The Quarantine rebuild, Coil over Shocks on a VW sand rail

Vw beam car dune buggy switching to coil overs, and planning for world domination
#dunebuggy #coilovers #fix #repair #rebuild #breakdown #vw #fab #fabrication

[@goat.slayer22]

love watching you guys. keep it up man!

[@Captain_Yodelstein]

Fine, if noone else is gonna say it I will... I love it when a plan comes together!

[@grantclouse8410]

Nice job guy! Could you give me some pointers on changing out my suspension for new coilovers?

[@backyardbuggies939]

The rear shocks at full compression are 90 degrees to the trailing arms and slant in 7 to 9 degrees, I think my 930 CVs and limit strapped at 22 degrees . . . . . The front end was just mocked up and I cycled it a few times before I welded it all together 🦆

[@rubenganguiano1692]

Bro millers rail always getting something done to it lol bad luck miller

[@MillerTimeMotorSports]

Hey hey those are just upgrades lol 😂😂

[@joeyelswick1796]

Hey buddy good job I’m impressed I would love to see that upgrade on mine and what dunes are you talking about?

[@backyardbuggies939]

Silver lake . . . . Michigan closed them till June last year cause of covid

[@michaelschmidt4618]

I miss silver lake dunes, I am from Michigan myself but I am stuck in Phoenix AZ till further notice from the military, but I am rebuilding my vw trike for on road and off road use,

[@adamking8528]

Are you running stock trailing arms in the front?

[@backyardbuggies939]

2x1 arms

[@adamking8528]

@@backyardbuggies939 thanks

[@adamking8528]

@@backyardbuggies939 I just recently got my first sand rail and I'm looking to do my front suspension similar to yours. What the shock specs on yours? Like travel, length and what springs are you running?

[@jacobevans7356]

What size of rear trailing arms are you running?

[@backyardbuggies939]

2x3

[@derrickbell8745]

What is the front and rear travel

[@2183valerio]

Ok, I new to this, bare with me. To soften up the suspension, when you put the coilovers, do you reduce the torsion lift , the shock keep it lifted right? I'm not even sure on how to ask. Lol

[@naterowley8503]

I am looking into this for my sandrail right now but it looks like you remove the torsion springs and run the front trailing arms in bushings with a threaded rod from one side to the other to hold the arms on. The coilovers are completely holding the weight. I'm sure someone will correct me if I am wrong.

[@2183valerio]

@@naterowley8503 hell yeah! Thanks bro!

[@brucethomas4019]

Do the rods in the front end go all the way across

[@backyardbuggies939]

Yeah they go all the way through and there is lock nuts on each side, completely eliminating the front torsion springs

[@brucethomas4019]

Thanks yall I appreciate the info

[@chuckingram5966]

I guess Michigan hasn't invented loctite threadlocker yet. Y'all need to get some good God every time you guys turn around something's falling off of your rigs what the hell is wrong with you?

[@backyardbuggies939]

No mostly just one guy in the group that dosent like to keep things tight

[@chuckingram5966]

@@backyardbuggies939 yeah we know the one you're speaking of always losing his left rear paddle tire good God that boy ain't right lol