tubbing?

MaD HoUsE Casual Dubber

41 posts · joined Oct 2010 · 26 Oct 2010, 8:20 pm

#809648

is it called tubbing when you make extra room for your whees on full lock cos i just put some new ones on there and they look soo good but at full lock it rubs and makes a hell of a racket. anythin i can do? anyone faced this b4?

waveman1500 Also rides a Honda

1,346 posts · joined Dec 2009 · 26 Oct 2010, 8:32 pm

#809651

Tubbing is serious business and involves cutting out your inner wheel arches and making larger ones, hence cutting further into the body and sometimes cutting the chassis and moving suspension components and so forth. You don't really want to get into that unless you really have to.

What size wheels and tyres are you running? And what offset? Where are they actually rubbing, inner or outer guard? There are much more subtle ways of clearancing, such as rolling the guard lips and so forth.

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MaD HoUsE Casual Dubber

41 posts · joined Oct 2010 · 26 Oct 2010, 10:04 pm

#809663

the wheels are pretty standard which surprised me the 15 by 5and a half with 165's on them not sure wher the rubbing happens but its only at very full lock wich unfortunetly i need to do to get into wrk everyday. it has got slight camber and the offset has changed. it looks reall tough so i dnt wanna loose the wheels

waveman1500 Also rides a Honda

1,346 posts · joined Dec 2009 · 26 Oct 2010, 10:27 pm

#809668

MaD HoUsE wrote:the wheels are pretty standard which surprised me the 15 by 5and a half with 165's on them not sure wher the rubbing happens but its only at very full lock wich unfortunetly i need to do to get into wrk everyday. it has got slight camber and the offset has changed. it looks reall tough so i dnt wanna loose the wheels

Type 3s have different offsets to Beetles so some aftermarket wheels will rub, but you should be fine with 165s on 5.5" rims. If you can, try and work out where it is actually rubbing, look for wear/rub marks inside the wheel wells. If it is rubbing on the inside you could try some kind of spacer, if they're rubbing on the outside (more likely I think) then you may be able to roll the lips.

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matberry Moderator Go hard or go home

8,114 posts · joined Mar 2006 · 26 Oct 2010, 10:32 pm

#809669

Sounds like you need to adjust the steering lock limit screw, limit the amount of turn before anything rubs on full lock. The adjustment goes out when the tie rod ends get replaced but not quite set up properly.

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zocstar Officially Full-On Dubber

279 posts · joined May 2010 · 27 Oct 2010, 7:44 am

#809686

Is this the one you want to bag? If so you'll want to tub it when you fit bags.

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MaD HoUsE Casual Dubber

41 posts · joined Oct 2010 · 27 Oct 2010, 7:32 pm

#809795

yeh but bags r down the trackas got a few options on the go and seeing which is most practicle

oztype3 Commited Dubber

71 posts · joined Sep 2010 · 30 Oct 2010, 2:55 pm

#810160

To run bigger wheels and bigger tyres.
you may aswell Narrows your front beam
and get drop spindles all in the process of doing the airbags

you can cut in to you side fire wall but its pretty unsafe.
have a look at that thread url i sent in the other topic its got all the info on Narrows Front beams

or do you mean like this
This is in hilux