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1 spline or 2?
vorsprungdurchtechnique - October 25th, 2009 at 05:23 PM

I'm all set to drop my 65 this week, I have the front end sorted (dropped spindles, 2" narrowed beam with sway away adjusters) and I'm now trying to work out if I should go 1 splines or 2 at the back. If anyone with an early 60's bug can be bothered to post a picture of their car and let me know how many splines you turned so I can see the results, it would much appreciated. Thanks.

hellbugged - October 25th, 2009 at 05:29 PM

handy.......

Dirtbag - October 25th, 2009 at 10:55 PM

Hi. Mine's a '70 model but might give you some idea. I dropped it 2 inner splines. If/when I can get it registered I'll raise it back up one spline, but mainly because I'm running 29 inch tall tyres.

Here it is before -

http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss112/pur308/Image00001-9.jpg


And after -

http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss112/pur308/Image00002-2.jpg

vorsprungdurchtechnique - October 27th, 2009 at 05:59 PM

Thanks for the info, this is the look I am going for, I guess this is two or even three splines. Would be cool to see some 1 spline cars to build up a better picture. Thanks.

matberry - October 27th, 2009 at 07:06 PM

Go by the chart Daimo posted and set it where ever you want it. By measuring the ride height now, work out how much lower and reset the bars accordingly. 1, 2 or 3 splines is.....how we say......bogus!