I've got a 75 L bug with the two bolt struts in the front can you get air struts to bolt in so I can get a bit of adjustability in the front for my driveway as the rear will be quite a bit lower doing a cal look build. The mach 1 golf struts look very similar I'm just not sure. What are people's thoughts?

Yes you can get them but I'm pretty sure 'air' anything is illegal in Oz. Check with the NCOP or give a vehicle engineer a call first.

Most the air ride gear comes from USA these days.

Not illegal its got to be done properly though. In saying that you get the wrong police officer you can get defected for basically anything anyway.

illegal in qld on everything that isnt commercial & cant drop below 100mm anyway... may as well get coils, the hydraulic coil jacks like on lamborghinis are an interesting alternative.

That's constructive... it was a legitimate question. NSW legal with a engineers certificate.

When I looked into it, I was determined to get some AirLift Performance universal struts and actually make my own.

It meant I'd be able to get the exact height of the front where I wanted it.
In saying that, I had a three bolt strut, which wasn't anything like anything else (damn VW!!!), but the two bolt is very similar to the Golf mk1 struts.

I can't say for certain if they're exactly the same as I've never compared them myself, but from what I have seen in pictures, they look similar that is for sure.

Awesome I appreciate your input. Ye the golf ones are real close from photos I've seen.

The big problem you have is wheel clearance.

Normally struts have the spring or airbag in this case above the tyre where as Superbugs have them beside so the bigger diameter bags interfere with the wheel.

There are a few bagged Supers on SBO and thesamba but they have to run wide guards with skinny tyres and rims to make it work.

The problem with the 2 bolt Super front end is the tie rods bottom out on the body and the control arms on the droparm before they get that low anyway.

Most bagged setups use the earlier 3 bolt suspension.

Yeah, have noticed the above on the Subaru, the actual position of everything is so different downstairs

Where before I was worrying about the wheel touching the spring, I'm now worrying if it'll touch the strut housing itself.

However, when I was doing my research I opted for a air sleeve type strut, instead of the pillow bag type.
These are what I was going to use.

http://bagriders.com/modlab/products/AIR-LIFT-75568-UNIVERSAL-STRUTS.html 

Ye I thought most pillow bags are about the same width as coils and I'm running standard width tyres but I guess when aired down the bag will bellow out and the wheel will camber in which might be an issue. Damn it sounded so easy.....so Joel you mentioned the tie rods hit drop arm mine has rack and pinion steering not a steering box will they still bind up or would I get away with it if I did go down the air suspension route?

You'd be right with the control arm clearance but your problem is still the tierods.

Once you get down around 4" they are gonna hit on the body.
If you flip them then they hang up on the swaybar.
Can also mess with toe in as the suspension compresses.

Some guy in Holland has come up with extended ball joints to get a few mm more clearance though to stop the tierods hitting the swaybar with them flipped.
He reckons theres no alignment issues like that.

As air ride isn't my thing so apologies for the possible poor info but I have seen a fair few Beetles in the UK using an air ride shock on the front with the pillow bags on the rear.

So it's a normal gas shock with an air bag ontop of it yet same dia as the damper. Well bit thicker than normal I s'pose.

So they are out there but afraid I know not where to look. I hope this may help you a bit in trying to find them tho.

As I said before a bunch of the air ride gear comes from USA and seen it used a fair bit in Fast n'Loud and OverHaulin

Oh ok Joel so in the mean time if I do a static drop of about 3 inches will I still have the tie rod dramas?
Psimitar I wasn't actually referring to your quote earlier it was a quote aboutlLamborghini jacks that I didn't find to constructive. Air struts are usually a macpherson strut with a air bag replacing the spring but there are heaps of different styles.

As long as you still have the rubber bump stops in the struts you should be fine.
You may find the ride a little rough though, stock inserts are just about out of travel by the time they get that low.
Thats why all the adjustable struts use the shorter Mk1 Golf inserts.

Ye she's got standard bump stops. Its only going to be a weekend car cruise with family so I can deal with a rough ride. You should be able to get short stroke shock though shouldn't you?

Yep they are Mk1 Golf inserts but then you need to shorten the strut housing to suit.

Nah, it's OK. I was meaning my last post as I couldn't remember any supplier names to help you but just the vague facts that they are out there and so your idea is very possible