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Airkewld Samba Member
Joined: November 14, 2003 Posts: 3149 Location: Goodyear, AZ USA
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coolrydes Samba Member
Joined: May 19, 2004 Posts: 1573 Location: San Diego
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Empi 17's in chrome....
_________________ Kevin "Coolrydes" Zagar
COOLRYDES So-Cal CUSTOMS
MENDEOLA SUSPENSION
THE HOME OF STYLE AND PERFORMANCE
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littlebuggie Samba Member
Joined: March 23, 2004 Posts: 698 Location: California
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17x4.5" fronts
17x7 rears
_________________ Subi swaps welcome! |
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Rich's 50 Samba Member
Joined: February 18, 2004 Posts: 10781 Location: San Diego, CA
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Sweet bro^^^^^ |
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vegasquare Samba Member
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TripWire Samba Member
Joined: November 14, 2007 Posts: 75 Location: Naples, Florida
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TripWire Samba Member
Joined: November 14, 2007 Posts: 75 Location: Naples, Florida
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coolrydes Samba Member
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Posted: Tue Nov 26, 2013 9:14 pm Post subject: |
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One Word
"SANO" _________________ Kevin "Coolrydes" Zagar
COOLRYDES So-Cal CUSTOMS
MENDEOLA SUSPENSION
THE HOME OF STYLE AND PERFORMANCE
www.CoolRydescustoms.com |
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bjoy Samba Member
Joined: March 23, 2007 Posts: 382 Location: NC
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^ good lord, that thing is smooth... |
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littlebuggie Samba Member
Joined: March 23, 2004 Posts: 698 Location: California
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_________________ Subi swaps welcome! |
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TripWire Samba Member
Joined: November 14, 2007 Posts: 75 Location: Naples, Florida
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Are those 165/35/17 tires on the fronts? I have been looking at those for another project of mine. BTW your square is bad ass... but I don't need to tell you that... |
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littlebuggie Samba Member
Joined: March 23, 2004 Posts: 698 Location: California
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^^^^ Your notch is badass!! It would be cool to be parked next to you at a show.. Stunning car..
The tires are 165/40/17 Look on ebay for the tires.. I don't know if they make 35's wouldn't be any side wall left... _________________ Subi swaps welcome! |
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TripWire Samba Member
Joined: November 14, 2007 Posts: 75 Location: Naples, Florida
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Posted: Sat Nov 30, 2013 1:23 pm Post subject: |
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littlebuggie wrote: |
^^^^ Your notch is badass!! It would be cool to be parked next to you at a show.. Stunning car..
The tires are 165/40/17 Look on ebay for the tires.. I don't know if they make 35's wouldn't be any side wall left... |
Check it out... 165/35/17's... and they are super affordable too...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/280435680934?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649 |
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littlebuggie Samba Member
Joined: March 23, 2004 Posts: 698 Location: California
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Posted: Sat Nov 30, 2013 1:26 pm Post subject: |
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That's the same shop I got my tires from. Find their website, they are cheaper on their web site. It will take 2 weeks, the ship from europe _________________ Subi swaps welcome! |
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Dogo Samba Member
Joined: May 21, 2009 Posts: 252 Location: Canada
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Posted: Sat Nov 30, 2013 6:45 pm Post subject: |
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Sweet baby Jesus... that's beautiful
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TripWire Samba Member
Joined: November 14, 2007 Posts: 75 Location: Naples, Florida
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Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2013 6:51 pm Post subject: |
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Dogo wrote: |
Sweet baby Jesus... that's beautiful
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Fronts= 185/35/17
Rears= 195/40/17 |
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pfcmooney Samba Member
Joined: December 07, 2011 Posts: 219 Location: New Brockton, AL
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Any of you running a 4" Beam have to tub your inner wall or anything? What kind of fabrication did you have to do?? I'm going air and 17"s and was wondering before I got the body painted if there were anything I needed to know about tubbing the front or what have you.
