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 frenzix
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| posted on March 12th, 2005 at 07:55 PM |
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narrowed beetle beams
Hi peoples,
A friend of mien is lowering their 61 beetle, With 2" adjustable front beam you will be able to run with teh shocks hey? The setup is...
2" Narrowed front beam (adjustable)
Dropped Spindles (for drums)
Narrowed tie rods
narrowed torsion leaves
They will be running BRM's 5.5 on front and back with 135's on front and 185's on rear
Can you see any issues relating to this going ahead? It will be lowered preeeettyy low..
Cheers , Tim
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Unity-28
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| posted on March 14th, 2005 at 01:19 AM |
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It really depends how low they go. If they slam right down then they will get the exact same rubbing problem as if they had left it stock and slammed
it, cause of the offset of the wheels and spindles. If they want to go real low, prolly should go 4+ inch narrower, with custom shock towers.
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Dasdubber
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| posted on March 14th, 2005 at 01:30 PM |
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I can't see any clearance issues with the 2in narrowed beam (As this is about the max on a link pin without body mods). As unity said, how low he
goes will determine how much problems he experiences with clearance.
Going narrower is not that much harder but have to be prepared either for body mods or custom shock towers which can be exy. I'd say 2in should be
okay as long as it is not lowered right on its guts (which may be the aim of the whole exercise?).
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frenzix
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| posted on March 14th, 2005 at 11:39 PM |
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thanks again guys, great info..It will be a daily.. but will be as low as we can go without looking too illegal or undriveable.. Will let you know how
we go.
Thanks, Timm
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