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PostPosted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 5:44 pm 
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What kinda clearence am i gonna have with a stock front end with 1-1/2 x 3/4 arms, 5.00 3 rib tires, stock spindles.


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PostPosted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 8:34 pm 
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Depends on the wheel offset,,,and treebars,,etc,,,but you should be fine,,,stock vw wheel offset offers the least bumpsteer I think with stock spindles but larger offsets may have more clearance issues. Trial and error :?

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PostPosted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 10:24 pm 
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I shouldnt have said just clearance. What i meant is ground clearence. (from ground to bottom beam bar)


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PostPosted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 12:10 am 
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 1:14 am 
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you ground clearance would be figured out by taking a tape measure, and measuring from the bottom of your frame to the bottom of your tires. That distance will be your "ground clearance" If you need more help I could draw a diagram :lol: :lol: :twisted: :lol: :twisted: :lol: :twisted:

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PostPosted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 1:16 am 
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seriously I have a stock ball joint with 215/75/r15 snow tires (about 27' overall) and I have about 12' maybe a little more. Obviously I am to lazy to walk out to the garage and measure it. lol

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PostPosted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 12:05 am 
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Depends how you set the whole front end up. Say your spindle is level with bottom frame rail at ride height. Then it would be half your wheel height. Where ever the spindle is in relationship to the lower frame rail plus half the wheel height. How much clearance you have at full compression or full scrub will depend on where everything has to stop due to limits of shocks or interferance of tie-rods, or something.


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