my lowered 356A t2

[Tony Kersbergen]

my slammed 356 project is ready... 17" BRM wheels and lowered !
it takes a long time to try with many tires,using spacers ect.
But ,in one day I can replace back to original !

[Sebastian Gaeta]

I love it!!

Before anyone chimes in with negative vibes, please note how in all automobile designer's renderings of upcoming new car models, the car is illustrated with wheels/tires that fill up the wheel wells more than they will in production and sits quite a bit lower than its production version too.

Well done Tony!

[C J Murray]

Before anyone chimes in with negative vibes

What, me, negative? The car looks good but I'm not sure sure how long you could endure the vertebrae crushing ride.

[Trevor Gates]

I like the front wheel well filled up. Reminds me of the photo-shopped lowering done on this one with 15" wheels.

What size tires are you running?

[neil blaber]

very cool looking car tony!

i originally wanted 17'' brm's on mine when it gets to that point, with a choice of either silver or stone grey. kind of going of silver for me but it does look cool!

[Scott Loraas]

Make it yours Tony! It's always interesting to see cars that deviate from how they left the factory. I'm a fan of the original ride height for 356's, but that look is 50+ years old. I like your take on it.

Glad to see you're enjoying your car! 8)

I would assume it's the same sacrifice in handling as my '58 Ghia, which is on 17's as well. It clunks around leaving red streaks on curbs and makes a mess of rear tires. It also gets it's share of thumbs up when puttering around in the summer.

[Vic Skirmants]

"puttering around in the summer"
I guess if that's what makes you happy, go for it.

[Steve Harrison]

My guess is it does a little more than putter.

BTW Tony,...how many degrees of camber are you running in the rear there?

[Larry Coreth]

At the risk of being negative, how much suspension is now left in the jounce (upward) direction ? Not much (<1/2") I would expect. That is a lot of negative camber in the rear ! I would imagine speed bumps are avoided at all costs too.
In my opinion styling should be tempered by practicality and sound engineering principles. On the other hand it's his car.

[Pascal Zundel]

Looks like a DS that lost all its hydraulic fluid...

[Vic Skirmants]

Steve, by "putter", I meant there was no way that car could be driven at speed with the suspension bottomed out like that.
Larry; there's no way that car has even a millimeter of jounce.
I have re-done several race 356s that were lowered to the point of: shocks bottomed out, sway bar bracket bending the bottom rear of the shock absorber, you name it. When the suspension runs out of movement, things get stupid in a hurry.
And in the rear, the axle tube hits the chassis.

[Tony Kersbergen]

Thanks for all positive comments.
we used lowered beetle spindels,extorded longer threaded rods and used customized spacers to 1mm.
1st month 2 fotoshoots and first meeting =1st price !
this weekend next meeting.....

[Vic Skirmants]

Glad to see you did what was required to have suspension movement up front. I am not clear on what was done at the rear.

[Miguel Antonetti]

Is it street legal?

[Dick Weiss]

It's been awhile when having a KG; I don't recall if the bump stops are 'matched' when the suspension is 'activated?
Changing the A/B rear brakes to the disc version, the C lower stop(s) must be changed to suit the B's upper stop(s).

Dick