USA Made 17x7 3 Piece Smoothies are BACK and built by the Artisans at Airkewld. Change your look. Be the envy everywhere.
TAKE THE WHEEL.
The OEM PROBUILT Steering Box.
That turn of the wheel. Gliding through your hands. Stop the fighting. Get back to enjoying the moment. Install a #PRObuilt Steering Box today!
A FULL ROLLER
The Chassis.
You have ZERO time to accomplish your project, turn to the PRO's for a complete rolling chassis. Pick the stance, the color, the wheels and move forward...
I have SOLD 17,500 of these and I bet you have never seen one of these. Right?
Crazy to think that after 9 years of selling these, we have sold over 17,500 in 38 countries! WoW!!! I bet you have never seen one and more than likely, your head will explode when I show it to you. What am I talking about? Great question.
There is a wing nut that when functioning at it best, is roughly a FIVE out TEN experience. This original nut, in theory, would allow the VW owner to adjust his clutch feel to get the right amount of pedal to disengage the clutch. But most of the time...........
No body mods, cutting or notching is necessary with this beam. If the vehicle has been in an accident, it is possible that minimal massaging will be needed to install.
PDF Instructions:
Contrary to belief, the shockless beam can and does ride amazing when using Airkewld's delrin bushings. One tip though, if the vehicle is adjusted all the way down, the ride will be rough, lift it up and inch and the ride improves.
Anytime you rebuild/update/upgrade your transaxle, it never comes with oil in it. Make sure you add 90 wt after it is installed. It would be wise to update the trans mounts, nose cone seal and shift coupler/bushing if equipped.
The PRO's Recommendations:
Billet Bearing Caps make the job easy
The install kit comes with seal kits, hardware, axle nuts and seal races. Make sure every box is checked when doing a quality installation.
Since this is a service and not a purchase, before purchasing, please remove the spindles from your bus and pack them in a nice sturdy box. After purchasing from us online, we will send a prepaid shipping label via email to pay for the shipping back to us.
1955-1967 Type 2 Bus Kombi Transporter Single Cab Double Cab
We do NOT offer this service for Brazilian Split Bus applications
Since this includes a spindles service, this is a US only kit as we are not able to ship and supply spindles outright, we apologize for this. We will need your spindles and spring plates to supply the kit as intended.
The PRO's have come up with the perfectly consistent 3.50" drop up front, 4" drop in the rear, same quality of ride as stock with the ability to tune the ride quality to your liking with the adjustable shocks.
Fits the following Left Hand Drive (LHD) Vehicles:
1966-1977 US Spec Type 1 Beetle-Bug-Fusca
1966-1977 US Spec Karmann Ghia
1965-1979 UK Spec Type 1 Beetle-Bug
1965-1979 Uk Spec Karmann Ghia
Mexican Beetle
Fridolin
Kit cars with ball joint suspensions
No body mods, cutting or notching is necessary with this beam. If the vehicle has been in an accident, it is possible that minimal massaging will be needed to install.
