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 vwo60
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| posted on July 17th, 2014 at 07:18 AM |
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You can do what ever you want, you just cannot drive it on the road
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joesbuell
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| posted on July 17th, 2014 at 09:19 AM |
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Yeah whateva.....
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| posted on July 17th, 2014 at 01:15 PM |
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So tell me vwo60 why are you not jumping up and down every time someone puts a 1600 in a early beetle? As that is also now a illegal modification!
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| posted on July 17th, 2014 at 01:22 PM |
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Boom boom!!!
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vwo60
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| posted on July 17th, 2014 at 09:28 PM |
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Fit a front disc brake kit and it is legal, mine is engineered and blue plated.
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kombibob
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| posted on July 18th, 2014 at 07:50 AM |
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Not any more! Now you need twin speed wipers , and a collapsible steering column if power increase is over 30 %
Even in a kombi with a vertical column .
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1963 Eriba Faun camper " Cara Van daCamp"
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vwo60
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| posted on July 18th, 2014 at 11:39 AM |
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Cannot be applied retrospectively, my car still complies.
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kombibob
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| posted on July 18th, 2014 at 01:21 PM |
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Not talking about your car, just saying that even before the new rules you never jumped up and down about people putting bigger motors in early dubs
and not upgrading brakes.
The only mod you have a gripe about is narrowed beams .
So now are you also going to carry on about every car that gets a bigger engine? as it couldn't possibly pass an engineers inspection without a
collapsible steering column.
And my car is also blue plated, doesn't make it any more legal though 
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1963 Single Cab: "El Concreto"
1963 bent 23 window " Frieda Samba "
1963 Eriba Faun camper " Cara Van daCamp"
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| posted on July 18th, 2014 at 01:40 PM |
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Been the same since the first law was written up. If the law is an ass then it will be ignored. So lives the hot rodders lifestyle. Drive on
freestylers 
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| posted on July 18th, 2014 at 03:42 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by L7back
Has anybody out there tried to get an Engineering Certificate for a lowered bug with a narrowed beam?
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so is it possible to do this legally or not?
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Under the Current NCOP I can't see it, there is simply no scope for a narrowed track (wider on the other hand) Go Baja, or go home it seems! 
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where did the other half of my post go? I'm so not writing that paragraph again 
Quit calling rust patina
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nils
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| posted on July 18th, 2014 at 03:47 PM |
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On another note, every time there is an argument on a VW forum EMPI add more cheese to there castings
Quit calling rust patina
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vwo60
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| posted on July 18th, 2014 at 10:20 PM |
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I have actually had the experience of owning a car with a narrowed beam, when I bought my ghia with one the first job was to remove it and get the
steering geometry as close to standard as possible, what a difference it made to the handling and ride. I do not comment on other mods because they
can be done legally were as the narrowed beam cannot, all my modifications are based on improvement, any modification that is done only for appearance
sake with no regard for safety is just lunacy.
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kombibob
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| posted on July 19th, 2014 at 09:23 AM |
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Best you never go to a hot rod show,
You will probably lose your shit!!  ha ha
1961 swb buggy
1960 karmann ghia
1963 Single Cab: "El Concreto"
1963 bent 23 window " Frieda Samba "
1963 Eriba Faun camper " Cara Van daCamp"
2012 Skoda Octavia scout
Get down low and go,go,go
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| posted on July 19th, 2014 at 10:01 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by vwo60
All my modifications are based on improvement, any modification that is done only for appearance sake with no regard for safety is just lunacy.
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How are those mag wheels performing? Do they allow you to corner better? Are they safer than stock rims? Don't you dare add them for looks
I was told a while back by someone who builds VW motors that even swapping your oil bath filter on a 1600cc for a chrome air filter needs an
engineering certificate, as it is modifying the original design. I bet 99% of the VW's on the road would be classed as unroadworthy if this is true.
I know mine would be. I'm not going to pay some engineer hundreds of dollars to come look at an extra bolt i've bolted to my car.
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| posted on July 19th, 2014 at 10:06 AM |
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Thats why some people see a beautiful sunset and engineers see thermal cooling. Looks = Art = Imagination - Imagination is what seperates us from
robots. Whole industries are based on looks, not form. My2c
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| posted on July 19th, 2014 at 10:23 AM |
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Plus my ute may have a narrowed beam, but it also now has seatbelts , duel circuit disc brakes , r and p steering, irs etc.
so I challenge you to go around a bend in a stock splitscreen kombi as fast as I can!
Not that I drive fast around corners because yes this car is built mostly for looks, but it is still far safer then a stock splitscreen driving in
today's conditions anyway.
I also know 3 cops in Seq alone that are running narrowed beams
If you are so concerned about safety over looks why are you even driving old cars...perhaps you should look at one of the new Volvos available?
1961 swb buggy
1960 karmann ghia
1963 Single Cab: "El Concreto"
1963 bent 23 window " Frieda Samba "
1963 Eriba Faun camper " Cara Van daCamp"
2012 Skoda Octavia scout
Get down low and go,go,go
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| posted on July 19th, 2014 at 10:27 AM |
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I just narrowed the beam on my Touareg this morning, can I still get insurance?
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| posted on July 19th, 2014 at 10:31 AM |
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Give me a call mate, I know a guy
1961 swb buggy
1960 karmann ghia
1963 Single Cab: "El Concreto"
1963 bent 23 window " Frieda Samba "
1963 Eriba Faun camper " Cara Van daCamp"
2012 Skoda Octavia scout
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| posted on July 19th, 2014 at 06:59 PM |
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Wouldnt have anything but a narrowed beam in my vw.even did a type 1 beam conversion in my notch back..
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| posted on July 20th, 2014 at 08:46 AM |
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Narrowed beams are the "Devil"!!
"Obey your Dreams"!
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65 11 wnd Split "The Cross".
6? coming very soon!!!!
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| posted on July 20th, 2014 at 09:34 PM |
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And the Devil Rocks!!!!
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David Rayner
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| posted on June 27th, 2017 at 12:24 AM |
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I'm very new to VWs so I must ask a question. Why do people narrow the front track? Legalities aside, why is it done to VWs? I've never heard of it
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| posted on June 29th, 2017 at 06:13 AM |
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It supposedly looks good but rides like a pig and handles like shit.
1961 K Ghia - Porsche 5 sp, EJ20T, Brembo's, Dble A arm susp
1974 L Bug - Porsche 944 brakes, Boxster 16's
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