Billburt's DIY/build thread

[Billburt]

Owning this page lol

self lowered? like a bag leak?but tucking the fender inbetween the tire and lip is money. thats what i hope to achieve when i get my wheels. Finally getting the car back this weekend, cant wait to see how different it is. Also ordered some airlift rears temporarily while i wait for my bagyards to come in. Just really sick of waiting and want the car bagged. Ill swap out and sell the airlifts when the bagyards arrive.

it was really a bizarre experience. Noticed the change sunday night. I thought that the rear beam just needed to be shifted over but I guess once I had the toe on the one side corrected it allowed for the tires to sit in a little more. now I'm just a hair away from falling into that money line. I won't put my rears into that until I get my fronts to do it first. Hopefully the camber from the R32 LCA's and spindles will help with that issue.

Dont get airlifts rears. I had to modify the bracket to go low.

I have no complaints about my air lift rears, but then again I'm not on 17s like you are.

[Dutchmastr9]

Dont get airlifts rears. I had to modify the bracket to go low.

as i said in my post these are just temporary, im still waiting on my bagyards to come in but in the meantime i want to get the car bagged because who knows how long it will be before the bagyard pallets arrive. also being super low on oem wheels and tires isnt a huge priority for me right now. Id rather have it bagged and ready for show season. Swapping rear bags isnt that big of an issue assuming they ever come. Plus i can always resell them or if no one wants them keep them as a backup in case something goes wrong with the bagyards

[.Ant]

as i said in my post these are just temporary, im still waiting on my bagyards to come in but in the meantime i want to get the car bagged because who knows how long it will be before the bagyard pallets arrive. also being super low on oem wheels and tires isnt a huge priority for me right now. Id rather have it bagged and ready for show season. Swapping rear bags isnt that big of an issue assuming they ever come. Plus i can always resell them or if no one wants them keep them as a backup in case something goes wrong with the bagyards

I'm just not recommending them because my coilovers went lower.

I'd rather have d cups and slam specialities (or whatever they're called).

[Billburt]

getting started on the toe shim DIY

[Billburt]

rear Toe/Camber shim DIY

so I learned the hard way that if you put a toe shim between the hub and the drop plate you need to shim the caliper carrier as well. Basically this is because if you are changing the pitch of the rotor and not the carrier that sits very closely to the rotor, the rotor will grind on the caliper carrier. Anyway, the photos are from the time when I made the mistake. the only thing you need to change is removing the drop plate and placing the shim between the drop plate and the rear beam. if you do not have a drop plate you will need to shim the caliper carrier properly. One way you could do this is by adding washers to it to space it just right.

Anyway, here we go.

So it starts with going to the alignment shop. I wanted to correct any odd toe seeing as the drop plates have created nearly -4 camber for both sides. I had the alignment done and asked my friend how much I needed to change. he told me the back passenger side needed 1/2 a degree of positive toe. I snapped a pic of the sheet where he noted that for me. the next day I went to NAPA and picked up a 1/2 degree toe shim for around 11 dollars.


Later that day I jacked the back of the car up and took the wheel, rotor, and caliper off. NOTE: I didn't show most of this process because it's already in an earlier DIY in this thread for installing the drop plates. Some of it overlaps because the process is slightly different if you want to save your wheel bearings.


Here you can see that I've taken the wheel and the caliper off the car. the next step is to remove the caliper carrier (smaller portion of the brakes) by the two bolts holding it in on the back.


take that off, take the set screw off the rotor and pull it off and you are left with this


Now for the important part: MOST people will need this special bent wrench to get the four bolts holding the stub axle onto the drop plates. If you still have factory parts this wrench will need to be a 16mm. HOWEVER, if you have already had the wheel bearing replaced there is a good chance that they are no longer 16mm nuts and possibly smaller (more like a 13mm, at least thats what mine was).



Now you can't just unbolt one nut at a time. You have to do a little bit at a time on each nut in order to get it off. When you get to this point you will see why. It may seem like there is not way you will be able to get all 4 nuts off in such a small space but if you do it right they will all come off.


Once the nuts are off this whole thing will come off. I didn't bother messing with the ABS sensor bc i was putting it back on fairly quickly.




Here is a photo of what a good toe shim will look like.


STOP AND READ THIS: the photo below is showing the shim going on between the stub axle and the drop plate. IF YOU DO THIS YOU MUST SHIM THE CALIPER CARRIER TO ACCOMMODATE THE ADJUSTMENT YOU HAVE MADE. The way I actually did it was I took the drop plate off (photo not taken) and set the shim between that and the hub; this way the shim moves the caliper carrier as well as the hub. you also need to make sure you are placing the shim in the right direction. I needed the thicker part of the shim to be towards the back of the car.



The last step would be to put everything back on and take it back to the alignment shop and make sure you have corrected what you wanted to correct.

[Zach!]

[.Ant]

Note: Arguing with Ant via text about shimming the brake carrier is annoying.

[Billburt]

Note: Arguing with Ant via text about shimming the brake carrier is annoying.

LOL forgot to add that to the DIY

[Billburt]

I also forgot to say that Ant was the one who lent me the SPC wrench for this little project. Thanks bro!

