Yup.
http://www.trog.us/2008/04/21/tires-and-wheels-done/
BFG Mud-Terrains also work.
Make sure you watch the guy who does the wheel balancing. BFG can be pretty sloppy in their molding and sometimes yield tires that aren’t balance-able no matter how much lead you put on the rim. Reject that tire if there’s too much lead or it doesn’t balance.
I have an annoying high-speed resonance (~55mph) that kicks up since I switched to BFG ATs that I think is due to a wheel not being balanced properly. The suspect wheel is *loaded* with lead balancing weights.
You will also have to modify the spare tire carrier on the rear door so the new wheels fit. I welded on a 3/4″ or so extension to the top of the carrier for the wheel to rest on.
-Wes
]]>I also want to change the original horrible tyres and fit a BFGoodrich All-Terrain 315/75/R16 .The only thing I was not sure that can fit on the original Wheel 7.50-16 because I read that these tyres need a wider weel 8 or 9 – 16. If you can give me a confirmation that they work well
best regard
mario ]]>
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i just bought recently a TGB 306 and im also planning to convert it to a camper. I was wondering if you could help me with something:
did you decided to go with the lift up roof top or have you decided to just make the roof a bit higher? And why?
If you could get back to me i would really appreciate it. And congratulations on the job you have done so far, looks great man!
All the best and good luck with the rest of the works,
Fred ]]>
Been following the progress for a while and its fun to to see all the inventions you put into this build.
Cheers
]]>Also found this amusing b/c I have the opposite trouble. I can’t roll my jack under the car without first driving the wheels up onto some wood.
Nice tool fab.
]]>I rode in a 303 a while back and really enjoyed the trip. Saw lots of them at Northwest Mogfest.
I am not sure how to reach you but I will try other avenues. ]]>
Maybe a turbodiesel Mercedes 300D engine something for you?
]]>I’m not sure they are needed. The delay between requesting fluid and the the spray is negligible. I haven’t had any problems w/ the pump losing “prime” (not sure if it’s self priming)
]]>If you are interested, Thule makes some high rise rack supports that fit Trog. You could mount it with a cargo basket and it would be removable. I had thought of mounting 3 or 4 with the basket at the back end.
]]>It might be simple luck that the left one works without problem.
So by mounting a restistance there, you might avoid getting problems in the future. ]]>
Check out the yahoo C3/TGB group:
http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Volvo303/
lots of good info there.
-W
]]>I what to buy a c303 and this is a great read.
Do you usualy post in some other board or forum?
Keep it up and greatings from Portugal!
]]>I have a TGB1321 / C304 which I am doing a camper conversion on. I spent 6 months last year, working most weekends, stripping the cab and lower rear steel panels to bare metal, cutting out 10 areas of rust and welding in patches.
The result was terrible, the nice neat patches made the general appearance of the panels worse than they were when I started. Six months wasted effort!
The above was due to total lack of experience at doing this type of work and a refusal to see the truth.
I have just got the body finished having cut away both sides of the rear tub and made up replacement panels using 1.2mm galvanised sheet. Hopefully this will outlive me – I am damned if I will do it again.
Best of luck with Trog & congratulations on the baby
Regards
Dave
]]>Glad to see you potty trained the kid already. Now you just have to teach him to get a good bead with a MIG. ]]>
You were the right person to buy TROG, since you were able to fix it the right way.
Regards,
Paul
]]>Remember BabyBounce game?
]]>Excellent work fitting the Bilsteins, you will surely love them and wish you would of done this mod sooner! I never put them on a TGB (have yet to pick up mine unforntunately!!) but have used them on numerous landcruisers and the difference is night and day! I now sware by them! 
Many thanks for the info as this is likely one of the first mods I will be doing…
Happy trails,
-Josh
]]>wesc: “nope. and i have this handy printout i carry with me to prove it. see?”
cop: “are you sure there isn’t some kinda hidden switch hooked to a voltage dubblier?”
wesc: “nope. i mean yeah.”
wesc: “aww crap.” ]]>
9×33 = 3.666666 (x 2.06 = 7.553333:1)
9×31 = 3.444444 (x 2.06 = 7.095555:1)
11×32 = 2.90909 (x 2.06 = 5.992727:1)
I’m pretty sure I have the “medium speed” 7.095555 axles.
I can do 115km/h, but the engine (fan) howls!
]]>You’ve really made quite a bit of progress. Looks like things are shaping up and you’ll have TROG ready for the road/off road trips in no time. You are doing all the things I had planned, but didn’t have time to do , or was dissuaded from doing.
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