The stance was perfect the handling was phenomenal and the fit and finish of the i beam was beyond our expectations.
Narrowed front beam vw beetle.
I have a 6 inch narrowed beam with discs on my car and it rides steers and handles great.
Non adjustable axle beam for 1966 newer beetle ghia.
These are fully assembled remanufactured front beam assemblies.
New beams made from scratch w dom tubing 470 narrowed torsions add 109 modified german beam w narrowed torsions 470 2 5 drop spindles 120 set of narrowed tie rods w ends non german 86 set of narrowed tie rods w ends german 162 rebuilt control arms w new ball joints 155 labor to assemble complete beam and brake kit 280 brake.
Non adjustable means your car will be the stock height after installing this axle beam.
I was skeptical about not running any front shocks but have no fear the ride is awesome.
One of the highlights of the car was the adjustable i beam through airkewld.
Narrowing on ball joint beams.
2 sets of narrowed leaves p n.
I drove 7 hours in one day and enjoyed every second of it with lots more cruzin planned for the future.
Installing this beam will lower your volkswagen roughly 2 at the highest setting and can be adjusted further to a total of about 6 of drop at the lowest setting.
For years now we have compiled kits for the beetle ghia that include the ultimate beam torsions tie rods shocks front and rear drop spindles.
Vw drum brake front axle beam.
The beam fits standard beetles 1966 to 1977 and karmann ghias 1966 to 1974.
All components have been completely inspected and replaced or reconditioned as needed.
My father built my daughter a 1974 vw bug it was beautiful.
Pro tip s when making the decision to go with a narrowed beam that decision requires other parts to come along with it for the ride quality to be good or great.
It is possible to narrow the beam much more up to 2 5 64mm a side but this requires modification to the shock absorber tower or inner wing area.
The most common narrowed beam size is 4 for a number of reasons firstly you do not need to cut weld or drill anything on your vw this applies for t1 beetle ghias t3 variants and all t2 buses.
My daughter won 2 car shows with the bug and i always made a point to show people the i.
On cars fitted with ball joint front beams it is possible to narrow the beam by 1 25 31mm a side without bodywork inner wing modifications.