gday
just throwing this out there. Anyone have a narrowed beam for a type 3 for sale. It's for a 69?
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bitemeoz Officially Full-On Dubber
355 posts · joined Oct 2003 ·
Type 3 Narrowed Beam
mackaymanx Custom Title Time!
1,611 posts · joined Jan 2006 ·
Type 3 beams can't be narrowed as easily as the type 1 beams. I just Googled this and the only one I could find was a type 1 style beam converted to fit a type 3 mount
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ren Wolfsburg Wizard
629 posts · joined Mar 2005 ·
What he said. I think there are a couple out there, but very rare and a lot of work. Hopefully someone in OZ will start making type1 beams converted for type3 some time. KCW are pretty free with their info, so I'm sure they'd help with plans on building a t1/t3 beam.
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Boostn Wolfsburg Wizard
657 posts · joined Apr 2005 ·
Hi Guys,
We at Vollkommen Art have been doing the T3-T1 beam conversion for a while now.
There are many options when doing a T1 beam conversion, and some are a lot of work and do add up in cost.
We at Vollkommen Art have been doing the T3-T1 beam conversion for a while now.
There are many options when doing a T1 beam conversion, and some are a lot of work and do add up in cost.
ren Wolfsburg Wizard
629 posts · joined Mar 2005 ·
care to give us some option/price details, boostn?
penguin ackkkkkk thhhhhpt!
3,383 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
Some dude in UK narrowed his type 3 beam, I think they may have done an article on it. It didn't sound easy, put it that way!
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Dyno Officially Full-On Dubber
279 posts · joined May 2005 ·
not easy, the typ 3 beam is pressed from two sheets with halves welded together(front/rear, not left/right). to complicate things for us customisers,the torsion bars are set at about 5 degrees to each lower arm, with the clamp for one arm screwed into the torsion bar for the opposite side. The upper is simply the sway bar(yes you can get thicker ones made.). The wheel wells also are not kind to narrowing as it will dramatically reduce the turning cirlce due to the deep foot wells(intruding into the wheel well space!). A modified typ1 beam will work, with modified mounts for the typ 3 pan and body and will be the most cost effective as you can but drop spindles/ perf parts readily.
Stanley I guess the reward is in the doing of it
4,523 posts · joined Mar 2003 ·
Check this out.....apart from the bagging...it would be much easier than narrowing a type3 beam.
As Pengy said one of the mags Ultra VW I think did an article on a guy who painstakingly did it....easier to split an atom I think.
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=49229&page=1#pid458717
Either way you've got rego/insurance issues.
As Pengy said one of the mags Ultra VW I think did an article on a guy who painstakingly did it....easier to split an atom I think.
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=49229&page=1#pid458717
Either way you've got rego/insurance issues.
bitemeoz Officially Full-On Dubber
355 posts · joined Oct 2003 ·
ok no probs too hard basket. so any1 want to swap some 15 x 5.5" for 4.5's?
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ren Wolfsburg Wizard
629 posts · joined Mar 2005 ·
nice ride bite me oz. is that lotus white? yeah your wheels are really sitting out wide!
avwboy Seriously Crusin Dubber
192 posts · joined May 2005 ·
any ideas on price/options?Boostn wrote:Hi Guys,
We at Vollkommen Art have been doing the T3-T1 beam conversion for a while now.
There are many options when doing a T1 beam conversion, and some are a lot of work and do add up in cost.
ball joint or only K n L ?
do anything with air bags?
narrowed ?
shock towers ? etc etc
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ren Wolfsburg Wizard
629 posts · joined Mar 2005 ·
is Brian's white notch w/sprintstars narrowed? it's channeled, tubbed etc..and looks quite narrow. Check the white notch in the valla pics.
avwboy Seriously Crusin Dubber
192 posts · joined May 2005 ·
dont think its been narrowed
(although i remember him talking about trying to narrow a type3 beam like 2 yrs ago at a show down melb)
but the beam mount was raised on the chassis head which is nice 🙂
(although i remember him talking about trying to narrow a type3 beam like 2 yrs ago at a show down melb)
but the beam mount was raised on the chassis head which is nice 🙂
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empi Compulsive Aussie Vee Dubber
4,131 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
Type 3 front beams are torsion bar that span the width of the beam good luck trying to narrow one, beetle front beams are some what inferior to a type 3 beam and would reduce the ride quality severly. Not to say this wouldnt look cool.
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Hertz www.melburgluft.com
1,080 posts · joined Nov 2005 ·
RIDEMASTER aka hoodride do the t1/t3 beams at a pretty decent price even with shipping. My 2c
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empi Compulsive Aussie Vee Dubber
4,131 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
you have to modify the bulkhead( replace with a beetle one) of the floor pan to fit one josh.
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avwboy Seriously Crusin Dubber
192 posts · joined May 2005 ·
empi , do u mean to fit a type1 conversion beam?
if so i believe the conversion beams are made to bolt onto the original type3 frame head (but the lower section can be cut off and plated so the pan is the lowest part , not the clamps like normal)
if so i believe the conversion beams are made to bolt onto the original type3 frame head (but the lower section can be cut off and plated so the pan is the lowest part , not the clamps like normal)
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humpty Bishop of Volkswagenism
3,336 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·
You are quite correct avwboy.... Thats what I have done on my Notch... Worked a treat.... The torsion tube centres line up perfectly with the bulkhead impressions, which actually lowers the car around 60mm, then I trimmed the bottom TIII mount to suit the TI beam and capped it off to look kinda like the TI bulkhead mount.... Then I used a fabbed bracket (welded to the TI torsion tubes) to mount the beam in the factory TIII clamp area, which ties in with the body mount.....All said and done it looks nearly factory..... I have 2" narrowed, adjustable LP beam under my Notch with CB drop spindles about to go on... The only real problem I see is the loss in turning circle.... A small price to pay for added tyre clearance and a very cool stance.... And I would not expect any real loss in ride quality... Infact I suspect it will ride loads better than an equally lowered TIII beam!avwboy wrote:empi , do u mean to fit a type1 conversion beam?
if so i believe the conversion beams are made to bolt onto the original type3 frame head (but the lower section can be cut off and plated so the pan is the lowest part , not the clamps like normal)
avwboy Seriously Crusin Dubber
192 posts · joined May 2005 ·
mmmm i must meet this notch of yours humpty
my mind is in 2 places about what im going to do with my front end atm (type1 balljoint / lingpin , or raising the factory type3 beam in the chassis head itself)
i think i need to see your car and discuss all things
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my mind is in 2 places about what im going to do with my front end atm (type1 balljoint / lingpin , or raising the factory type3 beam in the chassis head itself)
i think i need to see your car and discuss all things
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[ Edited on 10/8/2006 by avwboy ]
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Hertz www.melburgluft.com
1,080 posts · joined Nov 2005 ·
Their building some to mate up to a type 3 bulkhead. There is is a guy on hoodride that afew of you might know Scone, who hasone in his square. Awesome.empi wrote:you have to modify the bulkhead( replace with a beetle one) of the floor pan to fit one josh.
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