hey i am just about to finish my beetle project and after registration was looking at getting it lowered... how much work is involved and what do you guys recomend...
also how much should i expect to pay for parts and labour if i was to take it to my local vw mechanic...
its a 76 model..
thanks, andre
Hi there
all depends
First - what wheels are you going to run?? This is important as wheel offset depends where your wheel will sit
2nd - how low do you want to go
You can go lowered beam - say $400second hand to $2k for a "new and complete" with extended shoch towers spindle to spindle
Around a 2" drop, no increase in track but steering geo effected
or
dropped spindles, about $1k
Around 2" drop, increases track but steering geo not effected.
or
both
then add a days labour
Anyway - i'm a strut person. I will let a beam person fill in the gaps
Barry
Futue te ipsum!!!
Is it a 76 Beetle with beam front end or a Super with strut front end? A search will come up with a lot of results on both beam and strut lowering.
thanks guys... i'll be keeping the stock wheels on it
and its the beam front end
