4X4 Bay Westy

[tristessa]

At the VW museum in Wolfsburg last year, I don't know if I ever posted pics of this rig or not...

[tristessa]

Rear edge of stock front wheelwell for comparison:

[whc03grady]

How do we liberate it?

[tristessa]

I think it might be easier to replicate it .. there were a *lot* of vehicles between it and the nearest doors-to-the-outside I found. And I think they'd probably notice if it was gone...

[Amskeptic]

I think it might be easier to replicate it .. there were a *lot* of vehicles between it and the nearest doors-to-the-outside I found. And I think they'd probably notice if it was gone...

Notice how the front suspension said, stabilizer bar? who needs a stabilizer bar?

[tristessa]

Eh, a conventional sway bar would interfere with wheel articulation. One with detachable end links, on the other hand..

[Amskeptic]

Eh, a conventional sway bar would interfere with wheel articulation. One with detachable end links, on the other hand..

No difference in "wheel articulation". Less than stock passive set-up.
I think it is that monstrous skidplate carbuncle blocking any placement option,
or maybe they actually want to dampen out any understeering tendency with those front wheels slipping under drive torque. ANyways, that is an authoritative bus.
Colin

[tristessa]

I think it is that monstrous skidplate carbuncle blocking any placement option,

Skidplate isn't that much in the way, I think a more-or-less stock sway bar could be installed in more-or-less the stock location without much difficulty (compared to a 4x4 setup). They didn't put one one here because Reasons.