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Fri Apr 11, 2014 3:30 am

There's a lot more to come!!

Fri Apr 11, 2014 3:47 am

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I'm guessing you're not going to try to drive cross-country anything your ass would Hurting

Fri Apr 11, 2014 3:50 am

The seats are getting wrapped in leather w/ jell packs. I've been driving it around houston and they are actually pretty comfortable.

Fri Apr 11, 2014 6:42 am

KOMBI NIKO wrote: cheers guys, the main reason I went to so much effort on my tubs to look stock is our cops in Australia love to pull us over and give us defect notices for anything!! I lived in the usa for 6 years and my god the shit you guys can get away with is insane!! Our road laws are super strict. My next mission is going to try fitting airbags and thats going to be a pricey one.
Oh the that bus ^ wouldn't last a day on the roads here ;)

I did mine that way too as i really wanted them to look like they had always been that way, although mine are identical to yours i just wish they were even half as tidy, top work dude. Im gonna do rear tubs in a similar way, as un-noticable as possible. May need you to come over and weld them though so they look neater than my fronts haha

Fri Apr 11, 2014 9:04 am

It must suck to live in a place where your so limited. This was an old Singlecab that probably would have been sent to the crusher. I brought it hack to life. I have no plans of ever selling it, therefore I will be sitting and welding whatever comes to mind on it and when I die it's in my will for it to be burned to the ground. :lol:

Fri Apr 11, 2014 10:38 am

You've raised your beam by 2" so your going to need taller tubs to stop it running no??

Ive found my tubs at 30mm with a narrowed shock position beam and notched chassis nothing rubs at all. None of the guys that have bought them have ever complained their not tall enough. Obv if someone who had raised the beam wanted a set they prob wouldn't be tall enough at 30mm.

KOMBI NIKO wrote: Trailer Queen Restos wrote: The seats are only raised by 30mm with my kits and as I said the guy with the 15 window I sold him is 6'3" and he's had no problems. I'm 6'1" and the driving position/visibility was great.

KOMBI NIKO wrote: All good info guys, biggest problem with doing tubs and not lowering the seat means you will be looking at the roof while driving. If your short its not a problem but if your 6'1" like me you have to customize your seat lower.

30mm tub raise isnt going to give you much tyre clearance why bother under 50mm?

Fri Apr 11, 2014 11:55 am

I'm 5'8" and I have too much room. A friend came over and he is 6'4" and he has two inches before he touches the roof and this is in a Singlecab.

Fri Apr 11, 2014 6:21 pm

Trailer Queen Restos wrote: You've raised your beam by 2" so your going to need taller tubs to stop it running no??

Ive found my tubs at 30mm with a narrowed shock position beam and notched chassis nothing rubs at all. None of the guys that have bought them have ever complained their not tall enough. Obv if someone who had raised the beam wanted a set they prob wouldn't be tall enough at 30mm.

KOMBI NIKO wrote: Trailer Queen Restos wrote: The seats are only raised by 30mm with my kits and as I said the guy with the 15 window I sold him is 6'3" and he's had no problems. I'm 6'1" and the driving position/visibility was great.

KOMBI NIKO wrote: All good info guys, biggest problem with doing tubs and not lowering the seat means you will be looking at the roof while

driving. If your short its not a problem but if your 6'1" like me you have to customize your seat lower.

30mm tub raise isnt going to give you much tyre clearance why bother under 50mm?

Main reason I when with the 2" beam raise was the keep the correct suspension geometry when lowering the bus. (no adjusters just flipped spindles) 50mm tubs should be plenty for my ride as I 'll be running 50 profile tyres too.

Fri Apr 11, 2014 6:32 pm

To ad to Nikos post raising the beam 2" doesn't mean that the bus is lower than a stock location beam, to an extent. If it was on air ride a stock location beam would hit the ground before the bumper. Like he said it just helps keep the geometry a little closer to original because as you lower VWs the caster angle gets shot.
But so many factors can change, wheel size, tire size ride height... And any combination. I had to make a set of 3" tubs even though I felt they look too big but after doing the math of the 17" wheels, tires and ride height that's what the guy needed/wanted.
Once again I am just adding to the post. :wink:

Frankie I dig the SC, looks real nice. The tubs are crazy huge but I am sure they have to be for the wheels, what size are they? Also the tubs may look bigger because the surrounding metal is gone. I am sure it's a fun little ride it does look like it would be uncomfortable but I could see how they actually may feel fine.
Are you running air?

