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 Bertie_64
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| posted on January 25th, 2007 at 08:23 PM |
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Cheapest and best way for lowering
I am looking to lower my 1971 Beetle at the front by about 1 inch. Does anybody know the best and cheapest way of doing this? The wheel guards are
flared and the front tyres are wider than usual. (don't know by how much though!).
This is a photo of my Bug
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pete wood
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| posted on January 25th, 2007 at 08:29 PM |
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mmm, no photo, as for the lowering, for mild stuff adjusters are best I reckon.
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| posted on January 25th, 2007 at 08:37 PM |
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cheapest and best - oxymoron
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| posted on January 25th, 2007 at 09:07 PM |
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let the tyres down 
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| posted on January 25th, 2007 at 09:14 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by crewcabconnection
cheapest and best - oxymoron
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yeah, you either want the cheapest, or the best...
Or the easiest!
And, of course, all three methods - and the choice you make - depend on why you wish to lower your car
[ Edited on 25-1-2007 by VWCOOL ]
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| posted on January 26th, 2007 at 10:32 AM |
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i know what i'd be doing but i wouldn't tell anyone about it.
(the next thing you know a multi coloured engine would be poppin' up!) j/k
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| posted on January 26th, 2007 at 01:29 PM |
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put a shit load of wieght in the back seat and some concrete bags in the front .have fun brakinfg and swerving all over the road.Hey i am doing a
multi colored engine at the moment.Ha Ha |
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| posted on January 26th, 2007 at 03:36 PM |
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The biggest question is whether your beetle has a beam front end or strut front end. If it has spare wheel in the front standing up it is beam. If it
has spare wheel laying flat it is a strut.
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| posted on January 26th, 2007 at 06:19 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by jnr356
(the next thing you know a multi coloured engine would be poppin' up!) j/k
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thats the funniest thin ive read all day
cheapest way is rotate the anchor on the top beam a bit
but ur stuck with what ever height it ends up
not much more effort to weld in some adjusters
or just do what a fellow AVDer did
throw a big sand bag in the boot LOL
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| posted on January 28th, 2007 at 10:21 AM |
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Fit the smallest wheels that will fit on the front and fit very low profile tyres. That will do the front. On the rear lower the ride height by
adjusting the swing plates.
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| posted on January 28th, 2007 at 12:20 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by shaihulud
Fit the smallest wheels that will fit on the front and fit very low profile tyres. That will do the front. On the rear lower the ride height by
adjusting the swing plates.
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the car will still look high, due to the gap between the top of the tyre and the guard.
I would lower it to where I want it, and get the tallest tyre I can with turning etc... probably a 145/15
Put adjusters in your beam, simple.
Or take some leaves out and hope for the best!
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| posted on February 3rd, 2007 at 08:37 PM |
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My car has struts. Can anyone still help me out?
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| posted on February 3rd, 2007 at 09:12 PM |
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This lowering cost nothing for me
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=48798#pid455182
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| posted on February 5th, 2007 at 08:26 PM |
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lower it off a pier. cheap and effective.
Click the Beetle
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| posted on February 13th, 2007 at 06:00 PM |
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hi
just eat alot or get a really fat gf.
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| posted on February 14th, 2007 at 09:35 AM |
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If its only an inch, cut the springs, simple. No its not legal, but you wont be the first or last to do it.
To go lower, buy lowered struts and inserts, not cheap but the easiest.
If you are handy with a welder, you should drop the lower spring saddle down a few inches and reweld it, and then get short inserts.
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| posted on February 14th, 2007 at 05:43 PM |
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cut the spring you will have to get a spring compressor than take off 1 coil done
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