a quick aluminium beam question.....

[jick]

the adjustable Jamar ones that quite a few USA stockists supply.....

are they adjustable to give a 4" drop?

or is it different becauase they're usually on sand rails or whatever.....

any of you US guys know?

cheers........jick.

[stealth67vw]

Unless you plan on using one in a sand rail, don't bother. They twist more than a pretzel. But if you insist, JT will build you anything you want, narrowed, wider, adjustable, with or without shock towers.

[ottobros]

aluminium beams on street cars are not good

[ALIEN]

aluminium beams on street cars are not good

It will maybe work better without that coilover... or im i wrong?

Alien

[Lanny Hussey]

Coil overs on a beam? That's why it broke IMHO.

[gibber!]

They look like coil overs off a honda moped.... if so, there's not much pressure behind them (not enough to break a beam!).

[jick]

thanks for the info on the JT options......

i've kinda changed my plans now anyway, and will use the stock beam that i have.....

i had a Jamar beam that i was gonna get the adjusters put in , but i got too good an offer for it last week at a swapmeet and let it go, i was gonna use the cash to replace it with an adjustable one, but to be honest i think it'll make more sense for me to put the cash towards actually getting the car on the road....

interesting input though guys.....worrying photo...

[nicolas]

by the looks of the car and the person posting it, it seems like "dangerine" had some suspensionproblems. so that is a very light car and i guess in a regular roadcar the beam would have failed sooner or later and could have had some serious problems.

[ALIEN]

But if you ar putting an alu beam on a street car, you have the opotunity to drill a hole in the frame under the gas thank, and use a longer bolt...



Alien

[lee-maynard]

I believe the beam on dangerine is a jt with cast ali towers, alot weaker than the jamar billet ones.

[jick]

i'd go along with that lee,   that's why i was asking specifically about the Jamar ones, of which the adjustable ones only give a 3" raise by the way.....