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Post by AndrewT » Thu Jan 31, 2008 10:39 am

I will probably construct some kind of waterproof box to house it.
At the moment its just bolted underneath where the dashboard used to be...She aint finished yet (as you can see by the temporary wires everywhere) so obviously no water crossings just at the moment!

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Post by El_Freddo » Thu Jan 31, 2008 4:52 pm

Maybe you could shoe-horne it into an old ammo box with all the wiring coming through one port thats also sealed up...

Maybe you can't , but its a thought...

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Post by mattl200 » Fri Apr 04, 2008 6:28 pm

check out audi a4 for an ecu case that are waterproof from factory

if someone knows an audi wrecker there under the drivers seat
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Post by AndrewT » Fri Apr 04, 2008 6:42 pm

Cool thanks for the tip I will check it out

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Post by AndrewT » Mon Jun 16, 2008 11:03 am

Picked up some new shoes for WackyBug yesterday. It's obviously going to require at least a 4" lift kit and SUBSTANTIAL cutting of the firewall, extra bracing to compensate, relocation of the accelerator pedal etc....they are rather large....

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Post by BrennyV » Mon Jun 16, 2008 11:12 am

ahah thats sik! let us know if ya want a hand fitting them ;)
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Post by AndrewT » Mon Jun 16, 2008 11:17 am

Will do, forgot to mention also WackyBug's hubs will be getting the 6stud conversion too.

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Post by Lapsed » Mon Jun 16, 2008 11:58 am

Those tyres would look better on my patrol HAHAHA.
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Post by Subafury » Mon Jun 16, 2008 1:19 pm

its gonna loook ridiculous with those wheels on it. in a good way tho- would be quicker to wack em on the monster wgn tho ;)
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Post by AndrewT » Mon Jun 16, 2008 1:32 pm

Nah MonsterWagon is prolly getting 29's maybe 30's.
One thing about these 33's is they are bloody heavy! The unsprung weight of wackybug is going to increase a fair amount.

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Post by Alex » Mon Jun 16, 2008 2:55 pm

hhaha...shweeet andy t-mack.

as ya know, give us a bell if ya need a hand :)

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Post by Matatak » Mon Jun 16, 2008 6:37 pm

Lol crazy large.

culd always put some Lseries control arms on the front thatd have to decrease the amount of chopping required. prolly almost to none.
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Post by El_Freddo » Mon Jun 16, 2008 10:40 pm

AndrewT wrote:One thing about these 33's is they are bloody heavy! The unsprung weight of wackybug is going to increase a fair amount.
So the combined weight of the wheels is going to be greater than that of weight of the wacky bug without wheels? Sounds like you'll be driving the moon buggy... Could help in keeping the car the right way up.

It could also help bog the car down in the wet stuff too...

Have fun with those. I still maintain that the WA crew are the craziest around on this forum.

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Post by Subafury » Mon Sep 15, 2008 11:19 pm

bump

wackybug is all finished. check her out on the maiden voyage :p

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Post by Cam » Tue Sep 16, 2008 12:57 am

Subafury wrote:bump

wackybug is all finished. check her out on the maiden voyage :p

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If only it was, looks pretty cool in that chop tho

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Post by BrennyV » Tue Sep 16, 2008 11:16 am

hahaha, nice one matt
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Post by D3V1L » Tue Sep 16, 2008 7:03 pm

hahahah got boired did ya matt....but i do aggree u found the exact same tyres...pity the rims arent the same:P.....wackybugs are black;)

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Post by Subafury » Thu Oct 09, 2008 11:09 pm

bump. what are the next plans 4 this mofo
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Post by AndrewT » Fri Oct 10, 2008 12:06 am

well firstly I need to remove it from matatak's house (he must be getting sick of the sight of it!).

Kindof concentrating on getting the wagon going at the moment but...

Wackybug tho, the plans for now are to finish welding some more box into her for a roll cage, cut more off her to allow for the new wheels/tyres, do a 6stud conversion and slap the 33" muddies on.
Oh yeh she also needs at least a 4" lift kit - anyone want to donate some strut tops at least? Can probably make the blocks easily enough.

I'll get to it sometime but yeh, wagon for now.

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Post by 90brumby » Fri Oct 10, 2008 10:01 pm

i got wat i think is a full 4inch lift kit but mattack has the rear shocky blocks
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