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Dogo
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| I don't think you "need" to strip it much. You can remove it drum to drum, but it would be way more cumbersome and heavy as hell to drop if you did. |
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Dogo
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Any tips/tricks on giving a little more ground clearance to the pitman arm?
What's everyone running super low doing for this? I'm not super low and the pitman arm is still pretty damn close to the ground. |
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stevo96
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| Any pics of lowered buses that have the standard width beam? |
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Tcash
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a1steaksauce
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| Dogo wrote: |
Any tips/tricks on giving a little more ground clearance to the pitman arm?
What's everyone running super low doing for this? I'm not super low and the pitman arm is still pretty damn close to the ground. |
From what I found no one did anything.
That didn't sit well with me so I raised my steering box. Didn't take that much of a raise but I have no worries now.
Plus if you're that low and tubbed a raised steering wheel to compensate for the tubs is nice. |
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Dogo
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| Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 6:18 pm Post subject: |
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| a1steaksauce wrote: |
| Dogo wrote: |
Any tips/tricks on giving a little more ground clearance to the pitman arm?
What's everyone running super low doing for this? I'm not super low and the pitman arm is still pretty damn close to the ground. |
From what I found no one did anything.
That didn't sit well with me so I raised my steering box. Didn't take that much of a raise but I have no worries now.
Plus if you're that low and tubbed a raised steering wheel to compensate for the tubs is nice. |
I figured that could be an option, but I was just hoping for something not so permanent and less involved (I assume you had to tweak the floor as well?)
I suppose no one tried cutting a chunk off of it, and making up for it at the steering arm? Does that even make sense.
... or flipping the pitman and steer left to turn right?  |
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a1steaksauce
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| I figured that could be an option, but I was just hoping for something not so permanent and less involved (I assume you had to tweak the floor as well?) |
no tweaking on the floor required. like i said it's not a huge raise that's required to gain the necessary clearance. |
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bwaz
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Stock width beam, dropped spindles and adjusters
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autohaus
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71 deluxe with 5.5 Fuchs on front with 165/50/15 and 6 on rear with 195/60/15
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squareweave
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Location: British Columbia
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165/50r15 front
185/65r15 rear
5.5"x15" Fuchs front (real Fuchs)
6"x15" Fuchs rear (real deep 6 Fuchs)
custom made 15mm adaptors from 5x112 to 5x130
stock brakes front and rear
Front:
5" narrowed, 1"raised Wagenswest balljoint beam (the raise is lots of work but worth it as the beam sits up nice and high)
2.5" Wagenswest droppped spindles
Custom shock mounts to keep the shocks vertical rather than a goofy angle
Rear:
Adjustable dropped 22mm spring plates from Slamwerks (UK)
3.5" Horseshoe plates from Wagenswest
C notched and reinforced rear frame
Trimmed the bottom of the spring plate perch to allow tire to drop out inflated.
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mango-smoothie
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Beautiful!
(and thanks for the earlybay.com-esque factual write up.) |
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autohaus
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Earl Bay
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Does anybody know if a 205/65 tyre would fit in the back of an earlybay running a 15" rim with et 25?
I think latebay arches are different and have more room, that's why I'm asking for early.
Most aftermarket rims like 356style, BRM, Empi and the like seem to have an offset of 15 or 20 to give you an idea.
Comments are greatly appreciated since trial fitting would be a huge hassle... |
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DellMike
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195-40-17 front
225-45-17 rear
5 inch beam with drop spindles
2 inch front tubs
4.5 horse shoe plates |
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rob.e
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195-40-17 front
225-45-17 rear
5 inch beam with drop spindles
2 inch front tubs
4.5 horse shoe plates |
That looks fantastic  |
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rob.e
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Here's mine. Lowered, not slammed..
Front: frenchslammer 8cm narrow adjustable beam and dropped spindles. Beam is set right at the top of the adjusters. 185/55's on 5x16 ET39 steels, kyb gas adjust dampers. Tyres are load rated 87xl so correct spec for the weight of the bus, and give me a bit more room in the arch, no rubbing.
Rear: frenchslammer adjustable spring plates, 205/60's on 6x16 ET30 steels. Rears are load rated 96xl. |
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galencurrington
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Location: bowling green, ky
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| Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 5:43 am Post subject: |
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| Earl Bay wrote: |
Does anybody know if a 205/65 tyre would fit in the back of an earlybay running a 15" rim with et 25?
I think latebay arches are different and have more room, that's why I'm asking for early.
Most aftermarket rims like 356style, BRM, Empi and the like seem to have an offset of 15 or 20 to give you an idea.
Comments are greatly appreciated since trial fitting would be a huge hassle... |
you might with those narrowed 4 inch drop plates i know with the 3.25 ones they probably won't i had a set of aluminum sprint stars on a 68 and it was tight with the 185/65 maybe a pinky gap without rolling the edge. now on a 71 i did phone dials and had an adapter with the 3.25 plates and i was running 195/65 and still had plenty of room because of the offset of the wheels.
you might try those steel sprint stars they come in different offset and they might fit better i was thinking about them myself for my panel i'm doing this winter.
btw has anyone tried out the federal 14 inch low profile tires yet i know you can get them now and i might go that route.
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vwmike
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Hey autohaus,
What's your tire and suspension setup? Hoping to run a very similar setup on my 71. Thanks |
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ZachL
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| Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2015 7:48 am Post subject: |
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As a soon-to-be T2a Bay owner, I'm loving this thread!! Keep em coming
Thanks to all you guys posting the details of your setup |
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mychatype3
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