Freshly slammed and narrowed with gas burners

[68only]

Just dropped this down off the lift for the first time... 4" narrowed beam, 2 notches in the rear with notched springplates and gas burners reps.
Before... way too high

After...

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[Justin & Muttley]

Sweet - that looks just right! 8)

 

[issit]

now thts better :wink: looks the muts fella sweet as in the weeds

 

[easy]

Great work, much better now 8)

 

[kombiporsche]

Cool van :wink:

Do you have some outside pics of the entire bus?

Thanks

 

[68only]

will post some over the weekend. Thanks for all the replies.

 

[gninnam]

Beaut that is - good job 8)

 

[EgoTrippin]

Good work 68 - nice colour too. This one just looks right.

 

[kombiporsche]

Did you use adaptors to fit those wheels or are they 5*112 geebee replicas?

 

[68only]

They are 5x112 replicas and went straight on. Don't know whether the offset is different on different repros, but they were a pretty tight fit under the rear arches, especially as '71's have the late rear arches. For reference the tyres are 175/55/15 front and 185/55/15 rear all Continentals.
It's new owner Jim Bamber drove away in it about half an hour ago, will post more pics soon.



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[Snakey]

'scuse my ignorance in narrowed beams...
Do they just bolt straight in without any chassis mods etc?

 

[68only]

No, you don't need chassis mods. The original shock towers are about 1.5-2" thick per side, so you use thinner 8-10mm laser cut shock towers (which I get made) and can narrow the beam upto 4.5". There is a fair bit of engineering involved in fitting, but dropping it off the lift/jack makes it all worthwhile..
Here are a couple more pics for those interested. I didn't have time to go to my usual seafront spot, but hey.
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After:

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[Snakey]

Looks awesome!
Would you supply said laser cut shock towers for us DIYers. :wink:
150 quid from cool air seems a lot to me....

 

[68only]

Will supply them for early bayers £70 plus £12 p+p. Can take paypal to [email protected]

 

[Grazy]

Hi `68 only loving that bus mate , how much does it cost to do what you done to that Orange bus :wink:

 

[dubberdaz]

Sweet! Tell me does the ride get harder when you narrow the beam? I would like to do this but am worried about ride quality

 

[Airtime]

GB's look soooo good on it. 8)

Great job, 68only!

 

[68only]

Grazy, the beam etc including fitting, narrowing lower shock mounts, etc is around £800. Lowering the back 2 splines inc notching springplates is £125. The wheels and tyres came out around £650. Not cheap, but rides nice and looks GREAT

Dubberdaz, it does increase the springing rate, but is not rock solid at the height you see. There is another 3"+ downward travel in the adjusters. Obviously on a bay, the lower you go, the more acute the angle of the ball joints, so this can cause problems. This is why I'm putting a drop spindle split beam in my 68.

Speaking of which.. I picked it up yesterday from Felixstowe. It turned into a 16 hour trip, due to track rods being bent so it toes out by a mile and is waaay too unsafe to drive. I waited 6 hours for the AA and got home at 2 this morning.. here's some pics:

 

[Grazy]

hi 68 Is that using dropped spindles too or not ???

 

[68only]

The 71 doesn't have drop spindles at the moment, although they are on Jim's list of plans for the future.