RE: Prep (on a budget) Q's, and Cheapassness.

["Chris DeLong" <green536@hotmail.com>]

Just to elaborate here. We are talking about LOWER stress bars right? If so 
then there is something seriously wrong with a car that has a bar on it 
measuring 29" from hole center to hole center. The measurement should be 26 
and 7/8".

>
>
> > If you have some welding skills (I don't...yet), I'm
> > sure you could make
> > either of these parts quite easily. I'd bet Cheapass
> > Ron has all the details
> > by now. ;)
> >
>
>Cheapass Ron has a homemade lower tie bar on his
>Cabby, seemed to do the trick.  Square mild steel
>tubing and a coupla' welded-on ears, holes 29" apart
>(Sorry Aaron, can't convert to metric in ma' haid).
>But for the mere $40 I spent on obtaining a factory
>4-point bar for my 16Victor© that was lacking, it
>wadn't worth the effort. Besides, mine looks like
>shit.
>
>Now, de upper, dat's beyond me.  But Victor came with
>one, prolly so's the PO felt good about the big ol'
>NEUSPEED  sticker on the hatch glass...(which was
>scraped off waiting for the tow truck to come and take
>'im home) so's I got no worries there.  Too many bends
>and welds, so buy one, Eurosport seemed...cheap.
>
>C.R.© is now working on a rear anti-sway bar ala
>Shine.  Solid aluminum square bar (dunno, 6061?) is
>the latest thought...two holes, bingo, done.  Reckon
>I'll call it the "Hiney" bar.
>
>Get it...rear...S-hine..."hiney"...?!?
>
>Sorry about the prose, had a few Kitzmann Pilseners
>with my Jaegerschnitzel; now back at the Hotel
>Bayerischerhof, in Erlangen (Germany).
>
>Peace, love, and dubs,
>
>Ron
>(That's MISTER Cheapass, son)
>
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Chris DeLong
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Seattle, WA USA
'80 16V Rag
'88 16V Rocco (for sale!)
'82 GLI
'80 'Vert (for sale real cheap!)
'65 Bus (for sale!)
'61 17 Window
'90 Vanagon

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