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Wagenswest complete 1968-79 Volkswagen Bus suspension package Porsche 130 mm .

Nate — Fri, 24 Jun 2016 12:03:11 +0000

Wagenswest complete 1968-79 bus Suspension and brake kit, the good stuff with no guess work

Porsche bolt pattern 5 on 130mm.

This kit comes with a complete 4" inch narrowed adjustable front-end with new ball joints and 2.5 inch dropped spindles; including Wagenswest vented 4 piston disk brakes. The beam is ready to install grease, align, and go.

The rear end kit consist of Wagenswest drop plates, 3.25" for 1971-79 and an option for 4.5" to fit aftermarket wheels on the 1968-70 bus. The brakes are OEM Porsche style with internal parking brakes and forged hubs, 4 piston calipers and vented cross drilled rotors.

A pair of adjustable spring plates, all 4 shocks. Some of our new Wagenswest billet spring plate caps and a master cylinder kit is also included.

The suspension and brake parts needed to do the job.

KIT WILL NOT FIT STOCK 14" WHEELS.

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1964-67 Volkswagen bus link pin kit 211498041A

Nate — Fri, 24 Jun 2016 04:31:11 +0000

1964-67 type II Volkswagen bus, NEW link pin kit, this link-pin kit comes with the seals, caps, seals and shims needed to install your 64-67 bus spindles. Good QUALITY

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Wagenswest 1968-79 VW Bus rear frame notching air ride kit

Nate — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 17:15:09 +0000

This Wagenswest rear air bag frame rail kit for 1968-79 Volkswagen buses comes with all the metal parts needed to install bags in the rear of your bus. As you can see cutting and welding is required! For years we have been fabricating these into buses and now we are offering a no “guess work” kit.

This rear bay bag kit is made to go with our air-ride beam, found here.

This is not a job for the novice, but it really is the best way we have found to bag the back of a Bay Window bus. Horseshoe drop plates or 4.5” drop plates are needed to get you low, and this kit will both notch the frame for your axles and give you UP & DOWN motion.

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1968-79 VW Bus rear lift plates 2.5″ inch

Nate — Tue, 28 Apr 2015 10:05:22 +0000

Wagenswest 2.5" inch rear lift plates.

These plates for 1968-79 Buses. These plates are a direct bolt on setup, made out of CNC machined 3/4 plate steel.

These plates lift the rear of your bus 2.5" inches.

These plates also increase your track 3/4" inch per side.

These plates also push your wheel back toward the rear of your bus 3/4" inch

. Make sure these are right for you!

HOW TO INSTALL THESE LIFT PLATES

CHECK OUT OUR LIFTED SPINDLES HERE

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Wagenswest T shirt

Nate — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 04:53:00 +0000

Wagenswest T-shirt, Front has our logo and the back has a breakdown of a Volkswagen bus beam from a factory manual. It’s a good enough print to actually read it!!
100% cotton nice and thick .
We have limited sizes.

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Wagenswest, 55-70 bus master conversion spacer bracket

Nate — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 08:16:08 +0000

Wagenswest, dual master spacer bracket and bolts, use to install rabbit or late bus master cylinder into early 1955-67 Volkswagen buses.

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1963-70 “Bustang” Volkswagen Bus 5 on 205mm front disc brake kit, vented 4 piston.

Nate — Tue, 04 Mar 2014 10:38:14 +0000

The Bustang front disc brake kit is for 1963-70 VW bus with a 5 on 205mm bolt pattern. This disc brake kit is something that we have been using and building for years, it works Awesome. With heavy duty cast vented rotors and 4 piston Wilwood calipers, this kit will stop you fast!

