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 Dannyboy
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| posted on November 8th, 2004 at 08:20 PM |
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65 Notch questions
My 65 Notch has an irs and discs up front. I want to lower the car abit , about 1.5' maybe 2" no more as hopefully soon it will be sitting on some
16 x 7 Porsche Dials via adapters. Thats low enough for these crappy roads , just want to lose any large gaps between tyre and arches.
I know the rear is the same as a beetle and have been told the front is similar.
Is this right and has anyone done it lately that can give me some pointers
Many thanks Dan:o
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| posted on November 8th, 2004 at 08:35 PM |
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I lowered the front end of my '58 bug recently. Adjuster was welded into the lower tube, which gives you some scope to fine tune it. Also the shock
towers were extended as when you turn the torsion leaves the arms get closer to the shock tower and you lose travel. Extending them gives you back
the travel.
The upper torsion leaf was cut and turned to match the lower one so the spring rate would be the same as stock. Also I had the upper arms bent to
increase camber. Running more camber at the front lets you get away with a lower ride height as the top of the tyre goes more into the fender.
I am having 26mm sway away torsions in the rear which were turned so i ended up having the spring plates about 0 deg. Havent got the body on it yet
so i dont know what the ride height is exactly.
[Edited on 8-11-2004 by Che Castro]
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| posted on November 10th, 2004 at 01:09 PM |
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IRS is not standard for a 65'; it's either got a late pan, or late suspension in an early pan.
I suggest you get yourself a manual for a late ('70-on) Type 3 and read the section on suspension height adjustments. You'll soon understand how to
do it yourself. They can usually be picked up for around $10-15 second-hand, try the old book shops in your area. 
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| posted on November 10th, 2004 at 01:22 PM |
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Danny, I still have the Gregorys manual if you want to use it. I think it has the procedure in there.
Give me a call on 0421-044987 as I am in the city weekdays.
Cheers
Steve
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| posted on November 10th, 2004 at 01:28 PM |
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all the info you need here danny..
http://www.volksrods.com/id44.htm
and
http://hometown.aol.com/jaransont3/LoweringPage.html
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| posted on November 13th, 2004 at 05:05 AM |
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No cost and simple....
It is interesting the IRS rear......must have been a conversion. I know the drum to disc
conversion on the front is not too hard.
Matt
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