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 Post subject: Re: The Panda - '72 Super Beetle
PostPosted: Wed Mar 10, 2021 1:19 pm 
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I made it up to the Southern Star Bombshell show in Conroe yesterday. It was a great day.



Car looks great

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 Post subject: Re: The Panda - '72 Super Beetle
PostPosted: Mon Mar 22, 2021 2:50 pm 
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Got some more new pics :dance:


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 Post subject: Re: The Panda - '72 Super Beetle
PostPosted: Mon Mar 22, 2021 6:24 pm 
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Great pics, cool backgrounds!

Where did your front air dam come from, is is OG or a repop? I saw recently that Flat-4 was making them.

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 Post subject: Re: The Panda - '72 Super Beetle
PostPosted: Tue Mar 23, 2021 8:17 am 
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mk-Zero wrote:
Great pics, cool backgrounds!

Where did your front air dam come from, is is OG or a repop? I saw recently that Flat-4 was making them.


Thanks Brian! I haven't seen any from Flat-4, but this is a fiberglass version from VForce Performance out of Australia. They make a direct copy of the Kamei spoiler as well as this one that I have which has a raised center section.

I also happen to have an original Kamei in ABS that I've kept stored away. ;)

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 Post subject: Re: The Panda - '72 Super Beetle
PostPosted: Wed Mar 24, 2021 9:04 am 
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Thanks for the info. Do they not have a website, all I can find is an (annoying) FB page lol. I hate FB :P
How does it mount to the car? Got any more detailed pics?

LMK if you're interested in parting company with your Kamei 8-)

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 Post subject: Re: The Panda - '72 Super Beetle
PostPosted: Wed Mar 24, 2021 10:10 am 
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mk-Zero wrote:
Thanks for the info. Do they not have a website, all I can find is an (annoying) FB page lol. I hate FB :P
How does it mount to the car? Got any more detailed pics?

LMK if you're interested in parting company with your Kamei 8-)


I swear they had one, http://www.vforceperformance.com, but it's not working now. The info says email martin@vforceperformance.com.
I haven't been in touch with Martin for a few years, but I'll reach out to him and see how things are going.

The spoiler mounts to the inside on the lower edge of the 68+ bumper with a few bolts. Some people have fabricated braces to reach under the fender and attach to the bumper bracket, but I haven't found that necessary. For most, just the top bolts are fine and it allows some flexing if it bottoms out (super easy to do on a lowered car!) I'll upload some pics of all that soon. I'm not sure if they will fit on the early bumpers, but I have seen them mounted on an early squareback with no trouble, so...

The original Kamei mounts the same way.

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 Post subject: Re: The Panda - '72 Super Beetle
PostPosted: Wed Mar 24, 2021 11:44 am 
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mk-Zero wrote:
Thanks for the info. Do they not have a website, all I can find is an (annoying) FB page lol. I hate FB :P
How does it mount to the car? Got any more detailed pics?

LMK if you're interested in parting company with your Kamei 8-)


I swear they had one, http://www.vforceperformance.com, but it's not working now. The info says email martin@vforceperformance.com.
I haven't been in touch with Martin for a few years, but I'll reach out to him and see how things are going.

The spoiler mounts to the inside on the lower edge of the 68+ bumper with a few bolts. Some people have fabricated braces to reach under the fender and attach to the bumper bracket, but I haven't found that necessary. For most, just the top bolts are fine and it allows some flexing if it bottoms out (super easy to do on a lowered car!) I'll upload some pics of all that soon. I'm not sure if they will fit on the early bumpers, but I have seen them mounted on an early squareback with no trouble, so...

The original Kamei mounts the same way.


Oh, okay, thanks for the explanation. I don't run bumpers, wouldn't work for me. I may make something custom one of these days. It's one of the 1000's of projects rattling around in my head lol :lol:

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 Post subject: Re: The Panda - '72 Super Beetle
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I just learned that he sold the company last year anyways. I’ve seen some that mount along the edge of the apron/fender just like a duckbill or a ducktail on a trunk lid in reverse.

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 Post subject: Re: The Panda - '72 Super Beetle
PostPosted: Wed Mar 24, 2021 7:25 pm 
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I just learned that he sold the company last year anyways. I’ve seen some that mount along the edge of the apron/fender just like a duckbill or a ducktail on a trunk lid in reverse.


Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Are those DIY ones, or was someone selling them?

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 Post subject: Re: The Panda - '72 Super Beetle
PostPosted: Wed Nov 24, 2021 7:45 am 
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I got interviewed about the Panda for a local classic car meetup last weekend.
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