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My 58 Beetle
brendanwright - January 22nd, 2012 at 09:31 AM

Hi All,

Just thought i would share a few pics of my 58 beetle. Narrowed & drop spindles on the front, notched spring plates on thr rear. I think the rear needs to be slightly lower, so any advice on this would be great. Have got disk brakes front & rear, BRM's with white wall inserts from Moon Eyes, roof rack, mexican blanket on rear seat, stock 36hp engine, 6volt & a few other little bits & peices. Great daily driver that it is a pleasure to cruize in.

Projects for the next 12-24 months will be converting to 12 volt, adding a sound system, bigger motor & maybe a set of empi 5's like the ones on 5LAM's ride.

Cheers all..
B

brendanwright - January 22nd, 2012 at 09:54 AM

More pics.....

Bizarre - January 22nd, 2012 at 12:51 PM

Nice :tu:

Pumba - January 22nd, 2012 at 12:56 PM

Very nice,i think you should leave the BRMs on it,they suit it perfect:tu:

Paulc1964au - January 22nd, 2012 at 02:47 PM

thats awesome, nice and clean

flying 58 - January 22nd, 2012 at 09:14 PM

Sweeeet. ,!!! White walls on brms rock

63ragtop - January 23rd, 2012 at 10:19 AM

Not sure I like the White walls with the BRM's
but maybe that's just coz I've not seen many like that, which in my book is a good thing! well done.
How narrow be that beam?

Sides - January 23rd, 2012 at 10:30 AM

In the immortal words of Borat... It'sa very nice !!!

I reckon the ride height is pretty much spot on where it is - same amount of black showing between whitewall and guard edge front and rear.

:tu:

Are they actual whitewalls, or just flappers ???

brendanwright - January 23rd, 2012 at 11:36 AM

Beam is 4.5' inch narrowed....the wheels sit nicely inside the guards, no issues at all when turning with the wheels scrubbing on the guards.

Nah mate, they're flappers from Moon Eyes, USA. They sit pretty neatly against the tyres, just thought i would give them a try to see what they look like & i do like the look as it's different....as 63ragtop said there's not many going around with this set up.

5lam - January 23rd, 2012 at 12:36 PM

I like the BRM's too. I nearly bought them instead of the Empi 5's.
I think they would look a lot better without the flappers.

warb - January 23rd, 2012 at 10:12 PM

nice mate, i got a 58 begging for a set of wide5 brm's .. let me know if you sell em! ;)

66deluxe - January 23rd, 2012 at 10:16 PM

Very nice. You've done well.

Ollie - January 30th, 2012 at 07:34 PM

Mate IMO it would look superb with a smaller whitewall thickness.

Lovely ride :)

zoofish - February 1st, 2012 at 05:47 PM

That's perfect the way it is - wheels, stance, colour, narrow beam - I LOVE IT!

bitemeoz - February 2nd, 2012 at 02:54 PM

very nice, what size are the tyres front and rear??

matberry - February 2nd, 2012 at 09:59 PM

Very cool ride :tu::tu:

cutthroatal - February 5th, 2012 at 12:25 PM

nice ride

brendanwright - February 7th, 2012 at 12:58 PM

hey fellas, thanks for all the positive feedback.....much appreciated.
Front tyres are 145x65x15 & rears are 185x65x15.

Turbo54 - February 7th, 2012 at 03:09 PM

Beautiful! Don't change a thing. It's so cool as it is your own style.
Love it,
Heath

J BOMB - February 7th, 2012 at 07:23 PM

looks amazing dude ! what happened to the OG plates ?

brendanwright - February 8th, 2012 at 10:05 AM

not sure mate, i bought the car with these plates on it. Came from the hunter valley i think & then newcastle.

brendanwright - February 10th, 2012 at 07:13 AM

J BOMB, didn't realise that was you that was asking about the plates. I got new ones as the old ones were scratching the car as they were in bad shape.....kept the same letters/numbers, just got new ones that's all.