I am looking for someone that has put EMPI drop spindles on their air cooled bug.
We did this mod with disc brakes on my sons 69 bug last weekend to find out that it makes the front beam 3" wider and we are battling what tires to go to now. Currently with the 2 1/2" drop and 3" wider stance, the fender lips are at the tire edge.
I have joined 2 different VW forums and posted on Tuesday and neither board has had another post in those sections since. Definately not a TB board.
So, I am hoping to find another TB owner with some experience on this.
He has EMPI 8 spoke wheels on it with stock metric 185/15 tires (that need replacing). The tires are like an 80 series from what I understand. I am looking at some Kuhmo 155/60R15's for the front. They are 22" tall verses the current 24 1/2" now and should keep a nice amount of meat for stopping the car. We recently put a new 1914cc motor with dual Weber 40's and it runs good. I want more on the back and am looking at the same series tire in 205/65R15 which should be 25.5" tall to increase 1" and 2" of meat on the ground.
I am hoping that someone out there can give me a thumbs up or think about this before you buy.
Thanks in advance,
Mike
We did this mod with disc brakes on my sons 69 bug last weekend to find out that it makes the front beam 3" wider and we are battling what tires to go to now. Currently with the 2 1/2" drop and 3" wider stance, the fender lips are at the tire edge.
I have joined 2 different VW forums and posted on Tuesday and neither board has had another post in those sections since. Definately not a TB board.
So, I am hoping to find another TB owner with some experience on this.
He has EMPI 8 spoke wheels on it with stock metric 185/15 tires (that need replacing). The tires are like an 80 series from what I understand. I am looking at some Kuhmo 155/60R15's for the front. They are 22" tall verses the current 24 1/2" now and should keep a nice amount of meat for stopping the car. We recently put a new 1914cc motor with dual Weber 40's and it runs good. I want more on the back and am looking at the same series tire in 205/65R15 which should be 25.5" tall to increase 1" and 2" of meat on the ground.
I am hoping that someone out there can give me a thumbs up or think about this before you buy.
Thanks in advance,
Mike