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 pyoties bro
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| posted on December 17th, 2016 at 03:52 PM |
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2" narrowed beam and tyre sizes
Does anyone have pictures of their bug/beetle with a 2" narrowed beam, 2.5" drop spindles and sprint star rims?
I'm tyring to work out the best stance and tyre size for my 61 beetle with this set up. Wide 5 disc brake set up.
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| posted on December 17th, 2016 at 06:25 PM |
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1970 Beetle with 2" Narrowed beam, dropped spindles..but gasburners..
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| posted on December 17th, 2016 at 06:28 PM |
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Adjusters wound up a bit and not fully slammed as the tyres hit the lip/arch on the guards with full shock compression (bilstein)..has dropped
spindles too.
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pyoties bro
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| posted on December 19th, 2016 at 07:38 PM |
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thanks for sharing the pics. what size tyres are you running?
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| posted on December 24th, 2016 at 09:18 PM |
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Here's what I have now trial fitted. its a 185/60/15
seems to fit....there is no fuel tank in/weight in the front and only the one wheel on, but the other side is lowered on the jack to the same height.
I get about 3 finger widths (technical) clearance between the tyre and the edge of the guard.
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| posted on December 24th, 2016 at 09:19 PM |
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pyoties bro
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| posted on December 24th, 2016 at 09:22 PM |
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I am still interested to know what size tyres other people are running who have a 2" narrowed beam and 2.5" drop spindles.
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| posted on December 28th, 2016 at 08:59 AM |
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Also wondering about load raitings. Apparently a beetle has a raiting of 85. Even going to a 175/60 tyre comes in under that raiting at 81...so how
after people running smaller tyres? Or do you just do so at your own risk?
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| posted on January 19th, 2017 at 09:41 PM |
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so i ended up going with 145/65/15s on the front and 175/65s on the rear.
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