One girl, one Beetle Ch. 2

[Arthur.M]

With the more origional look to this body style I would be pulling the spacers back off the front and run 0 camber front and as much as possible in the rear. Really Liking the progress though.

[Unit01]

Cute! Have any problems with the windows going into pinch protection yet?

[scweet14]

My absolute favorite photo of this car already, very well built man!
love those wheels!

[TJClover]

With the more origional look to this body style I would be pulling the spacers back off the front and run 0 camber front and as much as possible in the rear. Really Liking the progress though.

Not really going for that look at the moment, but I will keep that in mind. We do have friends that have gone the original retro route with their Beetle. It looks really good.

Cute! Have any problems with the windows going into pinch protection yet?

There's that word again..."cute". lol!

We have had intermittent issues with them, but not near what others have. I've heard even the new parts haven't completely fixed the issues with the windows. I hope VW finds something that works 110%.

[TJClover]

My absolute favorite photo of this car already, very well built man!
love those wheels!

Thanks!!

[Nighttrain1974]

Looking good!

[tricha02]

i love these cars, and they drive great, but yours is the first one i have seen stances, at least first that was done well, it looks great

[TJClover]

Looking good!

OMG!!! Did my birthday come early??!! Thanks, D!!

i love these cars, and they drive great, but yours is the first one i have seen stances, at least first that was done well, it looks great

Thank you! Hoping to have some new updates soon. Winter sucks! Lol

[TJClover]

Update! Tons of progress in the past few months and weeks.

Had this sticker made a few months ago to accommodate my build and where I am going with it.




New Euro plate:




I can't tell you how much better everything sounds and feels since the two tanks and floor were mounted. Having two compressors is a night and day difference from the one and the piggly wiggly tank. We have the gauges to complete, a fitting to get, some notching on the floor left to do and overall a good cleaning. Saw dust everywhere, but overall it's worth it! Shout out to Randy for all of the help and Susan for letting us borrow him nearly all weekend. Well, the good hours of the weekend. LOL! Without Randy we wouldn't be this far. It took us about a day and a half to get done what would have taken us about a week or so without all the tools, effort and the knowledge he has.Thanks to my husband for doing the wiring and putting up with me OCD'ness. I guess I should thank both of them for that. LOL!!!!


Gauges and the pod as of right now. We are going to try and incorporate the bamboo into the gauge area to help bring it all together.






We framed the compressors in also locating the ECU and the manifold so the lines wouldn't crimp and leak. I didn't get a good picture of everything neat and tidy just yet, but these give you an idea.






We used the back carpet to measure the plywood that the bamboo is attached to.




The base for the floor.




We glued the bamboo flooring to the plywood base and let it set with weight on it over night. Needless to say there were a few reasons why I would go a different route of glue other than liquid nails again, but it did adhere enough to let us get to the next step. Randy sawed and routed his way around the most of the floor and with more fitting and sanding we had a hardwood floor.








The tanks were designed and painted by Standard Fabrications. I told them I wanted a lace overlay theme and they went with it. The colors are even better in person.


Tanks on their way to be fitted:




Tanks partially mounted to the bamboo. I think the colors do well for each other. I don't have a really good picture of them in the car mounted just yet because we still have more to do before everything is complete.




We used acorn nuts to secure the feet:








New washer, oil and coolant caps showed up today from Forge Motorsport.




More progress will be happening this week. Sowo will be here before we know it!

Random pic with my husband's Rabbit.

[C.T.]

Both of your Bugs, old and new, are beyond awesome. They look sharp down the the last detail! Not usually big on bugs, but I have to say yours are both done oh so well. Can't wait to see this keep getting better and better, very nice work!

[TJClover]

Both of your Bugs, old and new, are beyond awesome. They look sharp down the the last detail! Not usually big on bugs, but I have to say yours are both done oh so well. Can't wait to see this keep getting better and better, very nice work!

I appreciate your kind words. Thank you so much!!!

[CrackerTeg]

Both of your Bugs, old and new, are beyond awesome. They look sharp down the the last detail! Not usually big on bugs, but I have to say yours are both done oh so well. Can't wait to see this keep getting better and better, very nice work!

While I agree on most of what was said here, I like fun bags.

That said, the attention to detail is killer. Love the paint scheme on the tanks. Good job!

[244Brick]

Damn, this makes me want to reconsider my trunk setup!!

[Evil Panda]

<3 this.

[TJClover]

Thanks everyone! It's definitely a work in progress!