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| posted on March 12th, 2005 at 04:38 PM |
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has this bay got a narrowed front beam??
if so has it been done in australia??
are there any tech articles on this conversion
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| posted on March 12th, 2005 at 04:41 PM |
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| posted on March 12th, 2005 at 04:42 PM |
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yes it does, its done in a similar fashion to a beetle beam but i think you can only take 2inches out of it with out and mods..........I THINK,
i could be wrong tho
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| posted on March 14th, 2005 at 10:21 AM |
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That`s had more than 2" taken out of it mate. Looks more like a 4 or even a 6.
I think up to 4" can be done by cutting out the outer box section on the shock towers/beam mounting area, then removing the outer bearings and
cutting 1 or 2" off the ends of the tubes (depending on how narrow you want to go). The outer bearings are then refitted to the ends of the tubes. I
am not sure how this affects the inner bronze bushes. They can maybe be pressed further in by and inch or whatever each side.
I have seen this done on a US site.
I have also heard of an extra chassis rail cut from another kombi being welded to the back of the existing rail and then the beam mounting area cut
away to reveal the new recessed beam mounting point. Not sure if this is true but it is far better to narrow a beam from the centre as with Type 1
beams so as not to upset those inner bronze bushes.
Also when you go so low that you need to narrow the beam, you will also probably have to fabricate wheel tubs or the tyres will bottom out on the top
of the inner guards.
Here`s some pics from vintagebus.com website.............
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| posted on March 14th, 2005 at 10:54 AM |
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definately more than 2 inches....but he did say if more, needed lots of mods..
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| posted on March 14th, 2005 at 12:28 PM |
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more than two inches yes... can i have one?
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| posted on March 14th, 2005 at 01:17 PM |
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CBB do them and use their own custom made ends.
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| posted on March 14th, 2005 at 01:23 PM |
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well mike did my beam, should give him a call
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| posted on March 14th, 2005 at 01:44 PM |
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man that white bay is too extreme, would not want to be driving that at high speed on a bend. I have to say, in my opinion I don't like the look,
but if you need to because of fitting larger wheels.. like dassdubber... then I think it's a good idea.
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| posted on March 14th, 2005 at 07:30 PM |
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That van is bad, lots of bad, 17 bads...
a decent corner and it will be yet another rolled kombi, don't do that, don't do it, 2 inches is more than enough.
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| posted on March 15th, 2005 at 07:12 AM |
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no never want to go that narrow just want to tuck the wheels in a bit and tub the front so i can get it low without scrubbing the guards. this is the
only photo i've found of a bay with a narrowed beam.
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