Trey's 60 baja build thread

Motochris · Post by **Motochris** » Thu May 10, 2007 4:22 pm

bajaherbie wrote:chad, those look kinda short....

looks like it has 5/8" or maybe 3/4" of travel?

Those are definitely the 3/4" models. You just have to mount them really far inboard. Maybe we can come up with a new company slogan..."What we lack in length, we make up for in stiffness".

vwtrey · Post by **vwtrey** » Fri May 11, 2007 6:22 am

im still here. the kids are taking all of my time and money right now. hopefully i can get a rear trailing arm finished this weekend. the jig is made, everything is cut, just gotta weld er up.

ChadRat · Post by **ChadRat** » Fri May 11, 2007 7:02 am

wheel travel is way over rated. I had Chris make me up a custom set.

Post by **Leatherneck** » Fri May 11, 2007 7:18 am

vwtrey wrote:im still here. the kids are taking all of my time and money right now. hopefully i can get a rear trailing arm finished this weekend. the jig is made, everything is cut, just gotta weld er up.

Well stop in and say hey once in awhile. How are the nights getting any sleep yet?

vwtrey · Post by **vwtrey** » Sun May 13, 2007 11:31 am

well, i spent a few hours working on the car yesterday. got the right rear trailing arm almost done. i just have to make a spring plate mount, weld that in, and do a shock mount. sure does look cool. i have never seen on in person that has wider arms, so im really liking it. the trailing arms are tubular, made by me. i got the one bolted on, everything mounted up to it, and did a lot of measuring. everything is looking good so far!

and yah, i forgot to take my camera with me, so yas gotta wait till next weekend for pictures

vwtrey · Post by **vwtrey** » Sat May 26, 2007 8:09 pm

arms?

not done with it yet, but im getting there. needs spring plate mount, shock mount, and some reinforcing.

vwtrey · Post by **vwtrey** » Wed May 30, 2007 9:48 pm

comments? good? bad? ugly?

ChadRat · Post by **ChadRat** » Thu May 31, 2007 6:49 am

defintely needs more reenforcing. Can we get a pic of the pivot part? Looks good keep up the good work.

vwtrey · Post by **vwtrey** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 12:50 pm

im still here. i looked at the car saturday. i really wanted to work on my rear arms some, but it was pretty damn hot out. ive been looking for my money tree, havent found it yet.

Post by **Leatherneck** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 3:10 pm

Soon enough it will be cool enough we can get to some real work. Hang in there guys.

vwtrey · Post by **vwtrey** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 8:10 pm

well, it was 105 in the shop today, but i had to get something done. got everything cut for the left rear trailing arm, just needs welded up. is next weekend here yet?

Post by **Leatherneck** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 9:06 pm

How did you figure out the angle for the bearing carrier?

vwtrey · Post by **vwtrey** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 8:49 am

just copied a stock set of arms. i know thats not 100% right for this application. im making the amrs to learn from, then i will make changes from there. so far, everything is looking pretty good.

Getrdone · Post by **Getrdone** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 10:03 am

Looks good. Here is a idea on how I reinforced mine. The bump stop hits on the upper tube thus the gusset to prevent it from "taco"ing. The bearing carrier is also gusseted to prevent flex. At the height your at camber looks good. Good luck.

vwtrey · Post by **vwtrey** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 10:55 am

just when i think mine are looking good, i see something like that.

do you have any side pictures of your shock mounts? did you fab the arms? are they painted or powder coated?