Awesome looking cars guys! _________________ Thinking comes from not knowing... |
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tim3 Samba Member
Joined: February 01, 2004 Posts: 547 Location: Los Angeles, CA
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Any of you running a 4" Beam have to tub your inner wall or anything? What kind of fabrication did you have to do?? I'm going air and 17"s and was wondering before I got the body painted if there were anything I needed to know about tubbing the front or what have you. |
If you are speaking of a type3 then you dont have to do anything to your car to run 17" wheels that are 7" wide like the porsche replicas.. you just have to change your bolt pattern if you are 4 lug..
Currently those wheels on the notchback could easily just be bolted right up without a narrowed beam or shorter rear axles..
as for other cars they are all different.. bugs are pretty easy and there is lots of info on how to put bags on a bug,,, type 3 bagged requires a ton of work.. either mod your stock front beam or replace it with a bagged type 1 beam.. the rear im guessing you need to pull the torsion bars.. _________________ Click to view image |
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pfcmooney Samba Member
Joined: December 07, 2011 Posts: 219 Location: New Brockton, AL
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Posted: Sun Dec 15, 2013 6:24 pm Post subject: |
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tim3 wrote: |
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Any of you running a 4" Beam have to tub your inner wall or anything? What kind of fabrication did you have to do?? I'm going air and 17"s and was wondering before I got the body painted if there were anything I needed to know about tubbing the front or what have you. |
If you are speaking of a type3 then you dont have to do anything to your car to run 17" wheels that are 7" wide like the porsche replicas.. you just have to change your bolt pattern if you are 4 lug..
Currently those wheels on the notchback could easily just be bolted right up without a narrowed beam or shorter rear axles..
as for other cars they are all different.. bugs are pretty easy and there is lots of info on how to put bags on a bug,,, type 3 bagged requires a ton of work.. either mod your stock front beam or replace it with a bagged type 1 beam.. the rear im guessing you need to pull the torsion bars.. |
Thanks for the reply! However I'm no curious on how to put bags on a bug, I'm just wondering if there are any body modifications to make when running 17" wheels REALLY low, such as a bag setup. I've seen some people have to tub the front end, but is it necessary? _________________ Thinking comes from not knowing... |
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TripWire Samba Member
Joined: November 14, 2007 Posts: 75 Location: Naples, Florida
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Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2013 3:19 pm Post subject: |
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pfcmooney wrote: |
tim3 wrote: |
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Any of you running a 4" Beam have to tub your inner wall or anything? What kind of fabrication did you have to do?? I'm going air and 17"s and was wondering before I got the body painted if there were anything I needed to know about tubbing the front or what have you. |
If you are speaking of a type3 then you dont have to do anything to your car to run 17" wheels that are 7" wide like the porsche replicas.. you just have to change your bolt pattern if you are 4 lug..
Currently those wheels on the notchback could easily just be bolted right up without a narrowed beam or shorter rear axles..
as for other cars they are all different.. bugs are pretty easy and there is lots of info on how to put bags on a bug,,, type 3 bagged requires a ton of work.. either mod your stock front beam or replace it with a bagged type 1 beam.. the rear im guessing you need to pull the torsion bars.. |
Thanks for the reply! However I'm no curious on how to put bags on a bug, I'm just wondering if there are any body modifications to make when running 17" wheels REALLY low, such as a bag setup. I've seen some people have to tub the front end, but is it necessary? |
There is no reason to tub the front end. My car (the black notch above) only has an 1 1/2" of ground clearance in the front and only rubs slightly at full lock. I could lower it more but then it would be completely undriveable! The only modification I made to the front is reworking the bottom beam attachment bolts so they don't hang down so low and cause ground clearance issues. I also had to slightly modify my spare tire pan to get a little more clearance.
If you are thinking of going with an air bag system most people go with the type 1 beam setup. Still no body mods are needed unless you decide to go crazy narrow or run a very wide front wheel. Also, something that is never mentioned about the type 1 beam conversion... it shortens your wheel base. I learned that the hard way. I installed a type 1 beam in my car and it looked completely wrong from a straight side shot. That's when I realized the wheel was sitting too far back in the front wheel well. |
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