Project Car / Motorbike thread. Let's see 'em.

foxpuppet

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stirk said:
Increasing lift on modern cars can be complicated. I like the path you're going down but you'll never turn the car into a capable 4wd able to handle even easy tracks found in Australia. Good traction in European snow meets the design brief.

A quick google finds a simple solution, might work, and give you back tyre to fender clearance.

https://www.spaccer.com/en_AU/makes-and-models/vw/passat-alltrack.html
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Yeah that's one of the options I found too, but not particularly cheap.
I'm fairly happy with how it's working as is. I can always reduce tyre back to a 215/60r16 and get back close to standard diameter.

According to RMS you can go 7% under or over stock diameter. This tyre however isn't available in that sizing. BFGoodrich Allterrain or Tokyo open country are also options but again only in 215/65r16

This Yoko Geolandar GO15 gives better snow traction too than most of the options available here.

So far I'm happy with the outcome, there's definitely more squish and roundabouts are interesting. But off-road it's a totally different beast to having 235/45R18




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Haakon

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I dont know what thread to put this in... Went up to the Alfa dealer to retrieve some expensive headlight globes id put in the "old" Alfa, to put in the new new one we collect next weekend. Seems theyre still chasing that creaking noise in the front end!!!

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stirk

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binner said:
well, it has landed back in my hands .... next project with maybe a commercial use. We shall see.
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Nice one, you'll have it finished in a month!

Thought of you and Hazza today when I spotted this. Truly awesome build, particularly love the louver windows.

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Haakon said:
I dont know what thread to put this in... Went up to the Alfa dealer to retrieve some expensive headlight globes id put in the "old" Alfa, to put in the new new one we collect next weekend. Seems theyre still chasing that creaking noise in the front end!!!

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Looks like they are doing the only thing worthy of such a lemon, parting it out.
 
Flow-Rider

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I removed and replaced about 5 dash units in my life and it's one of the worst jobs in the world. If you pinch an air bag wire they can explode in your face . At least they're looking in a more likely spot now.
 
Haakon

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Dealer reckons it might even get sent back to Italy for assessment... And then likely crushed.

I still reckon it will get fixed and flipped as a demo.
 
Haakon

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Flow-Rider said:
I removed and replaced about 5 dash units in my life and it's one of the worst jobs in the world. If you pinch an air bag wire they can explode in your face . At least they're looking in a more likely spot now.
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One of the things that made me decide to get Mum a new car was the heater core had gone on the Magna and I just couldn't face pulling the dash out...
 
Flow-Rider

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Haakon said:
One of the things that made me decide to get Mum a new car was the heater core had gone on the Magna and I just couldn't face pulling the dash out...
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My back isn't the best anymore but it's just so much FUN looking under a dash with a hand held lead light burning your face or it's constantly shining in your eyes. There's guys that specialise in it these days and that's all they do, they normally do it for all the Cab companies because the evaporators go all the time in the AC.
 
Mr Crudley

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Haakon said:
Dealer reckons it might even get sent back to Italy for assessment... And then likely crushed.

I still reckon it will get fixed and flipped as a demo.
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Offer $500 as an unregistered paddy basher. Put in a roll cage so when the weak weld points catastrophically fail and it turns into a squished Coke can then you can escape with a great story.

Pity, love Alfa's but the amount of work going on there is impressively terrifying.

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foxpuppet

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binner said:
Finally the zombi is complete with EJ 22 engine all sorted, unequal length headers, new cat and finally finished the camp trailer fit out.... I'm off tomorrow for a week of riding, camping n chillaxing.....
n e x t ........
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Just FYI I was in Toys R Us today and they have a collection of diecast 1:64 VW

There's one almost identical to your paint.





Just like these


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Haakon

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The MumMobile was a total win. Cruised back home to Castlemaine perfectly, sailed through its Victorian roadworthy (even with my tricky relay mod that made the fog lights operate as daytime running lights), and Mum navigated Vicroads without a hiccup. All in $6300 on the road for 2010 i30 slx wagon in really good nick is a win.

I have massive brownie points, so that's a win too :)
 
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