Bagged Odyssey Action

[Will@BagRiders]

Hooray more updates!!!

work on the fenders while you're at it, lol.

Fenders? Never!

UPDATES:

First we cut a pizza in half..


IMG_1288_1 by BAG RIDERS, on Flickr


Then we finished stripping the interior.


IMG_1290_2 by BAG RIDERS, on Flickr


We pulled the exhaust off.. it hung way too low, when the van aired out, it literally sat on the ground in four places.


IMG_1303_4 by BAG RIDERS, on Flickr


Now Tstacks (our media intern) is working on the new interior.


IMG_1355_5 by BAG RIDERS, on Flickr

[Chuckdee]

Hooray more updates!!!

work on the fenders while you're at it, lol.

[Marsss]

mad build!!!

[sally pu]

I like the fact that you guys bagged your woody!

[244Brick]

OOO goody a honda woody on bags!!

[P78]

great project

[Will@BagRiders]

DANG! I LOVE THIS THREAD updates

The racevan goes back under the knife tonight for some major upgrades. Photos to follow

[ef9jdm]

DANG! I LOVE THIS THREAD updates

[tstacks]

So, we've got some updates here on this good 'ol HandCarved Odyssey.

Recently the management was upgraded from hardcore manual to baller Auto Pilot v2. Although it's in manual mode 100% of the time (by choice), no more bag farts occur in the cockpit. BEHOLD!

Johnny located a pretty badass spot for mounting the manifold. His skills are unrivaled. His expression shows effortlessness.

john_V2 by BAG RIDERS, on Flickr

We know our boys at Honda were thinking ahead, or maybe even foreseeing the future 'cause this was a damn-near perfect fit. All mounted up and looking OEM, lines were re-routed and plugged into the manifold.

v2_in by BAG RIDERS, on Flickr


v2_in2 by BAG RIDERS, on Flickr

Next up on the list of get-low-goodies were some exclusively returned Bilstein sport shocks. Designed for a B5 Passat, modified to fit.
By 'modified' I mean very carefully drilled to accept the larger diameter bolts required by this beast of a minivan.
It was once a monster van after all. Now it's a race van.
With the lowness previously had, OEM shocks weren't cutting the cake and were pretty much beat. Later donated/demoted to the 'spare parts' box.


drilling_shock by BAG RIDERS, on Flickr

Basically the bitch got a complete ASS-LIFT(or slam rather). Old bags were rubbing, Defrost was in the next few days and that was a haul from sunny Vermont. Needless to say, we didn't want to run into an expected problems.

You know what that means:

OH BINGO! Fresh rubba' 'fer dat No-Blow Low-Low.
Ready to toss the bags in, we probably took a break.

new_bags by BAG RIDERS, on Flickr

Rubbing still had yet to be solved. In Handcarved's case, there wasn't much we could do other than surgically remove the issue. Here, John sleeps while Will gets into the surgery. Too much coding for the guy. 'IT'LL BE FINE!'

will_cutting by BAG RIDERS, on Flickr

Will got real into it, so he decided it was a good idea to try and get the front lower. Not much more low achieved.
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cutting_tower by BAG RIDERS, on Flickr

That about sums up the latest 'good' stuff. A teaser shot for you of one of many mods to come. Because you love it.

fuel_pump_mounting by BAG RIDERS, on Flickr

tstacks out.

[Tupers]

I've never seen a woodie like that before, nice work.

[sally pu]

can you just lay a thin layer of bondo over the texture of the fenders and then smooth it out and then wrap that?

[Will@BagRiders]

Thanks for the shots Tmoney! Love em!

[Yogi_Bear]

that last shot is great, your car is awesome

[aLaFleur]

Still no fender work! You're killing me smalls. Nasty looking though. I love it.

[tstacks]

Good god

DUMPED A BUMP OUT ON ER - SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN RIDE HEIGHT


5-31_VAN by taylormenezes, on Flickr


5-31_VAN2 by taylormenezes, on Flickr


5-31_VAN4 by taylormenezes, on Flickr


5-31_VAN3 by taylormenezes, on Flickr