Bert, I have stock Karman Ghia disc brakes on my front end of my 70. If you can find a complete Ghia front end it's a straight swap over. You need to have the Ghia disc brake spindles and remove your drum spindles. It's strictly plug and play. I did my whole front end in a day. The braking is much improved. I believe mine were from a 69 Ghia??? Can't be positive, but any BJ beam discs should be compatible and is a straight swap over. HTH, Courtney
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bert Knupp" <[email protected]> To: "'Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List'" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 26, 2009 8:13 AM Subject: [vintagvw] Front disk brakes for '70 beetle Volks, I have a 1970 USA beetle, bone stock, restored, but generally rebuilt to Germany specs. I'm aware that the European-spec Type 1 1500s had disk brakes in front. I've seen conversion kits advertised here and there, and I've heard that the Karmann-Ghia disks can be adapted to beetles. But I want to know what I'm getting into. In your opinion (anybody with the experience), what's the best available route to converting my bug to the Euro front disk brakes, or a good approximation thereof? I'm fairly handy with a wrench, have put on new brakes, etc., but don't have welding capability nor an indoor shop. Who makes/sells the best conversion kit? What pitfalls should I avoid? Bert Knupp in Music City USA |__n__ (_____)º (Ô\_|_/Ô) ü ° ° ü Polizeikäfer '70 __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4459 (20090926) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
