HAHA!!! i joked with my dad the other day about doing that to mine on the front...i said "hell I ought to just make a metal plate that goes down to the frame and put a big ass bumper on it and be done."
dad didn't like the idea so much i did find a helpful site: http://www.baja.com/kombi/bustech.htm
From: "Gerald V. Livingston II" <gerald.tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reply-To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [tcb] Re: jacked up bus Date: Mon, 7 May 2007 17:16:20 -0500I, personally, don't think a Bus needs any lift. Find a set of 8 ply AT tires that will fit under it and go where you please. Add skid plates to lower the centerof gravity (with the added weight). But without LOTS of $$$ you're not going to make the 4 cylinder air cooledengine do a lot more work. Like the work required to push really tall tires downthe highway. But, baja -- Bus. http://phorce1.com/Gerald_Events_Trips/bbb-vii/album.htmlStart in the first column, 4th picture down. There are 5 photos, taken with theold point-and-shoot, from Havasu BBB-VII (2003). It's a Texas Bus but I don't recall where they are from. G2 On Mon, 07 May 2007 16:55:11 -0500 Brian Denning <i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > thanks sammie >> so all you know, the reason why i am thinking this is because i would love a > baja, i would love a car that can go anywhere and do anything and then turn > onto a city street and drive like it was nothing. the problem with a baja is > you can't sleep in it...well, you can't sleep in it compfortably and denis> has threatened to kick me out of the tcb if i trade my bus for a beetle. >> since the original bus was based on the beetle i just have to wonder, why > couldn't you do it what would happen if you did do it, and, with the added > weight would doing it pay off or just make it look like a jacked up bus that> can't go anywhere, do anything. if anyone does have mikes email i would > appreciate it a bunch. but in the mean time i am going back to the samba > forums to do more research on this. > > >From: sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >Reply-To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >Subject: [tcb] Re: jacked up bus > >Date: Mon, 7 May 2007 14:08:43 -0700 (PDT) > >> >I p-mailed Brian with Mike's cell. Don't have an e-mail address on him, > >thought he was on the list at one time wasn't he Dan? Talked to him about > >how he did his bus because it looks so great. He simply raised the front > >with coil overs on the shocks and rasied the setting on the spring plates > >in the rear. Appears most of the actual lift comes from the tires though. > >If memory serves he is running Mickey Thompson 7:00X15 mudtrack types like > >the class 11 baja cars. Looks really great. How it handles on the road,> >you'll have to ask Mike. Keep in mind this is a split. Don't know how > >such an animal equipped bay would do or look. > >> >Brian Denning <i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: i've heard talk about> >him and think i've met him once, can you pmail me his > >address so i can ask. mine is i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx > > > >thanks. > > > > > > >From: sammie smith > > >Reply-To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > >To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > >Subject: [tcb] Re: jacked up bus > > >Date: Mon, 7 May 2007 13:02:54 -0700 (PDT) > > > > > >Talk to Mike Everett about the smokey bear bus. > > > > > >Brian Denning wrote: ok i have seen talk > > >about this on the samba and on dac but i have a> > >different kind of question. if i jacked up my bus let say 3" for $h!t$> >and> > >Giggles. how would the bus do offroad? would it be comprable to let say a> > >stock beetle with a bit of a lift? or would the weight of a big girl > >loaded> > >with camper equipment just kick it's butt and cause it to get stuck in> >the> > >muck. i ask because i have seen so many folks that have raised there bus> > >but > > >i am concerned with the already top heavy vehicle being raised even > >higher> > >would cause not only handling issues but not really help it off road, i> > >mean > > >it's already got some awesome ground clearance. > > > > > >opinions anyone?
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