1960 VW Beetle Ragtop - Kingpin REBUILD and WILWOOD Disc Brake Conversion

Taylor does a kingpin rebuild with drop spindles and a wilwood disc brake conversion from Vintage V-Dubs.
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www.vintagev-dubs.com/

[@joelredo3635]

I guess people out there already have told you that good job it's a very informing

[@mtozzy11]

Amazing a entire video without swearing.

[@VWJawbreaker]

Haha, I thought the same thing! 😂

[@vintage76vipergreenBeetle]

👏

[@5150mxVw2]

well, almost 😆

[@james66872]

Not quite

[@AceCobra667]

Perfect fit man looking sharp👏💯

[@dbradford24]

Thanks for the detailed video. Narrowed beam and maybe some 145's.

[@james66872]

4”??????

[@5150mxVw2]

Nice install, sweet set up

[@pfhreaken]

I usually wrap a short bit of a fuel hose where the brake line goes around the pedal assembly :)

[@vintage76vipergreenBeetle]

Nice tip.

[@matthewlawson5350]

Awesome work Taylor. I'm currently doing a roadsteration on a numbers matching 56 semaphore oval. With no rust, don't hate me. Australia doesn't use salt, yep we're lucky. I have drop spindles for it so thanks for the tutorial. Yep it has the original 36hp engine and turns freely. I'll send you photos if you would like. =)

[@florider_hd]

hows this project doing?

[@OwhyeeVdub]

That is a sick paint scheme

[@mattthehandyman]

Nice install video my friend has the wilwood setup we’re going to on his ‘59 Ragtop.

[@richvw1974]

That was a good video thanks

[@vwcoco]

Great video . Hope work oils going well plus not much swearing 👍

[@jedschleisner8960]

Good video. Very informative, thanks

[@wickedwerks]

Glad it was helpful!

[@brendanoneil-yt1wl]

Thanks for sharing. A must do job for the ol bugs. Generally I’m not a fan of crazy paint jobs but Holy God that’s amazing! Agree nice stance. What motor is in that thang?

[@st3v3harman]

Very nice! Thanks for the great video. hate the schmoo

[@vwdarrin]

very nice

[@wickedwerks]

Thanks for watching!

[@mikehammer4546]

How did you measure for the alignment shims ?

[@jeffbannon1345]

Drop spindles plus disc brake kit pushes the wheels out quite a bit. I wonder if smaller tires would solve the problem? Perhaps time to suggest to your client that they switch to a narrowed beam?

[@wickedwerks]

Trying for a smaller tire 👍🏻

[@vintage76vipergreenBeetle]

A 2 inch narrow beam should fix it. Narrow tires are only good for trailer queens. Not safe for daily use. Just my opinion.

[@VWJawbreaker]

@@vintage76vipergreenBeetle he could afford to go with a 4” narrowed beam with the offset of the disk brake upgrade.

[@VWJawbreaker]

Nice install dude. Those rotors are really nice 👍 What size tires are on the front now?

[@wickedwerks]

Thanks man! It’s got 28 year old stickers on it now. We’re gonna try a 155/80R15. Little shorter, little narrower. I’m gonna rearrange the shims to bring the camber in some

[@sashas8168]

Maybe would look better with a narrow beam....good job though.

[@cyprianskiba8768]

What 5x205 conversion adapter are you using?

[@wickedwerks]

It was included in the kit I ordered from Vintage V-Dubs.

[@bernhardgoesmann6490]

I got the same adapters from a V-dubs, work well for my 67’ Bug!

[@joelredo3635]

The reason why your tires sticking out is because you need to narrow your front end to inches