Lowered Front and Tire Rub?

[aircooledguy]

Hey everyone,

Ok, the question of the day is: If I was to lower the front of my Thing using beetle spindles, torsion arms, and balljoints(which i believe is somewhere about a 2" - 2.5 " drop), would there be problems using the stock rims and tire size(185 75 R14) up front? Has anyone tried this? Thanks a lot for any information.

Ken

[BRIAN T.]

what are you going to do with the thing spindles and trailing arms if you make the swap? and do you have the bug stuff you need to swap?

[aircooledguy]

I plan on keeping them, incase I want to put it back the way it was, or just in order to pass them along if there ever is a future owner that would want the original stance. I do not have the beetle parts in order to make the swap as I am yet unsure if the stock tires will fit. If they will not, I'll have to take a step back and look at money issues with buying new tires and possibly new rims all around. Who knows.

Ken