Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE I sure will take some pics. Can wait to better weather, which is approaching fast here in TX, to get started.
Luis A Pieretti -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brian Blakesley Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 9:27 AM To: Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List Subject: Re: [vintagvw] 4" Narrowed front beam (UNCLASSIFIED) On Thu, 26 Feb 2009, Pieretti, Luis A Mr CIV USA FORSCOM became famous by...: > Classification: UNCLASSIFIED > Caveats: NONE > > Right now I have a lowered beam, standard width, and the wheel looks > 'even' with the wheel well. I asked Pete and he assured the 4" will > take me to the desired look and BRM 'safe'. I will definitely take the > 165/45 in to consideration. > Thank you. Cool. If Pete says they'll fit on a Type1 at 4", then you can trust his judgement. Are you planning on dumping it, or just going a little low? What about the rear? If you're going to go for a raked out, kind of aggressive look, You may want to seriously look into a set of caster shims. If you look at your beam you'll notice it leans back a bit towards the passenger compartment. Not much, just a few degrees. When you lower the front, you bring it more vertical and that changes your caster, which will impact the handling adversely. The greater the difference in height between the front and rear, the worse it'll drive. The caster shims slip in behind the lower tube on the beam and restore that lean. Pete sells them, they're maybe 15 bucks. your local parts house should also sell them. You will also notice a very different feel when turning with a narrowed beam. If you dn't like the way it drives, you can get a quick steer kit fom bugpack. It bolts to the pitman arm and changes the mount location for the tie rods to improve the steering. I don't run one on my 4" beam, so I'd say try it out and see how it seels before you commit to that one. It's a matter of how you feel driving it. FWIW, his beams do feature a modified shock tower. On a balljoint car they go right in with no clearancing required. I believe the case is also the same for linkpin, but you may have to dress your inner fender wings back just a bit with a rubber mallet to make it fit. less than 1/8" and no one but you will be able to notice if you're careful. Pics of it when it's done? :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----- Brian Blakesley | "We think we are free. We are not. Our leaders Unix Systems Admin | have us believe we are, because the perfect Freelance Human | slave is the one that believes he is free" Tie Fighter Pilot | -- Christian Gossett 'The Red Star' ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----- _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
