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AUSSIE_MICK Officially Full-On Dubber

205 posts · joined Jan 2009 ·

#819532
Ok i need some help.
I have a 56 oval sitting on a 69 balljoint pan and i want to install a narrowed beam with dropped spindles, how narrow can i go without butchering the inner body?

Thanks

Mick

66brm Seriously Crusin Dubber

140 posts · joined Nov 2009 ·

#819711
If you don't want shocks then as narrow as you like, with shocks then you will need to measure what clearance you have currently, remember it will affect other things too such as your turning circle, bumpsteer etc, how low are you looking to go?Do you need modified balljoints?.
The changes you make will affect ride quality,as you narrow the springs you effectively stiffen them, too narrow and you can feel every pebble

AUSSIE_MICK Officially Full-On Dubber

205 posts · joined Jan 2009 ·

#819722
66brm - Think i need shocks couldnt imagine driving without them! Turning circle is not a problem, already have a lowered beam done about 20 years ago and not happy with it. So intend to go for as narrow as possible with adjusters plus dropped spindles i have the lowered ball joints.

vw54 - 1 inch really isnt much.

Thanks

AUSSIE_MICK Officially Full-On Dubber

205 posts · joined Jan 2009 ·

#819759
Thanks for the info guy's

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

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#819810
AUSSIE_MICK wrote:Ok i need some help.
I have a 56 oval sitting on a 69 balljoint pan and i want to install a narrowed beam with dropped spindles, how narrow can i go without butchering the inner body?

Thanks

Mick
There are a few people running narrowed front ends without shock absorbers...
I tried it with My lowered front end and it was too rough as the roads around SCONE can be very rough..
even bumps on the highway can be BIG...

Why do You want to go so low???

and narrow...????

just for the look???

LEE
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captainvw Officially Full-On Dubber

230 posts · joined Feb 2007 ·

#819812
68AutoBug wrote:
AUSSIE_MICK wrote:Ok i need some help.
I have a 56 oval sitting on a 69 balljoint pan and i want to install a narrowed beam with dropped spindles, how narrow can i go without butchering the inner body?

Thanks

Mick
There are a few people running narrowed front ends without shock absorbers...
I tried it with My lowered front end and it was too rough as the roads around SCONE can be very rough..
even bumps on the highway can be BIG...

Why do You want to go so low???

and narrow...????

just for the look???

LEE
Was it narrowed as well or did you just take your shocks off a standard beam?
The springs become stiffer (less torsional twist ) as it becomes narrower.A standard beam will ride like shit without shocks.

AUSSIE_MICK Officially Full-On Dubber

205 posts · joined Jan 2009 ·

#819814
It's all about the look guy's

barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,473 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·

#819825
captainvw wrote:
68AutoBug wrote:
AUSSIE_MICK wrote:Ok i need some help.
I have a 56 oval sitting on a 69 balljoint pan and i want to install a narrowed beam with dropped spindles, how narrow can i go without butchering the inner body?

Thanks

Mick
There are a few people running narrowed front ends without shock absorbers...
I tried it with My lowered front end and it was too rough as the roads around SCONE can be very rough..
even bumps on the highway can be BIG...

Why do You want to go so low???

and narrow...????

just for the look???

LEE
Was it narrowed as well or did you just take your shocks off a standard beam?
The springs become stiffer (less torsional twist ) as it becomes narrower.A standard beam will ride like shit without shocks.
its also illegal to run without shocks under the adrs.
also any suspension modification requires an engineers to be legal.
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captainvw Officially Full-On Dubber

230 posts · joined Feb 2007 ·

#819875
Except in Canberra