Working On Our Bugs!

Hey everybody, happy Monday!  Hope you all had a great weekend.  :)  We finally got a day off together yesterday, and both actually had energy!  We celebrated by going from one unfinished project to another, and wanted to post an update.

First, we got the parking brakes working on both the super beetle and the baja.  We have never actually had working parking brakes on either one, haha!  It gets tiresome, having to put them each into gear every time we go anywhere, constantly trying to figure out whether to put them into first or reverse, depending on the hill.  It'll be so nice to have those fixed and working!

Next, we worked on tires.  About a month or so ago, we got a set of 215/75r15 tires for $20 - great find!  We finally had the time to get them installed on some stock wheels for the front of the baja, since it had some horrible, tiny, dry-rotted tires on it when we got it.  It looks and rides so much better now!

Before                                                   After

  

We also adjusted the shifter on the baja, since it's great at going up through gears, but didn't like down-shifting into first or second gear, which made slowing down in traffic interesting.  It'll be much safer to drive now ;)

And to finish the night off, we cleaned up the garage a little bit, got the office set up, and washed and waxed both the bugs.

We're gonna have so much fun cruising around now!  Let us know what you think in the comments below.

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Night Cruise with Our Bugs

So we go take a cruise to sonic for some dinner in both the bugs, and end up going for a 30 minute drive afterward.  We only got pics and some videos of the Super Beetle, but figured they were worth sharing :)

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