My Bertie

[bugjemm]

A few pics of my baby Bertie :)

http://www.jscarter.net/images/Bertie/Bertie%20front.jpg

http://www.jscarter.net/images/Bertie/Bertie%20side.jpg

http://www.jscarter.net/images/Bertie/Bertie%20bottom.jpg

[Shamrockez]

Love the wheels :D

[Doodlebug]

JEMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA is that you????

[bugjemm]

Yes sweetheart - tis me http://www.smiliemania.de/smilie132/00001734.gif

And thanks for the wheels comment Shamrockez!

[Jono]

nice reg ;)

J

[wheelpowerdevon]

oooooooo ur bug looks H8-)T hun

[bugjemm]

nice reg ;)

J

:P

And thanks for the compliments, Bertie's positively blushing outside :D

[Jools]

8-) Bertie still looks so cool Jemm,

Have you changed anything else or left him with perfection now :)

[bugjemm]

He's had a few changes over the last couple of years but mostly cosmetic as usual! I've nicknamed him Bling Bertie cos he's got so many sparkly bits now ;)

[Blue_Smoothie]

oh my god - how longs it been and how did u find out about this place :D

[imported_admin]

Looks great bugjemm list the mods you've done and what your going to do :)

evvo

[bugjemm]

oh my god - how longs it been and how did u find out about this place :D

It's been a long long long time! Link was provided by my bestest buddie Bertie's Girl :D

[bugjemm]

Looks great bugjemm list the mods you've done and what your going to do :)

evvo


They're not really mods in Peelo's sense of the word *;), but:
18" Mille Miglia replicas of Porsche Cup wheels
Cord spoiler
Clear rear fog light
American spec badges
Silver sprayed front grill
Stainless steel MG fog light protectors adapted to fit front fog lights
Stainless steel bonnet and boot struts
Clear rear lenses and VW mudguards to accomodate the reflectors
GPA aluminium heater vent surrounds, ashtrays, cup holders, vase, etc
Aluminium aerial
Kenwood flip-front variable display head unit
Kenwood 10-disc CD changer
Infinity 6.5" speakers
Self-dimming rear view mirror
VW "aluminium look" gear knob
Richbrook stainless steel gear shift surround
TT-style pedals
Eibach 30 mm lowering springs
Chrome-look rings to all external lights
Drilled airbox
K&N panel filter
Chrome-look surrounds for most internal switch gear and lights
Polished inlet manifold
Chrome door pins
Pinstriping by Nef on door insert

Hoping at some point to retrim the interior and do a bit more with the sound system and got one more mod lined up v soon but this one will be a surprise *;D

[bugjemm]

Some interior pics, as requested by Victoria :D

http://www.jscarter.net/images/Bertie/jemm(9).jpeg
http://www.jscarter.net/images/Bertie/Doortrims6.jpg
http://www.jscarter.net/images/Bertie/Doortrims7.jpg
http://www.jscarter.net/images/Bertie/Bertie/1308%20018.jpg

And the polished inlet manifold
http://www.roccomania.topcities.com/pics/misc/0809%20003.jpg

[Doodlebug]

Coool pics Jem, love the pinstriping on your doors :)

Wow, its been ages, you should come along to a meet, remember the last one where we met up and ate some yummy food in that pub next to the river?

[bugjemm]

Coool pics Jem, love the pinstriping on your doors :)

Wow, its been ages, you should come along to a meet, remember the last one where we met up and ate some yummy food in that pub next to the river?

God yeah - that was just before Stonor - must have been four years ago now?!!!! I remember Sharon and I getting ripped off by a taxi driver that night!

Would love to meet up - but you're so darned far away ;)

[Doodlebug]

Coool pics Jem, love the pinstriping on your doors :)

Wow, its been ages, you should come along to a meet, remember the last one where we met up and ate some yummy food in that pub next to the river?

God yeah - that was just before Stonor - must have been four years ago now?!!!! I remember Sharon and I getting ripped off by a taxi driver that night!

Would love to meet up - but you're so darned far away ;)


Awwwww, well i spend quite a bit of time in Bristol now with Vickie, so im a little closer to you :)

[bugjemm]

PMSL - it's not THAT much closer!

