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Tue Nov 05, 2002 10:22 pm

i have lowered spindles and a few spring pulled with 195/50/15's and my front tires rub on turns and big bumps. does anyone have this trouble? i have a set of 145's but i am concerned with handling and my line lock holding the bus with those skinny tires. does anyone know of someone that narrows beams in Santa Cruz or near by area's? any info will help.

Wed Nov 06, 2002 5:25 am

Hey eurosixty there is a giy in classifieds named veewees he builds narrowed and lowered beams for buses im going to order one from him look through class,for him his ad has a singelcab on it hope this helps...chris

Wed Nov 06, 2002 3:50 pm

Go to www.road-relics.com and look at Marks air bagged pannel, there is an email address for Mark, he has a shop in San Jose and is the king of lowered beams. Or come down to our meeting on Tuesday nights in San Jose and talk to him there. Directions are on the website.

Bob.

Wed Nov 06, 2002 8:31 pm

here is a great guy who does a very profesional job on beams. something like a front beam you want to make sure it is a quality job since your life is depending on it. www.franklinsvwwerks.com

Wed Nov 06, 2002 9:44 pm

thanks for all the info.

Thu Nov 07, 2002 6:51 pm

that is my other login above so thanks again for all the info

Thu Nov 07, 2002 7:05 pm

When my bus was lowered, I had to replace the two front tires on a x-country trip. I mistakenly had the guy put on 195s (same as the rear) but found they rubbed. He was cool and switched 'em out to 185s which worked perfectly. I went back to stock and have two 185s with less than 3,000 miles on them. Contact me if interested.

Fri Nov 08, 2002 8:26 am

Sorry, cancel my last post. Turns out I was running 205/60R15s rear and 195/60R15s front with no problems. Had dropped spindles, but all torsion leaves intact.