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Title: My New Bug
Post by: amishrabbi on May 01, 2007, 10:41:36 PM
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should have a nice stance when the front is lowered and ive got to do something about josh's throttle return springs
Title: My New Bug
Post by: silas on May 01, 2007, 10:44:09 PM
first purchase should be a fire extinguisher. i'm serious. i've got one and it has saved me a few times.

congrats on the new ride.
Title: My New Bug
Post by: amishrabbi on May 01, 2007, 10:51:04 PM
im getting a cold fire thingy, apparantly its the best and it will do class D fires, which is what i had last time
Title: My New Bug
Post by: silas on May 02, 2007, 12:56:04 AM
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im getting a cold fire thingy, apparantly its the best and it will do class D fires, which is what i had last time
good show.
Title: My New Bug
Post by: egspot on May 02, 2007, 05:59:44 AM
congrats.

With that engine, that body, and those tire, you should get a subscription to your local tire store for frequent buyers. :D

looking forward to viewing it at the next show.
Title: My New Bug
Post by: Lanny on May 02, 2007, 06:13:46 AM
Nice clean engine install.
Title: My New Bug
Post by: Darren Dilley on May 02, 2007, 06:48:21 AM
sweet ride ...  
Title: My New Bug
Post by: josh on May 02, 2007, 07:24:14 AM
Sad to see it go, wife's not too happy her \"Lucy\" is leaving ( I keep telling her it hasn't been named lucy since the 1200, since the 2 liter it's been named Lucifer)
I'm sure you'll have a blast with the car, I sure did. If you really don't like my lead foot springs I have an idea on how to loosen them up a bit but keep the function.
Title: My New Bug
Post by: Shane on May 02, 2007, 07:57:04 AM
Josh you do good work
Title: My New Bug
Post by: josh on May 02, 2007, 08:14:27 AM
thanks mang, I try
Title: My New Bug
Post by: amishrabbi on May 02, 2007, 10:32:22 AM
yea attribute all the work to josh not me lol

i like the spring function but do need to be loosened a bit for me lol
Title: My New Bug
Post by: josh on May 02, 2007, 10:52:40 AM
we can cut a couple loops out of them for ya, that'll help. how ya makin' out with parts?
Title: My New Bug
Post by: amishrabbi on May 02, 2007, 11:31:29 AM
alot more are out of stock than we thought, no adjusters, inner bearings and no link pin set
Title: My New Bug
Post by: josh on May 02, 2007, 11:37:42 AM
we can use the other adjusters, lots of people run 'em. did you try shane/ chris yet? CIP's kinda crappin' out lately. I'd like to support those guys, you'd just have to deal with the shipping.
Title: My New Bug
Post by: amishrabbi on May 02, 2007, 11:44:11 AM
im going to send them a list lol, also going to go down to the local place here and get some prices
Title: My New Bug
Post by: josh on May 02, 2007, 12:16:08 PM
cool, keep me posted, did you get my pm about the king pins vs links?
Title: My New Bug
Post by: kirin on May 02, 2007, 11:20:48 PM
Amish.. your sig is funny
 
Title: My New Bug
Post by: egspot on May 02, 2007, 11:54:27 PM
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Amish.. your sig is funny

I like it. It is like the evolution or resurection or something of his old Bug.

I would like to think that my old bug lives on every other bug that has a part of it.


WOW!  
Title: My New Bug
Post by: amishrabbi on May 03, 2007, 12:25:56 AM
i thought it was a pretty creative idea

altho im debating remaking it with a still from the video of it burning
Title: My New Bug
Post by: josh on May 03, 2007, 08:17:28 AM
haha that's pretty good, just remember our little conversation no torching my car :huh:  
Title: My New Bug
Post by: amishrabbi on May 03, 2007, 09:27:17 AM
dont worry, this one isnt red

 :D  
Title: My New Bug
Post by: AirCooledRules on May 03, 2007, 03:28:07 PM
Im just going to paste the same thing i wrote in the other forum.

Thats great, i remember when your super burnt to a crisp. I saw it last summer on the hook in chilliwak or abbotsford, i cant remember, just off the #1, it must have just been purchased from the auction and heading to new owners shop. Then i saw it again either later that day or a couple days later in front of a shop in POCO.

your new beetle looks great.
Title: My New Bug
Post by: josh on May 05, 2007, 04:12:43 PM
and the drop
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2\" narrowed beam done and installed, gives 'er a better stance ;)  
Title: My New Bug
Post by: kafer_kid86 on May 05, 2007, 05:23:02 PM
ahhh much better
Title: My New Bug
Post by: amishrabbi on May 05, 2007, 06:01:16 PM
oh that tuck is so nice

dont think i even need the drop spindles
great work josh, dont have any pics of the beam with the work done to it do you? ie: no in the car
Title: My New Bug
Post by: josh on May 05, 2007, 06:06:00 PM
I thought about snappin a few but I was too greasy to handle the cam, you wouldn't think a beam would be completly jam packed full of grease, I think someone was a little generous with the grease gun.
Title: My New Bug
Post by: amishrabbi on May 05, 2007, 06:26:24 PM
didnt you put it back together? lol
Title: My New Bug
Post by: josh on May 05, 2007, 08:11:50 PM
yeah but I never in the 4 years that i have owned it even thought of lubing the front end.
Title: My New Bug
Post by: amishrabbi on May 09, 2007, 08:31:59 PM
and here was my co-pilot for the drive home

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Title: My New Bug
Post by: josh on May 10, 2007, 07:48:07 AM
right on ya made it :rockon: how'd she run for you? are the throttle returns any better? oh ya before I forget on the way home my brother told me when he was following me that one of the brake lights was out B)  
Title: My New Bug
Post by: amishrabbi on May 10, 2007, 08:06:25 AM
throttle was great, peeled the tires a bit getting off the ferry :lol:

pops decelerating are noticeably smaller and my god do i love merging in this car

60 to 100 in 30seconds :rockon:  
Title: My New Bug
Post by: josh on May 10, 2007, 09:05:46 AM
30 seconds????????? boy drop the hammer and hold on she'll scream up there a lot faster than that! bring 'er back for some driving lessons anytime :lol:  
Title: My New Bug
Post by: amishrabbi on May 10, 2007, 09:11:02 AM
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30 seconds????????? boy drop the hammer and hold on she'll scream up there a lot faster than that! bring 'er back for some driving lessons anytime :lol:
you know what i ment!

lol, i was driving it around and only putting the pedal down till it acted like my old 1600 would, then i realized i had alot farther to go on the pedal :D then the drive got REALLY fun
Title: My New Bug
Post by: josh on May 10, 2007, 09:16:30 AM
good shit
Title: My New Bug
Post by: amishrabbi on May 10, 2007, 09:43:44 AM
hey, is there any way at all to lock the passenger door?
Title: My New Bug
Post by: amishrabbi on May 10, 2007, 11:14:10 AM
in the parking lot to get insurance someone offered to buy the car off me  :lol:

i think it had legally been in my name for an hour
Title: My New Bug
Post by: vanBoven on May 10, 2007, 03:12:48 PM
for locking it take a rope tie it to the handle or something and tie it to the drivers seat frame :D  kinda a pain though :D lol
Title: My New Bug
Post by: Chris on May 10, 2007, 05:47:58 PM
move the handle the opposite direction to open it and it should lock
Title: My New Bug
Post by: amishrabbi on May 10, 2007, 07:01:35 PM
really? sweet. that helps me alot, didnt know that about the older cars
Title: My New Bug
Post by: josh on May 10, 2007, 07:01:36 PM
yeah what chris said, push it towards the dash