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bowser
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| Atl Darrick wrote: |
| 9s in the rear. 8s up front....stock fenders |
that looks sick, can you post some more pics now it's painted?
What is the back spacing on them? |
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VolkDubz
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| Great thread! |
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atcryder250
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Location: California
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I've owned this this car for nine months and used this thread numerous times to get the ride I wanted. Here is my contribution. Thanks Samba members for the help.
Front: 2.5" CB drop spindles 165-60-15 continental tires stock smoothies
Rear: stock 195-60-15 continental tires 7" Deep Smoothies
Front: 4" narrowed Jer_Fab Airbeam 2.5" CB Spindles 165-60-15 continental tires stock smoothies
Rear: 3" Jer_Fab drop spring plates air shocks 195-60-15 continental tires 7" Deep Smoothies
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Airkewld
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Joined: November 14, 2003
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Location: Goodyear, AZ USA
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muravr
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Location: Italy
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Before/after lowering... 
And with NOS yellow front lenses.. 
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FatherProphet
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Location: Stanford KY
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1960 Beetle
6 1/2 inch narrowed front beam built by Sam Manis II at Autowerks Suspension
2 1/2 inch drop spindles
Rear plates extended by Micheal Womack
Down 2 outer clicks in rear
Front 145/65
Rear 205/65
BBT Sprintstars
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txoval
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Joined: January 23, 2004
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Location: The Woodlands, TX
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My 54 Stratos Silver Oval
4 in narrowed front beam, with disc brakes
Rear down 1 inner spline
Front Rims are 5" wide, 3.5" Backspace - 185-60 tires
Rear Rims are 6" wide, 4.5" backspace - 205-65 tires
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buguy
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Location: Port Orange, FL
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| Happen to have a side shot of that? Seems like it has a good stance and real tires on it! |
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Thomanick
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Joined: March 06, 2012
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Location: Moses Lake
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| Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2015 9:38 pm Post subject: 67 lowered |
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Front
Contipro 155/60r smart car
Stock wide 5 powder coated rims
Adjustable 4"narrowed beam
Drop spindles 2 1/2"
Doetsch shocks
Disc brakes
Rear
185/65r conti pro
Stock wide 5 powder coat rims
2 outer notches
Doetsch lowered shocks
Drum brakes
Custom bump stop 
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Thomas Lindemann
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Location: Gloucester, VA
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| could you post a side view of your car? |
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Krmnnghia
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Joined: March 28, 2005
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Location: Michigan, Land of salty roads!
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| Thomanick wrote: |
Rear
185/65r conti pro
Stock wide 5 powder coat rims
2 outer notches
Doetsch lowered shocks
Drum brakes
Custom bump stop
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Seems pretty high for 2 outer notches of course all cars are a little different. Looks great. |
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Mayor Marion Berry
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| What drums are those? |
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Miklo
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Location: Antelope Valley, Ca
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They are front disc.
CB's perhaps? 
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| As I remember it, lowriding was not one of the criteria that Adolf gave to Dr. Porsche... |
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Thomanick
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Location: Moses Lake
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| Posted: Fri May 01, 2015 9:13 pm Post subject: |
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| Krmnnghia wrote: |
| Thomanick wrote: |
Rear
185/65r conti pro
Stock wide 5 powder coat rims
2 outer notches
Doetsch lowered shocks
Drum brakes
Custom bump stop
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Seems pretty high for 2 outer notches of course all cars are a little different. Looks great. |
Yeah it sat pretty high before I dropped it down... Maybe I'll go down another notch. Not sure yet. This is a almost a daily driver so I'm not trying to bottom out whenever I hit a pot hole. Might just raise the front a little more just to level things out but I don't have a low profile jack DOH! I might just have to get it up on some 2x4's lol First time lowering. 
I feel like disc brakes are a bit overkill for a bug. I mean unless you drive it like a Subwru wrx. When I upgrade my motor I'll go with a little more stopping power and probably look into BAD series brakes with wildwood calipers from airkewld. For now I figured empi disc brakes are fine and they stop really well. No issues with flexing. Turning the bleed valve vertical helped get all the air out of the system. I'm happy with em.
Thanks for the comments
I'll try to post more pictures when I can |
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brotherZ
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Location: Salem, Oregon
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| Hey guys, can anyone tell me if it is perfectly safe to run 1 outer spline? Can the gear oil reach the bearings at this angle? I have 2.75 drop plates with 205/70s and the outer end of the axle is higher than the transmission side. I am running a big engine and don't need extra wear on fulcrums. Thanks |
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Yorvo
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Location: Lake Havasu City, AZ
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| Posted: Sun May 03, 2015 11:37 pm Post subject: |
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For JonJonfromGuam
Dropped two splines on the rear (outer) and EMPI drop spindles up front. Tires are 145 up front and 165 in back. |
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dbo@samba
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Location: Central Coast of California
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| Posted: Tue May 05, 2015 10:12 am Post subject: 66 |
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Front:
175/65/15"narrow, drop spindles, stock shocks, 2.5 ground clearance, zero front camber
Rear:
205/65/15, 3/8 wheel spacer, stock shocks, 2 outer clicks
Ride is good, but I want it to handle better.
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smitty24
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Location: Salem, Oregon
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| ^^Nice car man! Some drop plates would help you out if the rear is that bad. |
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hewica8
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Location: Advance, NC
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Finally have my setup dialed in to contribute after countless references to this awesome thread.
Front:
Stock smoothies with Firestone F560 145r15 tires
2.5" drop spindles on a 4" narrowed beam
Rear:
Smoothies widened to 6" with stock backspace and Firestone FR710 205/70r15 tires
Springplates reindexed 14 degrees down, equivalent to about 1.5 outer splines
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pete94533
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Front:
15x6 cookies with 195/50s
2" narrowed beam w/adjusters and dropped spindles
CB Performance 5x130 front discs
Rear:
15x7 cookies with 205/60s
2 clicks up on the outside, 1 click down inside
CB Performance 5x130 rear discs
Does anyone else with a lowered rear end and fat rear tires/wide rims have a problem with the tire rubbing on the rear body mount? If so, what did you do about it? Spacer? Grinder? Raise the rear a click to remove some of the negative camber? |
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