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vwo60 Veteran Volks Folk

2,036 posts · joined Feb 2007 ·

#995833
You can do what ever you want, you just cannot drive it on the road

joesbuell Seriously Crusin Dubber

190 posts · joined Sep 2011 ·

#995846
Yeah whateva.....

kombibob AKA: Volkswagen Type 2 Transporter Van Robert

1,698 posts · joined May 2004 ·

#995857
So tell me vwo60 why are you not jumping up and down every time someone puts a 1600 in a early beetle? As that is also now a illegal modification!
1961 swb buggy
1960 karmann ghia
1963 Single Cab: "El Concreto"
1963 bent 23 window " Frieda Samba "
1963 Eriba Faun camper " Cara Van daCamp"
2012 Skoda Octavia scout

Get down low and go,go,go

joesbuell Seriously Crusin Dubber

190 posts · joined Sep 2011 ·

#995858
Boom boom!!!

vwo60 Veteran Volks Folk

2,036 posts · joined Feb 2007 ·

#995909
Fit a front disc brake kit and it is legal, mine is engineered and blue plated.

kombibob AKA: Volkswagen Type 2 Transporter Van Robert

1,698 posts · joined May 2004 ·

#995924
Not any more! Now you need twin speed wipers , and a collapsible steering column if power increase is over 30 %
Even in a kombi with a vertical column .
1961 swb buggy
1960 karmann ghia
1963 Single Cab: "El Concreto"
1963 bent 23 window " Frieda Samba "
1963 Eriba Faun camper " Cara Van daCamp"
2012 Skoda Octavia scout

Get down low and go,go,go

vwo60 Veteran Volks Folk

2,036 posts · joined Feb 2007 ·

#995942
Cannot be applied retrospectively, my car still complies.

kombibob AKA: Volkswagen Type 2 Transporter Van Robert

1,698 posts · joined May 2004 ·

#995952
Not talking about your car, just saying that even before the new rules you never jumped up and down about people putting bigger motors in early dubs and not upgrading brakes.
The only mod you have a gripe about is narrowed beams .
So now are you also going to carry on about every car that gets a bigger engine? as it couldn't possibly pass an engineers inspection without a collapsible steering column.
And my car is also blue plated, doesn't make it any more legal though 🙂
1961 swb buggy
1960 karmann ghia
1963 Single Cab: "El Concreto"
1963 bent 23 window " Frieda Samba "
1963 Eriba Faun camper " Cara Van daCamp"
2012 Skoda Octavia scout

Get down low and go,go,go

LUFTMEISTER Veteran Volks Folk

2,041 posts · joined Jul 2005 ·

#995955
Been the same since the first law was written up. If the law is an ass then it will be ignored. So lives the hot rodders lifestyle. Drive on freestylers 👍
Customer service is not dead in Australia.

Always after HAZET & MATRA & VW factory tools

nils Fahrvergnugen

971 posts · joined Jan 2008 ·

#995965
aussietanker wrote:
L7back wrote:Has anybody out there tried to get an Engineering Certificate for a lowered bug with a narrowed beam?
so is it possible to do this legally or not?
Under the Current NCOP I can't see it, there is simply no scope for a narrowed track (wider on the other hand) Go Baja, or go home it seems! 😂

^^^^
where did the other half of my post go? I'm so not writing that paragraph again 😠
Quit calling rust patina

nils Fahrvergnugen

971 posts · joined Jan 2008 ·

#995967
On another note, every time there is an argument on a VW forum EMPI add more cheese to there castings
Quit calling rust patina

vwo60 Veteran Volks Folk

2,036 posts · joined Feb 2007 ·

#996007
I have actually had the experience of owning a car with a narrowed beam, when I bought my ghia with one the first job was to remove it and get the steering geometry as close to standard as possible, what a difference it made to the handling and ride. I do not comment on other mods because they can be done legally were as the narrowed beam cannot, all my modifications are based on improvement, any modification that is done only for appearance sake with no regard for safety is just lunacy.

