How To Convert a Swing Axle Baja Bug to IRS Rear Suspension

[@spannersautoandcomputerser1649]

How are the axles holding up? Do they seem balanced enough or do they have vibrations?

[@ricoracing1646]

i havent had any issues with them yet, no vibrations either. My guess is that the CVs will fail before the axles do, but no issues with those yet either!

[@sam_s_]

What is the inner fender made of? It looks like you were using a heat gun to melt them.

[@ricoracing1646]

its sheetmetal, the heat gun was just to heat the material so that I could bend it easier. you could also use a torch

[@sam_s_]

@@ricoracing1646 Did the heat gun actually get the steel hot enough to make a difference?

[@ricoracing1646]

yes it did, but its also a very powerful heat gun. I often use it to pound dents out and bend sheetmetal. Its much easier to use than a torch but more expensive.

[@MiahsBug]

I’m happy to see young men like yourself experimenting and learning fabrication. You will learn quickly what works and what doesn’t. I like how you bent the cut edges over.

[@ricoracing1646]

thanks! the baja community is awesome and i have gotten so much information on how to do things from all my racing and building mentors!

[@tomcasselman4934]

What class were you racing that in ?

[@ricoracing1646]

it would have been a class 5 1600 legal car but wouldn’t have been very competitive. we were racing with Y.O.R.R. so we were just in the 1600 class.