My attempt at building GL beetle

[Birdman69]

Originally Posted by graham

The only pics of the polished arms are the ones already posted.Could take some more some time if you want .I went for the wide trailing arms as they where free I brought the callipers from a Porsche Breakers and he said if I gave him £400 for the calipers he would give me the arms, front hubs,spindles and rear axle ... CMS Porsche breakers( recommended) I managed to get a set of 944 s2 seats off him as well, the one's with the high bolsters,they are seriously comfortable.

Thanks for the recommendatiuon for the porsche parts mate.
Porsche stuff is super expensive here in oz and i intend to grab a bunch of stuff when im in europe.

pm sent also mate.

[graham]

Cheers for the comments/encouragement fella's.

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Front wings are from Day Mouldings these are made here in the UK they are a very good fit but they have also been widened/banded.

[graham]

My original concept for the car was a stock looking one without to many body mods.However since I decided on going for a Subaru conversion I needed a way to get direct air into the front mounted radiator.I decided to loose the stock look and fit a front spoiler.I figured that as I already had these huge wheels and brakes the stock look had already gone out the window so adding a spoiler wouldn't be much more.The other reason was front end stability (form follows function )Hopefully this will direct air around the car better at high speed.I would like to fit some floor pan mods at some point to get the air under the car quicker.So I went to a car breakers in another daily 1303 and spent hours going through front spoilers to see what might work.I decided on this its off a Rover 400
This has been custom fitted by Luke at Terrys Beetle Services he grafted VW indicator lenses into it as well as extending it and making up brackets.I think it suits the round shape/lines of the 1303 but I would say that wouldnt I.
[IMG]~original[/IMG] It sits lower now than here in the pics as it clips the lights in this pic.
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[graham]

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