vwtyp2 Son of Jim - Creator of Good
2,504 posts · joined Sep 2003 ·
put a 4" narrowed beam in on thurs night with help from dragbug.
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further progress on my \'54
vwtyp2 Son of Jim - Creator of Good
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other side
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vwtyp2 Son of Jim - Creator of Good
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need to fix the bonnet now.
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dragbug Wolfsburg Wizard
609 posts · joined Sep 2004 ·
Damn tie rod ends..... hey Dan
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kroozzn63 Bishop of Volkswagenism
3,005 posts · joined Jan 2004 ·
nice one, looking good
show us your gates
VWFOOL King for a day, Fool for a lifetime.
3,436 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·
nice work, i love this car already. tell me more about the beam....
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vwtyp2 Son of Jim - Creator of Good
2,504 posts · joined Sep 2003 ·
well, the beam was originally in a rag top owned by Tom Laube.VWFOOL wrote:nice work, i love this car already. tell me more about the beam....
It still ran shock towers, and the body was modified to fit. the fuel tank was even clearanced.
It was a very neat job, and I had to have a second look to see that It wasn't factory.
Andrew Edwards bought the car from Tom with the beam in it, and decided he didn't like the way it drove and put a standard width adjustable beam in it.
I got the beam from Andrew with the intent of putting it in my Oval.
I didn't want to modify the bodywork on the Oval at all, so it never got fitted.
Aaron wanted a narrow beam for a project, and I wanted a std. width adjustable beam, so I swapped him for a std beam, then got adjusters put in.
Aaron chopped the towers off to fit in his car, and I put the low beam in mine.
Aaron then sold his car, but the buyer wanted a std width beam in it.
So, we swapped back the beams, now I have the narrow beam back, and he has his beam back.
Everyone's happy.
The narrow beam doesn't sit quite so low though, so now I'll have to install the drop spindles I bought from C.B's.
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oval TOFU Bitte, ein Bit!
2,946 posts · joined Jul 2003 ·
epic....
...and Robert's ya father's brother...
Resto64 Jack of all, master of none
1,081 posts · joined Apr 2004 ·
looks great dan
will u bring it to the volks fest????
Paul
will u bring it to the volks fest????
Paul
steve-89 slammed
380 posts · joined Mar 2005 ·
that looks really cool,
yeah Dan bring it down to the Volksfest.
steve
yeah Dan bring it down to the Volksfest.
steve
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vwtyp2 Son of Jim - Creator of Good
2,504 posts · joined Sep 2003 ·
yeah, may swing past.
when is it?
I haven't heard anything yet.
when is it?
I haven't heard anything yet.
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VWFOOL King for a day, Fool for a lifetime.
3,436 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·
so i take it ur running no shocks then, hows that go?
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vwtyp2 Son of Jim - Creator of Good
2,504 posts · joined Sep 2003 ·
that's right.VWFOOL wrote:so i take it ur running no shocks then, hows that go?
haven't driven it far yet. maybe about 10km.
needs a wheel alignment, it's getting one tomorrow.
I put some caster shims in, which make a difference to the previous beam.
ride quality wise, I haven't noticed any difference.
A little bit wandery, but that's probably more to do with the wheel alignment.
See what it's like after I put the spindles in too.
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dragbug Wolfsburg Wizard
609 posts · joined Sep 2004 ·
I Ran around with no shocks for ages.
Didnt bother me one bit.
For me it was better,
Due to it not having the up/down motion of normal shocks after you hit a bump.
Actually preferred it,now i think about it more.
Ya gotta remember that the torsion leafs take a lot of dampning away from the road first.
[ Edited on 4-10-2005 by dragbug ]
Didnt bother me one bit.
For me it was better,
Due to it not having the up/down motion of normal shocks after you hit a bump.
Actually preferred it,now i think about it more.
Ya gotta remember that the torsion leafs take a lot of dampning away from the road first.
[ Edited on 4-10-2005 by dragbug ]
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BOOMERDOG Officially Full-On Dubber
204 posts · joined Jan 2005 ·
cool keep it coming dude
,i run a narrowed beam on my '54' as well
,uprated bug pack leaves,sway aways ,casters,anti bump steer joints ,kyb gas shocks,porsche 356A vented speedster drums all round ,125 x 15 tyres!.....
stylin......
[ Edited on 4-10-2005 by BOOMERDOG ]
,i run a narrowed beam on my '54' as well
,uprated bug pack leaves,sway aways ,casters,anti bump steer joints ,kyb gas shocks,porsche 356A vented speedster drums all round ,125 x 15 tyres!.....
stylin......
[ Edited on 4-10-2005 by BOOMERDOG ]
vwtyp2 Son of Jim - Creator of Good
2,504 posts · joined Sep 2003 ·
mmmm.... 356 drums.
I'm saving for some CSP wide 5 discs.
Should look sweet through the Radars.
Got any more pics of your car Boomerdog? Whack 'em up in members rides.
I'm saving for some CSP wide 5 discs.
Should look sweet through the Radars.
Got any more pics of your car Boomerdog? Whack 'em up in members rides.
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BOOMERDOG Officially Full-On Dubber
204 posts · joined Jan 2005 ·
pics are already up dude,in the chit chat section under aussie info wanted ..& trailer transport help
still no luck with that subject 🙁
still no luck with that subject 🙁
vwtyp2 Son of Jim - Creator of Good
2,504 posts · joined Sep 2003 ·
took it for a blast up the freeway last night.
drove perfectly fine.
You just have to realise that you can't throw it into corners.
It feels better than having 40 year old shocks that don't work anymore.
Just need to get the spindles on to get the front down the rest of the way.
drove perfectly fine.
You just have to realise that you can't throw it into corners.
It feels better than having 40 year old shocks that don't work anymore.
Just need to get the spindles on to get the front down the rest of the way.
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57 Chook Shed Custom Title Time!
1,021 posts · joined Oct 2002 ·
What`s the problem with the tie rods?
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vwtyp2 Son of Jim - Creator of Good
2,504 posts · joined Sep 2003 ·
no prob.57 Chook Shed wrote:What`s the problem with the tie rods?
One of the tie rod ends was being a b*tch, so we pulled it out and replaced it.
now it's been wheel aligned, it's sweet.
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