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clyve - April 8th, 2015 at 06:08 PM

Hello all
I am after some info and help, I have a 67 beetle with king pin front.
It has disc on the front, four stud! Pattern but re drilled to porsche stud pattern
Ok so here is the questions
Will it pas road worthey in qld with the re-drills?if not where to buy pre drilled to right patteren?
Best way to lower front? It has the lowering adjusters in the beams but dont seem to do anything? Worth stripping back?
Do you need shorter shocks?
Can I retro fit twin master cylinder on the brakes ?
And finaly the wire loom goes over the roof in the channel is this right
Thanks for the help will post a thread this week


adlbeetle66 - April 8th, 2015 at 06:18 PM

As for the lowering... I have a 1966 K&L Pin Beetle, and i bought a set of drop spindles from Mick Motors.
Drops it 2 1/2 Inches, and no problems getting them on.
My Members ride is here
About half way down...

JMO, but works and looks great.


adlbeetle66 - April 8th, 2015 at 06:22 PM

And no, i dont have shorter shocks. The standards seem to be fine for me. ;)


clyve - April 8th, 2015 at 07:49 PM

Yep looks sweet much difference on handeling?


adlbeetle66 - April 8th, 2015 at 08:25 PM

Haven't actually got it on the road yet :smilegrin: but have heard from many that the lower to the ground the better they handle.. Look and circuit cars and formula V's for example...:tu:


vwo60 - April 9th, 2015 at 07:22 AM

If you have a disc brake conversion it will require a dual circuit master cylinder, you should not redrill the standard rotors is the casting is to thin and depending on the place of road worthy it might fail during the inspection, lowering the car does not guarantee an improvement in handling, A lot of other factors have to be considered like castor angle, toe, condition of the front end.