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944 Trailing arms in Type I,II,IV or 181
Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2002 5:03 am
by wolf-lunacy
I sell any kinds of 944-Brakes for bugs/Karmann/181-Thing for germany on my page
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944 Trailing arms in Type I,II,IV or 181
Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2002 1:29 pm
by Single Cab
Nice work. Are your products TUV approved and can you send me a pricing sheet? I have a '65 transporter and a '74 Thing (type 181).
Thomas
Re: 944 Trailing arms in Type I,II,IV or 181
Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 5:13 am
by kcnaz
RB Thing wrote:Thanks for the help! I need the extra width because they are going on a Thing and I will be using wider finders. I just purchased a complete 86 Turbo suspension so I also get the Turbo brakes. I'm engineering a fit to weld the Porsche bigger spindles onto a set of Thing spindles to keep the steering and lift. If that works out as I plan, I am looking into doing the same to a Bug.
Did you find any wheels, I assume the Thing was fitted with off-road wheels?
Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 12:09 pm
by kcnaz
Found my wheels will post pics later, also picked up 356c front spindles and disc's. Straight up bolt on for my linkpin front end. There is a set on E-bay, search under "Porsche 356c front disc brake hubs, spindles etc."
Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 2:33 pm
by kcnaz
944 rear trailing arms module...axles, rotors and brakes are going on 5x5's
Front 356 spindles and disc's...
and the wheels...
The wheels spun out straight and true, I was able to get 4 matched......
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 8:33 pm
by ubercrap
Just so you know, 944 style trailing arm won't fit a Type IV as it has a much different wishbone/coil spring trailing arm configuration.
Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 8:59 pm
by kcnaz
test fitting the 356 spidles I found the left support bow was bent. I built a press and took it apart, bad news and good news. Bad news it is very bent, good news is the VW beetle spindles I took apart are good and the vw support bow will interchange with the porsche........
look at the difference between the axle....Porsche is much bigger.
Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 5:45 am
by kcnaz
The 356 support bow was bent bad, after pressing everything apart I had the 356 spindle fitted to the T-1 support bow. The T-1 support bow looks beefier.
