heres my beetle bought it a few months ago, then collected parts to put it closer to the ground. got a DUB 4.5 inch narrowed beam from LJ, got 165/50/15's for the front and 195/50/15's for my fatter back wheel
Picking up a sunvisor soon, got a 50's yellow lensed spotlight on the way as well as tie-rod ends and drop spindles.
next on the agenda is rust reapir in the A-pillar and heater channel.
give me your thoughts and feedback, thanks ben.
a few now/before/during photos
oh yeah theres no rake either its uneven road. more pictures to com😵
amazing how much better a bug looks with a good lowering job
nice one
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Awesome stance!
i like it! 😀 Its amazing what lowering does to a beetle....
It looks awesome. Out of interest, how does it handle corners at speed? Does it scrape or maintain it's height?
haha by 'at speed' you mean 50k's, it handles great. no bodyroll so to speak. at the moment i havent got front shocks in because i need shorter bolts for the top mount, but whether or not that makes a difference im not sure.
looks awesome mate seen the photos dion put on facebook 🙂
thanks man. well i have a sunvisor on now looks killer will post a pic soon.
Awesome............
Looks awesome mate. Curious to know how it drives at this speed and if it hates corners? Lol. Plan to make mine fairly low also.
Drives great. It's bumpy but nothing too bad. Once I've put in drop spindles and notched the spring plates with dion it should be a whole lot nicer to drive.
update pictures:
-sunvisor
-spotty
-awesom eagle emblem from a random antique shop
and one more...😂
Yep, I like this thing!
sweet
Whitewalls would look pretty damn sweet on this bad boy!
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Definitely.
Hey mate, nice stance. Dig it. You might want to consider switching your front tyres to 135's as I reckon with spindles you will be scraping those headlight buckets!
Good work!
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Awesome! I love it.
Looks unreal.
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(I will have to leave this thread open for the missus to 'stumble' upon) wink wink 😵
Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car. Oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall. Torque is how far you take the wall with you.
Yeah nice work mate. Have you got details on who did your beam?
yeah his names LJ he started downunder beams. his numbers 0409493012. yeah i need bigger diametr back tyres because with that low profile and the 1200 it revs soo high and wont do over 80 hahha😊
How low can you go! Looks awesome lowered. Anything else planned?
68 Baja - It's a growing pain!
58 Baja ute - and the pain spreads!
85 T3 Kombi - still growing
89 T3 Kombi - parts car
Out of interest, what does "plod" think of the stance?
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air is cool, but air-cooled is cooler!
1967 Aussie Built Type 1 1915 Deluxe
I often wonder that given the lowest clearance must not be less than 100mm.
😂yes cant miss this in coffs harbour...😎
I was asking a few people around the show whether they had any trouble with the '5-0' with their lowered cars (they were all easily under 100mm) and most mentioned no trouble at all?
I'm guessing maybe that because they're such a classic icon, and are usually seen doing at least 10kmph under the speed limit (heh, not by choice!) they're left alone?
I'd love to see which car a cop would go for, a slammed VW or a lowered skyline...
Follow the Photo Fun:
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- '70 1500 Beetle (The Clean One)
- '76 1300 Beetle (The In-between One)
- '69 1500 Beetle (The Mean One)
OMClarke wrote:I was asking a few people around the show whether they had any trouble with the '5-0' with their lowered cars (they were all easily under 100mm) and most mentioned no trouble at all?
I'm guessing maybe that because they're such a classic icon, and are usually seen doing at least 10kmph under the speed limit (heh, not by choice!) they're left alone?
I'd love to see which car a cop would go for, a slammed VW or a lowered skyline...
My money would be on the skyline
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Haha well they've been two police stings in coffs in the last few weeks with 15+ patrol cars and I haven't been pulled over once. It's great that there after bogan p platers in shit commodores on 'twennyz' than a nice old vw that maxs out at like 80 haha
I agree. I've had 2 slammed (patina) beetles and never once got pulled over for being too low. Great times 🙂)
