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PostPosted: Sat Oct 14, 2017 12:26 am    Post subject: Re: 68 bug sitting in shop for 18yrs Reply with quote
haha made me look!
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 18, 2017 12:09 pm    Post subject: Re: 68 bug sitting in shop for 18yrs Reply with quote
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 05, 2018 7:15 pm    Post subject: Re: 68 bug sitting in shop for 18yrs Reply with quote
I am still here and Look what showed up in the mail a small Cmas present! Project is still on hold till I get some things taken care of in the next few months. I am shooting for Woodburn this year though fingers crossed. Shocked
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 03, 2018 8:38 am    Post subject: Re: 68 bug sitting in shop for 18yrs Reply with quote
Looking for tires size combos for my 17 x 7 BRMs Anyone have any suggestions? I have 3 combos in mind but I figured I would post up here see what you guys thought.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 03, 2018 12:59 pm    Post subject: Re: 68 bug sitting in shop for 18yrs Reply with quote
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/1673285.jpg

Am I looking at this pix correctly? It looks like you have angled your shock towers outward. If so have you reinstalled your trailing arms and test fitted your wheels. I’ve seen cases where the insides of the tires come real close to making contact with the shock towers depending on offset.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 03, 2018 1:03 pm    Post subject: Re: 68 bug sitting in shop for 18yrs Reply with quote
The shock towers are stock angle. the only thing I did was add another mount hole. I notched the towers and added 10GA Material. The beam still looks like this. I won't paint it till I do a final fit up with tires and rims.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 03, 2018 5:28 pm    Post subject: Re: 68 bug sitting in shop for 18yrs Reply with quote
zodlaw wrote:
Looking for tires size combos for my 17 x 7 BRMs Anyone have any suggestions? I have 3 combos in mind but I figured I would post up here see what you guys thought.

A fellow mate here in WA has a bug that can lay out on 17x7's. I think he's got 165/40/17's on the front.

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 03, 2018 5:40 pm    Post subject: Re: 68 bug sitting in shop for 18yrs Reply with quote
You can see the tires a little better in this video: https://youtu.be/VR53kyrVA38
His car shows up at 3:35
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 03, 2018 5:52 pm    Post subject: Re: 68 bug sitting in shop for 18yrs Reply with quote
Is he running 7" or 5" wide in the front? If he is running the 7" he prob is stretch those puppies. I was thinking 185/35/17 front and 205/45/17 in the rear. Let me know if you can find out his combo I have not seen it on the samba. Smile
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 03, 2018 7:32 pm    Post subject: Re: 68 bug sitting in shop for 18yrs Reply with quote
zodlaw wrote:
Is he running 7" or 5" wide in the front? If he is running the 7" he prob is stretch those puppies. I was thinking 185/35/17 front and 205/45/17 in the rear. Let me know if you can find out his combo I have not seen it on the samba. Smile

7", yeah they're probably pretty sketchy..
Yeah I'll get back to you when I can figure out the size of the rears
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 04, 2018 12:49 pm    Post subject: Re: 68 bug sitting in shop for 18yrs Reply with quote
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 04, 2018 12:54 pm    Post subject: Re: 68 bug sitting in shop for 18yrs Reply with quote
DO they make BRM's in 17x5?
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 04, 2018 1:21 pm    Post subject: Re: 68 bug sitting in shop for 18yrs Reply with quote
No not in 17s. Tires are coming in a few weeks.
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 24, 2018 11:30 am    Post subject: Re: 68 bug sitting in shop for 18yrs Reply with quote
Well life happens but I did get this for Xmas from friends. It used to be his car so will have to see how this spring goes. Will try for Woodburn again in 2019. Maybe if not at least driving, I hope.

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PostPosted: Thu Jan 24, 2019 5:59 pm    Post subject: Re: 68 bug sitting in shop for 18yrs Reply with quote
Well my 5yr old daughter helped me put in new heater ducting since the OG ones were disintegrating. The motor will pulled and cleaned up down the road. I did not want that stuff going through the heating system. All for now I know its
baby steps. Rolling Eyes

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PostPosted: Thu Feb 07, 2019 9:18 pm    Post subject: Re: 68 bug sitting in shop for 18yrs Reply with quote
Found a gift card that I forgot I had so I ordered this fuel sender. It will def be nice to know how much gas I have it the bug now. I am half way to saving up for the tires. We will see what happens. LOL I hope things will move pretty fast as I have a pile of parts just waiting.

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PostPosted: Thu Feb 14, 2019 10:28 pm    Post subject: Re: 68 bug sitting in shop for 18yrs Reply with quote
Got my backing plates powder coated. They were pretty bad as you can tell little pitted but they are coated so at least they will not rust anymore. Now normally they would turn out a lot better with normal plates. This coating that was used does not melt under brake fluid and holds up really well. Good thing no one is going to see these. Not a show car for sure. Smile


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PostPosted: Wed Mar 20, 2019 8:08 pm    Post subject: Re: 68 bug sitting in shop for 18yrs Reply with quote
I am going to miss being able to make this kind of stuff at work. Sad So I made two sets of bag mounts for the rear. Razz IRS of course too.


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PostPosted: Thu Mar 21, 2019 10:53 am    Post subject: Re: 68 bug sitting in shop for 18yrs Reply with quote
Were they water jetted? Looks too clean to be CNC plasma.
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 21, 2019 11:18 am    Post subject: Re: 68 bug sitting in shop for 18yrs Reply with quote
Laser and its 3/16 thick. Its got to be getting warmer in Ohio by now Smile
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