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clyve Officially Full-On Dubber

310 posts · joined Feb 2011 · 8 Apr 2015, 6:08 pm

#1011095

Hello all
I am after some info and help, I have a 67 beetle with king pin front.
It has disc on the front, four stud! Pattern but re drilled to porsche stud pattern
Ok so here is the questions
Will it pas road worthey in qld with the re-drills?if not where to buy pre drilled to right patteren?
Best way to lower front? It has the lowering adjusters in the beams but dont seem to do anything? Worth stripping back?
Do you need shorter shocks?
Can I retro fit twin master cylinder on the brakes ?
And finaly the wire loom goes over the roof in the channel is this right
Thanks for the help will post a thread this week

adlbeetle66 Under the car.........again!

1,476 posts · joined Aug 2014 · 8 Apr 2015, 6:18 pm

#1011098

As for the lowering... I have a 1966 K&L Pin Beetle, and i bought a set of drop spindles from Mick Motors.
Drops it 2 1/2 Inches, and no problems getting them on.
My Members ride is here
About half way down...

JMO, but works and looks great.

adlbeetle66 Under the car.........again!

1,476 posts · joined Aug 2014 · 8 Apr 2015, 6:22 pm

#1011099

And no, i dont have shorter shocks. The standards seem to be fine for me. 😉

clyve Officially Full-On Dubber

310 posts · joined Feb 2011 · 8 Apr 2015, 7:49 pm

#1011106

Yep looks sweet much difference on handeling?

adlbeetle66 Under the car.........again!

1,476 posts · joined Aug 2014 · 8 Apr 2015, 8:25 pm

#1011109

Haven't actually got it on the road yet 😁 but have heard from many that the lower to the ground the better they handle.. Look and circuit cars and formula V's for example...👍

vwo60 Veteran Volks Folk

2,036 posts · joined Feb 2007 · 9 Apr 2015, 7:22 am

#1011133

If you have a disc brake conversion it will require a dual circuit master cylinder, you should not redrill the standard rotors is the casting is to thin and depending on the place of road worthy it might fail during the inspection, lowering the car does not guarantee an improvement in handling, A lot of other factors have to be considered like castor angle, toe, condition of the front end.