kombibob AKA: Volkswagen Type 2 Transporter Van Robert

1,698 posts · joined May 2004 ·

#996028
Best you never go to a hot rod show,
You will probably lose your shit!! 😉 ha ha
1961 swb buggy
1960 karmann ghia
1963 Single Cab: "El Concreto"
1963 bent 23 window " Frieda Samba "
1963 Eriba Faun camper " Cara Van daCamp"
2012 Skoda Octavia scout

Get down low and go,go,go

shokwave2 Officially Full-On Dubber

289 posts · joined Mar 2010 ·

#996033
vwo60 wrote:All my modifications are based on improvement, any modification that is done only for appearance sake with no regard for safety is just lunacy.
How are those mag wheels performing? Do they allow you to corner better? Are they safer than stock rims? Don't you dare add them for looks🥷

I was told a while back by someone who builds VW motors that even swapping your oil bath filter on a 1600cc for a chrome air filter needs an engineering certificate, as it is modifying the original design. I bet 99% of the VW's on the road would be classed as unroadworthy if this is true. I know mine would be. I'm not going to pay some engineer hundreds of dollars to come look at an extra bolt i've bolted to my car.

LUFTMEISTER Veteran Volks Folk

2,041 posts · joined Jul 2005 ·

#996034
Thats why some people see a beautiful sunset and engineers see thermal cooling. Looks = Art = Imagination - Imagination is what seperates us from robots. Whole industries are based on looks, not form. My2c
Customer service is not dead in Australia.

Always after HAZET & MATRA & VW factory tools

kombibob AKA: Volkswagen Type 2 Transporter Van Robert

1,698 posts · joined May 2004 ·

#996035
Plus my ute may have a narrowed beam, but it also now has seatbelts , duel circuit disc brakes , r and p steering, irs etc.
so I challenge you to go around a bend in a stock splitscreen kombi as fast as I can!
Not that I drive fast around corners because yes this car is built mostly for looks, but it is still far safer then a stock splitscreen driving in today's conditions anyway.
I also know 3 cops in Seq alone that are running narrowed beams 😉
If you are so concerned about safety over looks why are you even driving old cars...perhaps you should look at one of the new Volvos available?
1961 swb buggy
1960 karmann ghia
1963 Single Cab: "El Concreto"
1963 bent 23 window " Frieda Samba "
1963 Eriba Faun camper " Cara Van daCamp"
2012 Skoda Octavia scout

Get down low and go,go,go

DakDak67 Officially Full-On Dubber

208 posts · joined Sep 2011 ·

#996036
I just narrowed the beam on my Touareg this morning, can I still get insurance?

kombibob AKA: Volkswagen Type 2 Transporter Van Robert

1,698 posts · joined May 2004 ·

#996038
Give me a call mate, I know a guy 😉
1961 swb buggy
1960 karmann ghia
1963 Single Cab: "El Concreto"
1963 bent 23 window " Frieda Samba "
1963 Eriba Faun camper " Cara Van daCamp"
2012 Skoda Octavia scout

Get down low and go,go,go

beetle_nut Wolfsburg Wizard

465 posts · joined Jan 2012 ·

#996084
Wouldnt have anything but a narrowed beam in my vw.even did a type 1 beam conversion in my notch back..

tar76 Custom Title Time!

1,622 posts · joined Dec 2009 ·

#996108
Narrowed beams are the "Devil"!!😂😂😂
"Obey your Dreams"!


62 Std beetle.
65 11 wnd Split "The Cross".
6? coming very soon!!!!

joesbuell Seriously Crusin Dubber

190 posts · joined Sep 2011 ·

#996194
And the Devil Rocks!!!!

David Rayner Learner Dubber

5 posts · joined Jun 2017 ·

#1036513
I'm very new to VWs so I must ask a question. Why do people narrow the front track? Legalities aside, why is it done to VWs? I've never heard of it being done to any other car.

karmann141 Wolfsburg Wizard

485 posts · joined Aug 2009 ·

#1036554
It supposedly looks good but rides like a pig and handles like shit.
1961 K Ghia - Porsche 5 sp, EJ20T, Brembo's, Dble A arm susp
1974 L Bug - Porsche 944 brakes, Boxster 16's
1974 Bay Camper - EJ20, twin radiators, Boxster 16x7's
Half Beetle trailer with Boxster 16x7's
2011 Tiguan TDI 4Motion
2010 LR Discovery 4 TDV