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tim3
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 Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2024 11:36 am Post subject: Converting a 4 door to a 2 door |
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Anybody convert a 4 door to a 2 door?. How easy it?
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KTPhil 
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| Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2024 1:50 pm Post subject: Re: Converting a 4 door to a 2 door |
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Are you talking about trying a body swap?
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raygreenwood
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| Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2024 3:26 pm Post subject: Re: Converting a 4 door to a 2 door |
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| KTPhil wrote: |
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There are no "body swaps" with a type 4. They are unibody and each chassis...wagon, four door and two door is quite a bit different.
That being said, we had the guy here a few months back who literally chopped the body off of a wagon and welded it to something like a Nissan chassis.
So to answer the original question.....it would be a lot of cutting, welding and fabricating. You had better be good at it too!
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tim3
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| Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2024 3:31 pm Post subject: Re: Converting a 4 door to a 2 door |
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Ray you know everything lol. Ive been reading your posts since 2004
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raygreenwood
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| Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2024 5:26 pm Post subject: Re: Converting a 4 door to a 2 door |
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| tim3 wrote: |
| Ray you know everything lol. Ive been reading your posts since 2004 |
Nah...not everything....but I know enough people who know what I don't...to get away with it...sometimes! 
Its a good question though. If this were a type 1, or type 3 with a bolt on pan, I think it would be easier to do "frankin-work" because you could seperate the body fron the pan.
On type 4, too much of the body is what strengthens the pan and vice-versa.
And it really depends on how you want this thing to look, handle and last.
The guy who chopped up a wagon...really was just looking for the type 4 look. Its a toy!
He grafted the body onto a 2002 Subaru Forrester...front engine, AWD and 165 hp.
Here is the thread:
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=786276
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