Well I have decided I will make some front beam stiffeners to suit beetles. These will be machined aluminium like the K bar kits and will be bolt up, providing strength to the front beam during hard cornering and braking.
Anyone interested at this early stage ?
don't know costs yet, but should have some idea over the next couple of weeks.
a fabbed plate with speed holes and a few breaks down its length would work pretty well with a rose or clevis joint at the two bolt chassis joint, just need to keep it in double shear and not in bending. also prob needs a triangulation back to the frame head if there is enough room from the two bolt mount. just my 2 cents.
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if you are going to make them for BJ and do more than one tube you will run into issues with the Steering box and pitman arm. One beam would be easier as you don't have to allow for this.
On the K&L it isn;t an issue as they have a different steering stop setup and position to the BJ ones.