Will have to try and arrange something though :D

[bugjemm]

Now my Internet's back up, thought I'd show off Bertie's new present, which I bought off Jon what now seems like months ago!

http://www.jscarter.net/images/Bertie/BUGplate-web.jpg

[Shamrockez]

Very swish! :D

[bugjemm]

;D

[witchywoo]

bertie looks so clean and shiny!
i'm always interested in other silver bugs to see what mods i can do to ziggy and i really like the eyelids and pinstriping on the door.
the thing i really like about silver nb's is that the colour is so bright and almost bluey. with your mods it just enhances that! :o

[bugjemm]

bertie looks so clean and shiny!


I wish I could say he does at the moment!

Thanks for the compliments - it's always nice to know your efforts are appreciated *;D:D

[Jono]

Now my Internet's back up, thought I'd show off Bertie's new present, which I bought off Jon what now seems like months ago!

http://www.jscarter.net/images/Bertie/BUGplate-web.jpg


looking good! but wow! my old plate looks weird on another bug :)

J

[billybug]

Very nice bug! :D

[bugjemm]

looking good! but wow! my old plate looks weird on another bug :)

J

I bet it does - thanks for letting me and Bertie have it hun 8-)

Very nice bug! :D

Thank you :D

[bad_cab]

8-) nice whip ya got love ya rims 8-) bling bling :D

[bugjemm]

Thought I'd better update this thread as Bertie has some new shiny bits but, most importantly, some new rims and front brakes :D

After much stressing on my part after I bought a set of Porsche 993 brakes to go with my Porsche turbo replica wheels two years ago, the very ingenious Danny Allen took them off my hands and sorted out a conversion for me.

To go with the genuine Porsche brakes, I also decided to switch to a set of non-Mille Miglia Porsche rims, which are closer in appearance to the original Porsche rims and a little wider (8.5" rather than 8").

As Bertie was still very shiny after show and shining at GTI Festival yesterday (Mick Ashby's gorgeous RSI won), we decided to stop off and take some pics of Bertie and his new mods.

Few pics to tease you here...

http://www.jscarter.net/images/Bertie/Newbrakes/080707%20070.jpg
http://www.jscarter.net/images/Bertie/Newbrakes/080707%20071.jpg
http://www.jscarter.net/images/Bertie/Newbrakes/080707%20096.jpg
http://www.jscarter.net/images/Bertie/Newbrakes/080707%20098.jpg
http://www.jscarter.net/images/Bertie/Newbrakes/080707%20106.jpg
http://www.jscarter.net/images/Bertie/Newbrakes/080707%20068.jpg

the rest, including some of the brakes before they went on, are here (http://www.jscarter.net/images/Bertie/Newbrakes/index001.html)

[Shamrockez]

ooooh!!!!!!!!!! Those brakes look awsome!!!!

[Jono]

looks damn good Jemm! still weird to see that reg on a diiferent bug though!

J

[bugjemm]

They feel awesome too Lucy! They're not quite bedded in yet, but so far the braking is smooth but very very effective! I haven't stopped grinning since I picked him up on Friday :D

Thanks Jon :D

[Shamrockez]

I bet! I want some! :D

[porschetrimr]

oooohweee
awesome brakes there jem,yours is a 2 litre isnt it???did he change the struts too then???

they look fantastic

wait for a very nasty shock when you go to buy brake pads though!!!

dan

[bugjemm]

Just to clarify that Danny supplied the conversion kit and our local VW/Audi specialist actually fitted them...which struts do you mean? Edit: And yes he is a 2L...

I've already had to buy a new set of brake pads as a pair went astray in the two years between me buying them and them ending up on the car (:rolleyes:), so I'm well aware of the price :eek: :D

Glad you like :laughing:

[Shamrockez]

Do you still have the same stud pattern?

[bugjemm]

Hey Luce - are you busy working out how to get them onto Robbie?! :D I got a set of adapters so the Porsche pattern wheels would go onto Bertie's 5x100 stud pattern...

[Shamrockez]

is it just the wheels that are porsche patten? Would the brakes fit with normal Bug wheels?

perhaps ;)

[bugjemm]

is it just the wheels that are porsche patten? Would the brakes fit with normal Bug wheels?

perhaps ;)

LOL - they would look bloody good behind your white wheels!

Erm...right...I'm no technical expert as you well know (!), but the stud pattern for the new wheels is irrelevant to the fitting of the brakes...I believe Danny removed the middle bit from the disc in the pic below, and then produced some way to fix the discs to the hub, which he also had to modify in order to attach the caliper... :confused:

http://www.jscarter.net/images/Bertie/Newbrakes/1308%20072.jpg

The one thing I do know is that you'd have to have 18" wheels or larger and if you didn't have the Porsche to VW adapter, you'd need spacers as it was a very very tight fit and my old wheels didn't fit over the calipers...

