My Montana Red sunroof deluxe new stance

[gninnam]

WOW :shock:

Very impressive :mrgreen:

 

[krusty]

P.S for god sake don't tell the wife otherwise im f*@ked. Chrsitmas is off in my household turns out santa likes slammed sunroof deluxes


:lol: :lol: :lol: Classic!

 

[61 stu]

Awesome work Pete 8)

 

[fleeb1]

Love it!

How many inches do they raise the engine? Think I might need this doing to mine.

 

[dubscum]

So as ever the lowering bug had been further nibbling away at me and so I thought I would take it one stage at a time as there were several things I wanted doing. so I figured I would do them one at a time. The bus was taken to Evil Bens in Cornwall a earlybay member and friend, godbus ( Paul Aucott ) now works there.

So the bus arrived and in true style several things wrong were found with it before the work was even started,

So several small jobs were sorted out such a new steering idler pin, repair to one of the mounts on the engine case which had threaded. and a couple of other things.

Also decided to get sorted the one rust hole on my bus which I had been meaning to sort for 18 months and never got round to it

So whilst the engine mount was being sorted I was talked into having the engine support bar modified whilst it was out, then following some hard sell, an engine and gearbox raise was sold to me. Not got many photos of the raise but here are a couple of the engine support bar and underneath

So then with the budget blown I was then sold that the front should be notched. Health warning here, images of MAN NOTCHES are attached

so then I was told that to make the most of these then this had to happen,

The previous owner had tubbed just the drivers side of my bus so now at least both sides will be done

So it went into have maybe some tubs or something and ended up with

Engine and gearbox raise
modified engine support bar
Man notches up front
Tubbed arches.

Work still ongoing was going to wait until i got it back for the update but following arrival of the photos i got far to excited and could not hold it any longer ( a common problem in my life )

Another long update but more exciting than the last. Cant wait for the next instalment

Pete

P.S for god sake don't tell the wife otherwise im f*@ked. Chrsitmas is off in my household turns out santa likes slammed sunroof deluxes :msn4:

:lol: could be worse. You could spent all the money put aside for your daughters "handheld tablet's" on a new wiring loom and steering box for a bus that's not even on the road :? But I've seen loads of films and miracles always happen at Christmas. Fingers crossed!

Love to new slam detailing Pete

 

[andy11]

nice work Pete, I know how you feel having it chopped about, just had mine notched, not a good feeling but its gotta be done, it will look awesome when its finished. By the way I had this done a couple of months ago, hope you dont mind.

 

[petegee56]

nice work Pete, I know how you feel having it chopped about, just had mine notched, not a good feeling but its gotta be done, it will look awesome when its finished. By the way I had this done a couple of months ago, hope you dont mind.

Of course I don't mind that's awesome.

I will have about an inch on the engine and box raise but I have an 091 gearbox which is bigger than say a beetle box so you can't rais them as much. The vintage speed exhaust also limited how far it could go.

Ash just get the bus back for Christmas and your daughter can go outside and turns he lights on and off on it that's a great game.

Can't wait to get it back I'm hoping to have it for the diner meet, looking forward to seeing the new stance

Pete

 

[dubscum]

gonna look killer Pete! I hope it's ready for the Dinner, I was hoping when would. But I pretty sure we'll be in the polo

 

[petegee56]

Well here is the new stance. more detailed photos to follow when sort them out. These photos show my drive height with the air shocks on the front fully inflated. front will be an inch lower without them inflated. still drivable without the air in the shocks.

I have to say my the air shocks improve the ride no end, it really is night and day compared to how it used to be, add to this having my gear selected given some attention and the new idle pin in the beam and the bus drives amazingly, it was a joy to drive, i thought I drove pretty well before, turns out I was wrong. anyway here we go, more to follow.

 

[aspro]

:shock: Wow. Looks great mate. You must be stoked to have the ride height mixed with comfort. Very nice bus indeed.

 

[mychatype3]

:shock: love it, very nice. More detail photo's please
Airshocks are driving fine he 8)

 

[sparkywig]

8)

 

[mister]

Love it, your stance rocks! 8)

 

[gninnam]

Agree with all above - looks fantastic :mrgreen:

 

[ground hugger]

Looks well that Pete 8) tubs look solid,did you have to alter the drivers seat much to fit on the tubs?....Dave

 

[Olskoolchris]

Lowering buses is worse than crack.. First time u lower a little but then u try a bit more.. Then u end up making up stuff to get your next fix.. then the notching comes.. OOOO thats goood.. then tubs!.. Air shocks!? never tried those, surely they cant hurt.. What next? body drop? Bus looks cool Pete.
Chris.

 

[vwcanuck]

Lowering buses is worse than crack.. First time u lower a little but then u try a bit more.. Then u end up making up stuff to get your next fix.. then the notching comes.. OOOO thats goood...

:shock: Well I guess there's no hope for me then ... my bus is stock but all I want to do is lower it 4 inches :msn4:

 

[evil ben]

It is like an addiction, you start off lowering them a small amount then a bit more and all of a sudden it gets out of hand....

 

[petegee56]

Its an illness and I have it bad. I dont think there was any modification to the seat but some brackets were made to fit them, i will get some photos of them later.

Would not do a body drop one because I could never afford to pay anyone to do it, and dont have any skill at all myself. plus thats alot of cutting. and you can get low without a body drop, just look at evilbens bus.

problem is there is still further to go, ben kept telling me how well his bus drives now he has raised the front beam. :msn4: :msn4:

any couple more photos, sexy looking tubs

in the words of Evilben, "dont be a pussy be a 3 spline hussy"

clearance underneath, engine and box raise is a great modification, gives loads of clearance, room to go down further down at the back if I wanted.

 

[Mark6455]

That is awesome pete cant wait to see it tomorrow 8)

mark