That was pretty much the reaction of everyone over the weekend that saw what I managed to do to my buggy at dirt (mud) days. Everyone kept saying "Did you hit a tree???" NO... "Did you jump 8 feet in the air???" NO... Just hit a wash rut at about 15 mph and heard a pop from hell. Didn't even spot the wheel camber until I was back at camp having a beer.





I really can't complain. First trip out and the only thing that failed was something I bought not built. That made me as happy as I could be for the situation. The rest of the buggy performed exactly as expected.

A special thanks to all the guys at Drew's Offroad and the Buggy Works inc. guys for all their kind words on my build and for offering their time and tools to fix the problem. Had it been a slightly smaller problem, I would have taken you guys up on the offer. Really a top notch group of people (and buggies).

saw you ridin with th gangsta lean......whered you buy trailing arms? hopefully not applehead auto

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Hey,can you hand me those zip ties and that roll of duct tape?!

How did those rear tyres work out, I've just bought a set but haven't run them yet. What sort of pressure you running?

Pacific customs actually. I figured these would be stronger than the tubular appletree arms. I was bummed. I was having a good time beating that thing friday night til I noticed that. a couple people that looked at it closely said the weld had poor penetration. I needed better brakes anyway. I see a microstub upgrade with some quality arms in my future.

I love them, but they are all I have ever run on my buggy so I can't really compare them. Now that I have beadlocks I run them pretty low 5 psi or so. They get me through anything as long as I keep them on the ground, plus they look just streetable enough you can go head into town with them and not attract the police. If you run them without tubes throw half a container of airsoft bb's in each one and they will balance real nice too.

Those dont look anything like the arms that i make and i bet they dont come with a warranty either...
SAWYER BUILT

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Well I haven't bought any replacements yet... Give me some more details... Pics? Pricing? Standard VW or Micro Stub? I am not afraid to take my ever inflating dollars somewhere new.

Hey how is it going there are pics on this site of the arms there are some pics giveitagallon has under buggy builds and some under memorial day party last year i donated a set they raffled off i need stock vw bearing housings you can send them in a flat rate us mail box and then to get the arms to you i can ups them back to you it was like 60 to 70 dollars the arms are 200 and i am going to make 3x3 now let me know just got more steel a bunch of people want sets also if you need before holiday let me know asap my name is Jeremy 724 991 6418 Thanks

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them arms look like the ones empi sells,,there made of really thin stuff,,appletree arms are tough with about 30 more minutes of welding on them

So that's what I need to do to get a bit more rear camber

I can drive it SILLY in the corners..... SILLY, I tell ya!

Can you show me how to do it on the front too?

Was it wrong that I read that with the proper Jersey voice?

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A self-aware artificial intelligence would suffer from a divide by zero error if it were programmed to be Amish.

Well, following on from your advice and pictures, we tried adding some extra camber and castor to the front beam this weekend:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEq1enypU6g


But it didn't work, what did we do wrong?

Not fast enough.......... and I would add a barrel roll for good measure. Nice Video.

Damn, I'm not sure if it'll go very fast with the roof scoop flattened, but I'll give it a go.
More than 90mph this time, right?