"B3ST" passat wagon

[rayray086]

Would be great to see it done to your liking @ SEDF!

[4130]

Nice! I must get a Dub b4 SEDF

[lawny]

Lovin it dude! this thing Is going to be sick!

[WABIT]

well, ive sold the car, the guy is picking it up on the 19th! so that gave me time to think about what air ride kit i wanted

ive chosen this


MASON-Tech
Analog PLUS
Air Management
System

Complete 8-Valve Air Management Kit, so that means i can go front, back and side to side and also DOGLEGGING!! hell yeah 3 wheels yo!!

Includes:
1 - 5-gallon air tank
1 - AccuAir Filter/Trap
1 - Viair 400 Air compressor w/braided stainless leader hose, check valve, remote air intake kit, 135/150psi switch and relay
1 - 5-Switch Controller
4 - AccuAir 4-Corner Valve Unit
2 - Dual-needle Viair 200psi air pressure gauges
1 - Complete DOT Air Fitting Kit
50 - Feet of 3/8" DOT Air Line
50 - Feet 1/4" DOT Air Line

but ive customized it with 1/2" dump system for a faster drop

the bags are:

Front Air Struts

- Strut housings produced in-house using seamless heavy wall DOM tubing and laser cut components
- Modular design for easy service/maintenance
- Housings are completely TIG fixture welded and machined to exacting tolerances
- Bilstein Sport internals valved for excellent handling and great ride
- Exclusive Mason-Tech/Universal Air bags with CNC-machined billet aluminum end caps
- Aircraft-quality O-rings
- Bag placement optimized for handling, ride quality AND the lowest drop possible
- Clearance for up to 18" wheels
- 6.5" of total travel
- Accepts 1/4"NPT male fittings
- Braided stainless leader lines included
- Stainless steel bolts
- Strut bearing assemblies included
- Beautiful, super-durable finish (custom colors available upon request)
- All components made in the USA (except the German-built Bilstein internals)
- 3-5 business day turnaround on most orders


the rears are a new design that they are releasing soon, the previous rears for sale were custom machined Air Lift Chapman rear strut, but they are releasing the new bilstein custom air struts and ill be one of the first to purchase a set!!!

ive also chosen a custom color.... well the missus did, i told her shes only got 1 go at choosing a color and well..... PURPLE!!!!

i decided thats that so ill change it up a little

the paint scheme for the 4 struts are..................

dark purple holographic metal flake, with gold plated bolts, end caps and air bag bands!

exactly like this


anyway the order has been put through and they should arrive in 6 weeks!!!

untill then im getting the passat roadworthy and rego'd!!!

dom

[WABIT]

because the lips on the modena's were so badly damaged, i had a friend of mine come pick them up and over this week he will be machining the faces of the lips, he will also be machining about 2-3mm off the mounting face where it meets the center section to tuck the lip's in... once they are done ill start polishing them to mirror finish, then ill give him the centers so he can machine the back plate about 5mm where the barrels mount so it tucks the barrel's in another 5mm hopefully with this i can actually tuck front rim about 1-2 inches while being aired out....... ill get pics up as hes doing them

also im having another problem with the rear 8" wheels and the 52 offset... everything clears except the barrels hit the trailing arm, once the wheels are all machined and if it still hits (and im sure it will) ill be modifying/notching the trailing arm to fit the 8" wide 52 wheels and also tuck rim at the rear.... pics will also be documented

thanks for looking
dom

[schwartza3]

nice car Dom, hope you have it all done by sedf
i got my bbs filled and redrilled by stonestar aust.
they've just redrilled my oz futuras the other day n they do a quality job at a very good price.

[dylan8]

How do you think its all going cost wise vs a good quality coilover system... obviously there a completely different system to serve different purposes but it'd be interesting to see. Love the photoshop anth did, if you can get it to look like that (or even better ) it'll be a winner!

[rayray086]

nice car Dom, hope you have it all done by sedf
i got my bbs filled and redrilled by stonestar aust.
they've just redrilled my oz futuras the other day n they do a quality job at a very good price.

Hey schwartza, how much did they charge you?

[WABIT]

nice car Dom, hope you have it all done by sedf
i got my bbs filled and redrilled by stonestar aust.
they've just redrilled my oz futuras the other day n they do a quality job at a very good price.

please PM me details!!!!!

dom

[WABIT]

How do you think its all going cost wise vs a good quality coilover system... obviously there a completely different system to serve different purposes but it'd be interesting to see. Love the photoshop anth did, if you can get it to look like that (or even better ) it'll be a winner!

well..... with the system im getting itll work just as good as coilovers, the shocks are damper adjustable and i have an 8 valve system, if you read the first post i put up on this thread it gives a detailed discription on how my airride will work and what older style air ride kits used to work like and how they got their bad name......

cost wize, i dont care about the cash, ive always wanted airride...... even before i wanted a VW, now i have both, but i gotta admit i never EVER thought id have enough money for an airride kit

EDIT: i also forgot to mention that instead of going for bagyard air bags, ill be going mason-tech, i found out the build time for these bagyards are 4-6 weeks, from austria they need to be shipped to the U.S to open road tuning (2 weeks) then sent to my house (1 week)

i simply dont have that much time to be waiting around for an air ride kit to be built and sent to 3/4's of the world before i get to install them, mason tech have a 2 week build period then a 3-4 working day shipment time to my house! NOW THATS MORE LIKE IT!!!!

dom

[dubai gti]

one sweet wagon Dom...as I once mentioned b4, I had a boss in London with one of these wagons (top of the line spec. from memory) back in the days of me a broke Backpacker in 91/92...have always liked them...careful though...my 1st wagon was cool, but soon led to house renovating, marriage, kids and the rest is history.....

[schwartza3]

Hey schwartza, how much did they charge you?

please PM me details!!!!!

dom

pm sent.

they charged $35 per wheel for redrill.
i don't remember how much the fill/redrill was

[fuzion]

no worthersee for dom!

[DubSteve]

no worthersee for dom!

I was waiting for you to chime in and say something haha

[WABIT]

REGO'S BOOKED FOR MONDAY!! DAMN IT! I MISS OUT DRIVING THE PASSAT AT THE MAROONDAH DAM CRUISE!!!!!

on another update... ive ordered my tyres for the 17's!!!

165/40 17's go on 7.5" wide
185/35 17's go on 8" wide

they should come either wednesday or friday! BEST!!!!

dom