We will start with the basics. The heart of your front suspension is a front beam. This has torsion leaves in the front end that gives your front end its suspension. Your control arms are held in with grub screws that attach them to your torsion leaves. The control arms are connected to your spindles and then onto your brakes and wheels. Most stock height beetles come with 165r15 tires with stock wheels and sit under the fenders about 1.5" on each side. Depending on the fenders that are on the car, this measurement could be different. To better tell you how much room you have, check out this diagram.

When you decide to lower the front end and use drop spindles, the wheels will come out roughly about 3/8". Now that the car is lowered 2.5" with stock tires, your tires will run the fender edges. To compensate this, you would narrow the beam. This means you would be taking out XX amount of inches from the center of the beam. This will bring your wheels in and help with negating the amount of rubbing that will happen. With the Ultimate Narrowed Beam, we can come in several inches, but it all depends on where you want your wheel to sit in the fender well.

Some disc brakes add track width as well. So we always suggest creating a menu or plan by mocking up your suspension (at least on one side). Install your drop spindle, your rotor and your wheel. Find out how much of the wheel is sticking out and how far you would like the wheel to move in and times that number time 2. This will give you a figure like 2", 3", 4", 5" and so on.

The Ultimate Narrowed Beam is completely different from everyone else. We build these beams with 100% all brand new parts made in house and in the USA. No one else can say that. All parts are CNC laser cut, CNC bent, CNC Broached or CNC machined for the best fit and finish. Some companies use stock beams, narrow them, install adjusters and replace the bearing and bushing with poly urethane. This is old technology. Some companies skip steps to save time and money. We do not skip a thing. Our beams even come complete with zerk fittings and zinc hardware. Competitor's Narrowed Beam Analysis

No body mods are required from 1-4 inches. If you would like to run shock towers and be narrower than 4" you will need to notch your inner fender wells to make it fit. For 4" Narrowed beams, the inside dimension is 29 13/16". That gives a clearance of 1/16" on each side. We can not guarantee the tower will not touch on your vehicle due to age, accidents or anything else. If you need one custom made, give us a call.