Bert,
My recolection is tha there were *never* any "beetles" super or otherwize
that were imported with disk brakes.
Only Karman Ghia's and busses about the same time(1971/2 I'm thinking).
I have a conversion front conversion kit from Empi on the front of my 68
turbo and CB on the rear. Never thougth much about it except when the
speedo cable ould not go through the front left spindle..bad machining.I
think...I fices it ok, but not real pleased.
Others have always used either KG spindles or conversion kits.
Cheers, dave
On Tue, 28 Aug 2012, Bert Knupp wrote:
Volks,
The European-delivered 1968-on 1300 and 1500 beetles came standard with
front disk brakes; the USA models didn?t get them until later. I?m
considering converting my 1970?s front stock drums to the closest
approximation of Euro stock disks that I can get. Several questions.
Mid-America offers a ?Standard Beetle Conversion? kit (their No. 301-911)
for $369, including new rotors and calipers, reconditioned spindles, and new
wheel bearings, hardware and seals. They also have some other conversion
options, including some with drop spindles, etc. (that I don?t want).
I?d like to hear from anybody who?s tried this. (a) Would this be the best
counterfeit of factory-stock front disks? Are there better kits out there
for a ?stock conversion?? (b) Is it an easy conversion, as the catalog
suggests? (Is it a ?driveway job? would be my question.) (c) What effect
do they have on performance? (d) Does anybody have a better
recommendation? I?m open to ideas? .
Bert Knupp in Music City USA
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