134 replies to this topic

[johnnyfive]

Project thread > http://oldschool.co....hp?f=17&t=13353

I like this very much, please tell more, Widened steels? Etc, did you do everything?

[Sparkle]

he may have brought it as is in first pics?? correct me if im wrong.
I say bumpers back on. Glossy black paintjob, gloss red those steels.
or,
sky blue w/ white coloured steels

[retep130]

nah dont change the colours, it looks so mean already, maybe pimp the interior or something

just drive it as its already so mackin

[mint16]

leave the bumpers off, smooth and subtle!

[LOW'N'SLOW]

Wicked ride! I like the clean look of no bumpers. what colour you painting it?

[10Speed]

To date I havn't changed the appearance at all, just did work to get the lowering up to spec (certed etc). The rims are the stock steelies widened.

Getting painted the exact same colour (with the exception of the wheel centres which will be red), and then the next job will be working on the interior, but again I dont want to change it - just fix it...

[lowlancer]

Ex Cambridge car aye?

[10Speed]

Ex Cambridge car aye?

yup - it had a couple of owners down there...

[Thousand Dollar Supercar]

With no bumpers on, the two exhaust pipes look even more like the defensive barbs you see on the back of some insects. Can't remember which insect just now, but along the lines of this earwig:

[twisted]

Fuck, thats mint man.

No bumpers ftw.

[Insani-T]

I LOVE YOU

Dont change a thing, not sure it would look as cool with bumpers on. Yeah dont really know what else to say, this has just become one of my favourite cars on the site.

[Unclejake]

Neat bug man. The colours are great - well done.

[rxtoy]

awesome little VW mate, love it. i like them with bumpers, especially the towel rail style ones. up to you though, it still looks fucking cool without them.

cheers
Matt

[mikuni]

its so sweet. the uncluttered look of it is perfect. wheels look great too. shit the dude that built that is the man.

if anything I would just add pinstripes along the side with some bangin pattern on the doors and rear section but anything else would spoil it

[Zeb]

This is EXACTLY what I like in a Beetle.

So nice.

[RT]

yeah nice dub man... love it. leave the bumpers off it looks sweet.

would like to know more about it, how it's been lowered and what size wheels etc.

[Unclejake]

would like to know more about it, how it's been lowered and what size wheels etc.

A Beetle was the first car I ever lowered. The front transaxle gets cut in the centre where the torsion bar mounts and then you rotate it to where you want and weld it up again.

The rear have adjustable torsion bars - but the downside of lowering the rear is too much negative camber. The only way to sort that would be to raise the engine and gearbox which I planned but never did.

Mine rolled on 15 inch steels out back and 14 inch steels up front - with the same hubcaps as 10Speed is running. his car really brings back memories for me - but I didn't want to post that the first time as it makes me sound spack. It's name was Turkeylips, but I have only ever named one other car since (Rhinochaser) which was a Trekka.

Yes - I know I have bad taste. EDIT: and am old. No certs back then FTW.

[insanebrain]

Hey UncleJake
Just a quick question (and probably very dumb) but why hasn't anyone built a VW for pre 65 - theres an absolute bucketload of aftermarket parts to make them go and handle after all.
Personal choice would not to use a bug, but a variant fastback or such (assuming better aero)

[10Speed]

but the downside of lowering the rear is too much negative camber.

downside?