Late to the party, I know, but eliminating the chassis flex isn’t that tough.  Well, maybe it is if you’ve already put your car together.

Welding square tubing into the channel at the sides of the VW pan will replace a lot of the stiffness previously supplied by the steel body.  (Convertibles already have the channel filled.)

I guess I will use the password assigned to me . I use the same password for everything . So now I will have to remember 2 passwords. My -o my

okay. Thanks Ed.

When I click on the highlighted “photo” option for the existing members,  I get a blank page and

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Thanks Ed.  I’d much rather stick with an American made tire, if I can find them.  Ironic, I know, considering the origin of half the car.

I just got 5 from discounttiredirect.com

165/80-15 Nankangs, I think.  Something under $300 to the door. Still need to mount them. The old ones are only 6 years old and have just 20,000 or so miles on them. But it’s time.

I just got 5 from discounttiredirect.com

165/80-15 Nexens, I think. Still need to mount them. The old ones are only 6 years old and have just 20,000 or so miles on them. But it’s time.

You can thread the aluminum hose through the pipes and then through the hole in the tin. The pipes crush it a bit, but it works OK. Use the silvery stuff. I had mine on for years and it did not burn.

Me too. But I had to clear my browser’s cache to get it to work.

Looks like you’re doing what I did, Jim. You uploaded the pics and then grabbed the url from the browser window on top. That don’t work. But if you right-click the photo you’ll get a little menu which includes the url. THAT’s the one to paste into that “source” pane here.

This method is new to all of us. You timed your arrival perfectly!

ok I guess I am not smart enough to post pictures , will have to find help for this

Thanks , I am still starting to figure out how to post pictures , not having much luck with that yet but I will keep trying , the one thing I need to find out is can you fill spider cracks with the fiberglass resin like bondo or is there more to it than that , we live in western NY so our driving season will be over about Sept. and then its into…[Read more]

Welcome to our group. You’ll have a great time both with your TDr and with us as well. Looking forward to seeing what your TDr looks like.

Welcome aboard!