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kbwakesk8
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 Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 7:27 pm Post subject: any one out ther done a body drop |
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| looking for pointers looking a last 3 inch body drop |
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Neil Davies
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| Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 2:50 pm Post subject: Re: any one out ther done a body drop |
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| kbwakesk8 wrote: |
| looking for pointers looking a last 3 inch body drop |
What car, and why? If you're really determined to be mental low, do the PRA Super Street race trick and raise the framehead and rear torsion housing. Still gives you a stock centre section but driveable low.
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roymann
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| Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 7:02 pm Post subject: |
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Neil
If you raise the rear torsion housing do you have to remount the shift tube above the tunnel?
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David58bug
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This is Rich Hoffman's old dirt track car it had the bottom of the body cut off several inches, man was it low to the ground. This pic was taken last summer the day he bought his car back from me.
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Neil Davies
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| Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 1:26 pm Post subject: |
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| roymann wrote: |
Neil
If you raise the rear torsion housing do you have to remount the shift tube above the tunnel? |
Yes, you do, but that can look quite cool anyway! Chrome shift rod?
Seen one with a modified piece of another tunnel to keep the handbrake too - just looks like the tunnel has been made taller!
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'68/'70 Karmann Beetle, wife's project, progressing slowly.
'80 Devon Moonraker, wife's ratty but cool toy.
'86 Scirocco special project - still measuring up... |
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kbwakesk8
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I WAS PLANNING ON LIFTING THE HOLE TUNEL AND DROPPING THE FLOOR BOARDS.
SORRY ABOUT THE CAPS. I FORGET THE CAP LOCK IS ON EVERYTHING AT WORK HAS TO BE IN CAPS |
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Neil Davies
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| Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2006 5:17 am Post subject: |
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| kbwakesk8 wrote: |
I WAS PLANNING ON LIFTING THE HOLE TUNEL AND DROPPING THE FLOOR BOARDS.
SORRY ABOUT THE CAPS. I FORGET THE CAP LOCK IS ON EVERYTHING AT WORK HAS TO BE IN CAPS |
Problem with that is you then need to fab a custom pedal mount and sides to the floors, to get it to line up with the newly raised heater channels.
You'd need to remake the inside of the doors, the bulkhead and channels all need moving and probably the entire underbonnet too, whereas a framehead raise will only require a custom tank and the rear end raise will only need work doing under the back seat area, which is not a major as raising the channels and still having to raise this area.
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'68/'70 Karmann Beetle, wife's project, progressing slowly.
'80 Devon Moonraker, wife's ratty but cool toy.
'86 Scirocco special project - still measuring up... |
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kbwakesk8
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| Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2006 10:07 am Post subject: |
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| the heater chanels would stay as part of the floor boards and they make a weld one mount for the pedals that they sell for sand ralls. i saw pic of one bug done that way it was crasy low. but there was no info on that car |
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