VW Rail buggy gets long travel, 30s and beadlocks
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ส.ค. 2024
- I install 4x156 SXS beadlocks with 30" tires along with 12" stroke FOX 2.0 Nitrogen shocks.
Travel is a smidge under 14 inches as is with Beetle CVs. With Bus CVs and larger tires I expect 15-16 inches of travel. - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
This video was cool it reminded me of backyard buggies
An unbiased opinion…. Buggy content is my fav 🐞
Good job . Just built it out of my wheel house guess I need to step it up LOL. Looks like you will have fun and that's what Rails and bugs are all about. Hope to see your next travel.
Love to see you getting back to this project.
Muy buen video, tu buggy está chingón
so damn good. love how far this project has escalated
Something most people don't consider is busting the cage on the CV due to trailing arm bottoming out. I've seen more than once when someone swaps to a bus tranny and only swaps out the car CV to the bus CV on the transmission side. The car axle is something like 16 and a half long creating the issue where the CV joint busts the cage repeatedly. The cure is a 15 and a half long axle, or mill a half inch out of the spline of the bus CV, or lengthen the spines on the car axle but they can and will snap doing that, or swap the stock irs trailing arms for 3x3 trailing arms and use the stock bus axle with a car CV on the wheel side unless it's been drilled or updated to bus stub axles. As for swapping to a bus tranny, they're 2 inches wider which is why you have to modify something if not using 3x3 trailing arms with bus axles. What you did looks to be fine. It creates a circular motion with the axle when the trailing arms are moving vs the axle going in and out due to being a shorter travel point
Very well done. Funny how these vw projects grow on people. Keep the videos coming. Thanks for sharing your your work.
sick shocks, rad buggy, I love your style you crack me up. cant wait to see more!
Cant be at the fun of a VW dune buggy🥤🍟🍔
Good video 👍
Love the buggy’s keepem coming
Cool video, very informative, tons of info, thank you
Thanks for watching!
69 inches wide, nice
Damn.... Just damn...
24 minutes in is just for you
These vids are sick man, I just picked one up too. Let me know if you have any advise on these things I'd like to connect.
I'm curious why you didn't add one or even both of the shocks the mounts are made for? Loved the vacation vids
Do you mean the ones that were there before I cut it apart?
I have like the same exact buggy and want to do the same thing to it
It’s the most impactful mod yet!
What kind of engine is in that beast?Sounds grear. New to your channel. Thx
Thanks for joining. Its a pretty standard VW aircooled engine. Soon to be replaced by a liquid cooled 4 cylinder
You never really mentioned if it rode much smoother. Im considering doing the same to my buggy but unsure if I should.
It rides amazing. It was a spine killer before. Now it is super plush, I highly recommend increasing the travel like this.
@@spankranchgarage could you give me a brief parts list of the parts you used? Part numbers for the shocks would be awesome. I know you extended your own control arms but ill probably just buy some so i dont screw it up.
Great work. Couldn’t you use a set of stock rzr shocks for the back ?
I didn’t consider them but it’s a possibility. Eventually these fox air shocks will move to the front end and I will replace with coilovers to handle more weight
@@spankranchgarage hell yeah, hope your channel continues to grow. I subbed for more buggy content🤙🏻
Those rims from Polaris u sed? Fit vw 4lug ? I'd like to know great work
The bolt pattern is different but you can redrill to fit. th-cam.com/video/UGzVzcuBLNs/w-d-xo.html
dont use a cam with alot of duration just a lot of lift , or you will kill all your lower end ,you need lot of low end for off road. how do i know this???
Are the shocks all that keep it lifted in the rear now? You deleted the torsion bars correct?
Thats correct all the weight is on these shocks now
cool little rail how did you get sxs wheels to bolt up?
Hey Peter. Check my videos I made one solving exactly that
How did you switch the bolt pattern for the rim?
It’s really easy. I made a video. Changing bolt patterns with 3D printing. 4x130 to 4x156. VW rail buggy gets SXS wheels.
th-cam.com/video/UGzVzcuBLNs/w-d-xo.html
That rollcage is useless, your head is above it. Talk about massive head injury if you roll over!
It sucks and it’s on the list