[gratboyslim]

Hey stranger. Looks like Bertie is causing a stir again. Good to see you on here although I'm not about much. Brakes and wheel look the nuts. I think what everone is asking is, are the new wheels porsche stud pattern, (so you have adapters front and back to fit the 5x130 pattern) or are the front hubs changed to 5x130 fit the porsche brakes and then adapters turn them back to 5x100 pattern?

[bugjemm]

Hello stranger indeed :D Glad you like them as much as I do!

The wheels are porsche stud pattern and I have adapters front and rear. THe front hubs are basically new beetle hubs with the caliper mount altered so the new caliper and disc will fit.

[gratboyslim]

All clear now. The adapters explain it. I think you are the first to do that over here to a bug. Top work. I know someone who will be very interested to see them in the flesh, our local porchfitter....
Hope all ok with you. We're old skool now with our cars.

[bugjemm]

Glad to clear that up :D I did think Chris (shao kahn) had had Porsche brakes on one of his bugs though :confused:

All is good here - work is busy as ever (must learn to say no to clients now and again!) but we're both happy and healthy, which is the most important thing :) We'll have to try and hook up sometime - trying to think when I last saw you :confused: You doing Action up at the pod this year?

Oh...and I've still got those bumpers of yours in the garage loft ... :D

[danny allen]

oh Jemm you make it sound sooooo easy :lol:

[bugjemm]

oh Jemm you make it sound sooooo easy :lol:But babe it was easy - I gave them to you and then you gave them back and they fitted :p :D

http://www.jscarter.net/images/Smilies/realbighug.gif

[danny allen]

Just to explain what i actually had to do....

Jemm supplied me with a pair of calipers and a pair of discs with the porsche to bug adaptor plates.

She also supplied me with a spare pair of hubs

I spent about a week with them strapped to the mill removing a bit at a time until id machined enough off to get the caliper to sit where i wanted it too.

I then re-drilled the holes for the caliper mounting.

The problem was then that the caliper didnt sit cetrally around the disc, I then machined up some spacers so that they sat in the correct place.

Walla Job Jobbed :)

It sounds easy when i say it like that :lol:

As for a direct bolt on

:lol: yeah right!!!

[bugjemm]

It does sound easy - what you complaining about :p

[Blugg]

Just to explain what i actually had to do....

Jemm supplied me with a pair of calipers and a pair of discs with the porsche to bug adaptor plates.

She also supplied me with a spare pair of hubs

I spent about a week with them strapped to the mill removing a bit at a time until id machined enough off to get the caliper to sit where i wanted it too.

I then re-drilled the holes for the caliper mounting.

The problem was then that the caliper didnt sit cetrally around the disc, I then machined up some spacers so that they sat in the correct place.

Walla Job Jobbed :)

It sounds easy when i say it like that :lol:

As for a direct bolt on

:lol: yeah right!!!

It does sound easy - what you complaining about :p

Doesn't sound easy to me :eek: Maybe to Chris TT it might ;)

Either way looks :bonza: :uber cool:

[bugjemm]

Either way looks :bonza: :uber cool:

Thanks Dan :D

[Delenn]

Very nice Jemm! Very bling indeed!

[bugjemm]

Thanks Jenni! :)

[Shamrockez]

Just to explain what i actually had to do....

Jemm supplied me with a pair of calipers and a pair of discs with the porsche to bug adaptor plates.

She also supplied me with a spare pair of hubs

I spent about a week with them strapped to the mill removing a bit at a time until id machined enough off to get the caliper to sit where i wanted it too.

I then re-drilled the holes for the caliper mounting.

The problem was then that the caliper didnt sit cetrally around the disc, I then machined up some spacers so that they sat in the correct place.

Walla Job Jobbed :)

It sounds easy when i say it like that :lol:

As for a direct bolt on

:lol: yeah right!!!

you should make up some kits! :D

[Vickie]

Those wheels looking AMAZING! So cool! :cool:

[gratboyslim]

Topwork Danny for the engineering!

Jem, I think the last time I saw you was no rice a couple of years ago. Did you know I is a dad now? Thanks why I'm not on here much. I didn't know you still had the bumpers. I am going to the Jam probably, E38 and the reading meet if your about it would be good to meet up.

[Jono]

Topwork Danny for the engineering!

