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minimum ground clearance on beetles
blutopless2 - July 28th, 2005 at 09:42 AM

does anyone happen to know what the ground clearance of a standard beetle is and where it is measured from. gotta raise mine and wanna know how high to go and where i measure it from.
Thanks.

P.S
Don't panic people it will be lowered again later.. :thumb

Midlife crisis - July 28th, 2005 at 10:23 AM

Hi
In QLD the lowest part of the car must be at least 100mm from the ground whether that be body work or exhust etc.

Marc

barls - July 28th, 2005 at 10:41 AM

what he said its australia wide as its in the adrs. from lowest point to the ground

squizy - July 28th, 2005 at 11:07 AM

Just to add to this....10cm off the ground is the minimum, but also the middle most point of the headlights must be greater than 59cm.

VWFOOL - July 28th, 2005 at 11:36 AM

i heard the exhaust doesnt count, is that tru, in NSW?

barls - July 28th, 2005 at 01:48 PM

nope to the lowest point be it the exhaust or body

helbus - July 28th, 2005 at 02:19 PM

The only bit that doesn't count is brakes.

59cm to the headlight?

There are a lot of new cars that can't pass this

foxy_fuchsia - July 28th, 2005 at 03:46 PM

I have heard it must be the lowest point of the car where it's measured from, and 100mm off the ground. Some people say it's the size of a coke can.

PrettyBlueBug - July 28th, 2005 at 07:15 PM

Ooops... I don't think a coke can can fit under my car! LOL ;)

blutopless2 - July 29th, 2005 at 09:37 AM

thanks everyone.
At least i now have something to aim for with the height.