VW Type 2 Split-window Double cab

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Doka gets 8-spoke hubcaps.

Chop M-wheel at the inner-bead wall of outside, chop the stiffener ribs, chop the wheel hex, trim the inner bead off, sand to thickness. Then some adjustment to the maisto wheels to make it work around the spinners and diifferent offsets.

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Get low.






Cruising after work one day.

I took this truck to a meet, and seriously my departure angle sucks! I need rear lift.

At this meet several people who saw me playing with the suspension mentioned (with some disappointment) that i "should have made the lowrider hop."
Yes it's possible, it would take a different game plan and a Motor and Esc instead of a Servo.

First off VWs go bagged, everything else can get either bagged or juiced. I don't make the rules.

If i were doing a car as a hydraulic Hopper, i'd be setting it up like some of Jevries ''way of the knot'' type of model cars.*
He's an old school badass i've been following since back when the 'Mad Modeler forum' was around.
http://www.jevries.com
https://www.layitlow.com/threads/jevries-builds.143702/
Somewhere there *might* be others who pimp harder, but he is absolutely the best documented at pimping.

Suspension travel is because the axle is mounted semi freely in a channel or something that gravity can pull back 'Low', maybe light spring if really needed. String pulls straight down on suspension for 'High', pulleys / eyelets / bushings to redirect line back to motor. String wraps around lift motor armature or geared shaft near it, and wads string up on it. Motor pulls string down fast, so car comes up fast. Balance car right and you can lift the rear and make it hop big, like sitting bumper.

I'd probably run seperate servos Right and Left rear with Front as hopper described above. With a rear weight bias, that should at least give front, back, gas hop, possibly side/side. If there's room, a speaker setup to annoy everyone with my music. I might even want to try to stuff some short firm springs under it, so the body wants to do the 'horribly bouncy while driving on smooth road' thing. (An actual use for a tamiya truck shaker motor?)

Maybe if i find something used and *REALLY* cheap along the lines of these:
early 2000s Radioshack lowriders, like 58, 64, 67 Impala, 69 El Camino
Newbright SnoopDeville, 74 caddy coupe deville
Newbright Jessie james 54 Chevy car
possibly some other kind of Truck, like the wpl pickup if it were bought as a donor and i just had the body sitting around

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Sup homes?

I didn't get the LowLow out of the truck fast enough. The lowrider bug got me. If it's not scraping you're too high.





So i've a titanium grind block, with a little mild steel grind. Might need to go 1 more 'titanium' , or maybe add a hotter yellow flickering.

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Stops tailgating cars even faster than using a rear window wiper



I've built in about 0.400" of useable rear suspension travel, it can go from about the ride height of the Dickie bus to laid out, and could tuck wheels up even higher. Still need to make some bracing, servo mount, servo. Plus close up the gearbox from earlier raising attempts.

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I know ya don't care, but i'm going to keep posting. I don't take hints!

I did some math and my tamiya wheels at 1.650" (42mm) hubcaps are scale 23" rims. I got more than "dubs" (20" wheels) on my V-dub.

I think i've got my rear suspension travel figured out. With my front end full up, I get the rear touching hitch on ground, then up to 0.550" (14mm) below hitch.

Here are the extremes




I found an empty area in the lower leading edge of the transaxle that i could mount a transverse rod. Figured out the wheelbase and drilled the chassis so the rod became a hinge pin.
Then cut out the structure below the transaxle, shaved the trans, i resculpted some gaps i'd made (using some epoxy putty.)
I took some brass square stock to make a frame around the new chassis cutout, the brass then ties into the trailer hitch and its drawbar plate, and the frame is glued to chassis. None of that actually robs me of any ground clearance from stock.

After i pick up another metal gear servo and make mounts, it'll be hitting Front and Back. It's not ever going to be full-motion, and not gangster enough to ever hit a standing 3. It's not about that life.

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I bought a bunch of 3mm led Lens bezels from Truescale RC back in Sept, probably should start putting them in stuff...



Also got the rear end set up pretty well squared away

https://youtu.be/UG3-Tk_xkVs

Got that crunk, for yo' trunk, goin' gangsta crazy
We some real life hustlers, playin' games in the street
We got that low-ri-der, scrapin', dippin' on three
So pop your collar, give a holla, throw yo' dubs in the air
We tear the roof, off the mother, lady let down yo' hair

[Wombii]

That video looks amazing! You nailed those movements.

[frizzen]

Thanks, i'm glad it's finally starting to be able to act more like a normal car. i still need some practice "hittin switches" while driving though.

It just wouldn't be Christmas without some lights!

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Had quite a bit of fun out lowriding around the town at a meet.

The great news is i finally have enough lift on the truck to clear all of the bridge approaches and departures. I also didn't have any problems with crossing the taped down cords that were powering conveyers.












I didn't have the dragging sparks installed at any time for this one since i didn't think we'd be doing any Night Drive. We were sharing the building with Lebanon rock crawlers, Russels rc demolition derby barn, and Micro mini pullers.

[skeeter]

Those look familiar! I stopped by the local arts & crafts store after Christmas & picked up a few of them for RCland! I wish I could have found ones that didn't have snow! The snowy ones were all that were left when I went in the store the second week of January.

[skeeter]

I loved that video of the VW flexing so much, I had to share it into a couple FaceBook sites!

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I'd picked up the camper right after christmas. I'd wanted to check scale, then they were gone when i went back for others. Looked like it's some good potential there.
Thinking i'll build a brass trailer frame with axle, few exterior mods, probably make up some interior that'll probably spiral into 'dollhouse-truck' level. Heatgun should pop the hot-glue holding the tree on. Not sure if i'll paint to match this maisto truck, or the red dickie vw.

Glad you liked the hydro/air ride video! It's tough to film while running a vehicle. Cool, i haven't messed with facebook in years.

[skeeter]

I've seen a few of the trailer conversions you speak of. They are great candidates for refurbishing to tow behind the rock crawlers rigs!

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Hadn't been much of a year for cruising or car shows, so let's go do something.




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Somehow a guy puts a Dickie bus on some Italeri 1/18 porsche 18" Fuchs wheels, with the Italeri 1/24 semi tractor trailer tires like my Bay already has. The scale change brings it back to like 14" rim, (1" wheel makes math easy!). Not sure if it took anything special to connect to axles. I like Fuchs...

https://www.modelltruckforum.de/inde...mbau/&520a6aab

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Uh, something, something, 911 in a bad neiighborhood, something, allegedly, something...



Fuchs rims with Wolfsburg crests, tires are pretty rough though. (NewBright Porsche 911 Targa from the 80s)