lowering my bug

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

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