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Lowering the rear end ... a present for you all

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57 Cal look Officially Full-On Dubber

370 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·

#792447
Hi Everybody,

I found this little gem in my internet travels & thought i would share the goodness.

Its a chart for lowing the rear end of a VW.

I hope you find it as handy as i have....

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waveman1500 Also rides a Honda

1,346 posts · joined Dec 2009 ·

#792450
Be aware that this is a very approximate guide only though, it will vary from car to car depending on the individual torsion bars. On my IRS Super Beetle my uncle and I took over 7 degrees out of the torsion bars for a drop of 3cm. The car was initially raised quite a lot by a previous owner though, had an initial measurement of 29 degrees on the driver's side, which is a lot of pre-load. The spring plates only had a couple of mm clearance to the stops initially, that's how high it was!

It also makes a difference as to whether or not you replace the torsion bar bushes. Mine were heavily worn, so replacing them with new ones during the job probably lifted the car by nearly a centimetre.
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empi Compulsive Aussie Vee Dubber

4,131 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#792454
Yeah depends on life of car and the memory the torsion bar gets with age,
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