Lowering Revell Beetle

[Shelby 427 1965]

Hey all,

About to get started on the Revell Police Beetle, I believe it to be the same as the '68 kit.

Haven't looked at it yet, but was wondering if anyone has any advice on lowering it - what to cut, what to remove, etc.

Cheers!

[alan barton]

For what it;s worth, I lowered a Revell pink Street Machine beetle about thirty years ago by simply gluing the entire front torsion bar mounts on top of the floor pan instead of the against the front edge.  I had to trim the bottom of the luggage compartment for clearance but it sure got it down in the front!

Cheers

Alan

[Shelby 427 1965]

1 minute ago, alan barton said:

For what it;s worth, I lowered a Revell pink Street Machine beetle about thirty years ago by simply gluing the entire front torsion bar mounts on top of the floor pan instead of the against the front edge.  I had to trim the bottom of the luggage compartment for clearance but it sure got it down in the front!

Cheers

Alan

Hmm.. With it being a newer issue kit it may be different, but with it being the same basic car it may still work... Any ideas for the rear?  

 

Cheers

Tomo

[alan barton]

Nah, I just had it raked so I didn't have to touch the rear. Seems most Bugs I've ever seen lowered in the rear had some pretty massive camber!

Cheers

Alan

[Fat Brian]

The top torsion bar is molded into the chassis pan on the new 68 Beetle kit so it kind of limits how low you can go with the stock pieces. To get really low the easiest thing to do will be to cut the wheel mounting pins off the kit spindles and make new spindles where you can reattach the mounting pins higher up. The rear is pretty much the same, the piece that is the rear torsion bar and swing arms mounts solidly to the chassis plate with no real way to lower it other than cutting the wheel mounting pins off and relocating them. It's not as bad as it sounds, I did the same thing to raise a beetle I'm working on.