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battybat Seriously Crusin Dubber

127 posts · joined Mar 2004 ·

#175407
Hi!

been going through the forum looking for posts on lowering, any advice, good sites, good kits?

while I have the bug in bits (replacing the pan) I may as well get on with all the things I want to do - want to go down about 2 - 3 inches at the front, keep the back stock (mainly cos the back wheels are only just in there, and I like the way they fill the guards)

it's a 69 beetle, 205/70/14's on the back and 195/70/14's on the front, and as soon as I get back from the UK in June it's going to be in bits all over my garage!!

cheers

Terry
http://www.dtsband.com - Rock and Roll is NOT dead

My other car is a scooter, and it's in even more bits than my beetle. One day they will both be back together.......

4 of 50 Commited Dubber

71 posts · joined Sep 2003 ·

#175418
Looks great but can ride rough/bumpy, I'm going back to pre-low rider days on advice from my orthopaedic surgeon.

Craig Torrens 6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion

8,040 posts · joined Jan 2003 ·

#175421
just remember when you lower the front the rear will actually raise ! So if you want the stock height at the rear you will also have to lower the rear ! make sense?


Oasis Going alone...

1,806 posts · joined Jul 2003 ·

#175455
Get dropped spindles, that way you keep the same suspension travel (same length shock absorbers)
"Tell him 'We've already got one'"

lugnuts Custom Title Time!

1,070 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#175471
What ^ said 😉

battybat Seriously Crusin Dubber

127 posts · joined Mar 2004 ·

#175621
Craig Torrens wrote:just remember when you lower the front the rear will actually raise ! So if you want the stock height at the rear you will also have to lower the rear ! make sense?
yep, so I need a kit to do the whole lot then?

preferably Australian too, I object to buying american when there are home grown options
http://www.dtsband.com - Rock and Roll is NOT dead

My other car is a scooter, and it's in even more bits than my beetle. One day they will both be back together.......

buzzbug Praise the lowered

1,992 posts · joined Mar 2003 ·

#176258
the advice that i was given was wait till the car is all back together so you know how it sits with everything in it.
I have lowered mine about 3 inches all round and the back is great but the front rubs slightly when i hit some bumps. I am now contemplating narrowing the front and fitting drop spindles and adjusters. ATM i only have adjusters and it rides a little rough but handles like a go-cart.

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battybat Seriously Crusin Dubber

127 posts · joined Mar 2004 ·

#176579
cool

spose it would help if my wheels actually fitted INSIDE the rear guards! but I really like the way it looks

drop spindles sound like the way forward

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battybat Seriously Crusin Dubber

127 posts · joined Mar 2004 ·

#176580
and the rear view....

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buzzbug Praise the lowered

1,992 posts · joined Mar 2003 ·

#176584
dude i have 195'son the rear which make them fit really snug under the back.
they don't rub at all.
maybe if you just swap the tyres front to rear just to see how they fit.
then get some 195's for the rear.
some people are like slinky's
they have no useful purpose
but they are fun to watch
when you push them down the stairs

wacked1 Custom Title Time!

1,508 posts · joined Jul 2003 ·

#176591
i have an adjustible front beam for sale that will fit your car in good condition, if you want it it's cheap.

u2u me
YOU HAVE JUST BEEN DAKED
don't worry it's a VW thing

battybat Seriously Crusin Dubber

127 posts · joined Mar 2004 ·

#177442
you have u2u wacked1
http://www.dtsband.com - Rock and Roll is NOT dead

My other car is a scooter, and it's in even more bits than my beetle. One day they will both be back together.......

buzzbug Praise the lowered

1,992 posts · joined Mar 2003 ·

#178742
how did you go dude?
some people are like slinky's
they have no useful purpose
but they are fun to watch
when you push them down the stairs

oval TOFU Bitte, ein Bit!

2,946 posts · joined Jul 2003 ·

#179353
hey battybat

my 225/60/15 rears look like that on my oval too! I havent had any rubbing as yet coz its stock height and I haven't carried any bodies in the back yet...
...and Robert's ya father's brother...