Spekkie from belgium Options

[spekkie]

1. say your name

Hey my name is Sven but everyone calls me spekkie

2. where your from

I come from Weelde a village in Belgium

3. how'd you find us?

saw a video about u guys on another forum and liked your style

4. what you drive

i drive a 82 ford granada as a daily
an have a 73 beetle thats my fun car

5. post a pic of your car


my fun car the hillbilly hellride

6. a little bio if you like
not much to say but that i love static drop !!

[Ivan the Terribl...]

Welcome spekkie. Glad to see we have followers all the way over in belgium

[ascovel]

Welcome!

[Louis]

yay more air cooleds!!! good stuff man and welcome!

[mk3f.t.w.]

welcome! the VWs are growing here

[dubhavoc]

Yay mas aircoolers

[harry]

I like slammed aircooleds. Welcome

[Louis]

early fenders and bumpers?

[dubhavoc]

How did you fit those eye lids in there looks good.

[stan]

cool vw, welcome

[spekkie]

@ louis this is the europian economy model called a "spaarkever "
it has the upright lights but the oldstyle blade bumpers ( fenders arent correct should have horngrilles ) and are 6 volt original .
@ dubhavoc eyelids are just slip in but these are real oldschool ones are much smaller then the new repro ones
i have a real oldschool roofrack too not a shinny new empi repro

[Louis]

good stuff man, so what are the details? 4" beam, spindles, adjusters, and 2 rear clicks?

[spekkie]

5 inch beam with cb performance dropped spindles ( twice as expensive as others but much better quality ) adjusters an no shocktowers .
rear has 2 klicks
front tyres are 175/55/15"
rear tyres are 195/65/15"
rear wheels are widened to 5.5" ( original are 4.5" )
changes are coming as in new beam ( 4" with shocktowers )
wider wheels for the rear ( 6.5 " and use the 5.5" ones at the front )
other tyres 165/55 front and 185/65 or 195/55 on the rear
wheels will be john deere green too
also i'm making another engine with a friend who is a mechanic .
car will be used for a very big roadtrip in 2013 summer so i'm working toward a very low but drivable car .
Trip will be 2600 to 3000 miles on very bad roads

[Louis]

nice! I'll be pickin up a '56 oval soon and am debating on the set up. prolly gonna go 6" beam, no towers, and 3 clicks. Car looks good man, keep us posted!

[spekkie]

nice hope to see some pics of that oval .
its drives more comfortable low because its a different frontaxle than bug from after 65

[Zach]

Good stuff dude, I had a '73 standard too.

[Louis]

king pin>ball joint

[dubhavoc]

Thanks Spekkie.
On my bug im probably going 2in narrowed beam for now.Ima go 4in later on, Puma adjusters, lower the rear end 1 click or 2 clicks. We'll see.
What motor you going with.

I wonder how that John Deere green would look like.

[that1guy]

bitchen

[spekkie]

Thanks Spekkie.
On my bug im probably going 2in narrowed beam for now.Ima go 4in later on, Puma adjusters, lower the rear end 1 click or 2 clicks. We'll see.
What motor you going with.

I wonder how that John Deere green would look like.

Sorry for the late reply
But please just go for a 4 inch at once and buy yourself a set of good quality dropped spindles ; for the rear go 2 clicks and notch the springplates
if you put a 2 inch beam you will want to go lower in a matter of weeks and will need too modify beam again or search an other one .
drove my beetle daily for 4 months at this rideheight and it goes very well ! ( and you should see the roads and speedbumps over here )

I'm going to build a simple 1600 only riechert carb kit other rockers ( i think thats the english name ? ) and a home modified exhaust .
All parts will be balanced and weighted not aiming for high performace but reliability .