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 Gamaufmate
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| posted on April 15th, 2014 at 09:28 PM |
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vw54, i will try and get a pic up for you guys tomorrow (sorry i have been flat out this past week). To be honest with you guys a 2" narrowed beam
does not change the look of the car all that much. It isn't a dramatic change. I only did it so i could clear my guards, as the disc brake conversion
offset my wheels by 17mm. So in order to make my car safer (disc brakes) i had to narrow my beam to make it practical and not ruin my pretty paint
job. After doing the beam, my dad came home and asked me if i actually changed the beam (lol), there is hardly any noticeable difference from the
standard beam to the 2" narrowed, but it helps clear my guards so i'm happy! With this current setup i can reassure you that there is nothing
dangerous in regards to the handling of the car, it feels like a normal volkswagen, ride comfort nor handling were not sacrificed in this conversion.
I will get pics up soon.
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| posted on April 15th, 2014 at 09:47 PM |
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Good to hear your happy with it, 2inch is just the right amount of narrow for the extra room 'under' the guards.
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| posted on April 16th, 2014 at 06:04 PM |
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Ok guys, sorry about taking so long, been really busy. Managed to take some pics of her when i got home today. Sorry if they aren't the best, but it
kinda shows the stance of the car. Let me know what do guys think! 
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| posted on April 16th, 2014 at 07:10 PM |
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nice job hardly noticeable
which brake set up did you have fitted ??
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| posted on April 16th, 2014 at 07:20 PM |
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It was just the Empi disc brake and drop spindle kit. Everything bolted up quite nicely and works very well.
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| posted on April 16th, 2014 at 10:08 PM |
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Is that a wide 5 disc brake kit mate ?
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| posted on April 17th, 2014 at 08:04 AM |
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the Empi
theres that terrible word not a fan of there products
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| posted on April 17th, 2014 at 02:05 PM |
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Have you had a wheel alignment done ?
It looks like it has positive camber, but maybe that's just the photo angle ??
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| posted on April 17th, 2014 at 03:34 PM |
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posted by Craig Torrens
Have you had a wheel alignment done ?
It looks like it has positive camber, but maybe that's just the photo angle ??
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| posted on April 17th, 2014 at 03:52 PM |
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Hmm, that would be hard for me Mr. Mezz, my tyres are devoid of tread and I've only got a metric tape.   
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| posted on April 17th, 2014 at 04:37 PM |
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That's as rough as guts, Ian.......I hope that's not how you do a wheel alignment.
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| posted on April 17th, 2014 at 05:22 PM |
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haha, i did it on the baja recently like that... I didn't bother getting a pro job because i intent on taking it to the shops and will have it done
there.
But... it worked wonders!
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| posted on April 17th, 2014 at 05:34 PM |
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nah she aint runnin pos, its just the angle of the pic
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| posted on April 17th, 2014 at 05:38 PM |
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| posted on April 17th, 2014 at 07:01 PM |
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Hi
I'm pretty sure the Vintage disc kit doesn't widen your track, fitting one of those would have not caused all these issues and its engineered.
I like the Reliant Robyn comment earlier, watch Mr Bean to see how your car will handle with a narrowed beam.
Steve
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| posted on April 17th, 2014 at 08:36 PM |
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well, i was told that drop spindles and disc brakes will widen the track (after i fitted them to my car) and it was fairly clear that it did, as the
wheels were rubbing on the guards. I think the discs made the track wider by 17mm? something like that. Anyway, the tyres don't scrub now, so im
happy. And as you can see from the pics, the narrowed beam isn't really THAT narrow... So the handling is still good.
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| posted on April 17th, 2014 at 11:00 PM |
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The VVDS kit actually narrows the track by nearly 10mm I believe, but unfortunately does not fit dropped spindles.
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| posted on April 18th, 2014 at 09:06 AM |
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looks good man.
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| posted on April 18th, 2014 at 03:59 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by vwo60
Facts are quite simple, reducing the safety of the vehicle for the sake of appearance never ceases to amaze me, I am just dumb struck to see that
people think it is OK to run a 8" narrowed beam with no shocks, you are just as likely to have that accident in any vehicle but increasing that
chance by doing crap like that is ridiculous, Luftmeister, do you run a narrowed beam and are you insured.
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Nobody said you had to like the modification matey!
I don't particularly like beetles with big chrome wheels on them but you don't see me commenting on every thread that contains an image of one....
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| posted on April 18th, 2014 at 04:16 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by vwo60
Facts are quite simple, reducing the safety of the vehicle for the sake of appearance never ceases to amaze me, I am just dumb struck to see that
people think it is OK to run a 8" narrowed beam with no shocks, you are just as likely to have that accident in any vehicle but increasing that
chance by doing crap like that is ridiculous, Luftmeister, do you run a narrowed beam and are you insured.
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Nobody said you had to like the modification matey!
I don't particularly like beetles with big chrome wheels on them but you don't see me commenting on every thread that contains an image of one....
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