Just buying all the suspension bits and pieces for the beetle and wondered what people had used and had success with? The three that I am considering are: Koni special (adjustable only by removing from the car), AVO (fully adjustable while on the car, 22 settings), and Bilstein with race kit adaption (as the AVO for adjustability I am pretty sure).
It is for hillclimb, lap sprint, maybe a targa or road rally one day.
I run koni's but might have a look at Bilsteins. (thats on a super and iam upgrading to porker konis soon, with full adjsutability)
Also see what else you can get for the beetle. I think rallydave on here put some hilux fronts on and they fit fine. Could give you more options.... really need to find a good suspension shop with somebody who knows what they are on about!
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When you talk to a shop about shocks they only need to know the weight of the vehicle per wheel ie. front light than rear and the distance between the two mounts when fully compressed and fully extended. From this the choices are yours as to the number of valves and stages of loading in the shockies
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AVO's are an excellent choice but do cost a pretty penny. A lot of formula vees guys run them. Lots of finite adjustment. I'd put the koni's in as my second choice of the ones you have mentioned.
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The Koni's that seem to be cropping up as recommended... people are meaning the red Special-D ones, yes ???
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Have checked Koni's site, and they don't list the yellow's there for BJ beetles.... does anyone happen to know the part numbers for them ???
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Koni only make the off-car adjustable shock now for the BJ IRS beetle. It is the special (not sport that used to be available and on-car adjustable according to my info).
I have a set of AVO shocks coming out for mine. Under $900 for all four and on car adjustable 22 settings.
The Shock absorber reconditioners in Slack Creek is the spot to get these. The falling Aussie dollar could play havoc with parts prices.
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Don't suppose you know the part numbers for the AVO's so I can sound at least halfway edumacated when I ring them ???
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Just ask for Mohamed (he will probably answer the phone anyhow) and tell him you want the same shocks that Marcus has coming in. The rears are for swing axle but according to my sources it will only be the bottom bushing is a little wider.
If you are uncertain you could wait until I have mine?
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Actually yeah - if you can keep us posted Marcus, that'd be great.
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reading in an article sometime last year there was a shockie write up, and the kyb's, koni's and bilstiens were just as good across the board as each other which was good to read.
i have kyb's, dont have to do much with them.
