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| posted on November 11th, 2011 at 03:01 PM |
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How to lower the front of a '62 beetle the right way
Hi everyone, can anyone help me out with info or photos on how to lower the front of a '62 beetle properly?
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| posted on November 11th, 2011 at 04:13 PM |
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buy a front end already cut and fitted with adjusters
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| posted on November 11th, 2011 at 06:23 PM |
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get some dropped spindles if not too worried about top speed, gives you a good amount of drop, and full geometry as designed. No adjustability
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| posted on November 11th, 2011 at 10:24 PM |
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why would the fitment of drop spindles affect the speed.
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| posted on November 11th, 2011 at 10:35 PM |
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They don't have the best wrap for hard and fast driving. The stubs aren't as solidly mounted as the originals
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| posted on November 11th, 2011 at 10:51 PM |
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buy a front end already cut and fitted with adjusters
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pretty much yeah..
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| posted on November 12th, 2011 at 07:18 AM |
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How low???
Mild lowering, 2-3" and either adjusters or dropped spindles, but for more adjustability or fine tuning, fitment of both will give you more
adjustability and lower is possible. Then there's also narrowing the beam if you want to turn at the same time as driving and what tyre and rim combo
and brakes to be concerned about, these effect the way/amount to lower it too.
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| posted on November 12th, 2011 at 08:30 AM |
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Have you had that experence as i have run a set of CB dropped spindles for five years with very large brakes and drive the car pretty hard with not a
problem, they are also fitted with 7" x 17" wheel, i have crack tested them twice and they show no signs of any fatigue, the caliper only misses the
wheel centre by 4MM, as far as i can see they show no signs of flexing, just the rest of the front end does
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| posted on November 12th, 2011 at 08:38 AM |
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If u buy the CRAP chinese cheap drop spindles then i would be weary
yes the CB spindles are the best
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