This kit comes with

2 x Prepped vented rotors with bearing races installed

2 x Wagenswest laser cut CNC machined wide-five adapters

1 x Set of new wheel bearings and grease seals 2 x Steel caliper mounts, with mounting hardware

2 x Wilwood 4 piston calipers and brake pads

2 x New Wagenswest grease caps

2 x Brake line adapters

1 x Package of lock tight

This Bustang disc brake kit will fit under most any aftermarket aluminum or steel 15+ inch wheels.
If you want to run stock wheels, then we suggest our Babystang disc kit.
Both kits work with most any type of dropped spindle.

Please understand that we build these kits, in our shop and usually assemble to order – as they come in, and you may have to wait a week or more. If you want to know how long just email us.

Thanks Nate @Wagenswest

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1971-72 ball joint bus, 2.5″ inch dropped spindles

Nate — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 17:54:57 +0000

These Volkswagen bus 2.5″inch drop spindles are built carefully, using special jigs and fixtures exclusive to Wagenswest, with proper alignment and spindle geometry, that won’t be found in other brands.
our dropped spindles will lower the front of your 1971-72 Volkswagen bus 2.5″ inches with out any other modifications.

(a little trimming of the dust plate, is the exception)

These spindles add a 1/2 inch to your track width, per side.

Approximate 3 week wait.

No core charge any more, this is an out rite price.

These are built out of original German spindles on Wagenswest custom jigs, Quality re-built in the USA

1968-70 spindles are drum — 1971-72 are disk with a 12mm caliper bolt thread
— 1973 -79 are disk with a 14mm caliper bolt thread.

Please understand that we build these kits, in our shop and usually assemble to order – as they come in, and you may have to wait a week or more. If you want to know how long just email us.

Thanks Nate @Wagenswest

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Wagenswest 1973-79 Volkswagen bus ball joint, 2.5″ inch dropped spindles VW

Nate — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 17:07:48 +0000

Wagenswest 1973-79 VW bus drop spindles are built in the USA, using special jigs and fixtures exclusive to Wagenswest, with proper alignment and spindle geometry, that won’t be found in other brands. Our dropped spindles will lower the front of your 1973-79 Volkswagen bus 2.5″ inches with out any other modifications.

These spindles add a 1/2 inch to your track width, per side.

Approximate 3 week wait.

No core charge any more, this is an out rite price.

These are built out of original German spindles on Wagenswest custom jigs, Quality re-built in the USA

1968-70 spindles are drum — 1971-72 are disk with a 12mm caliper bolt thread
— 1973 -79 are disk with a 14mm caliper bolt thread.

Wagenswest started making these drop spindles many many years before the large companies came along and flooded the market with poor quality imported sketchy junk spindles. We still make them, with attention to quality and geometry, 2 things the other companies seam not to care about. This quality thing, is why Wagenswest has decided to stay small and focus on making parts that work good. We build these spindles in house and typically you can expect a 2 to 3 week wait to get a set after you order. THANK YOU!

Please understand that we build these kits, in our shop and usually assemble to order – as they come in, and you may have to wait a week or more. If you want to know how long just email us.

Thanks Nate @Wagenswest

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1955-67 VW Bus static off set spring plates

Nate — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:16:34 +0000

The original offset spring plate. THIS IS A SERVICE !! SEND US YOUR PLATES.

Send us your spring plates and we will make them static offsets with shock mounts!!

All our offset spring plates include offset shock mounts.

Offset spring plates enable you to lower the rear of your pre 1967 Volkswagen bus 3.5 inches by swapping the reduction gear transmission with a long axle type one or type three swing axle transmissions.

What you need to do the job.

#1 A set of offset spring plates.

#2 a 68 bug swing axle transmission or a pre 67 type 3 transmission.

#3 brakes if you use the 68 bug transmission you can machine a set of pre 63 bus drums to fit over the bug brakes or if you use a type 3 you can buy wide five drums.

#4 A pair of emergency brake cable spacers. https://wagenswest.com/partstore/index.php/1955-67-e-brake-spacers-for-t1-backing-plates.html

You will also need to take the bus nose cone off of the bus trans and use it on the bug or type 3 transmission.

By far the easiest way to lower the back of your bus.

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