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Bertie_64 Casual Dubber

25 posts · joined Nov 2006 ·

#567301
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🙂

crewcabconnection Being Sid James

1,922 posts · joined Apr 2003 ·

#567307
cheapest and best - oxymoron
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vwtyp2 Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,504 posts · joined Sep 2003 ·

#567323
let the tyres down 🤓
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VWCOOL 23 Windows of Awesome

5,158 posts · joined Jun 2003 ·

#567328
crewcabconnection wrote:cheapest and best - oxymoron
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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jnr356 Wolfsburg Wizard

603 posts · joined Jan 2004 ·

#567426
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

DR PEPPER Seriously Crusin Dubber

156 posts · joined Dec 2006 ·

#567472
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

Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 ·

#567523
jnr356 wrote:(the next thing you know a multi coloured engine would be poppin' up!) j/k
😂 😂
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

-Joel

shaihulud Custom Title Time!

1,448 posts · joined Nov 2005 ·

#567818
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.

xornge666x Wolfsburg Wizard

460 posts · joined Sep 2006 ·

#567844
shaihulud wrote: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.
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!

Bertie_64 Casual Dubber

25 posts · joined Nov 2006 ·

#569641
My car has struts. Can anyone still help me out?

Hertz www.melburgluft.com

1,080 posts · joined Nov 2005 ·

#570247
lower it off a pier. cheap and effective.
Click the Beetle

vwkid Seriously Crusin Dubber

155 posts · joined Apr 2005 ·

#572359
just eat alot or get a really fat gf.

xornge666x Wolfsburg Wizard

460 posts · joined Sep 2006 ·

#572530
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.

greedy53 Bishop of Volkswagenism

3,062 posts · joined Mar 2006 ·

#572642
cut the spring you will have to get a spring compressor than take off 1 coil done
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