bluescorpion Slammed & Awesome Dubber
90 posts · joined Jul 2005 ·
Did any of the 4 stud beetles from 68 onwards have front drum brakes or were they all disc brake fronts ? ? ?
4 Stud Beetle Front Brake Assembly
ruckus Veteran Volks Folk
2,118 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·
Nah some still had drums all round. My '71 1500 started out with drums but I've fitted disks now (farily easy job if that's where you're headed).
bluescorpion Slammed & Awesome Dubber
90 posts · joined Jul 2005 ·
Hi ruckus - the problem I have is I have a 69 Baja with a disc brake front end but the wheels I have that I want to fit are all wide 5 pattern not 4 stud. I noticed a couple of sites on the net in the USA that sell wheel adaptors & I found that you can buy from them 4 stud to take wide 5 pattern wheel adaptors but they dont say if they will fit disc brake fronts. They sell them in pairs.
ancientbugger Custom Title Time!
1,986 posts · joined Mar 2004 ·
My '79 still has drums all round. I keep thinking about changing to discs but I have to get permission from the missus first!🥲
vw54 Administrator Always Waiting 4 Friday
16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
1300 models had Drum brakes front in Aussie
all US models had drums right to the end of production.
all US models had drums right to the end of production.
I read it on FACEBOOK so it must be true
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=91278&page=1#pid848630
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=63561&page=1#pid624099
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=4832&page=1#pid452603
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=60650&page=1#pid574409
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=91278&page=1#pid848630
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=63561&page=1#pid624099
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=4832&page=1#pid452603
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=60650&page=1#pid574409
sgetty Fahrvergnugen
994 posts · joined Sep 2003 ·
if your going to run adaptors use a wheel that will hide them because they are illegal.
deon
deon
🙂
sean68 Officially Full-On Dubber
239 posts · joined Feb 2004 ·
You can buy a wide 5 front disc brake kit to suit a ball joint front beam
check on the cb performance website
check on the cb performance website
68 Beetle - rebuilding 😵💫
65 beetle - driving 😎
65 beetle - driving 😎
VWCOOL 23 Windows of Awesome
5,158 posts · joined Jun 2003 ·
Buy new wheels. Easier, cheaper, safer
Pay your debts, CxxT
Kris Casual Dubber
28 posts · joined Aug 2005 ·
How much does it cost to change over to discs?