thing I ask from the Lord, This only do I seek:
That I may dwell in the House of The Lord all the days of my Life, to gaze on the beauty of The Lord and to seek Him in His Temple~Psalms 27:4
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Arkansauced Samba Member
Joined: November 11, 2014 Posts: 52 Location: Colleyville, TX
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Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2014 7:25 am Post subject: |
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71StandardReduction wrote: |
AC Industries is sold by SoCalAutoparts.com.
Cheaply priced brake kits, almost unusable quality.
For the front:
I would buy the tweeds lift spindles with caliper brackets.
Then build your own disc brake kit for the front using ghia calipers and rotors.
If you have to buy new calipers then find trw / varga name brand calipers.
4-lug rotors can be bought at local auto parts stores , rockauto pretty much anywhere.
The same applies to the calipers but I wouldn't buy a "preferred house brand" from a FLAPS like master pro or parts master. |
You could also run Thing spindles with a caliper bracket, the Ghia discs/calipers are an easy bolt on, you also get the additional lift
. I've got all of the extra parts laying around, including Ball Joints (one needs a new boot). I'll cut you a sweet deal. PM me if you're interested. |
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warwgn Samba Member
Joined: November 18, 2014 Posts: 260 Location: central Mississippi
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Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2014 5:13 pm Post subject: |
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And so it begins...
the wiring is terrible!!!
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warwgn Samba Member
Joined: November 18, 2014 Posts: 260 Location: central Mississippi
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Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2014 8:37 am Post subject: |
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Plasma cutter is on the way, should make quick work of the floor pans,a nd a few other rust spots that need to be cut out and new metal welded in. Now just need to order some floor pans, and go get a air chisel. |
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Bad_chopper Samba Member
Joined: August 15, 2012 Posts: 295 Location: Portland, or
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ORANGECRUSHer Samba Member
Joined: June 09, 2006 Posts: 2616 Location: West Coast (Michigan's)
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Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2014 10:29 am Post subject: |
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Bad_chopper wrote: |
Wow that wiring is a horrific mess of scotch locks and buttconnectors. Have fun with that lol... |
looks a lot like every bug I've seen for sale here in Michigan including mine when I bought it. People are LAZY! _________________ Brian H.
I may not know everything,but I will try to help if I can
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warwgn Samba Member
Joined: November 18, 2014 Posts: 260 Location: central Mississippi
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Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2014 8:12 pm Post subject: |
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Arkansauced wrote: |
71StandardReduction wrote: |
AC Industries is sold by SoCalAutoparts.com.
Cheaply priced brake kits, almost unusable quality.
For the front:
I would buy the tweeds lift spindles with caliper brackets.
Then build your own disc brake kit for the front using ghia calipers and rotors.
If you have to buy new calipers then find trw / varga name brand calipers.
4-lug rotors can be bought at local auto parts stores , rockauto pretty much anywhere.
The same applies to the calipers but I wouldn't buy a "preferred house brand" from a FLAPS like master pro or parts master. |
You could also run Thing spindles with a caliper bracket, the Ghia discs/calipers are an easy bolt on, you also get the additional lift
. I've got all of the extra parts laying around, including Ball Joints (one needs a new boot). I'll cut you a sweet deal. PM me if you're interested. |
money on the way! |
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Arkansauced Samba Member
Joined: November 11, 2014 Posts: 52 Location: Colleyville, TX
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Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2014 9:30 am Post subject: |
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Shipped! Let me know if you have any issues and be sure to post pics once you have them mounted!! |
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warwgn Samba Member
Joined: November 18, 2014 Posts: 260 Location: central Mississippi
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Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2014 7:47 pm Post subject: |
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Made a little progress tonight. I like the patch on top of a patch floor board.
And no more spaghetti harness
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warwgn Samba Member
Joined: November 18, 2014 Posts: 260 Location: central Mississippi
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Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2014 7:57 pm Post subject: |
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Got my thing spindles arms and caliper brackets today, got busy on them and forgot to take a before pick.
showed up fast and very well packaged, thanks again Arkansauced!
gonna take them to a shop to have ball joints pressed out then clean and paint them before new ones go in. |
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Arkansauced Samba Member
Joined: November 11, 2014 Posts: 52 Location: Colleyville, TX
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johndl58 Samba Member
Joined: October 01, 2013 Posts: 422 Location: westchester ny
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Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2014 7:38 am Post subject: |
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and make sure the notches are lined up before pressing the bjs in. |
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sloboatnova Samba Member
Joined: September 20, 2009 Posts: 989 Location: Broken Arrow, Ok
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