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Dropped spindles
Adam_C - October 10th, 2003 at 12:00 PM

Do any companies sell these in australia? or do ypu have to go O/S to buy them?

do they have to be "engineered" as per the post in general chit chat?

cheers
adz

65square - October 10th, 2003 at 12:05 PM

I had some made by Custom Bugs & Buses in Penrith, can't remember how much they cost though!

Adam_C - October 10th, 2003 at 12:16 PM

approx price wouldbe good . . . . ill ring round and i dont have the $$ just yet but id just finding things out

65square - October 10th, 2003 at 01:19 PM

i think around the $500 mark, I had the front & rear torsion bars turned at the same time. I'll see if I can find the invoice.

59 BUS - October 10th, 2003 at 01:28 PM

They are $770 exchange from Custom Bugs & Busses, for 2 inch ball joint dropped spindles. They are on my Christmas List!

2443TT - October 10th, 2003 at 01:56 PM

I'm in the process of upgrading my front end, and will have a second hand pair of king and link ones up for grabs soon, with disc brakes as well.

The disc's are drilled for 4 x 130mm and 5 x 130mm vw and porsche alloy wheels.

Give me about 3 weeks or so, and I'll be advertising them online here.

Cheers,

Ian.

blompod - October 10th, 2003 at 05:24 PM

are drop spindles hard to fit? I want some for my KG. Two inches is a big drop, any problems with tyre rubbing?

65square - October 10th, 2003 at 08:02 PM

Mine were fitted by CBB. They do widen the track a little, my tyres just rub the guards on full lock with 2 people in the car. This is on a Type 3 though, not sure what would happen with a Ghia.

matara - October 10th, 2003 at 08:24 PM

Why would you put dropped spindles on a Type 3? can't you just turn the torsions to drop the suspension front & rear?

Adam_C - October 10th, 2003 at 11:09 PM

iswinkels, u have an email mate:)

65square - October 10th, 2003 at 11:12 PM

The spindles keep a bit more suspension travel. A combination of spindles & a little turn of the bars gets you low without banging on the bumpstops.