R3Vlimited/BBQ2U PRO3 build/Journal

[samiam3356]

Nice work so far especially on that sunroof.

[david2991]

Ditto on the sunroof that is superb work. One day.

[KoKoSe7eN]

how much were the new calipers?

[Jparkr]

Awesome so far! also just gave me an idea for a cleaner looking sunroof delete... I assume that compound can be bought for noncommercial use?

Yeah, I got mine from single source but any paint/bodyshop supplier can get it for you.

how much were the new calipers?

If I remember right, I think the rears were $37 dollars with a $20 core and the fronts were $40 with a $15 core.

[Jparkr]

Front suspension

reassembled and up on the lift


before shot


Front goodies


Dirty


Clean and freshly undercoated


Cut for the camber plate


Girlfriend filling down the sharp edges






Strut assemblies installed


Sway in, control arms in.


AKG adjustable caster CAB


Getting it done, my Dad looking at the progress


Bearing and hub installed




Brakes in, Sway hooked up


Tie-rods in


Fronts done.

Rear suspension

getting some of the parts ready


Disassembling


Subframe out


Chassis before


bye bye diff, it went to James' car


Pulled apart subframe and pulled hubs from bearings


Damn. Well one inner race stuck on is better than two.


Pressure washed the subframe and tacked on the toe adjustment plates


Tacked up the camber plates


Welded, painted, and ground out camber plate


Toe plates done.


This was my work bench for welding and painting


Trailing arms clean painted and ready for reassembly


Re-enforced sway bar mount.


Wheel bearing time


Bearings in


Hubs pressed back in


Got the sway fitted in, then took it out to undercoat.


Reid welding up the diff mounts to re-enforce them.




Undercoating


Diff mount toughened up


Fitting the subframe, I had to see how much of the bushings to shave off. It need to be done to get to the nuts on the outside of the toe adjustment plates.


Assembled and ready to go in.




In, and sway hooked up.




Shocks and springs installed


Assembled, time to do the brakes




Brakes! Hooray!


Stance be damned! this car does real work!

[Thrizzle]

So proper!

[Court M3]

Can't wait to see this complete!

[Lof8]

Looking nice! I would be concerned about cutting the strut towers. I guess you don't see it as a source of more flex/weakness?

[Jparkr]

Looking nice! I would be concerned about cutting the strut towers. I guess you don't see it as a source of more flex/weakness?

No, It may be a tad bit weaker when broke down on paper, but it is unnoticeable and completely safe. I have a sparco front strut bar to install as well.

[2mAn]

do you think you'll be running this year? so many PRO3 builds happening this year. i hope to be out on the track, but Im building a Club Rabbit car. It fits in my budget and i have a shit-ton of spare vw parts so it made more sense than a PRO3. hope to see the BBQ2U out there

[ck_taft325is]

Parker... when can I come down and help out? I feel like I've missed far too much already!

[bmnut2002]

Nice job Parker, looking great!

[dude8383]

Wow. That looks like a ton of fun man! That cage is beautiful!!

I've never really delved into the differences between PRO3 and SpecE30 but boy oh boy, seeing this I can definitely see that you guys can run nicer suspension setups.

[FunfGan]

Yeah, I got mine from single source but any paint/bodyshop supplier can get it for you.

Awesome, thanks for the info. Good luck!

[jpichu]

I like The Color of the cage Too