Search results

Yet another update on the looong, slow Vanagon transformation thread. Geez. Where do I start. Well, for starters I was called back to my job. I know. I know. I should feel blessed or grateful or whatever but, "A", I am not a religious man, "B" this job sucks and "C" this means I cannot spend...

Well I sold my Lifted 06 OBS but my wife bought an 06 forester and I promptly convinced her to put the same tires that I had on my OBS. It's nothing more than a stock base model forester but the tires are a nice start. Hard to tell where it will go from here

Well not a lot has happened with this ride as of late. It is currently getting a pair of front inner CV boots. To be honest I don't think the 5 speed and 3.90 gearing is really working for me. Well to put it more correctly it does not really work with this tire size. While I do love the wagon...

Well I guess it has been a while. A lot has happened in that while. It's a long story but it involved a plan to move out west which led to a halt in all Vanagon activities so I could focus on ridding myself of anything and everything that I had no intentions of dragging with me. The plan was to...

I went with the Estwing because you can get it nearly anywhere and it seems super durable.(although heavy) So far I am unimpressed with its edge retention qualities. I keep finding chips and bits missing from the edge that are a real pain to sharpen out. Initially I thought it was because I...

Oh yeah I totally didn't see the link to the photos. So now the only question is is it still available?

Is this still for sale and if so is it an auto?

$375 for all 5?.... Anybody. Probably a little small for most of the rigs on this site but that seems like a deal to me.

Hmmm. I will have to look into that.

Do they have different gearing? If so does this apply to both the 5 speed and the auto? Whats the difference?

Yeah, if it was something more readily available at US auto recycler prices, I might consider it. However this is sort of a temporary ADV rig until my van is finished so I don't think I will be sinking that kind of money into it. It might be neat to see what it takes to find one and see what...

Here is a slightly better shot than the previous ones. I hit up some of our local back roads to give the suspension a good workout. This included some paved twisties, some loose gravel sweepers, some washboard, a medium speed water crossing and of course a little air time. I am still pretty...

Wrapped up the lift and headed out on a quick shakedown run on some of southeast Ohio's back roads in the hocking hills. Ready to start adding a few more bits of equipment so I can start doing a little adventuring/camping.

These were originally intended for a VW Vanagon. I would probably make someone a deal if they wanted the whole tire and wheel package.

*****SOLD***** I am selling a set of 5 practically new Hankook Dynapro AT-m in the 225/70R16 size. I say practically new because I mounted two of them on wheels so I could use them to move my van after a big brake conversion. The remaining 3 have never been mounted and all of them have zero...

First impressions. Had no issues getting the alignment dialed in after the lift. I have been driving it for about a week and other than some completely trashed front rotors (new ones should be here today) it feels pretty good. With all the anti-roll bars still attached with the factory end...

It doesn't look like much but I did manage to get all the suspension bits on and I am pretty pleased with it at this point. I apologize for the dark pics but it was, well, getting dark but I wanted to snap some quick shots with my phone. So here it is I would like to point out that...

There would be limits without going to crazy custom built stuff but I have no doubts that you can lift any of the later Audis. No matter how much you lift it the bottom line is that it will never be as simple as the Subaru lifts are. I have a B5 A4 Avant and have considered lifting it many...

I got the suspension installed today. I still haven't had the tires mounted yet and I need to decide what route I am going to go to drop the rear trailing arm bracket. After looking at the anti-roll bar end links I think I am just going to leave them alone for now. As you can see from the...

The holiday slowed me down a little and the colder weather made it hard to wash and paint things outside so things have been a little slow lately. Anyway I got some things cleaned up and painted and am now ready for the reassembly phase. Here are the wheels all dressed up and ready to have...