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 bearwin
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| posted on January 17th, 2011 at 07:03 PM |
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Lowering spindles
guys say my country buggy has the original front suspension, could i use the lowering spindles kp/lp used on early beetle?
or just put a front beam from a donor beetle?
i do have an extra pair of kp/lp lowering spindles, dont know if they will work on a country buggy
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| posted on January 17th, 2011 at 07:35 PM |
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You can probably run just normal beetle spindles. I think the only difference that you'd want to check out is the Link pins might be a different
diameter from memory.
And if you want to sell your country buggy spindles dibs on them!! 
Smiley 
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| posted on January 17th, 2011 at 07:41 PM |
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from memory a CB front end has Kombi axles ??? I think
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| posted on January 17th, 2011 at 09:32 PM |
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yep CB's have (origionally) splitty arms and link king pin spindles, so if you want it lowering, swap the arms etc for standard bug ones and it
should go down a couple of inches (weird why suspension height and tyres are still measured in inches, just a thought!)
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| posted on January 18th, 2011 at 08:02 AM |
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Jon is of course right. The trailing arms are same as Type 1 and will take beetle link pins. The whole type 1 king and link pin assembly will go
straight on the arms. This will both lower and narrow the car significantly. You will also need Type 1 outer tie rod ends. The main beam is type 1
(and directly interchangeable) but the CB has some strengtheners around the bump stops.
Most people are trying to get the standard “high” front stubs for their CBs. If you have a set of stubs, and perhaps a beam, for sale they should
be quite popular.
Have a look at:- http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=86968&page=1#pid811077
Cheers
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| posted on February 21st, 2011 at 12:30 AM |
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ok thanks for the reply, i was just thinking to replace the whole cb beam to a type 1 beam assembly and add adjusters and drop spindles in the
future...
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