WANTED- Narrowed beam - BALL JOINT F/END

patina Seriously Crusin Dubber

121 posts · joined Oct 2010 · 5 Dec 2010, 6:40 pm

#815715

Hey guys,
i need a narrowed beam to fit on my:
1970's ball joint front end beetle chassis.
Does anyone know of someone in Australia who fabricates beams as i would rather get one here than from the US,
due to time.

Cheers

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lauzboy Seriously Crusin Dubber

177 posts · joined Mar 2005 · 12 Jan 2011, 5:10 pm

#821273

do you want a new fabrication, or modification of an existing?

captainvw Officially Full-On Dubber

230 posts · joined Feb 2007 · 12 Jan 2011, 6:00 pm

#821276

Shocks or no shocks ? How narrow?
VVDS stock 2'' narrowed CB Balljoint beams with Shock towers.

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 13 Jan 2011, 1:08 am

#821326

patina wrote:Hey guys, i need a narrowed beam to fit on my: 1970's ball joint front end beetle chassis. Does anyone know of someone in Australia who fabricates beams as i would rather get one here than from the US, due to time.
Cheers

Yes,
there was a beautiful looking narrowed beam on here last week
it had been made...
wasn't a modified VW one....

although its much quicker to modify the front end You have...

Someone on here should be able to help You..

LEE

- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---

captainvw Officially Full-On Dubber

230 posts · joined Feb 2007 · 13 Jan 2011, 8:19 pm

#821444

68AutoBug wrote:
patina wrote:Hey guys, i need a narrowed beam to fit on my: 1970's ball joint front end beetle chassis. Does anyone know of someone in Australia who fabricates beams as i would rather get one here than from the US, due to time.
Cheers
Yes,
there was a beautiful looking narrowed beam on here last week
it had been made...
wasn't a modified VW one....

although its much quicker to modify the front end You have...

Someone on here should be able to help You..

LEE

You mean much slower considering you chop the centres between your uprights and your shock towers to narrow a balljoint beam Lee i doubt you'll find someone willing to do it for less than the cost of a new Cb beam.

lauzboy Seriously Crusin Dubber

177 posts · joined Mar 2005 · 14 Jan 2011, 2:43 pm

#821518

how much is a new one (including shipping)? remember your torsion leaves also need to be cut down too, or order shortened ones

i had mine ball joint beam narrowed and adjusters welded in at CBB in penrith. vaguely remember it was around $400ish which included disassembly, the mods, castor shims, reassembly and wheel alignment

vwo60 Veteran Volks Folk

2,036 posts · joined Feb 2007 · 9 Mar 2011, 7:32 am

#829976

If you narrow the beam it will have to be engineered, as i understand it you will have trouble convincing a automotive engineer that narrowing the track with not change the handling and safety of the car.