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WTD Lowering struts and springs for SB -74

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Kentamannen Casual Dubber

20 posts · joined Jun 2009 ·

#725102
Yes it is time to lower the Superbug Herman now. Would you happen to have a lowering kit that's just taking up space in the garage?

I am situated in the Beechworth/Albury/Wodonga VIC area so if you are plenty of hours away I hope you'll be able to post them to me. Although I have nothing against a little road trip. 🙂

Please send PM or write here and I will answer as soon as possible.

Have a great day and stay happy. 🙂

Bizarre Moderator The artist formerly known as blue74l

12,789 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#725140
and do you want thin springs or just lowered cups??

ie do you want to put wider wheels on or stock?
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Kentamannen Casual Dubber

20 posts · joined Jun 2009 ·

#725158
Thanks for your quick replies! I would like to lower the car approx 3". Unfortunately I don't have access to a weld so I'll not be able to do it myself, but that seemed like a nice suggestion.

It will be stock wheels on this car when I can get my hands on a set.

barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,474 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·

#725160
ive got a set of lowered 3 bolt front struts, sitting up home. they are 30mm lower than stock interested?
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1303Steve Scirocco Rare

8,650 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#725167
Hi

If your going to fit any decent size wheel your better off going the skinny strut route, it allows height adjustment and a wider choice of wheel sizes.

Steve

Kentamannen Casual Dubber

20 posts · joined Jun 2009 ·

#725341
barls wrote:ive got a set of lowered 3 bolt front struts, sitting up home. they are 30mm lower than stock interested?
I would like to lower it a bit more but thanks for your suggestion! Will keep it in mind. 🙂
1303Steve wrote:Hi

If your going to fit any decent size wheel your better off going the skinny strut route, it allows height adjustment and a wider choice of wheel sizes.

Steve
True that, but we'll see what pops up. My plan is to have standard 4,5" rims in the front with lower tires to suit the look. And also no other VW-wheels fit in the front because of the offset.

helbus Administrator Mad fabricator, paint and body

7,386 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·

#725412
60mm cost me nothing to lower the front. 0$ If you want 75mm, get adjustable struts. If you cant do it yourself, get adjustable struts.

Maybe just get adjustable struts.
Kentamannen wrote:Thanks for your quick replies! I would like to lower the car approx 3". Unfortunately I don't have access to a weld so I'll not be able to do it myself, but that seemed like a nice suggestion.

It will be stock wheels on this car when I can get my hands on a set.
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Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 ·

#725443
if its a 74 then its 2 bolt and that limits you to 3" max and even that can cause dramas as you cant fit bump steer kits to 2 bolters and anything over 2.5" can bend the tierods on the body

adjustable struts is your best bet and not expensive if your sticking with stock rims

RodPenrose Insano Dub Head

792 posts · joined Apr 2005 ·

#725450
Kentamannen , I have the empi lowered struts in stock priced at I think $ 180 pr . These are a direct replacement for the original units and are adjustable from 50 - 130 mm lower in 20mm increments . These are designed to be used in conjunction with the std vw springs. I also have several different inserts to suit these struts priced from $ 45 ea . ROD , 02-42729920 .
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Kentamannen Casual Dubber

20 posts · joined Jun 2009 ·

#725468
Joel wrote:if its a 74 then its 2 bolt and that limits you to 3" max and even that can cause dramas as you cant fit bump steer kits to 2 bolters and anything over 2.5" can bend the tierods on the body

adjustable struts is your best bet and not expensive if your sticking with stock rims
Have not looked at it before now but I think the car might be a late -73 because it have, for instance, the 3 bolt suspension and not the 2 bolt. What exactly is a bump steer kit?

Adjustable struts would be awesome, hopefully I'll get some soon. Then it is just the search for a few standard wheels that will fit!

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Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 ·

#725476
most likely the case
the change over happened late in 73 for the 74 model run

adjustable struts is the way to go so you can change the height at any time and not stuck with one height that cant be put back to stock

bump steer is a problem once you start to go drop more than about 2.5"

the tierods start to run uphill from the centerlink. this effects the steering but also in supers the tierods can hit the body which can bend the rods or jam the steering in worse case scenerios

bumpsteer/flipit kits just mount the tie rods from underneath which gets them back parallel to the control arms
that gets the steering back to normal and eliminates any chance of them hitting the body on big bumps

hope that helps

Aka5000 Commited Dubber

52 posts · joined Jun 2009 ·

#726057
gday brad im interested in the versa struts, do they come with inserts? is that 200 a pair?
alex

Brad Wolfsburg Elder

3,764 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#726085
Aka5000 wrote:gday brad im interested in the versa struts, do they come with inserts? is that 200 a pair?
alex
Hi,

No inserts, yes $200 pr
Brad
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