Just after some info on lowering a 73 superbeetle. I have come across this which seems to be the most popular: http://www.beetleracing.com/catalog/shopping_cart.php?manufacturers_id=10  but i would also like to know how to lower the rear end of the car as i would like to try and keep my car level and not have her nose digging into the ground haha. cheers guys

Lowering the rear in a 73 is quite a straight forward job. You will have to rotate the torsion tubes. This clip might help. It's the same rear setup as your IRS Beetle.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMxBolHOJR4 



This chart is helpful with spline rotations. Be careful with those spring plates to. Don't worry it will all make sense soon.

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http://www.volksconversions.com.au/Brakes.html  the struts at the bottom of the page are what i would use. the same guy also sells adjustable coilovers which i would use on the rear. give him a call and ask him what you should do. then let us know (cause i have the same model and would love to know the best option )

im not a fan of shermann after my last encounter with him cost me about 200 dollars in postage last time.
i prefer richard at vforce myself his struts worked a charm on my bug.

Hi

Coil overs on the rear are a bad idea, you put stress on the shock bolts that they weren't designed to cope with, better to lower it the old fashioned way and if the budget allows go for some heavier rear torsion bars.

I've used both Vintage and V Force struts, both work very well, the skinny spring is a bonus if you want to fit wider front wheels.

Steve

agreed with what steve said about the rear coils, if you really want it adjustable consider the custom veedub rear adjuster, that will do your height adjustment easily, VVDS / V-force struts are the go, cheaper option is cut & weld the spring cups & get new inserts, extremely unlikely that the inserts in your struts arent dead anyway, helbus did a tech thing on lowering cups, add a decent pair of shocks to the rear & it should be great, might be worth considering new joints & bushings through your steeing bits too so it doesnt wobble all over the place.

adjustable spring plates are a lazy persons option if you ask me

it takes half an hour a side to adjust the spring plates on the torsion bar and you can get pretty much any height you like as you can get the adjustmetn down to 1/4" movements

can any one find a chart like that one above but for the front end? or is it the same ratios?

Cheers!!

front end on a bug isnt splined like the back
youll need to have adjusters welded into the beam

I dont realy want to lower ours much because with the fiberglass spoiler on the front it dos'nt have much ground clearance.

thats half the fun
mines only 2inches off the road and really scares the crap out of the people in the car in front when it hits speed bumps

nice..

haha yeah i got some funny looks driving in to maccas tonight. there is one particularly brutal speedhump that went kamei, sump, extractors. Ah the joy of low cars

Mines a standard but ive got a new quiet pack and it scrapes on all three speedbumps into school and into the carpark and i get out and everyone i going oi oi your scrapin on everything and i just laugh and say shell be right.