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Fri May 28, 2010 3:49 pm

neanders wrote: ...does that count??? ;-)

Only if you have pics. You're baja has come a long way. I remember version 2.0. Those were the days.

Fri May 28, 2010 6:58 pm

Yeah, I guess you could call this v3.0. Version 4.0 is gonna be A-arm, that might be my winter project. That, and a conversion to coilovers on the back end. Then I'll REALLY be set up to get airborne!

Fri May 28, 2010 7:16 pm

When you finally do get airborn, you want to keep the airflow "front to rear". I know you Cisco guys have problems with that concept. :lol:

Fri May 28, 2010 7:27 pm

Actually, proper airflow is side to side. Only NEBS compliant stuff goes front to back...

Fri May 28, 2010 11:58 pm

just got to say, i love you build. it's really inspiring. I hope to get to see your baja in peron in the future. will you be going to that show in spokane? what is it called? bugfair?

Sat May 29, 2010 7:09 am

I hope to be there. My fam will be in town 'cuz my brother is doing Ironman CdA, but I think I'll find a couple hours to hit BugFair.

Sat May 29, 2010 9:51 am

neanders wrote: Actually, proper airflow is side to side. Only NEBS compliant stuff goes front to back...

See what I mean? :roll:
:lol:

Sat May 29, 2010 4:14 pm

I hope you took the time to inspect all the welds on your Blind Chicken arms. I recently repaired both side of my arms when I noticed that the bearing housing had cracks 3/4 of the way around them. When I repaired them I noticed that many of the welds had poor penetration and that the weld was actually only sitting on the surface on many of the areas of the arms where there was a larger density of metal that required more heat to penetrate.
I ended up rewelding around the bearing housing a gusseting the housing to reinforce the housing back to the arms.
Something to think about if you plan on jumping that thing.

Sun Jun 13, 2010 8:09 pm

hey neil, how much clearence do you have front & back?

Mon Jun 14, 2010 6:59 am

riNR, this is my second pair of BCR arms, and I haven't seen any issues, all the welds look like they have good penetration. When I took the first pair off, they looked fine.

Bomber, I have about 18 inches of clearance under the pan front and back.

Mon Jun 14, 2010 7:13 am

18" :shock: sweet! I knew there was a reason I was following your build... so if I go with 700x15s all around I'll have the 15" I'm looking for.

very nice, oh and your Baja is my favorite "home" build

Fri Jan 21, 2011 1:21 am

I was wondering what size axles you were running on there? I got the same arms with an 091 tranny and My drive axles were hitting the inside of the stub. Driver side had little or no play. They were stock bus axles, 18 1/4 i beleive. Car looks good!

Fri Jan 21, 2011 12:51 pm

They are the same length as stock bus (18 1/4), but since I'm running 930 cv's, they are splined for those cv's.

Tue Mar 15, 2011 5:17 am

Well, after replacing the driver's side trailing arm pivot bolt for the third time, I guess it's time to put in some sort of retaining pin. Anyone willing to share pics of their solution? My copy of Hibbert's bible disappeared, so I'm looking for suggestions.

Tue Mar 15, 2011 7:09 am

Thanks for bumoing your thread. I'm doing the whole 2x3 thing now and will re-read for a refresher.

Best solution I've seen for the trailing arm pivots was to get a 17mm hex bolt, weld that onto a small piece of bar. Drill a hole in the bar. Weld a tab on your torsion with a hole. Put the 17mm bolt head into your pivot bolt then bolt the tabs together to keep it from twisting. I'll try to find a picture.

(edit)NOT MY PICTURE--> This is the one.

Tue Mar 15, 2011 7:13 am

Skidmarks setup:

Tue Mar 15, 2011 10:15 pm

Lotrat wrote: Skidmarks setup:

This is how I am going to do mine, except instead of using a slip pin, I will use a bolt with a nyloc nut. I think this setup is kinda, dumb@$$ proof.

Wed Jun 01, 2011 10:51 am

The time has come to sell the bug. It's been a blast, but I just don't drive it that much, and I've got way too many other things going on. If anyone's interested, the ad can be found at

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1146021

Wed Jun 01, 2011 11:20 am

bummer, always sad to see someone go.

Wed Jun 01, 2011 12:40 pm

Did you ever get a chance to jump it? Always hoped you did.