Fri Apr 11, 2014 9:49 pm

Yes I'm on air and I am on 17x7 and 19x8.5. You have to remember that farmers had to drive tractors for hours at a time. The seats fit the shape of your butt making them even more comfortable. Right now the front suspension is my only limitation. I only have 8" travel. I'm working on a new setup that should give me 12".

Sat Apr 12, 2014 7:33 pm

this is a great thread .im going to tub my bus real soon and liking all the info ,ideas etc on this thread especially Nikos work.

Sat Apr 12, 2014 8:52 pm

ok here's the deal...no matter what each person deems the 'best' or 'best looking' it is all relatively irrelevant and purely based on opinions. Sure there are different levels of craftsmanship and fabrication execution but it all boils down to each individual application and what each owner is trying to achieve. Do you want to lay frame rails? then cut the fuck out of the tubs and build new ones..do you want to just lay a little low and have more clearance for suspension deflection? ok raise the stock tubs a couple inches. Every one here is different and ever single bus is different, please stop comparing the size of the tubs and focus on the quality of the workmanship...anything aside from that is case by case.

here are my big "lay frame rails" tubs that worked perfectly. this bus laid the frame rails hard and I could still drive it as a 6'0" person. If someone doubt this then ask all the folks who saw this bus at shows

Sun Apr 13, 2014 1:12 am

sled wrote: ok here's the deal...no matter what each person deems the 'best' or 'best looking' it is all relatively irrelevant and purely based on opinions. Sure there are different levels of craftsmanship and fabrication execution but it all boils down to each individual application and what each owner is trying to achieve. Do you want to lay frame rails? then cut the fuck out of the tubs and build new ones..do you want to just lay a little low and have more clearance for suspension deflection? ok raise the stock tubs a couple inches. Every one here is different and ever single bus is different, please stop comparing the size of the tubs and focus on the quality of the workmanship...anything aside from that is case by case.

here are my big "lay frame rails" tubs that worked perfectly. this bus laid the frame rails hard and I could still drive it as a 6'0" person. If someone doubt this then ask all the folks who saw this bus at shows

I wish I could put the bus on the ground (rails)but we are not allowed in oz :(

Mon Jul 28, 2014 10:42 am

Looks good, I'd like to see how the piece that joins the floor area and curved area look in this tub. Not bad though!

VWsArent4Hippies wrote: Who gives a shit! In all reality if you have to buy a "kit" to be able to tub your bus you probably shouldn't be doing the work.

Looking at this thread though does make me feel happy to know the tubs in my shitty baywindow looks better than 99% of split buses out there. Come on guys, it is not that difficult.

Mon Jul 28, 2014 9:37 pm

sled wrote: ok here's the deal...no matter what each person deems the 'best' or 'best looking' it is all relatively irrelevant and purely based on opinions. Sure there are different levels of craftsmanship and fabrication execution but it all boils down to each individual application and what each owner is trying to achieve. Do you want to lay frame rails? then cut the fuck out of the tubs and build new ones..do you want to just lay a little low and have more clearance for suspension deflection? ok raise the stock tubs a couple inches. Every one here is different and ever single bus is different, please stop comparing the size of the tubs and focus on the quality of the workmanship...anything aside from that is case by case.

here are my big "lay frame rails" tubs that worked perfectly. this bus laid the frame rails hard and I could still drive it as a 6'0" person. If someone doubt this then ask all the folks who saw this bus at shows

Seen your bus many time at shows Jake. And you/he ain't bullshitin

Wed Jul 12, 2017 3:18 pm

Not a split but tubs none the less. Almost finished up on these in my bay.

Sat May 25, 2019 3:20 pm

If anyone has their old cut outs or are planning on tubing their bus, I can use your old metal, both sides.

Mon Aug 12, 2019 1:44 pm

Trashman wrote: Not a split but tubs none the less. Almost finished up on these in my bay.

that look pretty cool!!
Im considering tubing too on my bay

Wed Jul 06, 2022 6:29 am

Thu Jul 07, 2022 12:50 pm

Here's mine: