A tribute to the best Syncro I ever built

take a $500 85 Westy, a lot of money and effort and here are the results.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• vw
• vanagon
• 4x4
• westfalia
• sdm
• volkswagen
• bus
• syncro
• subaru
• westy
• camper
• poptop
• t3
• t2
• synchro
• awd
• wade
• morissette
• morrisette

[salamalycoom]

Ok That interest's me. I have a 91 doka 2wd. I was told that the stress points in the chassy will fail if I converted my doka 2wd too 4wd. What do you think???

thanks

[syncrostore]

@salamalycoom Syncro doka at the Jagdvlakte search this and you will see a 2wd doka that has been converted to a Syncro, I think it would hold up just fine although I haven't personally converted a doka yet. I already have two Syncro Dokas, one 14 and one 16. :)

[studebacon]

does it have a lift on it? if so how much? i'm looking to convert one into an off road beast if you will...

[syncrostore]

@studebacon it has about a 1 inch lift, these are highly capable even bone stock.

[tessan33]

What cind of rims do you have on this car?

Look`s like some Mercedes Benz thing????

[syncrostore]

@tessan33 Mercedes CLK forged alloys.

[MrAlbo2010]

Top syncro

[citizenstand]

i bet it's hard to cook when it's trugging though the mud

[notfadeaway72]

I am converting my 87 westy 2wd to a syncro. I have a wrecked 89 syncro donor. I stripped the 89 in my garage and about to assemble my 87 to 4wd.. any advise on what not to do...meaning any major mistakes you would have done differently. I am skilled vw owner (10 vanagons restored over 20 years) just never done a 2wd to 4wd conversion and I've heard many different stories..by the way nice van.

[syncrostore]

@douchechillum depending on your skill set it can be pretty tough, I have done almost 20 of them now.

[douchechillum]

How hard is this conversion? I've thought about doing it to my 85' 2wd Westy. Is it worth just waiting to find one that's the "real deal" from the factory?