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 Craig Torrens
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| posted on July 22nd, 2007 at 06:11 PM |
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Lowering an early beam, do you remove the bumpstop??
I'm fitting two adjusters into by 60's beam so I can lower it around 4 inches.
Do I need to chop off the factory bumpstop mount?
Or can it stay with just the rubber stop removed?
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| posted on July 22nd, 2007 at 06:50 PM |
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Mine are gone altogether and I haven't experienced any problems
If I Had done it myself I would have cut them of and relocated them?
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Craig Torrens
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| posted on July 22nd, 2007 at 06:54 PM |
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Yeah I was thinking that too.Maybe I'll just get shocks that have built in bumpstops.
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| posted on July 22nd, 2007 at 10:03 PM |
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Cut 'em and turn 'em so they are still there and working, but kinda lower
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Craig Torrens
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| posted on July 22nd, 2007 at 10:09 PM |
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yeah but if i ever raise the beam to stock height they will be in the way .
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| posted on July 22nd, 2007 at 10:18 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Craig Torrens
yeah but if i ever raise the beam to stock height they will be in the way .
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... of what? They just sit higher in the 'space' between the top and bottom arms
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| posted on July 23rd, 2007 at 09:28 AM |
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......Of the upper arm, it would probably be resting on the bump stop at standard height.
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| posted on July 23rd, 2007 at 09:31 AM |
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shave it off all together and get the shocks with a bump stop in em, thats how i did it
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| posted on July 23rd, 2007 at 09:33 AM |
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yep I agree. Where did you get your shocks from?
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| posted on July 23rd, 2007 at 11:04 AM |
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I cut off the dust shield,
and hose clamped a shocky rubber around the shaft.
| Quote: | Originally
posted by westi
That's mad Alan.
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| posted on July 23rd, 2007 at 11:35 AM |
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thats a good idea :thumb
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| posted on July 23rd, 2007 at 02:16 PM |
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yeah that is a good idea ^^^ my shocks are monroe i think dude down at repco hooked me up
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| posted on July 23rd, 2007 at 03:42 PM |
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Hi
1500 bug front Konis come with a trim able bump stop.
Steve
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| posted on July 23rd, 2007 at 06:33 PM |
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but they don't come with the eyelet for the bolt, they have the shaft.
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| posted on July 24th, 2007 at 09:30 AM |
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Hi
Oh really, I was suggesting that so that maybe you could buy the bump stop from Koni or find someone who has fitted Konis to a beam bug before and has
some left over bumpstop material as the bumpstop needs to be trimmed down when you lower a beam bug.
Steve
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| posted on July 24th, 2007 at 04:55 PM |
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I've had a look in a Monroe catalogue in the past and it turns out Bay Window Kombi Front shocks have an upper and lower stop internal to the shock.
Kinda the same as a late beetle front shock, but they mount with 2 eyes. The extra damping might be good for a lower car too. Just a thought, I've
never tried this.
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| posted on August 3rd, 2007 at 10:22 PM |
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Craig ive got a cb 2'' narowed on my daily 58 bug no stops and have never had a problem ever slammed or 2.5'' lower than standard( spindles) beam
at full hieght.........you dont need that shit.I like to use the bootom of the spare wheel well as a bump stop though
[ Edited on August 3rd 2007 by captainvw ]
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| posted on August 3rd, 2007 at 10:32 PM |
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hehehehe
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