02 / Structure
Purposeful components.
Real performance.
02 / Design
Retro outside.Modern function inside.
A conventional Bug shell with plain door skins, separate factory fenders and the full-height roof. The changes are the ones you feel: air, sound, light.
03 / Material
Honest surfaces.
Tactile finishes.
04 / Head unit
Compact McIntosh, center dash.
Passenger parcel carrier.
05 / Rear deck
2 × 6 × 9 four-way.
Low-profile installation.
06 / Profile
07 / Head-on
08 / Open air
Spec sheet
What's decided.And what's still open.
Decisions come from the build notes. When one changes, it changes here.
01
Decided
Stock body, factory-height roof
The honest Bug shape. The chop was dropped.
02
Decided
Manual ragtop
Cut into the steel roof, with a carbon wind deflector made in the garage.
03
Decided
Safari front and rear windows
Pop-out glass front and back for flow-through air. Fitted before primer.
04
Decided
Pop-out rear side windows
The quarter windows hinge out. They bolt in after paint.
05
Decided
Pistachio paint
A custom pistachio between Toyota 6U0 and the Ora Good Cat green, mixed on the LiME LiNE system.
06
Decided
Painted steel wheels, chrome caps
Matched to the body colour, with smooth chrome dome caps.
07
Decided
Chrome blade bumpers
One full-width polished blade at each end. No overriders or towel bars.
08
Decided
Static drop, no air ride
Lowered and left there.
09
Decided
LED headlights with halos
White running lights that switch to amber as turn signals.
10
Decided
Period interior, modern sound
Beige vinyl with salt-and-pepper weave, a McIntosh head unit, two 6×9s on the parcel shelf.
11
Decided
A period-look mirror with a screen
Rear camera and dash cam, wires hidden in the arm.
12
Still open
Wheel size and offset
Steel wheels with chrome dome caps are set; width and offset not picked.
13
Still open
Tail lights
Smaller LED lights; model not picked.
14
Still open
Carbon panels
Doors, fenders and engine lid, later and dream tier only.