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 Brad
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| posted on July 7th, 2008 at 09:19 AM |
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posted by 1303Steve
Hi Brad
Looks good. Why did you keep the stock L bug mounts? They are crap, its an easy conversion to fit an earlier mount frame.
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Why are the crap ??
I have pulled 3 of them apart in the last week and all where unbroken, the same can not be said for the stock style ones in that every bug I pulled
apart they were broken.
I will be running a Custom Vee Dub ( http://www.customveedub.com.au ) mid mount
transaxle strap as well to make sure the box stays where I want it.
I figure the kafer bar, the transmission strap and the larger front box mount will see the EJ stay put.
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Brad
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| posted on July 7th, 2008 at 09:20 AM |
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Well at least it didn't fall out when I lifted it on the hoist....
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| posted on July 7th, 2008 at 09:35 AM |
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Hi Brad
I agree they are usually are usually in one piece, unlike the usually oil soaked early ones, they are extremely soft and allow too much movement, but
if your happy with them that's OK.
I just changed to the earlier type mount in my daily driver and even with a stock 1600 I can feel the difference.
Steve
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Craig Torrens
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| posted on July 8th, 2008 at 10:23 PM |
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Cheers Brad, I'm glad you are happy with the product 
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| posted on July 11th, 2008 at 11:22 PM |
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| posted on July 17th, 2008 at 08:26 AM |
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well i got my 5 bar kit personally delivered.........what service  , thanx Craig!
.......no time to get it on for dyno day, but if anyone wanted to check out the quality of this fine product, which is top notch , i would happily bring it along for people to ponder
over..........let me know
well done Mr Torrens for providing us with cost effective, easily obtainable and top quality Aussie made stuff
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| posted on July 17th, 2008 at 04:13 PM |
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This looks like just what I need, and at that price not worth making it myself. Hook me up!
PM sent.
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| posted on July 20th, 2008 at 06:34 PM |
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posted by hellbugged
well i got my 5 bar kit personally delivered.........what service , thanx Craig!
.......no time to get it on for dyno day, but if anyone wanted to check out the quality of this fine product, which is top notch, i would happily bring it along for people to ponder
over..........let me know
well done Mr Torrens for providing us with cost effective, easily obtainable and top quality Aussie made stuff
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Cheers Damien.......thanks for the great feedback.
You will be even more happy once its fitted !
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| posted on July 20th, 2008 at 06:35 PM |
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posted by liam66
This looks like just what I need, and at that price not worth making it myself. Hook me up!
PM sent.
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I didn't get your PM ?!
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| posted on July 22nd, 2008 at 03:51 PM |
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posted by liam66
This looks like just what I need, and at that price not worth making it myself. Hook me up!
PM sent.
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I didn't get your PM ?!
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Did you get my PM about the deposit mate? I have not heard back from you yet though???
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| posted on July 22nd, 2008 at 04:39 PM |
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Yep, sent you a PM............obviously you didn't get it !!!!
All good, have one on hold for you
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| posted on July 22nd, 2008 at 06:27 PM |
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hi send a pm as well obviously it didnt work
anyways have you send a 5 bar one across to perth
you know how much it would be for postage
id be very interested
thanks
steffen
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| posted on July 29th, 2008 at 09:16 AM |
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Another successful installation, went in like a charm.
The quality of these close up are absolutely excellent. Looks good on the car too.
Very happy Craig 
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| posted on July 29th, 2008 at 09:20 AM |
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| posted on July 29th, 2008 at 05:49 PM |
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Fitted like a glove !!
Just had to make a minor change to the shock bolt hole on the bodywork as it was a 58 shell on an IRS pan, this was about 10mins worth of work.
The car feels so much more solid in the rear now...................hope you're happy Mick ?!
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| posted on July 30th, 2008 at 08:18 AM |
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Well, i haven't been able to make the back end bounce hop and skip when gunning through the gears.
Very happy thus far.
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| posted on July 30th, 2008 at 12:26 PM |
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Yep, sent you a PM............obviously you didn't get it !!!!
All good, have one on hold for you
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Hi Craig - yeah, no sign of your PM. Thanks for that mate - I'll have the rest paid to you in the next week. How much will freight to Canberra be
roughly?
Give me a yell/sms on the mobile 0419986988.
Cheers mate.
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| posted on July 30th, 2008 at 10:51 PM |
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Freight to Canberra is about $15.
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| posted on July 31st, 2008 at 08:43 AM |
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If i see Craig in the next week i can drop it to ya Stump. Due in Canberra next Sunday - hoping your around stump???
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| posted on August 4th, 2008 at 04:16 PM |
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If i see Craig in the next week i can drop it to ya Stump. Due in Canberra next Sunday - hoping your around stump???
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Mick,
That would be very helpful of you. I'll deposit the rest of the money tomorrow and then PM you and Craig when it is done. If you can collect the
kit from craig and bring it to me I would be very grateful. Yep I'll be around all weekend.
Thanks mate.
Stu.
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| posted on August 4th, 2008 at 04:23 PM |
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No probs Stu, will see how the week unfolds - no promises though.
Cheers, Mick
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| posted on August 5th, 2008 at 02:43 PM |
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Craig,
Full amount is now paid into your account mate - check your PM's.
I look forward to some welding this weekend.
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| posted on August 7th, 2008 at 04:36 PM |
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your Kit is on its way !
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| posted on August 12th, 2008 at 11:02 PM |
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Only 1 kit left!
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| posted on August 21st, 2008 at 12:13 AM |
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Another one was installed on the weekend..............A new batch will be ready soon, so if you are thinking about getting a kit (Dasdubber and the
rest !) then I suggest you place your order !!!!!
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| posted on August 21st, 2008 at 05:33 PM |
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Bar for me
Hey Craig
Please put me down for a five bar one. A BJ IRS under an oval body.
I will PM you and you can let me know payment details etc.
cheers
Marcus
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| posted on August 21st, 2008 at 07:51 PM |
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Caution - These bar cause issues !!
Well I have one of these bars and just want people to be aware they SUCK ... think long and hard before you buy one.
WHY - well because before I bought it my beetle was just a quick throw togeather nothing fancy, needed a rear engine support bar, so I got one of
these, it arrived in under 48 hrs fitted perfect and looked awesome so before I knew it the beetle is in bits, booked in for a bare metal respray then
after that off to Custom Vee Dub for a Subaru Conversion, cranky kit is on order, 17" mags are fitted, custom struts are made, windows are tinted and
it is all because of those damn kafer bars looking so nice ....
You have been warned. Only buy one if you want a good looking, well built bar kafer bar setup.
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Well I have one of these bars and just want people to be aware they SUCK ... think long and hard before you buy one.
WHY - well because before I bought it my beetle was just a quick throw togeather nothing fancy, needed a rear engine support bar, so I got one of
these, it arrived in under 48 hrs fitted perfect and looked awesome so before I knew it the beetle is in bits, booked in for a bare metal respray then
after that off to Custom Vee Dub for a Subaru Conversion, cranky kit is on order, 17" mags are fitted, custom struts are made, windows are tinted and
it is all because of those damn kafer bars looking so nice ....
You have been warned. Only buy one if you want a good looking, well built bar kafer bar setup.
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Aa ha ha ha ha haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
Yes it does not take much for the tsunami of mod to sweep through your project.
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| posted on September 3rd, 2008 at 08:33 AM |
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Installation: 30 Min Results: Priceless
Some pics of a 5 Bar kit that I installed into a '76 beetle on the weekend, customer was wrapped with the outcome.
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