Robbie Rocket - New Beetle Cup Car Replica

nice one! looks awesome. can't wait to see this one the road.

Fantastic Lucy. Looking really good

...those wings are gurt huge .........this is a car thats gonna rock.........fact

cheers guys!

love it, very good work!!!

Video from the rear:

I started tidying the air lines and wiring and started to put the interior back in.

Carpet:


Plus seats and a bit of the trim to give me a general idea:

Shamrockez wrote:

Video from the rear:

I hope that was a demo on the air suspension when you got in the car and got out again!!!! My car does that without air shocks when I get in!!!

Good song in the background. lol

Any more updates?

Progress is slow at the moment I snapped a brake pipe when trying to fit the new brake lines, and because he's not a normal UK car, I'm having fun and games trying to find the right brake line to replace it with.... thankfully the guys at Bridgwater VW are being really helpful in tracking down the right bit for me. Fingers crossed that the next one is the right one!

so cool! who taught you to do all this stuff lucy?

vwbeetlebum wrote:

so cool! who taught you to do all this stuff lucy?

Most of it has been learnt by trial and error

The only things we've ever been taught it a bit of bodywork when we did a course in Bridgwater. Never had any help with the mechanical or suspension side.

Modern cars aren't as hard to work on as people think

Shamrockez wrote:

Progress is slow at the moment I snapped a brake pipe when trying to fit the new brake lines, and because he's not a normal UK car, I'm having fun and games trying to find the right brake line to replace it with.... thankfully the guys at Bridgwater VW are being really helpful in tracking down the right bit for me. Fingers crossed that the next one is the right one!

is it the metal pipe? why cant you just get one made?

Yeah just the metal pipe. It's quite a tricky lot of bends it has in it as it's a tight squeeze in the engine bay, so if I made one it wouldn't fit due to me being crap at being able to do stuff like that! Plus the new one is only £6.

This ride is going to be tuff as nails!

Not too much has happened recently. I've been waiting for a brake pipe from VW for a few weeks. I managed to snap the connector off when disconnecting the old lines. Since Robbie's not a UK, or even a European car, he's quite difficult to get parts for sometimes. I bought one brake line which ended up being the wrong one, so had to change it for the right one. Each time they had to be ordered from Germany so took a week to arrive. Because Robbie doesn't have ESP, it made it a little harder to track the right part too. Anyway, it finally arrived and got fitted.

Old one at the ABS pump end (bottom one nearest the camera):


New one fitted:


And connected to the new flexi line:


Need to refit the brake line clip.

Then I fitted the new pads and associated hardware to the new calipers:


I have to say, fitting the pads on these was a pleasure! So easy to do and takes no time at all!

Next up was to bleed the system. The reservoir looked filthy, so I gave it a quick clean so all the dirt didn't go into the fluid.




Better:




Also got one of the front indicators working:


And worked out why I can't get the filler flap to fit. This is the hole on the kit:


And on the original wing:


So I expect I'll get my filing tools out again!

Need to bleed the brakes a bit more again tomorrow before they're done.

Let me know if you need an US spec specific parts again Lucy, I can get stuff shipped (or even bought over personally) from Kansas really easily.

Cheers dude! it's mostly a case of trying to find out what he's actually supposed to have more than being able to obtain it - but there's likely to be one weird thing I'll need from over the pond at some point!

As no one has spotted the mistake with the brakes, I'm just going to brush past that and carry on (it has been fixed!).

New smoked indicators have been fitted:


And the front bumper and wings are now properly fitted and headlights in. Pic shows indicators working too:



I'm hoping that one day this week I can get him out onto the drive to get some proper pics. If not, I will at the weekend.

cool ....I've been following this ,but have no idea what it will look like when done

Should look something like this:

Shamrockez wrote:

As no one has spotted the mistake with the brakes, I'm just going to brush past that and carry on (it has been fixed)

i spotted it but wasnt going to say!!
i know a few fully qualified mechanics that have done the same in main dealer workshops
at least you noticed before it went out on the road.

Feel free to say something if I do something similar again - I might not notice next time!

I can't see it ......is it the way the hose is positioned in the clip?