Kombi baywindow lowering help needed

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Kombi baywindow lowering help needed

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Hi,my name is Emmanuel and have 1974 kombi which i want to lower at the front .any help or information will be appriciated
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We are casting Drop spindles for the bay in the next few weeks, give me a call and I can help you with a set.

We can talk about motor for spindles swap.....and keep cost down.

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It looks pretty low to me already ...
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fig wrote:It looks pretty low to me already ...
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retrovan wrote: Sat Jul 07, 2018 6:20 pm We are casting Drop spindles for the bay in the next few weeks, give me a call and I can help you with a set.

We can talk about motor for spindles swap.....and keep cost down.

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You casting? originals are forged?
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calooker wrote: Tue Jul 10, 2018 12:53 pm
retrovan wrote: Sat Jul 07, 2018 6:20 pm We are casting Drop spindles for the bay in the next few weeks, give me a call and I can help you with a set.

We can talk about motor for spindles swap.....and keep cost down.

Herman
You casting? originals are forged?
will be steel casting, and machined to size.

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Re: Kombi baywindow lowering help needed

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retrovan wrote: Sat Jul 07, 2018 6:20 pm We are casting Drop spindles for the bay in the next few weeks, give me a call and I can help you with a set.

We can talk about motor for spindles swap.....and keep cost down.

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More info on this please? Quite a few guys looking for them...
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Anything new happend to this?

Was it casted? Did it work? Who sells them?

Any info or feedback would be appreciated.
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Re: Kombi baywindow lowering help needed

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Sorry, no the quantity's where not there so we dropped the idea.


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