71 Deluxe SA Import - used as it should be...

[dagboyblue]

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[61 stu]

Some last photos of the bus (dirty) before the changes

My new seat covers for day to day driving :mrgreen:

Under the front arches, waxoiled to death from new by the looks of it :mrgreen:

Lots of money spent and lots of obstacles that we've had to overcome, more to follow............

 

[ant]

waiting for the pics with the fuch applied stu

 

[sebroberts83]

cool bus fella! 8)

 

[gninnam]

Nice 8)

Can't wait to see the next saga

 

[freddie]

I want pics NOW!

Looking good mate

 

[dagboyblue]

come on stu where are the pics - where's the bus, in dubwerks?

looking to pop in there tomorrow to drop some bits off

 

[61 stu]

come on stu where are the pics - where's the bus, in dubwerks?

looking to pop in there tomorrow to drop some bits off

Yep still in there, going to need proper notching, had it sat on the steering arms with the chassis rail flange (great word) notched yesterday, popping in there tomorrow morning.

 

[Airtime]

Hmmm, some interesting changes! Can't wait to see the pics. 8)

 

[61 stu]

The new dropped spindles didn't accept my 71 Discs and calipers so new late bay discs and calipers had to be bought and fitted (thankgod the missus doesnt read this and the money spent). The new calipers have a slightly different brake pipe set up so we had to fit rear brake hoses to the front calipers to make them fit and had to machine the callipers slightly to make sure they didn't foul the spindles on full lock.

The original draglink was found to be fouling the upper torsion tube, looking at a later draglink we found it to be of a lower profile, with a bit of machining it clears the top tube. We've notched the chassis rails to clear the steering arms but its currently sitting too low considering its on its very highest setting, so at the start of the new year the spindles will be going back to revert them to stock, then the height can be adjusted on the beam, back down to this height if needed.

On the list for next year is a set of adjustable Spax up front and maybe some 165/50 front tyres.

Hope you like :mrgreen:

 

[slammedresto]

that is fantastic, love the wheels too

gonna have to come see my lil sis soon, just so i can make a detour :lol:

 

[dagboyblue]

looks f**king cool dude - good move with the narrow and bling 8) 8)

whats the ride like??

oh, that split next to yours looks scchhhweet

 

[61 stu]

Cheers for the comments lads

looks f**king cool dude - good move with the narrow and bling 8) 8)

whats the ride like??

Well at the moment it rubs on roundabouts and full lock, but with uprated shocks and raised another half inch it should be fine. :mrgreen:

oh, that split next to yours looks scchhhweet

My current Laptop wallpaper

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[dagboyblue]

8)

 

[freddie]

Shit me that looks AMAZING!

Who cares about a bit of tyre rubbing when you look that cool! 8)

 

[Airtime]

OMG, always been a fan of your bay, but my oh my this does look awesome! 8) 8)

 

[ant]

OMG, always been a fan of your bay, but my oh my this does look awesome! 8) 8)

whs

 

[Slamwerks]

Hi Stu

Looks good dude. Glad you managed to sort out the spindles\Brake combo. I have had a check around and the linkpin disk spindles seem to be a little bit higher than normal so a dropped spindle version it seems is almost a 4.5 spindle hence the problem with your bus sitting low on its highest adjustment.

Looks awesome though its defenatly a cool bus maybe tub it put some big old notches in the rear and get it dragging the floor

165/50/15 tyres would definatly cure the tyre rub problem thats the size we fit to all our busses.

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[61 stu]

Cheers for the comments :mrgreen:

Hi Stu

Looks good dude. Glad you managed to sort out the spindles\Brake combo. I have had a check around and the linkpin disk spindles seem to be a little bit higher than normal so a dropped spindle version it seems is almost a 4.5 spindle hence the problem with your bus sitting low on its highest adjustment.

Looks awesome though its defenatly a cool bus maybe tub it put some big old notches in the rear and get it dragging the floor

165/50/15 tyres would definatly cure the tyre rub problem thats the size we fit to all our busses.

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I have to say i do love it at this height but would like some upward adjustment for when me and my family go away all loaded up. With the same linkpins pressed in the other way round shouldn't it raise it up 2 - 2.5" and i could then wind it back down on the beam? I'll get Tim to courier them over at the start of the new year.

Notching the rear comes later next year

Cheers

 

[Slamwerks]

Hi Stu.

Yeah thats fine i have already spoke to Tim and will get them back in post to you same day a receive them no charge Its the least we can do.

Thanks

Merry Christmas

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