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Old September 15th 2011, 22:34
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Mmmm Root beer!!! Put a ton of metal flake in it like the ski boats!
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Old September 16th 2011, 09:43
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It´ll turn up real nice,just wait.Once it´s all together and lowered with glass and interior it will will be whole different car.Dare to be different - I like it!
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Old September 23rd 2011, 12:11
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Hi

I notice that your using 2 bolt struts on the brown car, do you prefer them over the 3 bolt? Is that because your fitting 944 stubs?

I find the 2 bolts have limitations with lowering and you cant fit a flip kit to the tie rods unless you reposition the inner tie rod mounting.

Steve
Hi Steve, I've flipped tie rods and made the balljoint extender to lower control arms (it hit steering rack). Now I can lower the car about 1.5-2 inches more. I haven't tested it on the road yet but I think it will work well.

PS. typ4boy, sorry for hijacking your thread




typ4boy, your oval project is very interesting, I'm converting 1303 pan into standard beatle too. I've been doing this project for more than 2 years, it's almost done now








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Old September 23rd 2011, 22:48
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Hi x_hodhoo

This very interesting stuff. Maybe you should start another thread on this, I'm sure that you will get heaps of comments on this.

You would need to be careful with ball joint to wheel clearance issues, the 3 bolt strut is much easier to space the ball joint on.

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Old September 28th 2011, 15:33
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Really like the ball-joint extender thing! Makes for a much better reaction arm geometry with more then normal lowering.
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I haven't been around for a bit ... I must say I like the brown and orange. I also must say I like the GSR in the background of a few pics even more.

Okay, back to the hijack.
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Lee any updates for us?
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Old October 3rd 2011, 18:35
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Lee any updates for us?
None yet we are busy moving shops, just got to finish the new drop arms and the front end can go on sooooooooooon
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Old October 4th 2011, 02:57
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Great news, you are moving premises?
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Old October 19th 2011, 13:58
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New cro-mo drop arms nearly there just got to do some reinforcing around the anti roll bush and we are good to go prototype....... then they will be for sale if any body is looking for super strong super light weight rose joint late 03 stlye drop arms.....


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Hmmm, very interesting arms. I had started modelling up a set of early tubular arms, on the off-chance I start bending them.

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I'm interested in those tubular lower control arms. Do you think they would hold up to high grip, high speed track abuse? Maybe add a triangular gusset over the swaybar bushing area?
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Old October 19th 2011, 14:31
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I'm interested in those tubular lower control arms. Do you think they would hold up to high grip, high speed track abuse? Maybe add a triangular gusset over the swaybar bushing area?
Read the post dude .......please.
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Old October 19th 2011, 14:53
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hwo much for the arms?
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Old October 19th 2011, 15:27
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Great idea! Like the rose joint in particular!
I will definitely need a spacer between the spindle and reaction arm though, as mentioned earlier. Wouldn't it be an idea to incorporate something like that in the arm at the same time? I mean, we all have lowered our cars and suspension geometry suffers as a result.
Possible/good idea or not?
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