PRObuilt Beam versus assembling one yourself
Let's go back 7 years ago, the PRO's decided that now was a time to give what many had been asking for. An
Ultimate Beam(UB), assembled with built spindles, our shocks,
BAD Series Brakes installed so that they can just bolt it on and move forward with their project. For those of you that have attempted, succeeded or failed to do this, we understand. You can look at a Chilton or Haynes manual for days. You can scour the forums and ask anyone who will listen, how to do this or that. That takes time. You also have to question whom you are getting that information from and is it specifically applicable to what you are doing. You will purchase tools that you will use once, you will have many emails, phone calls and drive many miles to get each part that you thought you did not need. This was many of us, the first time. The PRO's have listened. Let's dive into the PRO's process of making a
PRObuilt Beam. We start with US made and smelted DOM tubing, that is laser cut by a CNC tube laser to the exact dimensions we call for. The
UB uprights are CNC bent and feature and exact replica of the factory body mounts. The brackets through out the beam are CNC laser cut to exact dimensions that will give you the best fit, finish and versatility. The beam is built on a US made jig table that is leveled to perfection and mig welded by our CEO and founder, Pete Skiba. To date, Airkewld has made 18,750 beams that follow this protocol. Once the
UB has had a bath in Satin Black powder coat, it is thoroughly cleaned and assembled, lubing all moving parts for ease in adjustment. The delrin bushings are pressed in sandwiching the sexy UB emblems to the side plates. The PRO's call on VW of Mexico/Brazil to furnish our new torsion leaves. The PRO's have created a jig to properly mark, align and machine factory style grub screw indentions and trim them with a liquid cool band saw. With some models, the ends of the torsions are painted red to allow a bit of detail when viewing the beam through the control arms, that now feature an Airkewld star capped onto the ends. A beautiful touch. We test fit the arms into the beam, lubing both the bearing surfaces and the delrin bushing itself. The PRO's have created a tool to make sure the feel is consistent every time and that the arm can articulate as it was intended. We create the perfect feel by polishing the bearing surface of the arm until it meets our intended feel. For Ball Joint models, the newly pressed in German ball joints are also broken in to give the perfect feel and steering wheel cycling to center. The PRO's then install
PRObuilt Drop Spindles for early model applications, (unless specified differently). They can even install your drop spindles from your current disc brake kit at a discount. The PRO's expertly build them with only the best parts in the industry to ensure you will be WoWed with the fit, finish and detail. Later model applications use an imported set of spindles that are expertly coated in Satin Black powder coat, with a set of lowered camber eccentrics, to give you the best versatility in adjustment. We learned about the process of making a
PROBuilt Steering Box and how that makes the world of difference. The PRO's take this very seriously. The PRO's use
German tie rod ends in our brand new tie rods. Threads are lubed making adjustments easy. Installing a premium steering dampener on every beam we offer, gives you the perfect feel in which some have never even felt before. The entire
PRObuilt Beam uses stainless steel or cadmium plated hardware and is used with anti-sieze and Loctite where needed. Control arm to bushings cavities are pre-filled with grease, king pins and link pins are lubed, aligned and ready to cycle. The adjustments of lifting and lowering the front end are easy, fluid and precise. But what about ride quality? Aaaaahhhh, yes. You have a choice and Airkewld is the first to give this to you. The PRO's can build you the
Ultimate Beam, the best you can get as well as the most versatile. Now, you have a choice in ride quality.
The Stage 1 PRO-Built Beam is built to order and can take up to 2 months to assemble. Please be patient as we supply you with the industries best front suspension.
This Stage 1 complete front end is spindle to spindle built in any configuration, stock to 4" narrowed. Comes powder coated Satin Black ready to install. The beam will fit US Spec Beetles and Ghia's from 1949-1965.
The front end comes complete with the following;
- New Ultimate Adjustable Beam
- New Torsions
- New Tie rods
- New Shocks
- New CB Performance Drop Spindles
- New Steering Dampener
- New Hardware
- New Zerks
- Premium Tie rod Ends
- German Link Pins
- German King Pins
- PRObuilt Steering Box
- ReConditioned Pitman Arm/Clamp
- ReConditioned Control Arms
- ReConditioned Steering Knuckles
The front end will be coated apart and assembled to keep the clean looks with new hardware. It will be adjusted to the highest setting so that you can lower it to your liking. The front end will be greased and alignment will be set in rough application so that it can be shipped on a pallet. Shipping will be calculated separate. No Core is needed.
We recommend the install kit that is optional. It comes with the ARP Stainless Steel Beam Bolts, Lower beam to body rubbers, upper body to beam rubbers, the billet hold downs and the inspection plate and seal.
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