Eyeball vs Mendeola Bot-on A-arm conversion

[coolrydes]

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http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifie...php?id=1076832
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[coolrydes]

Here's our all new Super Beetle kit ready for shipment. This one is going to France. This new kits allows for not only type 1302 and 1303 s to use our kit but is also very custom chassis friendly. Take a look at www.thesamba.com under general parts in the classifieds for futher info on these kits.

[volkdent]

Looking good!!! Do you guys use standard or metric hardware?

Jason

[evilC]

I see the bottom bracket of the coilover is very low. How does it look with the wheel/brake combination assembled on it? how much ground clearance is there with a standard 640mm o/a dia wheel and tyre on?

[coolrydes]

Originally Posted by evilC

I see the bottom bracket of the coilover is very low. How does it look with the wheel/brake combination assembled on it? how much ground clearance is there with a standard 640mm o/a dia wheel and tyre on?

I thought the same thing the first time I looked at it, then the engineer pointed out the fact that it is in line with the spindle. This means that anything that goes under the wheel will lift the suspension the same amount.

Here is a picture of the Speedwell oval with 17 inch wheels and a 195/40 tyre.

[evilC]

You certainly can't see the bracket in the photo that means that it is above that car's lowest point. The bottom bracket does move up and down with the wheel so the clearance with the road remains reasonably constant but I couldn't work out what that dimension was and it looks as though it will be inboard of the wheel inner edge.

Clive

[volkdent]

What is the lb/in rate you guys like to use for these?

Jason

[coolrydes]

Originally Posted by evilC

You certainly can't see the bracket in the photo that means that it is above that car's lowest point. The bottom bracket does move up and down with the wheel so the clearance with the road remains reasonably constant but I couldn't work out what that dimension was and it looks as though it will be inboard of the wheel inner edge.

Clive

Here is a better picture with 17 inch wheels

[coolrydes]

Originally Posted by volkdent

Looking good!!! Do you guys use standard or metric hardware?

Jason

Thank you for the kind words.

All of the gold hardware is 1/2 standard because getting metric in our area from the local bolts houses is super hard . I would prefer to use all metric. We do you metric on the sway bar and rack mounts.