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Post by jamesyboy on Jul 28, 2009 15:52:52 GMT -1
really sweet looking ride mate.. how much did your narrowed beam cost
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Post by 13 on Jul 29, 2009 12:59:39 GMT -1
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Post by 13 on Oct 3, 2009 14:21:17 GMT -1
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Post by beetleboy on Oct 3, 2009 16:39:21 GMT -1
are you stuck on a stone there?
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Post by 13 on Oct 3, 2009 22:36:19 GMT -1
Yes that is the beam resting on a small lump in the road that sticks up no more than 15mm
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Post by 13 on Jan 3, 2010 15:19:58 GMT -1
The last journey out for the beetle ended by hitting this flat bit of road... It caused the bonnet to fly open quiet a bit of stuff the be thrown out of the front of the car, nearly including my tool box, it also dropped the front of my car onto the floor making it scrap just moving forwards :-( Managed to scrape it off the main road onto a side road... Hard to try and work out how to make the car move enough to drive it home (about 15 miles) Once up ion the air we could see the problem... That's the Framehead on the front of my Chassis, its ment to be straight (none of those creases) and it holds the front beam/axle onto the car, its has bent more on one side than the other meaning the beam is sitting way off straight, it also push the front of the beam back which is why the car was sat on the floor :-( The impact was quiet hard even tho i was only going about 5-8 mph and the shock transfered through the car, breaking the rear number plate in half and splitting the inner wings... you can also see how bent my track rod bar is More of the damage Our only option at the time was to try and move the adjuster on the beam as high as we could get it the jack made the cracks a bit bigger... Testing to see if my slightly bigger spare would help... (Mr Afwo doesn't know if it'l work) Too Low ? Bigger wheels lifted it a bit But had a big problem... Since then progress has been slow and cold Scrapped a hole through the bottom of the spare wheel well :oops: The Crack in the inner wing (o/s) How i left her, looking a bit sad for herself But new stuff arrived today ;D Not beetle parts... but hopefully being able to find my tools when i need them should speed everything up Gota love sale stuff, specialy when you get the top half free ;D
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Post by bleedingmoody on Jan 3, 2010 19:31:41 GMT -1
Good luck with all the work mate
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Post by 13 on Jan 3, 2010 22:33:19 GMT -1
Cheers dude ;D hopefully have quiet a bit done buy the end of the week you felling any better yet ?
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Post by bleedingmoody on Jan 4, 2010 8:06:24 GMT -1
Feeling a little better cheers dude, still off work though
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Post by bennetj on Jan 4, 2010 8:44:30 GMT -1
craig that was kinda unlucky wernt it......was it just one of those tihngs that could have happened any time? how progress going? hows the polo going?? ps. your tool box is niceeee
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Post by 13 on Jan 5, 2010 23:47:38 GMT -1
yeah at that height it is alot more likely to happen progress is on the up, hopefully get quiet alot done by the end of the week, along with some more gararge tidying to be done Polo is still good, lowering it soon, just need to get a new track rod end ;D
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Post by bustedinabug on Jan 6, 2010 9:40:01 GMT -1
yea its more likly 2 hapen at that hight thats y ive done it 2 lol dot fogetr 2 take my spindals off wile ur at it coming home on sunday
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Post by 13 on Jan 6, 2010 16:00:54 GMT -1
yea its more likly 2 hapen at that hight thats y ive done it 2 lol dot fogetr 2 take my spindals off wile ur at it coming home on sunday Yeah, one of em is off dude! having problems getting the other wheel off tho How comes your back so early ? sure you were out till March last year? Anyways, let us know when your back ;D
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Post by bustedinabug on Jan 8, 2010 14:04:09 GMT -1
ive quit my job coz its rubbish wosent due bak till may but job sucks
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Post by 13 on Jan 9, 2010 1:23:08 GMT -1
Ahh bad times least you got a few months on the slope Damn snow means no progress has been made since the photos
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