Baja Bus ****

[bertiethebus]

i love love love it, im gonna fit some chunky tyres and see how i go and then look at lifting it up up up 8) 8) 8)

 

[r73]

I like it too 8) at least the underside will be higher off the ground/salt/mud/water etc!!
Good news about the garage. Not sure I'd be so lucky!

 

[ozziedog]

Love it too :mrgreen: So what`s the total height of the bus like that ?? I know it won`t fit in mine because I had to lower it to get him in, or take the pop top off every time :evil: :evil:

Ozziedog,,,,,,,,,, Now that does tend to try your patience just a tad :lol: :lol:

 

[bertiethebus]

Mines a wooden garage (read shed :lol: )
So gonna lift it on jackstands and put a few course of bricks under to sort the bus height dilemma :msn4:

 

[uber cool]

A standard bus according to the haynes manual is 1730mm from floor to gutter at the sliding door opening. Raised this is 1820mm. Currently lowered it is 1640mm.

 

[Nugsy]

It looks like one of my kids Tonka toys looking like that, it also got me thinking too and have googled raised spindles to see how to lift the front, think the back is just a spline the opposite way to everyone else. It does make em look tough

Gunna have to get anothe rbus to play with :lol: :lol:

 

[Tintop]

Love it!

My bus is going to have it's ride height increased and some chunky tyres added.

 

[roland]

That looks awesome! Did you do any mods to the suspension?

 

[uber cool]

not yet :lol: , read on page 1.

But is will be longer coilovers at the front and 1 spline up at the rear

 

[roland]

Sorry, missed that..

can't wait to see it when it's raised!

 

[Dirty Harry]

And how about making it a real 4wd?
Here are 2 pics i took from the original VW latebay 4wd prototype at the 60year transporter festival in Hannover.

 

[uber cool]

And how about making it a real 4wd?
Here are 2 pics i took from the original VW latebay 4wd prototype at the 60year transporter festival in Hannover.

now that's got my thinking, must search ebay for a knackered 4x4 Sierra!!!

 

[roland]

I thought about putting a syncro sub chassis and 4wd parts under my old west but then it's a lot of work and not much to gain imo. Less ground clearance, lots of expensive and complicated parts that can fail.. I've been stuck with 2wd a very few times, and i didn't even have a locking diff..

 

[bullibulli33]

Hi baja drivers, did anybody made somethink new about lifting buses? I plan to make my 70' adventure bus a bit higher as stock and would like to see some simmilar build thread. Raise spindels, tires choiche....Thx in advance

 

[lil_azza]

My bus was/ is pretty high look in my camo bus thread mines running 235/75/15 front and rear

 

[neilswheels]

Excellent, love it! How do yo intend to raise the front, re arranged adjusters, ct and turn? just watch out for balljoint travel. A mate of mine had an off road crewacb bay back in the 90's, was very cool.

 

[neilswheels]

Just thinking about it, a k&L beam would be the way to go, no issues with travel, all the offroad boys use them.

 

[mamos]

Here is a picture of my bus from the late 90s

It is still at that height now but the bodywork leaves a lot to be desired.

We will be getting it back on the road over the next year and we are looking into ways to raise it a bit higher.

Paul

 

[Lui_romero]

:msn4: :msn4:

I have the same tires on my 70 bus haha, I changed the rear torsion and fitted 24" BILSTEIN Shocks, it glides smoothly with a 1660 single port engine and a 3 rib trans, doesnt run fast but can carry heavy loads