Pictures of tire, wheel, and suspension thread
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Pictures of tire, wheel, and suspension thread
I am going to borrow the idea of a suspension thread from the samba for our forum.
Please post a side or angled picture of your beetle and specs:
-Tire make and size.
-Wheel make, size or offset.
-Spindle drop, beam narrowed dimensions. Who's make?
-spring plate mods and extensions, number of splines down. Who's?
-Tubbed, cut torsion, short axle or long axle, swing to IRS, etc..
-Tie rod flip kits, caster shims, etc.
-Brakes- disc/drum, type 3 drums out back, etc. - what brand used?
-shocks/no shocks- what brand.
-If I ever do this again I would have...........
(PLEASE STAY ON TOPIC SO THIS CAN BE A USER FRIENDY RESOURCE, NOT WHO IS LOWER OR COOLER OR WHATEVER)
I will start with my 61
Nankang tires all around
Front:
135s w/ porta walls on stock smoothies
cut and turned non-narrowed front beam
flipped tie rods
stock drums
no shocks
Rear:
one click on the back on a short axle tranny
165 w/ porta walls on stock smoothies
stock drums
stock cheap shocks
Please post a side or angled picture of your beetle and specs:
-Tire make and size.
-Wheel make, size or offset.
-Spindle drop, beam narrowed dimensions. Who's make?
-spring plate mods and extensions, number of splines down. Who's?
-Tubbed, cut torsion, short axle or long axle, swing to IRS, etc..
-Tie rod flip kits, caster shims, etc.
-Brakes- disc/drum, type 3 drums out back, etc. - what brand used?
-shocks/no shocks- what brand.
-If I ever do this again I would have...........
(PLEASE STAY ON TOPIC SO THIS CAN BE A USER FRIENDY RESOURCE, NOT WHO IS LOWER OR COOLER OR WHATEVER)
I will start with my 61
Nankang tires all around
Front:
135s w/ porta walls on stock smoothies
cut and turned non-narrowed front beam
flipped tie rods
stock drums
no shocks
Rear:
one click on the back on a short axle tranny
165 w/ porta walls on stock smoothies
stock drums
stock cheap shocks
Re: Pictures of tire, wheel, and suspension thread
1967 Beetle
Front:
165/45/15 Federal Formoza
cut leafs up front (never got around to build a beam the ride sucked)
stock 66-67 wheels no hubcaps
rag out stock shocks
stock drums
Rear:
225/60/15 Goodyears I think
8" wide stock wide fives
2"wider fenders
down two clicks springplates not notched
short axle tranny
no shocks, just never got around to it
stock drums
Front:
165/45/15 Federal Formoza
cut leafs up front (never got around to build a beam the ride sucked)
stock 66-67 wheels no hubcaps
rag out stock shocks
stock drums
Rear:
225/60/15 Goodyears I think
8" wide stock wide fives
2"wider fenders
down two clicks springplates not notched
short axle tranny
no shocks, just never got around to it
stock drums
Re: Pictures of tire, wheel, and suspension thread
Front
185/60R15 Faulken
80mm Narrowed Beam(In House) Shock towers just touches the Body yet I have a good steering radius
Empi Adjusters
Empi Polished 8 Spokes
Rear
205/65R15 Faulken
Lowered 1 Click
Empi Polished 8 Spokes
Short Axle Short Housing
185/60R15 Faulken
80mm Narrowed Beam(In House) Shock towers just touches the Body yet I have a good steering radius
Empi Adjusters
Empi Polished 8 Spokes
Rear
205/65R15 Faulken
Lowered 1 Click
Empi Polished 8 Spokes
Short Axle Short Housing
Re: Pictures of tire, wheel, and suspension thread
1966 Beetle.
Front:
145/15 Nankang
Adjusters on stock beam
Short shocks" KYB"
American Eagle Porch copies.
Rear:
205/70/15 Michelin
American Eagle 15x5.5
Down one click
Short axel, stock shocks.
Front:
145/15 Nankang
Adjusters on stock beam
Short shocks" KYB"
American Eagle Porch copies.
Rear:
205/70/15 Michelin
American Eagle 15x5.5
Down one click
Short axel, stock shocks.
garomy- Dub Noob
- Number of posts : 59
Age : 67
Location : Crestview, FL.
Registration date : 2008-07-27
Re: Pictures of tire, wheel, and suspension thread
155/60/15 continentals up front
2.5 drop spindles
205/70/15 continentals out back
stock height
2.5 drop spindles
205/70/15 continentals out back
stock height
tito- Dub Nut
- Number of posts : 205
Location : Athens, Ga
Registration date : 2008-07-22
Re: Pictures of tire, wheel, and suspension thread
57 Beetle
Front
195/50-R15 General Tire
Stock style rims (chromed, unknown manufacturer or width)
Stock beam with weld-in adjusters, not narrowed
Stock spindles
AC Industries wide-5 disc brakes
Needs new shocks!
Rear
195/65-R15 Continental
Stock style rims (chromed, unknown manufacturer or width)
Torsion bars reindexed from scratch, previous owner messed them up bad so that the car leaned and had NO preload on one side. With the tire removed and car jacked, the spring plate didn't touch the stop.
Cheers,
Pete
Front
195/50-R15 General Tire
Stock style rims (chromed, unknown manufacturer or width)
Stock beam with weld-in adjusters, not narrowed
Stock spindles
AC Industries wide-5 disc brakes
Needs new shocks!
Rear
195/65-R15 Continental
Stock style rims (chromed, unknown manufacturer or width)
Torsion bars reindexed from scratch, previous owner messed them up bad so that the car leaned and had NO preload on one side. With the tire removed and car jacked, the spring plate didn't touch the stop.
Cheers,
Pete
57RTOval- Dub Crazy
- Number of posts : 530
Age : 54
Location : Ball Ground, GA
Registration date : 2008-11-09
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