4 stud disc brakes to fit wide 5 wheels

gazzac Seriously Crusin Dubber

122 posts · joined Dec 2009 · 6 Feb 2011, 8:19 pm

#825140

Hello all, I have got a 1967 beetle with wide five wheels. I have just got hold of a disc brake front end with 2 inch drop spindles and still want to run my wide 5 mags. Can you buy adapters to do this? is there any issues with safety by useing them? how much am I looking at for 2 for the front only? Does anyone have some second hand forsale in Adelaide? Thanks Gary

gulf blue1966 Beetle,1500 manual.

barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,474 posts · joined Jun 2004 · 6 Feb 2011, 9:41 pm

#825159

adaptors arent road legal. the only wide five discs i know about are the vintage kits

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gazzac Seriously Crusin Dubber

122 posts · joined Dec 2009 · 6 Feb 2011, 9:50 pm

#825164

So can I replace to rotors with a wide five set? will they fit without changing anything else? Cheers Gary

gulf blue1966 Beetle,1500 manual.

Purple Martin Fahrvergnugen

913 posts · joined Feb 2003 · 11 Feb 2011, 9:51 am

#825802

You can get wide-5 rotors, but the advice I got was that they won't fit with dropped spindles. Also, your calipers might not fit different rotors.

Your best bet is to do what I did: buy a full wide-5 disk kit (rotors, calipers, everything) and fit it to an adjustable front beam with normal wide-5 spindles.
This way you get everything you want: you can keep the wide-5 rims, you can lower the car, and you have disc brakes.

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Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 · 11 Feb 2011, 12:52 pm

#825816

Is this new beam linkpin or balljoint?

The frame head mounting for link pin beams is different to balljoint, you cant just bolt a late BJ beam into an early LP bug.

I've heard of people "panel beating" the mounts to fit which you may get away with in SA with no inspections but there will always be that hmmmm factor there