[.Ant]

I also forgot to say that Ant was the one who lent me the SPC wrench for this little project. Thanks bro!

[Billburt]

Ugh so the OEM HIDs I got from Germany need a LOT of help. They have no back plates or adjusters. Any suggestions?


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[Dutchmastr9]

Ugh so the OEM HIDs I got from Germany need a LOT of help. They have no back plates or adjusters. Any suggestions?


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i hated my oem hids. they were nothing but problems for me. took a huge hit when i offloaded them

[aar0n.]

Ugh so the OEM HIDs I got from Germany need a LOT of help. They have no back plates or adjusters. Any suggestions?


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Adjusters are easy, Euro Image sells metal adjusters since so many people breaks the OEM ones. As for back plates, you can probably make your own

[Billburt]

Adjusters are easy, Euro Image sells metal adjusters since so many people breaks the OEM ones. As for back plates, you can probably make your own

Oh nice! That just made me feel a lot better. I was really starting to feel down about getting these working. Thanks man


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[Billburt]

so I might just have a friend do the backs out of metal if he can cut them for me.

Also, euro image is temporarily out of stock on the adjusters so who knows when they will be back in stock....hopefully he will be able to make those for me as well. I'm trying to get these done before SOWO. unfortunately they won't be ready for Eurotreffen at the end of the month

[Dutchmastr9]

so I might just have a friend do the backs out of metal if he can cut them for me.

Also, euro image is temporarily out of stock on the adjusters so who knows when they will be back in stock....hopefully he will be able to make those for me as well. I'm trying to get these done before SOWO. unfortunately they won't be ready for Eurotreffen at the end of the month

according to the email they just sent out they should be back in stock by the end of the month

[Billburt]

according to the email they just sent out they should be back in stock by the end of the month

nice! yea hopefully I can get this project done before sowo

[Billburt]

BIG NEWS!

Lois will likely be getting the first Big Brake Kit by V Maxx here in the US. Their Vendor here is in the same plaza as Urotuning and we sell their products. Seeing as my car has practically become our shop project car, I'm getting this awesome opportunity. I will be adding this to the DIY list for big brake installs. Really pumped for this! The first sets will arrive at the end of this month.

[Billburt]

more photos of the brakes in this album:

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?s...2282996&type=3

[NoIdentity]

from what i've read online, V-Maxx isn't very reputable for their coil quality and Customer services, what make you think this brake will be any better ? being the first doesn't seem like a good idea knowing their history....

[Zach!]

[Niagara_V_Dub]

just thinkin the same thing about v-maxx

[Billburt]

from what i've read online, V-Maxx isn't very reputable for their coil quality and Customer services, what make you think this brake will be any better ? being the first doesn't seem like a good idea knowing their history....

well customer service shouldn't be a problem considering I can walk next door to the distributor. Also, what you READ and what you experience are two totally different things. I have first hand experience with V maxx coils. Yes the non adjustable dampening coils are bouncy but all "budget minded" coils are like that. If you want good coilovers, get quality ones that have dampening adjustability. I'll be doing a full write-up on the brakes and review so I'll let you know how it goes.

[Dutchmastr9]

[oldskool1963vw]

well customer service shouldn't be a problem considering I can walk next door to the distributor. Also, what you READ and what you experience are two totally different things. I have first hand experience with V maxx coils. Yes the non adjustable dampening coils are bouncy but all "budget minded" coils are like that. If you want good coilovers, get quality ones that have dampening adjustability. I'll be doing a full write-up on the brakes and review so I'll let you know how it goes.

I had the v-maxx coils and Will is correct. Yes, they were crappy in the fact that the struts/shocks were just cheap and didn't last long. The body.threads/spring part of these coils seemed to be pretty decent material. I had no rust/seizing issues, etc. And like Will said, you get what you pay for. they were fine for a cheap set of coils.

[Billburt]

I had the v-maxx coils and Will is correct. Yes, they were crappy in the fact that the struts/shocks were just cheap and didn't last long. The body.threads/spring part of these coils seemed to be pretty decent material. I had no rust/seizing issues, etc. And like Will said, you get what you pay for. they were fine for a cheap set of coils.

this!

[Billburt]

someone snapped a shot of my car tonight at the USF car meet. JDM angle

[Billburt]

Going to get the bearings pressed in at NAPA. Hopefully I'll be putting the spindles and control arms in this evening.


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[Billburt]

The TT spindles and LCAs are finally on the car. Alignment today, then profit?


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[oldskool1963vw]

Going to get the bearings pressed in at NAPA. Hopefully I'll be putting the spindles and control arms in this evening.


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i see a *** in this picture....

[SamQuint]

This car is wicked man. Love it. Great diys too

[Billburt]

This car is wicked man. Love it. Great diys too

thanks man.

Car seems to be riding a lot better now. I've been very busy getting ready for Eurotreffen this coming sat so I havent had time to get any new DIYs up but I will try and update more this week.

[Billburt]

Thinking about getting one of these

[jaysleeves]

love this car

[Jake2k]

Thinking about getting one of these

Do it, you won't!