to the spring plate notchers amongst us

STIDUB Over it.

1,497 posts · joined Jun 2008 · 31 Aug 2009, 1:38 pm

#732642

anyone done this with dual spring plates? theoretically if duals were used & then notched it would still be stonger than a factory single plate right?
the other thing is, how much of a drop do you get prior to notching?

also is there any particular reason to go for singles or duals, other than the fact the bolt holes dont line up with each other?

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vwsteve karmann crazy

2,087 posts · joined Jul 2006 · 31 Aug 2009, 1:43 pm

#732643

i would say the twin is stronger too, the main reason people go for single is to clear big wheels on off roaders.

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Cylon Casual Dubber

28 posts · joined Jul 2009 · 31 Aug 2009, 6:24 pm

#732677

Twin and single... IRS & swing axle, different spring plate.

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5,901 posts · joined Jan 2005 · 1 Sep 2009, 5:55 am

#732789

Cylon wrote:Twin and single... IRS & swing axle, different spring plate.

Actually late IRS beetles have a single blade spring plate too.

For large tyres you will want to modify the swingaxle ones,
since they have a shorter tortion bar, which helps with tyre clearance.

In theory the dual blade one is stronger,
but until recently I only ran single blade ones.

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