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wanted Front beam for link pin
bbbeetle - April 17th, 2016 at 06:45 PM

Hi, I am after a shortened front beam for my 56 beetle, does anyone have one they want to sell??


vw54 - April 17th, 2016 at 06:51 PM

you mean narrowed

If so by how much ??


bbbeetle - April 17th, 2016 at 08:02 PM

Yep that is what I mean, 2" would do but 4" would be Better, still want to run shocks


psimitar - April 19th, 2016 at 12:05 AM

Gotta make sure a 4" is done properly or you'll have body clearance issues plus you loose the use of needle bearings for the TA's. Personally I like needle bearings over urethane sock bushes but that's just me.

2" can be done to keep the needles and mod the orig shock tower to gain clearance or just fab new towers from thick plate. Either was even a 2" must be done right so as to have no clearance issues and hence the longer reply :)


vw54 - April 19th, 2016 at 07:10 AM

you can have yours modified by VVDS in Sydney


bbbeetle - May 2nd, 2016 at 09:11 PM

Thanks guys, was hoping not to have car off the road as it is my wife's daily....
Surely someone has a 2" narrowed beam they don't want???