This is project my with Dynomat installed for sound proofing of the serious sounds that will be installed.Also to eliminate road sounds.
Here is my customize front beam with shock towers raised two inches to increase the travel distance when lowered.
By far, the simplest way to remove your old paint and primer from you VW is to have it chemically dipped. Lets call this Option #1. Unfortunately, this process proves expensive and your run-of-the-mill body shop will not have a tank to handle the dipping of your entire car. If you have the money and the means, this is by far the best way to go. Option #2 The next option is media blasting. This is safer than sand blasting and the clean-up process is easier. It is very difficult to completely clean up after sand blasting. This process removes the paint from your car without disrupting the integrity of the metal. The media used can easily be recycled for more blasting. This is a great option for paint removal, again if you have the finances to handle the process. Option #3: Chemical paint stripping via an aerosol application. This option is a very difficult way to remove old paint. It takes multiple repeat applications to remove paint completely from the smallest area of the vehicle. It is also extremely messy. You will have to wear rubber gloves at all times because the chemical is very reactive to skin and can cause major irritations. 
Option #4: The poor man’s option is to use a abrasive paint stripper process. An abrasive paint stripper are pads that you place on an orbital grinder to remove paint and rust. You can remove the paint off of a complete door in about 10 minutes or less (exterior door surface only) with products as such. A good company to look at is Eastwood Company (www.eastwoodco.com). Products: Backing Pad Cushioned 7″ and 
I kept my VW unprimed for almost 1.5 years. I used a product called Metal Wash, again from Eastwood Company. Am not a spokes person for Eastwood Company, some of their products seems to work. For example: I do not think their Sandblasting out of a bucket product is worth the money.
based on personality (or finances (heheehe)). If you are the hipster type in Brooklyn, San Francisco or Denver, you should definitely rat your Veedub. If you do 90% of your clothing shopping at a local Salvation Army as a personal preference, it is inevitable, your calling is to drive the rattiest ride you can find. Trust me, by following your destiny, you would hit the hipster scene quite nicely in a VW. There is ONE thing that I must clarify and that is the definition of Rat Rod. When I refer to rat rodding, I am not talking about hot rodding. There is a big difference between the two. When you build a Hot Rod, you are doing exactly that, building at HOT rod. When you are building a Rat Rod, you aren’t doing much except, accepting the beauty of the oxidation of metal (rust) or the general dilpaidated condition of your car and slamming it as low it can go. Here is an example of a rat door pulled off of eBay. If you have no fenders and your car is 
painted in satin black with de-chromed trimming, you are heading towards a stealth Hot Rod, which is a nice look as well. The question: To Rat Rod or not to Rat Rod, should be a reflection of your personality. If you follow that, then you’ll be aiiight!
Rat on!