IsLow the Slammed Rabbit

[Dub_Monster]

We'll I"ve postponed this thread for a while but I guess its time to get on it. lol this is my first VW, Bought IsLow two years ago for 800 bucks non running, but it was an easy fix, (clogged fuel line). drove it for a week then pulled it into the shop for the fun! while I"m here I want to thank my friends for their help, many names to list and I'm sure many more to come but you guys know who you are! from parts to tips and the lending of tools or a helping hand. IsLow is a 1984 MK1 Rabbit Diesel. The plan is to have a show/cruiser car done by the next leavenworth drive up here in Washington. well like my previous threads the pictures do the talking lol


here's when I first bought IsLow





























































One dent to be repaired



Let the Tear down begin!

























cut out the rain tray,



Interior gone!





The blank canvus!







now to build the rotissorie!









The messy part of removing the under coating.....







Now the metal work!!



side draft exaust tunnel



Now the begining of the rear air ride set up! I took a thick stong tensel streingth C channel as a cross member connecting to the trailing arm cut off the rear shock mounts and welded them to the C channel.







My work bench lol





Notching the rear frame for more low!!



























I few of you might remember this!! The How to Raise your front Control arm mounts

cut out the rear mounts!



now to make the new ones

[bmxguy]

Damn another bagged Rabbit in the PNW. Let's see more progress.

[Dub_Monster]

Now take note that the photos above are mostly mock up and are not finished weld or metal patches do not worry, if someone left their ride like that it would scetch me the F out too lol and lets continue with the front bing raised





















more updates soon but I'm going to sleep

[Minty_Fresh]

i need to do this, cant wait to see it fished

[BARELY LEGAL]

Subscribed. Can't wait to see more!

[lhcVdub]

Subs.

[Dub_Monster]

More updates, moving up the steering rack!







I forgot to show the metal work of them being boxed in but here is the aftermath of them being smoothed up for a cleaner engine bay.







Making the new tie rod ports,









now to raise the towers!,





Working on my work bench lol





All mocked up









now the other side!







now to smooth the firewall!!!

[Esevw]

Nice work! subbed to thread

[BoostedOne]

What size wheels you going to be running? Something big?
From what I remember seemed like the rabbit has enough travel to be within an inch or two of laying frame on a stock tire?

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[aeffertz]

Oh yeah! I do remember your original thread. This is intense, definitely going to follow this one.

[PKstrategy]

[Eastep]

Nice work! Its the rite color too

[Vegeta Gti]

nice fab work.

but such a bummer another clean car is being hacked apart for trendy " i want to be cool" lowstatus sillyness

[VWM4YH3M]

id like to see more

[Dub_Monster]

What size wheels you going to be running? Something big?
From what I remember seemed like the rabbit has enough travel to be within an inch or two of laying frame on a stock tire?

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Yes the stock 13" rims with low profiles will be very close to laying frame but the control arms will hit before the frame does, hence why I raised mine and the towers to have the same amount of travel as stock but more easy to ride low. The rim size is going to be 15x6 with 165/45 tires. Heres an idea of what I'm planning to roll. This is the mock up.



Oh btw I put a new core support on it, DON'T WORRY, I pulled the squares off with care to help fix a friends car! lol



These rims that came with the car are the same size as the rims I'm planning on running great for measurments!

nice fab work.

but such a bummer another clean car is being hacked apart for trendy " i want to be cool" lowstatus sillyness

Thanks, but i do understand what you mean, for me its the fun of the build instead of just a restoration; most anyone can tear down a car and put it back together, the fun is making it custom and look factory. which will be done with mine. remember if your car is cooler then the other guys, it means your better than them.

[danderso]

[Vegeta Gti]

squares>rounds

[ArpyArpad]

fun project

[absentee]

You are a genius... I started out saying "Oh hey thats my car!" and now it looks nothing like mine...

[SGLoki]

keep it up broski

[CantKillDaWabbit]

hot damn awesome work!

[canexrabbit]

tits cool

[tangerine_coupe]

Holy moly

[syracusegli]

i remember the last tread. god damn thats alot of work you got yourself into. i like to see progress

[Dub_Monster]

Thanks for all the props guys!! More motivation to get this guy done!! Lots left to do! So i started making clearence for the tires, more of an outline for whats to come because I am tubing the inner fenders

[VWM4YH3M]

winning

[the mad conductor]

i need to do this, cant wait to see it fished

this^^


and you better be putting some 13s on this, lay frame and suck them up in the wheel well.. that would be dope

[BARELY LEGAL]

and you better be putting some 13s on this, lay frame and suck them up in the wheel well.. that would be dope

That would be sick as **** to hang some heavy duty springs on the control arms, so that when you aired out, your wheels would lift off the ground. Do it.

[Dub_Monster]

this^^


and you better be putting some 13s on this, lay frame and suck them up in the wheel well.. that would be dope

It will be laying frame with 15's My friend

Had a mk1 work party! and started on the rear because I can't stay focused on one area lol, so I built a nice box to hide the air tank and controlers and possibly then some.



now here is the rear end box!



prepared and primed for the new rear floor!






The underside an inch above the rear end!



now to make the new floor!

[tangerine_coupe]

[Dub_Monster]

That would be sick as **** to hang some heavy duty springs on the control arms, so that when you aired out, your wheels would lift off the ground. Do it.

That would be sick as **** to hang some heavy duty springs on the control arms, so that when you aired out, your wheels would lift off the ground. Do it.

hahahaha I already bought my rims don't think Im going to get thirteens, but ok I'll share my surprize hahaha, here is what I found after lots of research and now they are in the mail should show up tomorrow!!

Volk C1's

[aeffertz]

Those wheels...

[the mad conductor]

god dam i love me some old school JDM wheels

[JCdubber]

this would be much cooler if i could see more than 5 of the 80 pics posted. but this is cool none the less. i am sad you strayed from the squares, but stick with the vision bud

[Dub_Monster]

this would be much cooler if i could see more than 5 of the 80 pics posted. but this is cool none the less. i am sad you strayed from the squares, but stick with the vision bud

Awww WTF is there a better site I can use that doesn't try to charge me to share photos?
or a way of just uploading them off my computer documents?