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Attorney Isaiah Loophole
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 10:30 am    Post subject: Disc Brakes Reply with quote
What all will i need off of a ghia to convert my bug to ghia front disc brakes and what new parts will i need to buy to complete the conversion?
Thanks Donald

PS searched the forums but couldnt find where I had previously saw this information.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 10:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 10:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
What year is your beetle?
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 10:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
can I use ghia trailing arms on my beetle's ball joint beam? can you stick ghia spindles on the beetle trailing arms?

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PostPosted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 10:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Ghia spindles will go on beetle traing arms as long as they are both ball joint
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 10:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
beetle and ghia torsion arms are same. ghia brakes only came on ball joint,so if you have 66 and newer beetle spindles bolt on to beetle torsion arms. king and linkpin are screwed as ghia dont fit.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 11:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
sorry i forgot to say that i have a 67
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 4:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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sorry i forgot to say that i have a 67


In that case, yes you can mount 1966-later Ghia disc brakes. But you'll now have 4-lug instead of the usual 5 lug which may require you to purchase new wheels.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 8:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
RareAir wrote:
In that case, yes you can mount 1966-later Ghia disc brakes. But you'll now have 4-lug instead of the usual 5 lug which may require you to purchase new wheels.


but I can always purchase different rotors with another bolt pattern
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 9:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
So, I assume the Ghia front brake transfer wont work for a 64?
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 9:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
only if you get the modified spindles
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