I have now tacked on all three lower VW bug frame members. Now I need to create an “x” member setup between the center two cross-members. I will accomplish this by under-laying the frame with thick brown wrapping paper and tracing out the profile. This profile will be used to determine the shape and size of each part of the “x” member.

With the Vw bug’s front framing members in place, I need to continue with the lower frame units. I will use three cross-members in the lower frame. There will be one at the very front to stabalize the nose and two more will be spaced along the lenght of the frame.

These slide shows basically show the completion of the VW bug front frame and suspension members. The MR2 front lower control arms have been positioned.

The vw bug’s front frame members have now been tacked into place. From here I will be building the lower framing to support all of the MR2 gear.

After putting all of the VW bug front end suspension pieces together, I need to move the MR2 front torsion bar mounts down about 1/2″. I notched the frame and angled it down a bit to match the new location of the nose member. I am now ready to weld it all togther.

All of the VW front suspension pieces have been finished and the front of the main frame rails have been cut to length. I will soon weld everything together.

Both VW bug main frame rails have been reattached and are in place for the final time. I have also reinstalled the MR2 lower control arm mounts. All I have to do now is to cut a bit more off of the front of the main frame rails to line up the front frame member. Once everything is correct I will weld it all together.

The lower MR2 control arm mounts have been cleaned up and are ready to be put back on. I also have to reattach the VW bug’s main rails to the rear engine frame plates to get the correct length measurements to attache the front nose piece. I had to go ahead and paint the back up plates for the main frame members, because this is the final assembly of the main frame.

With the VW bug lower control arm tabs drilled out, I can now refit them to check to see of everything lines up OK. I will be able to move the tabs front and back along the main frame members to adjust the mount locations of the MR2’s front suspension. I now need to clean the mount tabs up a bit and make them look better.

The MR2 lower control arms must be the correct distance from the ground to maintain the VW bug body at the right ride height. After locating the hole locations in the lower control arm mount tabs, I need to drill them out for the size of the bolt and bushing hole. I did not drill through these tabs as clamped together in the video. I used the old bushings to get the spacing right before carefully drilling them out.