Lift Kit

As I mentioned I'd decided to undercoat the pan with MasterSeries. I did consider removing the pan from the body....again...and having it media blasted and powder coated...while the price was right ($500 or so) it turns out that my pan is welded to the body. Don't ask me why the Schirmers did this, it wasn't my plan. But I think it's a bit too much work to cut the welds and try to lift the car off the pan again. Instead I procured some extra heavy duty (and height) jack stands and raised the car up for easier access.

There are some nice homemade wooden dollies created just for this purpose which you can find on the Samba, and if I were removing the pan I would have made one, but in this case it was faster and cheaper to use these jacks.

At this point I've already pulled the front suspension (H-beam) to access the frame head and front wheel wells.