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Tue Nov 21, 2006 7:35 pm

What's the deal with the narrow beams? Why are you all doing this? doean't it make the car/bus more unstable stearing wise? won't it be easier to roll over? Help me understand the purpose behind it cause frankly, some of these rides look just plain strange to me.

Tue Nov 21, 2006 7:45 pm

vintageorbust wrote: What's the deal with the narrow beams? Why are you all doing this? doean't it make the car/bus more unstable stearing wise? won't it be easier to roll over? Help me understand the purpose behind it cause frankly, some of these rides look just plain strange to me.

No because in order to get the car lower without having fender brakes, you gotta do it. Granted some people love them super narrow, I prefer a 5" narrowed beam. 2 1/2 inches per side really isnt bad. Stock beams are too wide and look odd. Especially when running dropped spindles because a set of dropped spindles pushes the width out even more.

As for unstable, hell no. Its not that big of a difference if any at all. Busses and bugs as well as ghias its a must. Even type 3's look way better tucking. I guess its a lowered thing. Eliminates a lot of clearance issues. Without it, being low will rip the front fenders and tear the shit out of the side walls of the front tires.

Tue Nov 21, 2006 8:33 pm

My 63 Standard bus with a 4" narrowed beam does just fine hugging corners at speed.

Like Skim said, to go lower you need to tuck the wheels inside the fender.

I had a 59 bug with drop spindles an not narrrowed. It would rub on the outside of the fender. I later had a 55 bug with a 4" narrowed beam an had no rubbing problems.

Tue Nov 21, 2006 8:36 pm

You can't just roll the fenders?

Tue Nov 21, 2006 8:43 pm

I like to run wider lower profile tyre so I'm not sure on rolling the fenders.

Tue Nov 21, 2006 8:46 pm

vintageorbust wrote: You can't just roll the fenders?
Roll blunts.. Not fenders.. :D

Tue Nov 21, 2006 9:01 pm

pipster wrote: vintageorbust wrote: You can't just roll the fenders?
Roll blunts.. Not fenders.. :D

werd

Wed Nov 22, 2006 2:22 pm

vintageorbust wrote: You can't just roll the fenders?

Rolling fenders is for mini truckers.

Wed Nov 22, 2006 2:58 pm

I had a 75 Standard that was 4" off the ground and the tires were tucked. Standard beam and wide tires and wheels. I never had a problem with my tires rubbing. Of course it was due to the fact that I had 3" extra wide fiber fenders on it. Damn I miss that ride. Oh well.

Wed Nov 22, 2006 3:42 pm

der58SC wrote: I had a 75 Standard that was 4" off the ground and the tires were tucked. Standard beam and wide tires and wheels. I never had a problem with my tires rubbing. Of course it was due to the fact that I had 3" extra wide fiber fenders on it. Damn I miss that ride. Oh well.

so in otherwise your car felt like it had a 6" narrowed beam

Wed Nov 22, 2006 4:24 pm

a narrowed beam looks awsome , i dont like them real narrow. narrowed a little dont hurt the driving of the car . i will agree with a skim a 5inch is what i run . it looks good plus works well. :wink:

Wed Nov 22, 2006 4:34 pm

I found this picture of my car with a narrowed beam.

Wed Nov 22, 2006 4:55 pm

tight

Wed Nov 22, 2006 5:13 pm

LOL, F*****G moderators

Wed Nov 22, 2006 5:16 pm

Wed Nov 22, 2006 5:33 pm

Soo I know this might sound dumb but does a narrowed beam drop the car at all or is that just to push the tires in more.

Wed Nov 22, 2006 6:04 pm

Javi wrote: Soo I know this might sound dumb but does a narrowed beam drop the car at all or is that just to push the tires in more.

It just brings the tires in closer to the center of the car so the tires don't hit the fenders when the car is lowered.... while turning.

Wed Nov 22, 2006 6:29 pm

vintageorbust wrote: What's the deal with the narrow beams? Why are you all doing this? doean't it make the car/bus more unstable stearing wise? won't it be easier to roll over? Help me understand the purpose behind it cause frankly, some of these rides look just plain strange to me.

There's nothing narrow in your closet, why are you thinking about narrowing beams.

You need all the traction you can get fatass, When you heard the term wider is better...They weren't referring to your ass.

Wed Nov 22, 2006 6:47 pm

mbugz60 wrote:

I found this picture of my car with a narrowed beam.

that thing would look sweet with the fenders back on it, super tuck! :wink:

Wed Nov 22, 2006 7:04 pm

I would untimately like to put drop spindles on him, but I don't know about narrowing the beam.... just seems odd to me.