Pictures of tire, wheel, and suspension thread for FAQ's

[bw65vw]

[1957L331]

Finally finished lowering my 57'

-Front
4" narrowed adjustable beam form Aircooled Vintage works, no shocks
Disk brakes
4.5" replica Fuchs
155/60
Castor shims

-Rear
2" adjustable lowered spring plates from Air Cooled Vintage Works
6" replica Fuchs
195/65
Long axles, I plan to put disks on the rear to lose the adapters and bring the rear in 1" on each side. If the tranny ever needs to come out id like to swap in short axles

[Nubber]

Great thread. A lot of the guys are saying "dropped one click in the rear". Question.. Is it more typical to drop an inner or an outer spline? Thanks

[DevinHite]

Just finished up my bug. 62 Beetle.

Front: 4” narrowed beam/2.5” drop spindles by slowlowvw out of Virginia. Conti 145s on stock smoothies w/ a skid plate. (No Headlight Bucket cutting needed with these tires)
Rear: extended/notched spring plates also by slowlowvw. With conti 185s on stock smoothies.

[MAW65]

Hi guys
I would like to know if somebody has mocking up some '66 (10 holes vw wheels so they look closer to the porsche 356's
Thanks in advance

[GruntDoc]

[1957L331]

[Chickensoup]

if i could get some measurements like the picture shown that would be awesome. heres my car with one outer notch dropped and stock tire size. but it hasent settled yet.

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-'85 c10 5.3 LS, cam, heads, long tubes, x pipe, 3 inch spin tech's
-'01 e46 325ci *tree modded
-'05 B5.5 TDI Wagon 17in sport rims ;EGR + BSM + ASV Delete, Stage-2 Tune, straight pipe
'65 Tourist Delivery Build
'66 RIP

[Nubber]

Fantastic thread, helped a lot. Here's mine i just took off the stands.
Front:
4" narrowed adjustable beam
No shocks
2.5" drop spindles
Roughly 4.25"s drop.
205-40-17s on 17-7 rader
Rear:
1 inner spline
Stock shocks
1" spacers
215-45-17s on 17-7 rader
4" drop.
Bare in mind this is just off the jack stands and me push/pulling on the bumper a bit. May lay out some more after a spin

[dub_corey]

1966 "Pigalle Special" I just rescued.

Stock wheels

Front:
EMPI 2" Narrow front beam
Drop spindles. I kept the drums.
Tires- 155/60

Rear:
One click outer spline
Tires- 185/65

[buntist]

[Richard D]

I'm wondering how the front air shocks are mounted, don't the shock mounts require cutting them off with a beam narrowed more than 2" or so?

[Chickensoup]

Rockin a stock width beam. specs as follows.

FRONT;

-stock width beam
-welded in sway away adjusters
-stock drums
-4.5in 356 replica rims(well, the one under the fender is)
-185/60 r15

REAR;

-lowered one outer notch
-stock drums
-4.5in replica 356 rims
-165/80 r15(need to be taller and wider IMO)


I dont get why so many people automatically jump to the whole "gotta have a narrowed beam" thing. unless your running wide or large offset rims i dont see the point unless your slamming the crap out of the car.

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-'85 c10 5.3 LS, cam, heads, long tubes, x pipe, 3 inch spin tech's
-'01 e46 325ci *tree modded
-'05 B5.5 TDI Wagon 17in sport rims ;EGR + BSM + ASV Delete, Stage-2 Tune, straight pipe
'65 Tourist Delivery Build
'66 RIP

[Richard D]

Kinda hard how to tell how low it is without a side shot from a distance.

[Chickensoup]

maybe 3 inches from stock? ill take measurements later.
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-'85 c10 5.3 LS, cam, heads, long tubes, x pipe, 3 inch spin tech's
-'01 e46 325ci *tree modded
-'05 B5.5 TDI Wagon 17in sport rims ;EGR + BSM + ASV Delete, Stage-2 Tune, straight pipe
'65 Tourist Delivery Build
'66 RIP

[Richard D]

That’s pretty low. How bad is the rear camber?

[Chickensoup]

Only 2.2 degrees negative camber
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-'85 c10 5.3 LS, cam, heads, long tubes, x pipe, 3 inch spin tech's
-'01 e46 325ci *tree modded
-'05 B5.5 TDI Wagon 17in sport rims ;EGR + BSM + ASV Delete, Stage-2 Tune, straight pipe
'65 Tourist Delivery Build
'66 RIP

[dub_corey]

I'm a few posts above you, if you want to see wider tires, similar setup. My axles might be shorter on my 66 though. I went mild 2" narrow because I needed adjusters and the beam was on samba for 200. I wouldnt go taller than 80 sidewall though.

[Chickensoup]

Hi, I saw your 66, nice car. Mines a 65 so same axles. I want to use some spacers on mine or go with long tubes eventually. That or I'll widen the rear rims 2 inches or so.

Thanks
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-'85 c10 5.3 LS, cam, heads, long tubes, x pipe, 3 inch spin tech's
-'01 e46 325ci *tree modded
-'05 B5.5 TDI Wagon 17in sport rims ;EGR + BSM + ASV Delete, Stage-2 Tune, straight pipe
'65 Tourist Delivery Build
'66 RIP

[Fred_e81]

Good morning,

I currently have 145’s up front on a stock length kingpin front beam. I want a slightly wider tire with about the same or slightly shorter sidewall. What size would you all recommend. I hear that going slightly wider helps w the handling of the bug.

Thanks in advance for all your help.