Im looking for replacement rubber stops for front and rear on my fastie anyone know of anywhere or if it is possible still to get them. I'm also looking for the gasket/rubber seal that goes under the body as i have just lifted off the body from the chasis and would like to replace this if possible.
Any help appreciated.

try vintage vw supplies they had most things i needed or at least were to find

all available from VVDS in Sydney postage is easy

02-9789-1777

Great to hear thanks alot for the help.

If you're prepared to pay shipping (alot for anything), ISP west has everything you need.

Bettle ones fit on the front, if not the same then very close and if you've lowered or are going to they are good for the rears to, standard are way to big to lower.

will probley lower a little so thanks for the info!

Sure you can find info and will get help on here if you do lower but,,

Unless you remove the front stops or even the lugs they fit onto you can only mildly lower the front before you either bottom out or have no travel, I used a spare set of beetle stops on the front and cut them about in half so I have 1-1/2" of travel and still have bump stops.

The rear works sweet with the old front stops, or more beetle ones without modification and has loads of travel.

My car sits about 4" ground clear at the front beam & rear shock mounts and I wouldn't like much less without being real careful where and how I drive.

thanks for the info guys, any info on lowering greatly appreciated as i have the body off and would like to do this before putting back on if its possible.
haz77 any picks of your car, id like to see how it looks at that height, and for that matter any picks with the heights would be great.

So if im right I dropped the front by around 1", and the back to suit, different movements on each side to get it level and each car will be different anyway.

Before;

After;

Lower arm travel with cut down beetle rear bump stop, any lower and you would have 3 options, smaller tyres, no bump stop or cut off the bump stop arm!!, all but the first of which would not pass a road fitness test here in NZ.

Cool cheers mate, is the motor a stocko?

Yeah, all stock other than the wheels & tyres,

may try and find bigger radius on the rears soon as gear ratios are to low with 65's also may go to smaller on the front to give a bit of nose down stance.

These alloys have a big offset and so much lower and the fronts would arch out way before the lock,

coincided up grading the shocks to gas but proved to expensive in Nz, haven't really looked at imports from Au or Us etc.

This is how it was on my first attempt, NO steering without arching and sitting hard on the bump stops!, about -2.5" down, didnt even look that low,,,

Sweet yeah i like a bit of a nose down stance, i also will be upgrading suspension in the not to distant future, ill let you know what i find re gas shocks over here.

as i got her



down two notches in front and cut down bump stops, i have travel and rides nice, 165s on front with a little rub but will get smaller tires soon



and ill be hitting the rear soon, here were i learnt how to do it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMxBolHOJR4 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS2fgJkhcJk 

hope that helps, its pretty simple and logic once you jack it up and remove the wheel and take a look, i was asking around for some help and was told to watch these videos and give it a go

type 3s are pretty easy to set up how you like

i like a rake nose down stance

im 3 down in the front and 3 in the rear and running 135s on the front 165s on the rear ,removeed the bump stops on the front as well as the bumper stop plate 72 wagon

Cut the stopper off, 135 (or 145 if u are a nancy) tyres on the front and stock 165's on the rear.

Before

After...

we put 145s on blacky, we aint dropped it yet as we have to paint then rwc then reg then slam town

she will cop 3 all round and no bump stops






we just hit yellow turd in the front, no shocks or stops as yet but sits well nice

Hay RATAFIED how did you get it down 3 in the back mine is dow 2 out and sits on super short bump stops?

get rid of those bump stops

picsfrom the samba

3 all round no bump stops and 165 tires on every corner

Is that no bump stops in the back. If so how? not so easy on IRS had a look in to it and asked questions but no 1 ever had any answers.

cut the bump stops off

195/50R15s on front with 60s on the rearm sitting on original Empi Rivieras. Centre of rear axle dropped 6 cms, over 2 inches from original stance and front dropped 10cm/4ins. New KYB Gas on all 4 corners.

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next one - seems one at a time is working.

Rear View RHS

Side View

^ That actually looks pretty good. Nice