Yes, we know, it has been a long time since any update has been posted. Rest assured, we are still working on the car. “Big Daddy” Austin has been fabricating a skid plate to protect the oil pan from being ripped apart by a stray rock. That means that Austin had to take the Golf to his personal shop with his welding and bending equipment.
We lost a little bit of clearance but, hey, that is better than losing an oil pan in the first 20 minutes of the race. What is even better is that the skid plate is removable, allowing general maintenance to still be performed.
Next on the welding to-do list is a bull bar (again, a custom fabrication by Austin). Then we will have plenty of real estate to mount the winch and the light bar.
After the physical mounts, we will be running wires to the interior and putting everything on rocker switches.
We are getting close to completing the build; paint and wiring are the only essential things that remain (aside from re-mounting the seats). We still have plenty of time to fine tune some things and make it look a little more purdy. This weekend we plan on going to check out an offroading park and see if it is worth for the HMB Custom’s maiden voyage in the Golf.
Once we get the car back to the warehouse where we all can work on it, the updates will be much more frequent. So be sure to keep checking back and sign up for email notifications for a new posting.
And as always; hold my beer, watch this!
Just an after thought. Have you considered how the larger tires are going to effect your gearing? It might not effect it that much, I could launch into a short/long story but I will spare you the agony. 🙂
Other than that things look good, hang in there.
Big Daddy’s Daddy