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Yellowbeard
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Plenty. VW parts suppliers sell a spring plate removal tool to make the job safe and easy.
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rizzag
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| don3751 wrote: |
| Plenty. VW parts suppliers sell a spring plate removal tool to make the job safe and easy. |
no need, bus spring plates are not preloaded like bug ones. there is no danger in taking them off the ledges
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firzout
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don... Your saying that the bus is already lowered 3.5 inches by me changing the tire size to 195/50/15s ? If so, I don't see any change? please explain..
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rizzag
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| Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 7:02 pm Post subject: |
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don... Your saying that the bus is already lowered 3.5 inches by me changing the tire size to 195/50/15s ? If so, I don't see any change? please explain..
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the suspension will not lower with lower profile tires but the bus will be closer to the ground by the difference in sidewall height between the old and new tires.
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firzout
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rizzag... I remove everthing you stated from the wheel end right? not the tranny end..?
will my tires rub the wheelwell ?
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Yellowbeard
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Sorry. My bad-lowered 1.75 inches with 1.75 inches more wheelwell clearance. Which you'll need. My fronts barely clear the wheelwells.
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rizzag
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| firzout wrote: |
rizzag... I remove everthing you stated from the wheel end right? not the tranny end..?
will my tires rub the wheelwell ? |
yes, wheel end
they will be real close but "should" not rub
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firzout
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So 195/50/15s lowers thebus closer to the ground by 3.5" ? doesn't seem that much!! I have a 66 dlx sitting next to it in the garage and it doesn't look that much of a difference.
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the front i plan to put a 4" narrowed beam with drop spindles . I should be okay there right ?
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You guys have been of great help!!! thank you soo much!!
HOW fast will I be able to cruise when it's all said n done ??
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firz if you dont want to staight axel you can flip your box's. my bus has fliped box's but one bad thing about them is you will go slower.
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firzout
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hey middle... were you at the last winter springs vw show with this bus?? I think I saw it or one like it... the lettering seems familiar.
I don't want it that low, and I don't want to remove anything from the bus yet. Is fliping the boxes ahrd to do ?? do I need any special tool ? I really want to be able to cruise 60-65 if need be.
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| Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 7:28 pm Post subject: |
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pic of front wheelwell clearance
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firzout
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DAMM that is close. do you hit when you hit a bump or something? If I go with a narrowed beam it should take care of that problem right??
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firzout
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Don .. do you have a picture of the whole bus to see what it looks like complete ?
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Yellowbeard
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Firzout, you don't need to do anything extreme to cruise 60-65. You can do that with a r/p swap in your big nut setup. Stay with the tallest tires you can get away with, as they have a noticeable effect on top end speed.
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firzout
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how costly would it be to change the r/p ?
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| middleburgebus64 wrote: |
my bus has fliped box's but one bad thing about them is you will go SLOWER.
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Being that low an you dont need to go fast.
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