Jem, I think the last time I saw you was no rice a couple of years ago. Did you know I is a dad now? Thanks why I'm not on here much. I didn't know you still had the bumpers. I am going to the Jam probably, E38 and the reading meet if your about it would be good to meet up.

sorry to jack this thread Jemm, but did you get my text and/or pm about no rice and brands this sat adam?

thanks

J

[danny allen]

you should make up some kits! :D

It;s would be simple for me to replicate it as i made notes on how i did it but a donor pair of hubs are needed for a start.

The the discs & calipers etc come to over a grand!

Then theres a fair few hours labour on the mill etc....

[DARYL - BMS]

I'd be interested in a set Dan!

[Doodlebug]

Looking stunning Jem, still love Bertie after all these years, god i remember when you had those wheels and when you got him lowered first lol, wayyy back in 2002 :)

[bugjemm]

Looking stunning Jem, still love Bertie after all these years, god i remember when you had those wheels and when you got him lowered first lol, wayyy back in 2002 :)

Thanks hun :D It seems a lifetime ago doesn't it?! They were the only wheels I wanted for Bertie and I was so excited to find a set! Can't believe I've now got proper ones on! And Danny was the one who lowered him back then too...I remember us laughing that the Haynes manual's first instruction was was "remove the windscreen wipers" :laughing:

[danny allen]

Thanks hun :D It seems a lifetime ago doesn't it?! They were the only wheels I wanted for Bertie and I was so excited to find a set! Can't believe I've now got proper ones on! And Danny was the one who lowered him back then too...I remember us laughing that the Haynes manual's first instruction was was "remove the windscreen wipers" :laughing:

lol lol

oh yeah, it was bloody right though!

Ive lowered a couple since then :)

One day I'll .......+@@SEEOOC!!!!??!! one ;)

[bugjemm]

lol lol

oh yeah, it was bloody right though!

Ive lowered a couple since then :)

One day I'll .......+@@SEEOOC!!!!??!! one ;)

Won't be leaving him with you while we go on holiday again after the stories you told me at the weekend though! :eek: :D

[danny allen]

Won't be leaving him with you while we go on holiday again after the stories you told me at the weekend though! :eek: :D

coward :p

[bugjemm]

coward :p

Nope - I just like him in one piece and with a clean interior :p

[danny allen]

what are you saying :eek:

[bugjemm]

Don't go playing the innocent Mr Allen! And if you are innocent, you shouldn't make up stories ;)

[danny allen]

Don't go playing the innocent Mr Allen! And if you are innocent, you shouldn't make up stories ;)

me im as innocent as you :p

[bugjemm]

But I'm a little http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/images/smilies/angel_2.gif :confused:

Brakes have now bedded in and I can confirm that they are very very very effective :D They're also very progressive and not at all grabby, which I was a bit worried they might be...all in all, I'm a very happy bunny!

[Delenn]

LOL @ both of you!

[danny allen]

But I'm a little http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/images/smilies/angel_2.gif :confused:

Brakes have now bedded in and I can confirm that they are very very very effective :D They're also very progressive and not at all grabby, which I was a bit worried they might be...all in all, I'm a very happy bunny!



Now to do the rears ;)

[bugjemm]

Now to do the rears ;) :laughing:

[danny allen]

but i have to do something for this weekend first ;)

[bugjemm]

What are you put to now?! Or does it involve the ECU i dropped off?

[charlie @ evvo.co.uk]

cars really coming along Jem totally love the brakes - well jealous :)

[Blugg]

cars really coming along Jem totally love the brakes - well jealous :)

So many Jem's :( :laughing:

Is this Jem from Stonor

Jem from BVF

or Jem from from Harry :confused: :)

[bugjemm]

So many Jem's :( :laughing:

Is this Jem from Stonor

Jem from BVF

or Jem from from Harry :confused: :)

Jemm from Stonor ;)

Thanks Charlie - he's getting there - so many other things I want to do though...thank goodness for Danny :D

[Blugg]

Jemm from Stonor ;)

Thanks Charlie - he's getting there - so many other things I want to do though...thank goodness for Danny :D


:omg: Didn't think you were serious when you said you were looking to change a few things. Thought you mean't you were going to change the Bud vase and stuff like that :laughing: :leaving:

Those wheels look stunning now :cool: :cool:

[bugjemm]

:omg: Didn't think you were serious when you said you were looking to change a few things. Thought you mean't you were going to change the Bud vase and stuff like that :laughing: :leaving:

Those wheels look stunning now :cool: :cool:

Cheers Dan - got some more ideas on the boil, so you'll have to keep an eye on this thread :)