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doc73 Samba Member
Joined: June 26, 2004 Posts: 318 Location: Ohio
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Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2015 6:08 am Post subject: Max tire for BRM on front of bug |
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66 bug- dropped spindles - 4"narrowed beam - 5.5 BRM
What is the max tire size(width and height) I can run with no issues? _________________ Speed Leaving Without Warning . . .
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doc73 Samba Member
Joined: June 26, 2004 Posts: 318 Location: Ohio
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Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2015 5:27 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for all the tips or leads. Guess I'll.try165/60's. _________________ Speed Leaving Without Warning . . .
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ALB Samba Member
Joined: August 05, 2008 Posts: 3480 Location: beautiful suburban Wet Coast of Canada
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Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2015 7:13 am Post subject: |
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With the 2 1/2" drop of lowered spindles, something in the 23-24" diameter will work quite nicely, giving another 1/2-1" drop with the smaller diameter. Anything smaller may not fill the wheelwell with out dropping the suspension further.
What size tires are on the back? I'm guessing now that with 5.5" BRM's all around you're going with something a little wider- 185's? 195's? How wide on the front (ideally) do you want to go? I don't have any experience with narrowed beams, but I'm guessing you'd get 175/60's (23.3" tall) under there, and would be a good fit on 5 1/2" rims. Are there any used tire stores where you live? They're a great way to experiment with sizes; if you hit them on a slow day, they may even test fit a couple of different tires to see what you like, it you buy there. Someone please chime in with more experience and correct me if I'm wrong- _________________ On a lifelong mission to prove (much to my wife's dismay) that Immaturity is Forever!! |
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BerylGreen63 Samba Member
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doc73 Samba Member
Joined: June 26, 2004 Posts: 318 Location: Ohio
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Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2015 9:04 pm Post subject: |
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Nice ride.
Here's my Diamond Green 66.
On the way from Old Speed is a 4" narrowed/ adjustable beam
_________________ Speed Leaving Without Warning . . .
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doc73 Samba Member
Joined: June 26, 2004 Posts: 318 Location: Ohio
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Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2015 4:36 am Post subject: |
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Does anyone have a good 2-d graphic of a brm? Preferably black and white _________________ Speed Leaving Without Warning . . .
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Mike Fisher Samba Member
Joined: January 30, 2006 Posts: 17962 Location: Eugene, OR
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Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2015 11:26 am Post subject: |
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I buy good used sets/pairs of Michelin,BFG,Firestone,Toyo etc for my cars/trucks Cheap that the rich guys take off when they still have lots of tread. Run them 3 years or so and then go bigger if want. _________________ https://imgur.com/user/FisherSquareback/posts
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BerylGreen63 Samba Member
Joined: July 17, 2010 Posts: 392 Location: San Diego
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Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2015 1:27 pm Post subject: |
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doc73 wrote: |
Does anyone have a good 2-d graphic of a brm? Preferably black and white |
Have you seen the bug selecta website
http://www.busselecta.com/
or are you looking for something more like a vector |
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Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2015 7:49 pm Post subject: |
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165 R15s...
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doc73 Samba Member
Joined: June 26, 2004 Posts: 318 Location: Ohio
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Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2015 5:56 pm Post subject: |
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So here it is with the 4" narrowed/adj beam and 185/65 15's. Drivers side has tire rub on the headlight bucket at full lock right. Passenger side has significantly less. I believe it to be the fender shape. Might need a fender swap. _________________ Speed Leaving Without Warning . . .
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